Notable additions:
- 11 new biomes
- Mesa, Mega Taiga, Roofed Forest, Birch Forest, Flower Forest, Savanna, Extreme Hills+, Deep Ocean, and snowless Taiga.
- See Biomes
- Mesa, Mega Taiga, Roofed Forest, Birch Forest, Flower Forest, Savanna, Extreme Hills+, Deep Ocean, and snowless Taiga.
- 20 new technical biomes
- AMPLIFIED world type
- 7 new commands
- New particle effects
- 6 new achievements
- 4 new statistics
- 2 new tree types, wood, planks, slabs, and stairs
- Acacia (Savanna Biome) and Dark Oak (Roofed Forest biome) trees, wood, planks, slabs, and stairs.
- See trees for more info.
- 3 new fish:
- Salmon, Clownfish, and Pufferfish.
- See fish for more info.
- Salmon, Clownfish, and Pufferfish.
- 10 new flowers added as decoration and/or more easily retrievable dye ingredients
- Roses removed and replaced with poppy.
- Blue Orchid, Allium, Azure Bluet, Tulips, Oxeye Daisy, Sunflower, Lilac, Rose Bush, and Peony.
- See flowers for more info.
- Potion of Water Breathing
- Made by brewing a pufferfish with an awkward potion.
- See fish or Brewing for more info.
- Stained Glass and Stained Glass Panes.
- Made using a square of 8 glass around a single dye in the middle.
- See Stained Glass for more info.
- Improvements to existing biomes
- Ocean biomes are smaller and take up less of the world
- Treasures can be caught by fishing
- Achievements and statistics are now per world/server
- Fog is less noticeable on lower render distances
- Re-added pre-1.6.1 boat controls
- Weighted pressure plates are no longer limited to items
- Unbreaking from enchantment tables is no longer limited to tools
- Hitting a mob with a sword while it is flashing red and inflicting no damage as a result does not decrease the durability of the sword
- Witches now spawn outside of Witch Huts
- Render Distance and Max Framerate are now sliders
- Cave Generation was tweaked, making caves less dense and interconnected
- The server list can now be refreshed by pressing F5
- Achievements earned are announced to everyone
- When a mob or player takes fall damage, particles appear
- 1.7.4 brought players Twitch.tv broadcasting and the Chicken Jockey.
- 1.7.5 brought minigames to Realms servers.
- 1.7.6, 1.7.7, 1.7.8 and 1.7.9 brought internal changes necessary for future player name and skin infrastructure.
- 1.7.10 saw Realms extracted to its own library, so that updates to Realms would no longer require version upgrades.