13w18a

13w18a

Type	Snapshot
Release date	May 2, 2013
Snapshot for	1.6.1
Download	Client (.json) Server .exe
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This article is about the computer edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

13w18a is the fourth snapshot released for 1.6.1.

Additions

• Added Block of Coal.
  • Crafted with 3x3 coal, not charcoal.
  • Can be used as furnace fuel and smelts 72 items, like 9 coal.
  • Can be used to store large amounts of coal.
• Start of a new texture loading system.
  • New "missing texture" texture
• Added crafting recipes for lead and hay block.
  • Hay blocks are crafted with 3x3 wheat.
  • Hay blocks cannot be uncrafted.
• Added chest generation in Nether Fortresses
  • Chests generate in corners of interior corridors

Changes

• Locked Chests texture changed again.
• Tweaked horse equipment obtainability
  • Players can no longer craft horse armor
  • Horses now use the same saddle that pigs use
  • Saddles can now be found in most generated chests
  • Added horse armor to dungeons
• Removed Horse Saddles
  • Normal saddles are now required to ride horses.
• Adjustments related to horses makes them more practical later in the game
• Redstone Comparators now output a signal for Cauldrons and End Portal frames
  • Cauldrons give from zero signal (empty) to three signal strength (full) depending on water inside
  • End Portal frame varies between zero and fifteen signal strength, depending on if an Eye of Ender is present
• Mechanic whereby zombies spawn more zombies adjusted and is no longer easily visible to the player
  • Zombies spawn in dark areas far from the player or in caves
• Carpets can now be placed on translucent blocks
  • This includes glowstone, glass, glass panes, and beacons
    • Beacons will still function under carpet
• Cocoa beans removed from dungeon chests.

Fixes

7 bugs fixed

From released versions before 1.6.1

• MC-590 – Mobs not realizing they killed their attacker and trying to attack empty space
• MC-1320 – Dogs wont stop snarling after punched by someone else
• MC-1980 – Despawning cured zombie
• MC-4631 – Lava decay fails to schedule block update
• MC-14221 – Blocks stop updating one minute after entering the Nether or the End

From the 1.6.1 snapshots

• MC-14586 – You can pick up command blocks with any pickaxe

From the previous snapshot

• MC-14786 – Can't place carpet on translucent blocks