- Fix for glitchy mob prediction in multiplayer.
- Large amount of internal changes.
- Silk Touch will be able to pick up ice and glass panes.
- Modding API to officially support third-party plugins.
- Plugins will be easy to install by simply dropping them into a folder.
- Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually.
- Easier item manipulation within inventory.
- Brewing stands allow use of shift clicking to put items in it.
- ⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear armor.
- Dispensers can place Minecarts on rails and Boats in water.
- While in Creative Mode, players can supply a powered minecart with fuel by right clicking it as if they were holding coal.
- Flying in Creative Mode is no longer affected by water and lava.
- Commands in Singleplayer.
- Optional bonus chests placed close to the player when created a new world.
- Demo mode playable through non-premium Minecraft.net accounts. Different crafting recipe for books.
- Added Book and Quill Ability to write in books (up to 50 pages), save them to edit later, and sign them and title them to finish off the book.
- New slabs of the 3 new plank types.
- Wood slabs behave as wood, not as stone.
- All multiplayer sounds have been fixed.
- Fishing lines are now visible in SMP.
- Hardcore in SMP. Better chunk loading in SMP.
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