• Added iron trapdoors
• You can now share to lan for spectator mode only

• A resourcepack can now be bundled with a map, put it in the map save directory and name it “resources.zip”
  • Example: ".minecraft/saves/TheMapWithTheThing/resources.zip"
• The commands /testfor, /testforblock and /clear can now test for partial matches of NBT lists
  • Example: /testfor @p {Inventory:[{Slot:6b,id:"minecraft:diamond_sword"}],SelectedItemSlot:6}
• Scoreboard objectives for fake players with a name starting with # will never show up on the sidebar
• New /scoreboard subcommands /scoreboard operation and /scoreboard test
• The command /scoreboard operation can apply arithmetic operation to scores (+ – * / %) and accumulate player scores
  • Example: /scoreboard players operation #teamscores redScore += @a[team=red] blueKills
• The command /scoreboard test can be used to test if a scoreboard value is between a min and a max value
  • Example: /scoreboard players test #global anObjective 12 19
• New command /execute to execute commands in the context and at the position of other entities or players
  • Example: /execute @e[type=Chicken] ~ ~ ~ fill ~-1 ~-1 ~-1 ~1 ~1 ~1 minecraft:glass
• New selector parameters for entity selectors to detect entity rotations with rxm – x rot min, rx – x rot max, rym – y rot min, ry . y rot max
  • Example: @a[rxm=-15,rx=15,rym=-45,ry=45]
• Players in team can now have a team based objective shown on the sidebar, depending on the team color
  • Example: /scoreboard objectives setdisplay team.yellow anotherObjective
• While debug overlay is on (press F3 to turn it on and off), looking at a block in the world will show the coordinates of that block
• BlockItem instances can now hold a custom NBT tag that is merged into a block entity when it’s placed
  • Example: /give @p command_block 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Command:"setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:diamond_block"}}
• In creative mode, players can create a copy of a BlockEntity in their hotbar, including all NBT data, with ctrl+[PICK_KEY] (usually ctrl+middle mouse button)
• The /tellraw command can now insert values from scoreboards into messages
  • Example: /tellraw @p {text:"Have ",extra:[{score:{name:"Searge",objective:"reward"}},{text:" diamonds"}]}
• New command /testforblocks to compare two areas of a map
  • Example: /testforblocks 100 64 100 107 69 107 0 64 0 masked
• Dispensers will place a commandblock instead of shooting it out
• Nametags for players in other teams can now be hidden with a team option
  • Example: /scoreboard teams option red nametagVisibility hideForOtherTeam

• [Bug MC-36947] – /weather clear doesn't clear weather for anywhere near the amount given
• [Bug MC-44489] – /kill @e doesn't kill ender dragons
• [Bug MC-45773] – Chest not spawning in Monster dungeons
• [Bug MC-46559] – Spectating a mob leaves you at two blocks tall view
• [Bug MC-46838] – testfor NBT parsing error
• [Bug MC-47520] – Standing under block with water / lava on top will apply blue / red filter.
• [Bug MC-47543] – Items stacked with Items that have PickupDelay set to 32767 can no longer be picked up
• [Bug MC-47545] – CanPlaceOn does not work with wooden doors
• [Bug MC-47555] – Cannot place boats
• [Bug MC-47596] – Items of the same type (IE, stone and stone) ignore datavalues and stack anyway
• [Bug MC-47598] – The color of sugar canes doesn't change depending on the biome
• [Bug MC-47636] – Boats appear to be sunken in water
• [Bug MC-47642] – Hopper: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4
• [Bug MC-47653] – torch causing missing texture when placed on bottom side of block
• [Bug MC-47685] – Hopper: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 3
• [Bug MC-47817] – Baby Zombie Pigman Running with Strange Speed
• [Bug MC-47821] – Ghasts do not despawn in Peaceful Mode
• [Bug MC-48043] – Held Blaze Rod not in hand
  
  Cross-platform server jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/14w07a/minecraft_server.14w07a.jar

Notable additions for survival:

Book copying mechanics has been altered to differentiate the original & copies of books
Activator rails can eject entities from Minecarts
Notable additions for mapmakers:

Added a spectator gamemode (/gamemode spectator). Not 100% finished.
Spectators cannot be seen by anybody but other spectators
Spectators can view inventories/etc, but not modify them
Spectators can go through any entity or block without interfering with it
Spectators can click on entities to take their camera
Spectators cannot use items, place blocks, destroy blocks or interact with blocks in any way
Spectators are only slightly buggy maybe sometimes

Bugs fixed in this snapshot:

[Bug MC-38944] – Joining Realms World "Cancel" Button Mis-Placed
[Bug MC-44521] – @a, @e, and any UUID references work incorrectly after a player dies.
[Bug MC-45050] – /fill … skull | Hitbox Bug
[Bug MC-45159] – Blocks with tile entities don't get removed when you clone / fill an airblock to their position.
[Bug MC-45453] – Items & Blocks placed in item frames are rendered incorrectly
[Bug MC-45470] – Items don't render on the ground properly
[Bug MC-45478] – Pre-snapshot14w04a villagers break crops but don't replant them
[Bug MC-45492] – Transparent blocks are much darker
[Bug MC-45554] – Two tall flowers variants are not generating.
[Bug MC-45763] – Some blocks are facing the wrong way if placed in an Item Frame
[Bug MC-45764] – Map will not show in item frame
[Bug MC-45795] – Villagers can not place or pick up any crops
[Bug MC-45847] – /summon Villager Farmer NBT tag canPickUpLoot will default to 0

To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog). Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-Platform server jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/14w05a/minecraft_server.14w05a.jar

• Added Chicken Jockeys
  • Consist of a Baby Zombie riding and controlling a Chicken
    • Because the Zombie is riding a Chicken, it cannot take fall damage
    • As it is a Baby Zombie it will not burn up if exposed to daylight
  • Extremely rare - every Baby Zombie spawned has a very small chance of spawning as a Chicken Jockey
• Sheep with the custom name "jeb_" change their color, fading between all 16 wool colors ^[2]
  • Commonly reffered to as "Rainbow Sheep", "Disco Sheep", or "Jeb Sheep"
  • Color changes are visually only; does not affect wool drops
• One click broadcasting to Twitch.tv ^[3]
  • Microphone can be recorded too.
  • Chat integration in the game. ^[4]
  • Several new settings^[5]
    • Twitch Broadcast Settings
      • Quality, Framerate, Bandwidth, Send Metadata, Mic Volume, System Volume and Compression
    • Twitch Chat Settings
      • Enable and User Filter
• New Mojang splash screen - logo is now red instead of red-orange, has 2 square corners, and the rounded corners are rounder. The text is black instead of orange, the font weight is lighter (bold instead of black), and the face appears to be a custom hybrid of Insignia and Code Pro.
• The Sharpness enchantment now affects the "attack damage" attribute.
• Minecraft Realms servers now have an icon which is the face of the owner's skin

Fixed 38 Bugs: [hide]

MC-107 – Potion of night vision: total blackout MC-190 – Misaligned textures on south and east faces for non-full blocks MC-2488 – The Unicode font is illegible in fullscreen mode MC-5002 – Some texts can't be translated in a language file MC-11129 – Unicode font text shadow in fullscreen mode MC-12413 – Furnace GUI - "full" arrow texture always drawn on leftmost column MC-12964 – Server performance issue: Chunk coordinates use a bad hash function MC-14323 – Minimising other windows open, resizes Minecraft window MC-16259 – Enchantments not showing stats in tooltip. MC-23132 – Click or right-click stuck on OS X MC-26102 – OS X Fullscreen is not supported MC-29469 – Unable to take screenshot in GUI or active chat line MC-30300 – Minecraft Mac Command Key Glitch MC-30527 – Achievement "Adventuring Time" does not work MC-30537 – Flower duplication glitch MC-31006 – Adventuring Time — list of visited biomes resets on login MC-31388 – Right clicking a flower pot that has certain plants in it while holding another plant replaces the one in the flower pot with the one you're holding MC-31622 – Wrong render distance beyond 8 and more chunks settings. MC-32295 – Glitchy item borders with Mipmapping and Anisotropic Filtering activated MC-33035 – Loading text in Polish (and other languages with Unicode font) isn't showing properly MC-34573 – Font file of Unicode Page C2 (Korean) shows character '숼'(U+C23C) at the position of '쉴'(U+C274) MC-35617 – Cactus has incorrect inventory image MC-35643 – Items with enchantment effect cause blocks and potion effects indicator to not render MC-35658 – Water too transparent? MC-35797 – Background Rendering Issues When Picking Up Enchanted Items / Caption of containers white MC-35856 – Multiple Background Songs Playing At One Time / Automatic music overlap MC-35897 – Damaged armor, tools & weapons placed in certain inventory slots cause other slots to go black MC-36159 – Graphical glitch on beacon effects in inventory screen. MC-36329 – Rendering glitch when looking at river through stained glass MC-36383 – Translucent parts of stained glass not visible in 3rd person mode MC-36395 – Weird rendering of transparent blocks on the 0-axis[6] MC-36482 – Upon exiting (shift click) minecart, the range and criteria is drastically off, up to 8 blocks away MC-36705 – Block held in 3rd person rendered incorrectly MC-36772 – Enchanted items have big enchant around whole item MC-37106 – All the textures are flipped/mirrored on north/east sides of blocks MC-40255 – Falling Invisible slime causes "blue screen" MC-41135 – Players become invisible+immune for PvP damage, after being killed and relogging instead of respawning MC-41165 – SetSlot packet can no longer set item under cursor MC-41508 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a JSON Object: "

Update: Pre-release 1.7.1 has been released to address some serious crashes, including the inability to start on some Linux computers.

