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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition Beta 1.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.4.x releases

Mobs[]

New[]

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Charged Creeper		Created when a creeper is struck by lightning.	Gunpowder (0–2)	Creates a far more powerful explosion than a normal creeper.

Changed[]

Name	Image	Changed
Pig		Burning pigs now drop cooked porkchops.

Blocks[]

New[]

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Birch Sapling		Drops from Birch leaves.	Any	Can grow into Birch trees.
Spruce Sapling		Drops from Spruce leaves.	Any	Can grow into Spruce trees.
Detector Rail		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Stone Pressure Plate + Redstone 6	Pickaxe	Creates a redstone signal when a minecart passes over it.
Powered Rail		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Ingot + Stick + Redstone 6	Pickaxe	Increases the speed of minecarts that pass over it.
Cobweb		Not yet legitimately obtainable.	Any	Slows down players and entities that touch it.

Changed[]

Name	Image	Changed
Birch Leaves		Can now drop birch saplings.
Spruce Leaves		Can now drop spruce saplings.
Grass Block		The grass on the side texture is now the same color as the grass on the top texture.
Bed		Beds can now be used during thunderstorms.
Ladder		Ladders now cannot be climbed if there are empty blocks between each ladder. The crafting recipe for ladders now provides twice as many.

Gameplay[]

New[]

Achievements[]

New[]

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Taking Inventory	Press 'E' to open your inventory	—	Open your inventory. The description matches the configured inventory key.	openInventory
	Getting Wood	Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out	Taking Inventory	Pick up wood from the ground.	mineWood
	Benchmarking	Craft a workbench with four blocks of planks	Getting Wood	Pick up a crafting table from your inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output.	buildWorkBench
	Time to Mine!	Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe	Benchmarking	Pick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output.	buildPickaxe
	Hot Topic	Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks\Construct a furnace out of eight stone blocks	Time to Mine!	Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output.	buildFurnace\
	Acquire Hardware	Smelt an iron ingot	Hot Topic	Pick up an iron ingot from a furnace output.	acquireIron
	Time to Farm!	Use planks and sticks to make a hoe	Benchmarking	Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output.	buildHoe
	Bake Bread	Turn wheat into bread	Time to Farm!	Pick up bread from a crafting table output.	makeBread
	The Lie	Wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs\Bake cake using wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs!	Time to Farm!	Pick up a cake from a crafting table output.	bakeCake\
	Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better pickaxe	Time to Mine!	Pick up a pickaxe from a crafting table output that is not a wooden pickaxe.	buildBetterPickaxe
	Delicious Fish	Catch and cook a fish!	Hot Topic	Pick up a cooked fish from a furnace output.	cookFish
	On A Rail	Travel by minecart at least 1 km from where you started \Travel by minecart to a point at least 500m in a single direction from where you started.	Acquire Hardware	Travel by minecart to a point at least 1 km from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line. \Travel by minecart to a point at least 500 m from where you started. Distance is measured in a straight line.	onARail\
	Time to Strike!	Use planks and sticks to make a sword	Benchmarking	Pick up any type of sword from a crafting table output.	buildSword
	Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster	Time to Strike!	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: enderman, zombie pigman, spider, cave spider.	killEnemy\
	Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather	Time to Strike!	Pick up leather from the ground.	killCow
	When Pigs Fly	Fly a pig off a cliff	Cow Tipper	Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5.	flyPig