Minecraft 1.7 Launcher

Biome Changes/Improvements
- Possibly containing changes to oceans.
- Improved biome transition/generation.
- Clay Canyon biome jokingly referred to as "Disco Mountains".
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- Composed of multiple colored hardened clay.
- Dead bushes spawn in this biome.
- Redwood Forest biome.
- Contains 2x2 Spruce trees.
- Will have a grass block variant known as Podzol.
- Currently obtained only by the silk touch enchantment.
- Contains dirt blocks that do not allow grass to grow.
- They have a data value of 1.
- Only obtainable with
/give
because there is no visual difference.
- Moss Stone "boulders" are scattered around in this biome.
- Dead Bushes, Mushrooms, and Ferns spawn in this biome.
- A cliff technical biome.
- Main block is stone.
- Like Steep hills, not completely vertical.
- Spruce Trees will generate in Extreme Hills biomes.
- Snow may now generate depending on Y level, with noise variation.
- Biome dependent.
- A Skylands-like world type.
Lighting fixes
- A lot fewer "black spots" in the terrain generator.
- Torch bugs in strongholds and mineshafts have been fixed.
- A completely new option menu.
- Rewrite of one or more option screens.
- Rewrote Key Config.
- Function and sprint keys can be changed.
Miscellaneous
- Changes to fishing mechanics.
- Possibly Cherry Trees added by Patrick Geuder.
- They vary "seasonally" by having leaf blocks change color every fourth day for three minutes.
- Contain pink saplings.
- Redoing the achievements and statistics system.
- Will be per world/server.
- New scoreboard functions.
- Can now use statistics to create objectives; anything that statistics can track can be used as an objective (can also track achievements).
- This is the reason why statistics/achievements were changed to be stored per world/server.
- Community Feature
- New Flowers.
- Sunflowers.
- Always face East.
- Can be grown, unlike Roses and Dandelions.
- What appears to be Lavender.
- Grown up to two blocks in height.
- Pink Paeonias, called Paeonia.
- Several colors of Tulips.
- What appears to be two block tall grass.
- Falling now has particle effects.
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