Minecraft 1.1 update adds world options, bow enchantments

Mojang Specifications has released Minecraft 1.1, adding bow enchantments, a Golden Apple recipe, world type options, and more.

6

Minecraft has received its first major update since version 1.0 released late last year. Version 1.1 is already available, and brings some new tweaks, a new recipe, and various bug-fixes, among other additions.

The feature list includes bow enchantments for powering up your long-range weapons, a recipe to make the rare and nutritious Golden Apple, reduced brewing time to 20 seconds, and sheep eating grass to regain wool. Other minor additions include Spawn Eggs added to the Creative mode, collision boxes removed from ladders, and smoother color transitions between biomes.

New language options are available as well, along with a World Type selector. Right now it's limited to super-flat and default, but the future implications of the feature could really make customizing your world easier than ever.

To show off the new whiz-bang features, H.A.T. Films has put together a 1.1 trailer. Check it out below.

Editor-In-Chief
From The Chatty
  • reply
    January 12, 2012 10:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Minecraft 1.1 update adds world options, bow enchantments.

    Mojang Specifications has released Minecraft 1.1, adding bow enchantments, a Golden Apple recipe, world type options, and more.

    • reply
      January 12, 2012 10:42 AM

      Ummm actually the update didn't add a golden apple recipe, it modified the existing one to require gold nuggets instead of gold blocks.

      • reply
        January 12, 2012 10:48 AM

        Umm actually the update change log from mojang says exactly what it says in the article so blame mojang ok haxim? Also jesus dude, are you positive about anything?

        • reply
          January 12, 2012 5:31 PM

          Umm actually I'm positive about plenty of stuff. Perhaps you've seen me post about a game called Monday Night Combat?

        • reply
          January 12, 2012 5:40 PM

          Umm actually I'm positive about plenty of stuff. Perhaps you've seen me post about a game called Monday Night Combat?

    • reply
      January 12, 2012 2:27 PM

      Ouch, removing collision boxes from ladders? Hundreds of contraptions instantly broken.

      • reply
        January 12, 2012 5:58 PM

        thought so too at first, but now they behave like signs. Signs have no collision box but they still stop water from flowing and such (can't have more than one thing in any given voxel)

    • reply
      January 12, 2012 5:59 PM

      well fuu. do I bother updating mods any more? I don't play, motivation is low

      • reply
        January 12, 2012 6:19 PM

        Probably best if you just wait until API is in, so your mods don't break after every release.

        Why doesn't the modding community boycott updating their mods until MC has a proper API?

    • reply
      January 12, 2012 8:28 PM

      I might get into this if they released a fully featured ipad version.

    • reply
      January 12, 2012 10:01 PM

      Seems odd to focus the work on i18n at this point, but what do I know.

Hello, Meet Lola