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{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft Beta 1.2
|image=Beta 1.2.png
|image2=Beta 1.2 menu.png
|edition=java
|date=January 13, 2011
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|serverdl=[https://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.2.jar Server]
|exedl=[https://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.2.exe .exe]
|prevparent=Beta 1.1
|prev=Beta 1.1_02
|next=Beta 1.2_01
|nextparent=Beta 1.3
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'''Beta 1.2''' is a version of [[Java Edition Beta]] released on January 13, 2011,<ref>{{Word of Notch|2730532961|Minecraft Beta 1.2|January 13, 2011}}</ref> which added [[charcoal]], [[note block]]s, [[dye]]s, [[squid]], [[sugar]], [[dispenser]]s, [[lapis lazuli]], [[bone meal]] and [[sandstone]], as well as changing and fixing other features.

== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Light Gray Wool
|Gray Wool
|Black Wool
|Brown Wool
|Red Wool
|Orange Wool
|Yellow Wool
|Lime Wool
|Green Wool
|Cyan Wool
|Light Blue Wool
|Blue Wool
|Purple Wool
|Magenta Wool
|Pink Wool
|Cake
|Dispenser
|Lapis Lazuli Ore
|Block of Lapis Lazuli
|Note Block
|Sandstone
|Birch Log
|Birch Leaves
|Spruce Log
|Spruce Leaves
|Bone
|Bone Meal
|Lapis Lazuli
|Cocoa Beans
|Ink Sac
|Charcoal
|Light Gray Dye
|Gray Dye
|Red Dye
|Orange Dye
|Yellow Dye
|Lime Dye
|Green Dye
|Cyan Dye
|Light Blue Dye
|Purple Dye
|Magenta Dye
|Pink Dye
|Sugar
}}

=== Blocks ===
; [[File:Cake JE1.png|32px]] [[Cake]]
* Crafted from wheat, egg, bucket of milk and sugar.

; [[File:Dispenser JE1.png|32px]] [[Dispenser]]s
* Crafted from cobblestone, a bow and redstone.

; [[File:Block of Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Lapis lazuli block]]
* Crafted from 9 lapis lazuli.

; [[File:Lapis Lazuli Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Lapis lazuli ore]]
* Drops one lapis lazuli when mined.

; [[File:Note Block JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Note block]]
* Crafted from wood planks and redstone.

; [[File:Sandstone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Sandstone]]
* Crafted from sand.

; [[File:Spruce Log Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Spruce log]]
* Can be crafted into wood planks.

; [[File:Birch Log Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Birch log]]
* Can be crafted into wood planks.

; [[File:Spruce Leaves JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Spruce leaves]]
* Currently drop nothing.

; [[File:Birch Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[Birch leaves]]
* Currently drop nothing.

; {{animate|Light Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png; Gray Wool JE1 BE1.png; Black Wool JE1 BE1.png; Brown Wool JE1 BE1.png; Red Wool JE1 BE1.png; Orange Wool JE1 BE1.png; Yellow Wool JE1 BE1.png; Lime Wool JE1 BE1.png; Green Wool JE1 BE1.png; Cyan Wool JE1 BE1.png; Light Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png; Blue Wool JE1 BE1.png; Purple Wool JE1 BE1.png; Magenta Wool JE1 BE1.png; Pink Wool JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Wool]]
* Re-added dyed wool with a new spectrum.
** Currently, brown wool is only obtainable by using [[Programs and editors|external programs]].

=== Items ===
; [[File:Bone JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Bone]]s
* Can be crafted into bone meal.

; [[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Bone meal]]
* Used as a dye.

; [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Lapis lazuli]]
* Used as a dye.
* 9 lapis lazuli can be crafted into a lapis lazuli block.

; [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1.png|32px]] [[Coco beans]]
* Used as a dye.
* Currently only obtainable by using [[Programs and editors|external programs]].

; [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Ink sac]]k <!-- yes, with "k"-->
* Used as a dye.

; [[File:Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[Charcoal]]
* Shares the same texture as coal.
* Smelted from wood.

