Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease

Minecraft Beta 1.9 Prerelease

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	September 22, 2011
Pre-release for	1.0.0
Download	Client (.json) Server
Protocol version	18
Other editions of 1.9-pre1	Java Edition
◄◄ Beta 1.8 Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 ► 1.0.0 ►►

This article is about the first prerelease. For other prereleases, see Beta 1.9 Prerelease (disambiguation).

Beta 1.9 Prerelease is the first of six pre-releases for Java Edition 1.0.0.

Initially a pre-release for Beta 1.9, Mojang instead opted to delay the release of this update until MINECON 2011 and release it under the name "Minecraft 1.0.0". This decision was made after a few development versions tagged as Beta 1.9 were already sent out, so the name Beta 1.9 was kept for all of the development versions in the gap between Beta 1.8.1 and Minecraft 1.0.0, other than the release candidates.

Additions

Blocks

• Lily pads
• Mycelium
• Nether bricks
• Nether brick fences
• Nether brick stairs
• Nether wart

Items

• Blaze rods
• Ghast tears
• Gold nuggets
• Nether wart

Mobs

• Blazes
• Magma cubes
• Mooshrooms
• Snow golems
• Villagers

World generation

Biomes

• Added the mushroom island biome.

Structures

• Added nether fortresses

Changes

Items

Arrows

• No longer visually stay stuck in mobs when they're hit. Arrows remain visible in players.

General

Debug Feature

• Jumping increases your experience.

World generation

Swampland

• Darker grass, leaves, and water.