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Minecraft b1.6

Beta era, 2010–2011 — before 1.0. Version facts below are read from Mojang’s own files — the official manifest plus the version.json inside the jar.

Contents (6)
  1. What changed in b1.6
  2. New files in the game
  3. New in-game text
  4. Reworded text
  5. Version facts
  6. Neighbouring versions

Java What changed in b1.6

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of b1.5_01 with b1.6 — not copied from patch notes.

Minecraft did not ship a data generator until January 2018, so there is no registry of blocks and items to compare for a build this old. What is below is read from the game’s own client.jar: the text the game displays, and the textures, models and sounds it ships. New blocks and items almost always show up in both.

New files in the game

KindAddedRemovedTotal
Textures+3076

Textures added: misc/mapbg misc/mapicons misc/watercolor

New in-game text 6

KeyText
item.map.desc
item.map.nameMap
tile.trapdoor.desc
tile.trapdoor.nameTrapdoor
tile.web.desc
tile.web.nameCobweb

Reworded text 1

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

KeyBeforeAfter
tile.reeds.nameReedsSugar cane

Version facts

EditionJava Edition
TypeOld Beta
Release date25 May 2011
Minimum Java versionJava 8
Asset indexpre-1.6
Client jar1.4 MB sha1 ecc0288d218f…
Previousb1.5_01
Nextb1.6.1
Official metadatab1.6.json
PlatformsWindows macOS Linux
Written inJava
DeveloperMojang Studios