; {{animate|Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png; Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png; Red Dye JE1 BE1.png; Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png; Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png; Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png; Green Dye JE1 BE1.png; Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png; Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png; Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png; Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png; Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px}} [[Dye]]s

; [[File:Sugar JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Sugar]]
* Crafted from [[sugar cane]].

=== Mobs ===
; [[Sheep]]
* Added [[File:Gray Sheep JE1.png|32px]] gray, [[File:Light Gray Sheep JE1.png|32px]] light gray, and [[File:Black Sheep JE1.png|32px]] black variants.
* Drop correspondingly colored [[wool]].

; [[File:Squid JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[Squid]]
* New underwater mob.
* Drops [[ink sac]]ks.
* Currently can be milked.

== Changes ==
=== Blocks ===
; [[Cactus]]
* Can now be smelted into green dye.

; [[Dandelion]]
* Can now be crafted into yellow dye.

; [[Furnace]]
* Now uses a unique top texture [[File:Furnace JE2 BE1.png|32px]] instead of the one used for stone. 

; [[Sugar cane]]
* Renamed - was previously called "Reeds".

; [[Rose]]
* Can now be crafted into red dye.

; [[Monster Spawner|Spawners]]
* Again show a rotating model inside of what they spawn in singleplayer.

; [[White wool]]
* Can now be dyed.

; [[Crafting table]]
* Renamed - was previously called "Workbench".

=== Items ===
; [[Tool]]s
* Increased durability of tools made out of [[Planks|wood]], [[stone]], [[iron ingot]]s, and [[diamond]]. Durability of wood, stone, iron tools have been doubled, while durability of diamond tools have been increased by 50%.
* [[Gold ingot|Gold]] tools can mine blocks like stone and wood much more quickly than their diamond counterparts, with the same durability and restrictions as before this version.

=== Mobs ===
; {{Animate|Orange Sheep JE1.png;Magenta Sheep JE1.png;Light Blue Sheep JE1.png;Yellow Sheep JE1.png;Lime Sheep JE1.png;Pink Sheep JE1.png;Gray Sheep JE1.png;Light Gray Sheep JE1.png;Cyan Sheep JE1.png;Purple Sheep JE1.png;Blue Sheep JE1.png;Green Sheep JE1.png;Brown Sheep JE1.png;Red Sheep JE1.png;Black Sheep JE1.png;|32px}} [[Sheep]]
* Can now be dyed.

; [[Skeleton]]s
* Now drop bones.

; [[Spider]]s
* Can now climb up walls.

=== World generation ===
; [[Taiga]]s
* [[Spruce]]s generate instead of [[oak]]s.

; [[Forest]]s
* [[Birch]]es generate alongside oaks.

=== General ===
; [[Control]]s
* Screenshots can be taken using the {{key|F2}} key without having to first hold down the {{key|F1}} key.

; [[Mods]]
* Included the FastRender mod by Scaevolus.<ref>{{tweet|jeb|25613462411415552|The FasterRender mod by @Scaevolus is included in beta 1.2, please let us know if it helps!|January 13, 2011|}}</ref>

== Removals ==
* [[Mob (entity)|Human mob]]{{check version}}

== Bugs == 
* Powered redstone does not update properly when a new power source is added.
* Rails always face north even if there are rails next to it.

== Fixes ==
; 10 bugs fixed
* Paintings now work in [[multiplayer]].
* Disconnecting while riding no longer keeps the player in the world.
* A bunch more state is properly synced in multiplayer.
* Included PowerPC color and audio fixes by Scaevolus.
* Fixed a horrible chunk reload loop in singleplayer.
* Fixed most lighting bugs in newly generated multiplayer maps.
* [[Falling sand]] behaves better in multiplayer.
* Fixed a few crashes on load level bugs.
* [[Jack o'lantern]] now has correct tooltip.
* [[Bricks]] now have the correct tooltip.
* Sheep now visibly lose their wool when hit in multiplayer.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
b1.2redstonebug.png|Showing the redstone update bug, also the first known instance of MC-184.
Minecraft Webpage Beta 1.2.png|The Minecraft webpage with this version.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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