Minecraft 1.6 Pre-Release Now Available For Download

Good news for everyone! Mojang AB, the guys behind Minecraft have officially unveiled the Minecraft 1.6 in form of pre-release. It’s now available for download for both client and server. The Minecraft v1.6 update brings a huge number of changes, new content and bug fixes. The Texture Packs are now transformed/renamed into Resource Packs, they can now hold animations, sound files etc. The are tons of performance improvements to stabilize the game and make it even smoother. As we know, a batch of animals is also added (Horses yay!). The official v1.6 is set to release on Monday, July 1st 2013 so, enjoy the pre-release till then.

Minecraft 1.6 Change-logs (Patch Notes)

• Added Horses
• Added Donkeys, Mules
• Added Horse Armor
• Added Leads
• Added Carpets
• Added Hardened Clay, Stained Clay
• Added Block of Coal
• Added Name Tags (item)
• Added Hay Bales
• Texture packs are now “resource packs” that also can hold sound etc
• Food meter is now drained when healed by full food meter
• Removed Herobrine

Download Minecraft 1.6 Pre-Release

Client

• Windows: Minecraft.exe
• Mac/OSX: Minecraft.dmg
• Linux/Other: Minecraft.jar

Server

• Cross-platform jar: minecraft_server.1.6.jar
• Windows EXE: minecraft_server.1.6.exe

Tips and Warnings

1. Please back-up your Minecraft saves, maps and configuration files before trying out this version.
2. This update requires new launcher so you don’t need any Jar files.