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Minecraft b1.8

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 b1.8
  2. New files in the game
  3. New in-game text
  4. Reworded text
  5. Version facts
  6. Neighbouring versions

Java What changed in b1.8

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of b1.7.3 with b1.8 — 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+17193

Textures added: environment/light_normal gui/allitems gui/crash_logo item/chest item/largechest item/xporb misc/explosion misc/particlefield mob/cavespider mob/enderman mob/enderman_eyes title/bg/panorama0 title/bg/panorama1 title/bg/panorama2 title/bg/panorama3 title/bg/panorama4 title/bg/panorama5

New in-game text 127

KeyText
addServer.addDone
addServer.enterIpServer Address
addServer.enterNameServer Name
addServer.titleEdit Server Info
death.arrow%1$s was shot by %2$s
death.cactus%1$s was pricked to death
death.drown%1$s drowned
death.explosion%1$s blew up
death.fall%1$s hit the ground too hard
death.fireball%1$s was fireballed by %2$s
death.generic%1$s died
death.inFire%1$s went up in flames
death.inWall%1$s suffocated in a wall
death.lava%1$s tried to swim in lava
death.magic%1$s was killed by magic
death.mob%1$s was slain by %2$s
death.onFire%1$s burned to death
death.outOfWorld%1$s fell out of the world
death.player%1$s was slain by %2$s
death.starve%1$s starved to death
death.thrown%1$s was pummeled by %2$s
entity.Arrow.nameArrow
entity.Boat.nameBoat
entity.CaveSpider.nameCave Spider
entity.Chicken.nameChicken
entity.Cow.nameCow
entity.Creeper.nameCreeper
entity.Enderman.nameEnderman
entity.FallingSand.nameFalling Block
entity.Ghast.nameGhast
entity.Giant.nameGiant
entity.Item.nameItem
entity.Minecart.nameMinecart
entity.Mob.nameMob
entity.Monster.nameMonster
entity.Painting.namePainting
entity.Pig.namePig
entity.PigZombie.namePig Zombie
entity.PrimedTnt.nameBlock of TNT
entity.Sheep.nameSheep
entity.Silverfish.nameSilverfish
entity.Skeleton.nameSkeleton
entity.Slime.nameSlime
entity.Snowball.nameSnowball
entity.Spider.nameSpider
entity.Squid.nameSquid
entity.Wolf.nameWolf
entity.XPOrb.nameExperience Orb
entity.Zombie.nameZombie
entity.generic.nameunknown
gameMode.changedYour game mode has been changed
gameMode.creativeCreative Mode
gameMode.survivalSurvival Mode
item.beefCooked.desc
item.beefCooked.nameSteak
item.beefRaw.desc
item.beefRaw.nameRaw Beef
item.chickenCooked.desc
item.chickenCooked.nameCooked Chicken
item.chickenRaw.desc
item.chickenRaw.nameRaw Chicken
item.enderPearl.desc
item.enderPearl.nameEnder Pearl
item.melon.desc
item.melon.nameMelon
item.rottenFlesh.desc
item.rottenFlesh.nameRotten Flesh
item.seeds_melon.desc
item.seeds_melon.nameMelon Seeds
item.seeds_pumpkin.desc
item.seeds_pumpkin.namePumpkin Seeds
key.attackAttack
key.mouseButtonButton %1$s
key.pickItemPick Block
key.useUse Item
options.fovFOV
options.fov.maxQuake Pro
options.fov.minNormal
options.gammaBrightness
options.gamma.maxBright

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Reworded text 3

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

KeyBeforeAfter
key.playerlistList playersList Players
tile.grass.nameGrassGrass Block
tile.stoneSlab.cobble.nameStone SlabCobblestone Slab

Version facts

EditionJava Edition
TypeOld Beta
Release date14 September 2011
Minimum Java versionJava 8
Asset indexpre-1.6
Client jar1.9 MB sha1 3139e9c29b2c…
Previousb1.7.3
Nextb1.8.1
Official metadatab1.8.json
PlatformsWindows macOS Linux
Written inJava
DeveloperMojang Studios