Minecraft Snapshot 13w36a released, adds new biomes, rewrites, better fishing and more

Yesterday Mojang announced the first Minecraft snapshot for Minecraft 1.7, called 13w36. This snapshot might very well be the biggest one yet, with lots of new features and stability bug fixes.

The biggest improvements are the new biomes. These include Clay Canyon (aka Mesa), a Savannah Biome, Black Forest (with some large mushrooms that grow too!), Ice Plains Spikes, Birch Forest, Flower Forest, Sunflower Plains, Deep Oceans biome, Gravel Beaches, and Extreme Hills biome.

The second main improvement is fishing. Fishing has been completely revamped in this snapshot, with more rewards (some good, some bad), new enchantments for fishing rods, and new fish (pufferfish, raw salmon, and clownfish).

There are hundreds of other small improvements, such as melons growing in forests, a rewrite of the achievements system, new ground covers, new two block-high flowers and tall grass, cloning books, creepers explode if you light them with flint and steel (similar to Minecraft PE 0.7.4), new options menu, and a lot more.

This is probably the biggest snapshot ever. Are you excited? What's your favorite addition? Tell us in the comments! And make sure to check the second source link for the full changelog.

Source: Mojang, Minecraft Wiki

Comments

  1. tmayrandSeptember 6, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    Typo: this is the first snapshot for 1.7, not 1.6 which is the current standard for the game.

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  2. Corbin DavenportSeptember 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM

    Thank you for that, fixed.

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  3. nikeSeptember 6, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    Wish I could get them in my 1.2 creative world that's ireeplaceable

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  4. Caleb HansenSeptember 6, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    The new biomes are my favorite addition, the possibilities are ever increasing!

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  5. tmayrandSeptember 6, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    if you go really really far away when loading the world the new chucks would appear, however they may potentially break the world...

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  6. Daniel McCoySeptember 6, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    If you really look around you can find a new biome called a "Mesa" and it is fully made by stained clay!

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  7. Connor MooreSeptember 7, 2013 at 4:51 AM

    Wow that's a lot of new stuff, tons of new biomes. I can't wait for 1.7 to actually come out, but that will be a while, so just enjoy the snapshot I guess.

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  8. TransMutatiOnSeptember 9, 2013 at 6:31 AM

    Being a person with a crappy computer, I'm lovin the performance improvements. A steady 60 fps even on amplified!

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  9. Progeny2501September 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    Now THAT's what i'm talking about!!

    Do they Still have Abandoned mineshafts? I haven't run across any in a long time.

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  10. Corbin DavenportSeptember 11, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    They haven't said anything about taking them out :P

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  12. Progeny2501September 13, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    Lol Notch also didn't say anything about fixing the Far Lands either. I'm just worried that generated structures might be a bit... crapped up with the new updates! Oh well!! That's why they are snapshots! Somebody ought to investigate :)

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  13. stabapig499September 15, 2013 at 5:45 AM

    i want a download link please

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  14. rozySeptember 21, 2013 at 3:01 AM

    when does 1.7 come out

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  15. Corbin DavenportSeptember 21, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    It's in the source link :)

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