Minecraft Beta 1.7.6

Beta 1.7.6
Release date	November 8, 2021
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Beta 1.7.6 is a major update to Main Page released on November 8, 2021, which adds seasons, new biomes, extends the world height, and much more.

Additions

Season

Spring

• Cherry Trees are pink and grow edible Cherries.
• Flowers and tall grass grow across the world.
• Crops grow twice as fast.
• More animals, fewer hostile mobs.

Summer

• Longer days, shorter nights.
• More-or-less the same as vanilla Minecraft.

Fall

• Trees turn an autumnal red.
• Leaf piles accumulate under trees.

Winter

• Trees turn brown and do not spawn saplings (excluding pine trees).
• Crops grow half as fast.
• Shorter days, longer nights.
• More hostile mobs, fewer animals.
• Exposed flowers and tall grass die over time.

Gamemodes

Survival

• Default Minecraft gamemode. Resources must be acquired by digging, tools have durability, and the player can die.

Creative

• Resources are unlimited and can be acquired from the player's inventory, blocks break instantly, the player cannot die, and can fly and noclip through blocks.

Biomes

Outback

• A red wasteland with Dirt, Spinifex and Eucalyptus Trees.

Meadow

• Flowery, rolling hills that spawn in cold climates. Great for building!

Boreal Forest

• A coniferous woodland with a variety of plants and flowers.

World Types

Extended Default

• Large biomes and large mountains. BTA's default world option.
• Ocean level is at Y=128, so the world is twice as tall and twice as deep as Beta 1.7.3.

Default

• Legacy default. Worlds from Minecraft Beta 1.7.5 and below will be set to this type. Maintains the old Beta 1.7.3 terrain generation.
• Ocean level is at Y=64, same as Beta 1.7.3.

Winter

• A frozen-over wonderland of permanent winter. A modern continuation of Minecraft Alpha's winter worlds.

Flooded

• Features a raised sea level, creating a vast ocean with island outposts to explore and conquer.

Flat

• A world of nothing but flat grass to build on. Best enjoyed in creative mode.

Hell

• An inhospitable wasteland of nothing but dirt, darkness, and lava oceans.

Woods

• An endless forest of densely-packed trees.

Paradise

• A bright, friendly land of endless day and endless spring.

Retro

• World generation ported from Minecraft Alpha 1.1.2_01, complete with neon green Retro Grass and Retro Leaves.

Guidebook

• Provides a list of all the recipes in the game.
• Bound to R by default.
• Recipe items are revealed over time as they're discovered.
• All recipes are revealed automatically in the Creative gamemode.

Blocks

Trommel

• Allows the player to recycle junk materials like dirt, gravel, sand and soul sand into more useful items such as Pebbles, Iron Nuggets, Gold Nuggets and more.
• Powered by fuel.

Marble

• A new decorative block made from smelting Limestone in a Blast Furnace.

Painted Planks

• Planks can now be dyed.
• Painted planks can also be used to craft Painted Chests, Painted Wooden Fences, and Painted Wooden Fence Gates.

Slate

• A new decorative block made by smelting stone in a Blast Furnace.
• Can be crafted into Slate Layers, which can be piled up and walked on.

Items

Olivine

• Green gemstone made by smelting Basalt in a Blast Furnace.
• Can be used as a cheap substitute for Nether Coal.

Changes

World

• World height is now doubled to 256 blocks.

Biomes

• All biomes now generate twice as large and are more evenly distributed.

Swamp

• Added Swamp Trees.
• Added Algae, which grows underneath Swamp Trees.

Bugs

To be added.

Fixes

To be added.

Trailer

The official trailer for 1.7.6 was released on Better than Adventure's YouTube channel on November 8, 2021, the same day as the version was released.

Gallery

To be added.