12w05a

Minecraft 12w05a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	February 2, 2012
Snapshot for	1.2.1
Download	Client (original) Client (reupload) Server
Protocol version	24
Data version	N/A
◄◄ 1.1 ◄ 12w04a 12w05b ► 1.2.2 ►►

12w05a is the third snapshot released for Java Edition 1.2.1.

Changes

Blocks

Dead bushes

• Can be obtained by breaking them using Shears

Mobs

Creepers

• Run away from cats.
• Now have new AI – they stalk the player.

Ghasts

• Updated hit box to incorporate their whole body, prior to this ghasts could only be injured by hitting their tentacles and lower body.

Ocelots

• Are now easier to tame, and cats can be told to sit.

Villagers

• Will try to detect village houses and live in them.

World generation

Abandoned mineshafts

• Now bridge over ravines.

General

Enchanting

• No longer requires experience in creative mode.

Language files

• Updated language files.
• Removed some offensive translation texts.
• If a player's home bed is missing/obstructed while the player is on Canadian English, it will say "Sorry, your home bed is missing or obstructed, eh?".

Sounds

• Lava sounds now function.

Reupload

12w05a was reuploaded later on February 2, 2012, to fix a bug where the game would crash when right-clicking a sitting cat empty-handed, as well as fixing racist translation griefings.^{[dead link]}