Minecraft Beta 1.7.5
Minecraft Beta 1.7.5
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
Added Motion Sensor.
- Activates redstone when it views any entity, whether it is the player, mob or item.
- Can only be found in dungeons.
- Now has a side texture.
- Can now crush blocks when placed in-between obsidian.
- Used to collect blocks that normally break when mined, like ice and glass.
- Default position changed to spikes out; redstone now retracts the spikes.
Moss:
- Nerfed moss spreading.
- Bookshelves now drop themselves.
- Mob spawners now render the correct entity in their cage.
Items
Added Hand Cannon.
- Found in labyrinths or crafted with oak logs, steel and a bow.
- Shoots explosive charges.
- Needs to be reloaded before firing.
Added Explosive Charge.
- 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.
Added Quiver.
- Crafted with leather, string and cloth.
- Equipped on the chestplate slot.
- Can hold 3 stacks of arrows.
Added Golden Quiver.
- Special labyrinth loot that grants the wearer infinite purple arrows.
- Equipped on the chestplate slot.
Added Golden Arrow.
- Arrow that shoots through multiple targets.
- Found in labyrinths and can be crafted with gold and arrows.
- Deals 2 (
) damage.
Added Purple Arrow.
- Not obtainable, only exists as entity form.
- Fired from the golden quiver, deals 1 (♥) damage.
Added Cloth.
Added Chainlinks.
- Drops from armored zombies and found in labyrinth chests.
- Used to repair chainmail armor.
- Can now be stacked to 64!
- Can be obtained in labyrinths, and be repaired with chainlinks.
- Depending on durability level can craft down into chainlinks.
- No longer trample crops when worn.
- Can now be stacked to 64!
Axes:
- Now effective against leaves, breaking them instantly.
- No longer break upon block collision.
- Controls and handling have been improved.
Bow:
- Position in hand has been changed.
Mobs
Added Armored Zombie.
- Spawns from labyrinth-exclusive mob spawners.
- Wears chainmail armor and sometimes wields an iron sword.
- Drops chainlinks on death.
- 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
Added Labyrinths.
- 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.
- Bit depth fix.
- 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.