Minecraft Beta 1.7.5

Minecraft Beta 1.7.5

◄◄ 1.7.4_01   1.7.6 ►► ◄ 1.7.5 Prerelease 3   1.7.5_01 ►

Release date	August 20, 2021
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Minecraft Beta 1.7.5 was a major update to Main Page released on August 20, 2021, which added labyrinths, armored zombies, quivers, and much more.

Changes

Blocks

Motion Sensor

• Added.
• Activates redstone when it views any entity, whether it is the player, mob or item.
• Can only be found in dungeons.

Pistons

• Can now crush blocks when placed in-between obsidian.
• Used to collect blocks that normally break when mined, like ice and glass.

Spike Trap

• Default position changed to spikes out; redstone now retracts the spikes.

Moss

• Nerfed moss spreading.

Slabs

• slabs can now be placed on slabs without the block above being empty.

Bookshelf

• Bookshelves now drop themselves.

Mob Spawner

• Mob spawners now render the correct entity in their cage.

Dirt Path

• Now has a side texture.

• Block can be placed on tall grass.

Items

Hand Cannon

• Added.
• Found in labyrinths or crafted with oak logs, steel and a bow.
• Shoots explosive charges.
• Needs to be reloaded before firing.

Explosive Charge

• Added.
• Crafted with string, iron and gunpowder.
• Used as ammo for the Hand Cannon, or can be shot out of dispenser.
• Deals explosive damage and massive knockback.
• Explosion doesn't destroy blocks.

Quiver

• Added.
• Crafted with leather, string and cloth.
• Equipped on the chestplate slot.
• Can hold 3 stacks of arrows.

Golden Quiver

• Added.
• Special labyrinth loot that grants the wearer infinite purple arrows.
• Equipped on the chestplate slot.

Golden Arrow

• Added.
• Arrow that shoots through multiple targets.
• Found in labyrinths and can be crafted with gold and arrows.
• Deals 2 () damage.

Purple Arrow

• Added.
• Not obtainable, only exists as entity form.
• Fired from the golden quiver, deals 1 (♥) damage.

Cloth

• Added.
• Drops from zombies.
• Used to craft beds and quivers.

Chainlinks

• Added.
• Drops from armored zombies and found in labyrinth chests.
• Used to repair chainmail armor.

All doors

• Can now be stacked to 64!

Chainmail Armor

• Can be obtained in labyrinths, and be repaired with chainlinks.
• Depending on durability level can craft down into chainlinks.

Leather Boots

• No longer trample crops when worn.

All doors

• Can now be stacked to 64!

Axes

• Now effective against leaves, breaking them instantly.

Boats

• No longer break upon block collision.
• Controls and handling have been improved.

Bow

• Position in hand has been changed.

Mobs

Armored Zombie

• Added
• Spawns from labyrinth-exclusive mob spawners.
• Wears chainmail armor and sometimes wields an iron sword.
• Drops chainlinks on death.

Zombie:

• Now drops cloth instead of feathers.

Cow:

• Changed loot drop from 0-3 to 1-5.

Hostile Mob Spawning:

• Largely been reworked.
• Difficulty now determines the frequency that mobs spawn at.
• On the easy and normal difficulties, mobs now only spawn in complete darkness (light level 4 and below), but in greater numbers.
• As a result, open skies at night are now much safer, while shaded areas such as forests at night are now much deadlier.
• On the hard difficulty, mob spawning follows vanilla rules (light level 8 and below).

World

Labyrinth

• Added.
• Giant underground mazes filled with traps.
• Changes types depending on what biome it generates in.
• Contains zombie, spider, skeleton and armored zombie spawners.
• Contains spike traps, spawner rooms and motion detector traps.

Miscellaneous

• Added new achievements.

• Shift clicking has been improved.

• Portals can be any size and shape.

• Slime chunks now drip slime particles from the ceiling.

• Skins have been re-added.

• Redirected game files to .minecraft-bta.

Bug Fixes

• Ore overlays and dirt paths now render properly in old lighting.

• Sugarcane can now be placed on sand.

• Bit depth fix.

• Fixed door redstone behavior.

• Mobs are more optimized in multiplayer.

Trivia

• The official trailer for 1.7.5 was released on User:Skydeckagogo's personal YouTube channel on August 20th, 2021, the same day as the version was released. It is currently unlisted.

References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYdxt3FygM official trailer