Here’s a list of cool things that may be coming your way on Friday, if the pre-release goes well!

-New world generation!
-Double the amount of biomes, with new trees/flowers/blocks.
-New “Amplified” world option.
-Less ocean, more awesome.
-New blocks!
-Two new types of wood.
-Stained glass! With both blocks and panes.
-Packed ice, red sand, podzol.
-Lots of new flowers, including double-tall versions of current plants.
-Portals can be bigger sizes!
-Fishing!
-Added more type of fish.
-Redone the fishing mechanics. Can now catch junk and treasure too.
-Fishing rod enchantments!
-Maps!
-Put them in an item frame and hang them on your wall. They’re extra big!
-Lots of new colours for lots of blocks!
-Now with less lag!
-Achievement & Statistics overhaul!
-Now both world (or server) specific.
-In multiplayer, it’s announced to everybody when you get an achievement.
-You can move your mouse over this in the chat to see what it was!
-Some new achievements and statistic types were added.
-Zoomable achievements screen!
-Multiplayer enhancements!
-Servers can now put a 64×64 image called “server-icon.png” in their folder, that you will see on your server list.
- You can see who’s online before joining a server; move your mouse over the player count!
-Lots of hidden preparation for allowing name changes.
-Resource pack changes!
-You can now have multiple selected.
-They can completely re-do your sounds, adding new ones or changing current ones.
-Servers can now recommend a resource pack for you to use.
-Chat & command improvements!
-New commands to spawn mobs or blocks of any type.
-Command block minecart!
-Clickable links to achievements and items.
-Click on somebody’s name in the chat to message them!
-Lots and lots of technical work!
-Completely rewrote how the network (multiplayer) works.
-Completely rewrote the sound manager.
-New graphics options.
-Basic shader support testing.
--Many bugs fixed, including:
[MC-291] – Screenshots are treated as links in the console.
[MC-673] – Sky/lighting doesn’t get darker during a thunderstorm
[MC-715] – V-Sync in Window mode, settings not activated between sessions.
[MC-784] – Letters in Arabic Language not connected
[MC-881] – Boat inflicts fall damage if it runs aground in some fashion (Slabs, Mobs, Soul Sand)
[MC-944] – Armour with Protection on it seems to reduce against hunger damage
[MC-1018] – Black Lighting under overhangs
[MC-1105] – Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere.
[MC-1379] – Transparent texture makes transparent texture behind invisible
[MC-2638] – Old AI mobs and Wolves don’t turn back to passive in Creative
[MC-2915] – Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns “commands.generic.double.invalid”
[MC-3305] – Cyrillic font not displaying on signs and in chat (Russian language)
[MC-3871] – Cauldron water does not put out fire / damage blaze
[MC-3973] – Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps
[MC-4150] – Baby Zombies do not drop any loot / xp
[MC-4482] – Saplings placed on Farmland are not affected by Bonemeal
[MC-4732] – Tools and weapons lose durability without doing damage
[MC-4921] – Sounds (eg. Mobs / Portals / Water) Don’t Immediately Fade
[MC-4973] – Zombie Pigman from Nether Portal still spawns even if doMobSpawning is false
[MC-5238] – 10 MB server texture pack limit too small
[MC-5305] – Arrows from a flame bow aren’t extinguished from rain
[MC-5550] – Night Time Doesn’t Immediately Allow Sleep
[MC-6820] – The generation of terrain surface layer produces local straight glitches (fix included)
[MC-7449] – Silverfish infected Stone Brick varients appears as normal stone brick.
[MC-8331] – Command block text disappears if too long
[MC-9271] – Opening a singleplayer world is counted as a multiplayer join in the statistics
[MC-9547] – Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
[MC-9779] – Old versions of output-server.log and lock files remain on harddisk
[MC-10077] – Ajasent Obsidian Blocks prevent Nether portal appearing
[MC-10257] – when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
[MC-10984] – GS4 query listener fails to send player list when len(players) > 127
[MC-11027] – Axes accelarate the speed at which Slabs are broken
[MC-11280] – Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
[MC-11518] – RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
[MC-12450] – Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
[MC-12452] – Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
[MC-12454] – Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
[MC-12541] – the letters for the ‘off’ setting on smooth lighting aren’t capitalised
[MC-12731] – Minecraft crashes if you click edit or delete on a LAN game
[MC-12769] – when typing /help with a number higher than 4, it produces the wrong message
[MC-12984] – getting a locked chest pushed into your head crashes the game
[MC-13565] – Fireworks sometimes don’t stack when they should
[MC-13661] – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn’t resize
[MC-14521] – Boats cannot be steered by using the “left” and “right” keys
[MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
[MC-15547] – Structures (witch huts, nether fortresses etc.) don’t get saved with the world file
[MC-15564] – Start up failure: “Cannot determine close requested state of uncreated window”
[MC-15688] – Axe breaks all slabs in adventure mode. No drops for stone.
[MC-16324] – Massive Amount of “[SEVERE] Reached end of stream” messages
[MC-16435] – Boats Still Break on Lily’s
[MC-16849] – Crash near pyramid
[MC-16910] – Packet250CustomPayload(dk)
[MC-17090] – Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console
[MC-17831] – Crash selecting resource pack [13w24b]
[MC-18569] – Server resourcepacks not implemented yet
[MC-18672] – Textures disappearing after setting player walkSpeed to 0
[MC-19483] – sounds playing after leaving world
[MC-19604] – Cannot /playsound records
[MC-21870] – Screen goes blank when modifying walk speed
[MC-22927] – Animals running forever after being hit
[MC-26151] – Minecraft has advice on an error report that should be deleted.
[MC-26608] – /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong
[MC-26660] – Constant minecart sound
[MC-27284] – /scoreboard teams option color: Tab doesnt list all options.
[MC-27904] – The Hindi, Malay and Norsk (Bokmål) language appear 2 times
[MC-28400] – Breeding animals gives xp even if doMobLoot gamerule is false
[MC-28405] – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle.
[MC-28478] – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder
[MC-28625] – The horse armor equip sound does not play when replacing others
[MC-28768] – Horse Breeding Doesn’t Produce Markings Correctly on Foal
[MC-29088] – Shearing sound does not play when shearing a mooshroom
[MC-29279] – Bug: the command block can be damaged by the explosion of Blue Wither Skulls
[MC-29321] – Jukeboxes play at the sound volume for effects until you change the music volume
[MC-29361] – Oceans are too big
[MC-29424] – Players appear offset for other clients after going through nether portals
[MC-31031] – Spawn eggs can be used on top of water, but not lava
[MC-31065] – Villages not generating? (snapshot 13w37b)
[MC-32250] – Typo on “Unable to Load Worlds” screen
[MC-32534] – piston extention givies tile.nill.name
[MC-32679] – Spawned in enderportals are not nameable

