Java Edition Beta 1.3

Beta 1.3Minecraft Beta 1.3 – The Word of Notch, February 22, 2011 is a version of Java Edition Beta released on February 22, 2011, which added redstone repeaters, beds, three types of slabs, and a new splash screen, notably among other changes and fixes, the world save format was changed from Alpha level format to McRegion.
Beta 1.3 was reuploaded at 17:31 UTCTimestamp of server.jar to remove debug code that spawns the player with 64 torches, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond shovel, a diamond axe, and 64 beds upon creating a new world. Beta 1.3 was then reuploaded again, and this last version is listed in the launcher as Beta 1.3b (old_beta b1.3b).
==Additions==
===Blocks===
; Beds
* Crafted from wood planks and wool.
; Redstone Repeater
* Crafted from stone and redstone.
; Slabs
* Cobblestone Slab
** Crafted from cobblestone.
* Wooden Slab
** Have to be mined with a pickaxe to collect, were not affected by fire, and had stronger blast resistance than wood planks, like cobblestone slabs.
** Crafted from wood planks.
* Sandstone Slab
** Crafted from sandstone.
===Non-mob entities===
; New Painting
* "Burning Skull"
** Code to make this painting display was added in Beta 1.2_01, but the texture itself was not added until this version, resulting in the use of the painting placeholder texture.
===Command format===
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* Added whitelisting to multiplayer servers.
** Can turn on/off the whitelist.
** Can add/remove players from the whitelist.
** Can give a list of whitelisted players and reload that list.
===Textures===
; Crying Obsidian
* Added a texture for crying obsidian to .
** Texture went unused and removed in Beta 1.5, but re-added in 20w10a via the Programmer Art Resource Pack.
===General===
; Lighting
* Smooth lighting engine added with the help of MrMessiah.
; Options
* New graphics setting screen.
** Added "Smooth Lighting" option.
; Splash screen
* New Mojang logo.
==Changes==
===Blocks===
; Redstone Dust 
* Will get darker the farther away it is from a source of power.
* Unpowered redstone is purely black now.
* For these changes they now use a dedicated tint system and new textures
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; Sandstone 
* Now found at the bottom of naturally generated sand.
* Mine time for sandstone has been decreased.
; Slabs
* Breaking a block made of two slabs now drops 2 slabs.
* Stone slabs are now created by using 3 of the materials.
; Stone pressure plate & Wooden pressure plate
* Now require two of its materials, instead of 3.
===Items===
; Gunpowder
* Renamed "Sulphur" to Gunpowder.
===Mobs===
; General
* Fewer passive mobs spawn when on harder difficulties.
; Slimes
* Now have a higher spawn rate.
===World generation===
; Overworld
* Players can now choose the name of the world. 
; Seed
* Players can now choose the seed for world generation.
* More than 5 worlds can now be created.
* Deleting world confirmation changed slightly.
===Gameplay===
; 3rd person mode
* View bobbing now applies while in third person, if enabled.
===General===
; Controls
* and are now toggled when pressed.
* When is toggled on, mobs display their unique entity ID numbers over their heads.
* toggles mouse smoothing.
; Options
* Ability to toggle between classic lighting and "smooth" lighting.
* Scrollbars added in the world selection screen.
* Players can now choose the name of the world when creating a new one.
; McRegion
* Worlds now use a generic McRegion chunk save format, with a built-in auto conversion.
; Texture packs
* Scrollbars added in the texture pack list.
== Fixes ==
; 10 bugs fixed
* When breaking double slabs (one slab placed on another) it will now drop two slabs instead of one.
* Wood doesn't burn forever anymore.
* Grassland/Sand related biome border fixed (Boundaries line up, rather than obviously show chunk borders)
* No longer receiving Java Log error .txt file spam in the minecraft.exe folder when closing the Minecraft client program.
* Players can no longer use the click-release to quickly mine blocks (referred to as "click mining") in multiplayer.
* Players no longer glitch when standing on fences in multiplayer.
* Players can no longer milk squids.
* When right-clicking on a wooden door while holding a bow or fishing rod, arrows will no longer be fired into the door, nor will the fishing hook be cast into the door.
* Hostile mobs can now be attacked properly in multiplayer.
* Lapis lazuli ore now drops 4-8 Lapis Lazuli in multiplayer.
== Gallery ==
Beta 1.3-1731.png|A screenshot from the first reupload.
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