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{{Infobox version
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'''Pre-release''': December 17, 2012
'''Release''': December 20, 2012
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'''1.4.6'''[https://mcupdate.tumblr.com/post/38375290540/minecraft-146] is a minor update to {{JE}}. It is the final update of 2012, released on December 20.[{{cite|url=https://www.mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-1-4-6-is-out/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-1-4-6-is-out/|title=Minecraft 1.4.6 is out!|author=Jens Bergensten|website=Mojang.com|date=December 21, 2012}}] It introduced [[fireworks]], [[enchanted book]]s and the [[Thorns]] enchantment. It also added a warning for users playing on soon-to-be unsupported systems (PowerPC and Java 5). While it was not the last update to 1.4, it was the last one before the snapshots of [[Java Edition 1.5|1.5]] started. This is the final version to be released in 2012.
A [[Java Edition 1.4.6 (pre-release)|pre-release version of 1.4.6]] was released on December 17, 2012.[{{cite|url=http://www.mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-1-4-6-pre-release/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://www.mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-1-4-6-pre-release/|title=Minecraft 1.4.6 Pre-release|author=Jens Bergensten|website=Mojang.com|date=December 17, 2012}}] The release version of 1.4.6 differs from the reupload of the pre-release by fixing a crash issue.[{{Tweet|Dinnerbone|280707555615981568|Had to do another sneaky update for crashes. No more, I promise! :(|17 Dec 12}}]
== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Nether Brick Slab
|Enchanted Book
|Enchanted Book[&7Unbreaking I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Unbreaking II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Unbreaking III]
|Enchanted Book[&7Efficiency I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Efficiency II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Efficiency III]
|Enchanted Book[&7Efficiency IV]
|Enchanted Book[&7Efficiency V]
|Enchanted Book[&7Silk Touch]
|Enchanted Book[&7Sharpness I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Sharpness II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Sharpness III]
|Enchanted Book[&7Sharpness IV]
|Enchanted Book[&7Sharpness V]
|Enchanted Book[&7Smite I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Smite II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Smite III]
|Enchanted Book[&7Smite IV]
|Enchanted Book[&7Smite V]
|Enchanted Book[&7Bane of Arthropods I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Bane of Arthropods II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Bane of Arthropods III]
|Enchanted Book[&7Bane of Arthropods IV]
|Enchanted Book[&7Bane of Arthropods V]
|Enchanted Book[&7Thorns I]
|Enchanted Book[&7Thorns II]
|Enchanted Book[&7Thorns III]
|Firework Rocket
|Firework Star
}}
=== Blocks ===
; [[File:Nether Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Nether brick slabs]]
* Crafted using nether bricks.
=== Items ===
; [[File:Enchanted Book.gif|32px]] [[Enchanted book]]s
* Enchanted books to receive a single enchantment on them.
* Can be applied to items using anvils, consuming the book.
**Enchants can be applied to any item in Creative mode.
* Sold by villagers and found in dungeon and village chests.
* Can now be found in loot chests and by trading with villagers.
* [[Unbreaking]] can be applied to anything with durability.
* [[Efficiency]] and [[Silk Touch]] can be applied to shears, allowing the harvesting of cobwebs.
* [[Sharpness]], [[Smite]], and [[Bane of Arthropods]] can be applied to axes.
; [[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Firework Star JE1 BE1.png|28px]] [[Firework star]]
* Used to create firework rockets.
* Combine [[gunpowder]] with dyes to get a firework star with those colors used for the sparkles.
* Add [[File:Glowstone Dust JE1 BE1.png|28px]] [[Glowstone Dust]], a [[File:Fire Charge JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[fire charge]], a [[File:Diamond JE2 BE2.png|28px]] [[diamond]], a [[File:Gold Nugget JE2 BE1.png|28px]] [[gold nugget]], [[File:Feather JE2 BE1.png|28px]] [[feather]], or a {{Animate|Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png;Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png;Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png;Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png;Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|28px}} [[mob head]] to make the firework twinkling, big, trailing, star-shaped, bursting, or creeper-shaped, respectively.
* Craft a firework star with dye to change the color that the sparkles fade to.
; [[File:Firework Rocket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Firework rocket]]
* Non-destructive, rise up in the air, and create colorful patterns when shot by dispensers or placed by players.
* Combine [[File:Paper JE1 BE1.png|28px]] [[paper]] with [[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|28px]] [[gunpowder]] to craft a firework rocket.
* Add a firework star to add effects, or gunpowder to increase the flight duration.
=== Gameplay ===
; [[File:Enchanted Book.gif|32px]] [[Thorns]]
* A new [[armor]] enchantment.
* Deals damage depending on tier to attackers.
* Wears armor out faster.
== Changes ==
=== Blocks ===
; [[File:Spawner JE2.png|32px]] [[Monster spawner]]s
* Can now spawn differently configured mobs with different spawn chances
=== Items ===
; [[File:Bow JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[Bow]]s
* A high pitched sound is now played when a player hits another player from far away with a bow.[These changes occurred between the last development version for 1.4.6 and the full release of it.]
=== Mobs ===
; [[File:Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Ghast]]s
* Fireballs' blast radius can now be customized
; [[File:Skeleton JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[Skeleton]]s, [[File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[zombie]]s, and [[File:Zombified Piglin JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[zombie pigmen]]
* The armor and enchants they spawn with now are even stronger on harder difficulties.
=== Non-mob entities ===
; [[File:Arrow (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Arrow]]s
* Now render from farther away.
; [[Item (entity)|Item]]s and [[File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[item frame]] entities
* Now render in 3D when using [[fancy graphics]].
=== World generation ===
; {{EnvLink|Dungeon}}s and {{EnvLink|Village}}s
* Now have a random chance to have enchanted books in their chests.
=== Gameplay ===
; [[Inventory]]
* Items can now be dragged and dropped.
** Long pressing halves the stack before dragging.
; [[Hotbar]]
* Items now show their name when switching in the hotbar.
** Can be disabled by changing heldItemTooltips to false in [[options.txt]].
* Dropping items while holding {{key|ctrl}} now drops the whole stack.
; [[File:Enchanting Table JE1 BE1.png|28px]] [[Enchantment]]s
* [[Fire Protection]] now extinguishes [[fire]] more quickly.
* [[Blast Protection]] now reduces [[explosion]] recoil.
* [[Protection]] is not as protective as it used to be in order to make specific enchantments more worthwhile.
; {{Animate|Steve JE3 BE1.png;Sneaking Steve.png|28px}} Sneaking
* Pressing {{Ctrl|use}} while sneaking now uses the held item instead of the currently selected block.
; [[Death message]]s
* Now appear in server log files.
=== General ===
; Display
* Added a default resolution setting to [[options.txt]]: overrideWidth:0 and overrideHeight:0.
; [[Option]]s
* Added an option to toggle touchscreen mode.