To help test the pre-release, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.

Server jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.7.1/minecraft_server.1.7.1.jar
(On windows, right click -> open with -> java)

Bug [MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
Bug [MC-29588] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException – Invalid Biome id
Bug [MC-30811] – TellRaw – Tab Complete
Bug [MC-32880] – Crash with falling blocks / when giving technical/invalid blocks
Bug [MC-34641] – Pausing the game not working correctly
Bug [MC-34642] – Typo "White Stained Glass Pane Pane"
Bug [MC-34645] – Maximum render distance at 8 chunks
Bug [MC-34647] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException / Crash when selecting Resourcepack
Bug [MC-34650] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException / Collision of entities
Bug [MC-34676] – Iron bars render oddly
Bug [MC-34679] – Stained Glass Pane recipe only yields 6 panes as opposed to 16
Bug [MC-34705] – NullPointerException thrown on server login

Server Files:
-Cross-platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w41b/minecraft_server.13w41b.jar
-Windows EXE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w41b/minecraft_server.13w41b.exe

Update: Snapshot 13w39b has been released to address some stability issues and other bugs. Server links are below.

To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.

Server files:

Cross-platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w39b/minecraft_server.13w39b.jar

Windows EXE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w39b/minecraft_server.13w39b.exe

Update: Snapshot 13w38c has been released to fix numerous graphical issues, crashes and item frame issues.

--Features:
-(Old feature): Pressing F4 stops all shader effects.
-Notable bug: Arrows shot by bows act strange.
-Notable bug: Arrow sound effect plays double when skeleton shoots, and also when skeleton -is hit by an arrow.
-Notable bug: Tree Leaves seem to be using the "Fast" color, since there are much brighter then before. (Even if you're on "Fancy" settings)
--Fixed bugs
-MC-3973 - Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps
-MC-31876 - Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException
-MC-31880 - Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException
-MC-31883 - Killing mobs sometimes drop "tile.air.name"
-MC-31888 - Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException
-MC-31892 - Nether entering crash.
-MC-31906 - Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException

The client is available in your launcher, and the server links are below.

Download:
Cross-Platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w38c/minecraft_server.13w38c.jar

Windows EXE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w38c/minecraft_server.13w38c.exe