Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4

Minecraft Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	October 13, 2011
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.0.0
Downloads	Original client (.json) Reupload client (.json) Original server 1st server reupload 2nd server reupload
Protocol version	20
Minimum Java version	Java SE 5
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Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 is the fourth pre-release for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on October 13, 2011. It adds the End dimension, the ender dragon, and moon phases. It also completes the enchanting mechanics, changes fluid placement using buckets, and fixes some bugs.

This version was reuploaded to fix the version number not being updated from the previous pre-release, and the server was reuploaded twice.

Additions

Blocks

End stone

• The white cobblestone texture introduced in the previous pre-release () was changed, and this overhauled version is used by end stone.

Items

Glistering melon

• Used to brew potions of Healing.
• Crafted with gold nugget and a melon.

Potion of Regeneration

• Brewed by adding a ghast tear into an awkward potion.
• Gives Regeneration.

Splash potions

• Splash Mundane Potion
• Potion of Swiftness
• Potion of Slowness
• Potion of Strength
• Potion of Weakness
• Potion of Healing
• Potion of Harming
• Potion of Regeneration
• Potion of Fire Resistance
• Potion of Poison
  • Created by brewing potion with gunpowder.
  • Has an area of effect when thrown.

Mobs

Ender dragon

• The dragon can pass through all blocks and destroys most of them.
• Present in the code, but unfinished and not normally accessible without external tools or mods.

World generation

The End

• New dimension, accessible through the End portal.
• Endermen spawn here.
• The ender dragon does not spawn yet.
• An obsidian platform spawns in the center of the island whenever a player enters the end.

Obsidian pillars

• Generate in the End.

Gameplay

Enchanting

• Now fully implemented.
• The maximum enchantment level of the enchantment table is now 50.
• Enchanted items' tooltips now display their enchantments instead of "Enchanted!!".
• Added 17 enchantments.

Name	Summary	Incompatible with	Max Level	Items
Aqua Affinity	Removes the mining speed reduction that occurs when underwater.		I
Bane of Arthropods	Increases damage to arthropod mobs.	Smite, Sharpness	V
Blast Protection	Reduces damage from explosions.	Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection	IV
Efficiency	Increases mining efficiency.		V
Feather Falling	Reduces fall damage.		IV
Fire Aspect	Sets targets on fire.		II
Fire Protection	Reduces fire damage and burning time.	Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection	IV
Fortune	Chance to receive more item drops from certain blocks.		III
Knockback	Increases melee knockback.		II
Looting	Chance to receive more item drops from certain mobs.		III
Projectile Protection	Reduces damage from projectiles.	Protection, Blast Protection, Fire Protection	IV
Protection	Reduces most forms of damage.	Blast Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection	IV
Respiration	Extends underwater breathing time.		III
Sharpness	Increases melee damage.	Bane of Arthropods, Smite	V
Silk Touch	Certain blocks that would otherwise drop different items or nothing will drop themselves instead.		I
Smite	Increases damage dealt against undead mobs.	Bane of Arthropods, Sharpness	V
Unbreaking	Gives a chance for items to ignore durability loss, effectively increasing their durability.		III

General

Particles

• Added magicCrit, spell, instantSpell, and mobSpell.

Server.properties

• New settings:
• debug
• enable-query
• enable-rcon
• query.port
• rcon.password
• rcon.port

Changes

Blocks

Enchantment table

• Now named "Enchantment Table" in the inventory.
• Enchantment tables now require bookshelves to get maximum enchantments, up to level 50 with 30 bookshelves.
• Hoes, flint and steel, and shears can no longer be enchanted using an enchantment table.

End portal block

• When an entity makes contact with it, they teleport into the End or back to the Overworld respectively now.
• Moved down by one pixel.

End portal frame

• Redesigned graphically.
• Now emits light level of 1

Items

Eye of ender

• Added ability to use with right click to locate a stronghold.

Ghast tear

• Now used for potions of Regeneration.

Lava bucket

• Placing fluids lava with a bucket treats other fluid source blocks like solid blocks, allowing the player to place them on top of each other without an adjacent wall.

Potions

• Potion of Healing
  • Now it is brewed from awkward potion and glistering melon.
  • Now brewing a fermented spider eye into a potion of Healing now creates a potion of Harming.

Water bucket

• Placing fluids water with a bucket treats other fluid source blocks like solid blocks, allowing the player to place them on top of each other without an adjacent wall.

Mobs

Cave spider

• Cave spiders are now immune to the Poison status effect.
• Cave spiders are now considered arthropods.

Enderman

• Endermen used to burn in sunlight, but as of this update, they instead randomly teleport around until they find a dark spot or despawn eventually. This makes it extremely hard to get close enough to kill them during daytime.

Spider

• Spiders are now immune to the Poison status effect.
• Spiders are now considered arthropods.

Gameplay

Status effects

• Added a swirl particle, emitted by players with status effects.

Sun and moon

• Now rise in the east and set in the west, based on the top of maps being north, and are round.
• The moon now has multiple phases, somewhat akin to the real Moon.

Sky dimension

• Removed, and was replaced by the End.

General

Texture packs

• The player can reload the texture pack by pressing F3 + T.

Skins

• All bottom textures of the skin are flipped horizontally.

Version number

• Is no longer displayed, unless F3 is pressed.

Removals

World generation

Glass pillars

• No longer generate to mark the position of strongholds.

Fixes

5 bugs fixed

• Enchanting is now server-side instead of being only a client-side change.
• Fixed ⇧ Shift + click crash bug with enchantment tables and brewing stands.
• Critical hits now appear in multiplayer.
• Glass towers stretching to the top of the map no longer appear over strongholds.
• Fixed all minecart with furnace bugs, except the lighting bug.

Gallery

• 
  A base built by Jeb and other Mojang developers in this version.
• 
  Inside the base.
• 
  Another room inside.
• 
  125 coal in a furnace.
• 
  The Sun as it appeared in this version.
• 
  Diamond Sword enchanted with Feather Falling I.