Java Edition Early Classic

Early Classic

Starting version	0.0.11a (May 17, 2009)
Latest version	0.0.14a_08 (May 28, 2009)
Paid	No
Applet page	mojang.com/notch/minecraft (until 0.0.12a_03) minecraft.net/play.jsp (0.0.13a–0.0.14a_08)
◄◄ Pre-Classic ◄ Classic private alpha Multiplayer Test ► Indev ►►

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Early Classic refers to 15 versions of Java Edition Classic released from May 17 to May 28, 2009, that succeeded the private alpha of Classic. It immediately preceded Multiplayer Test (hosted on a different applet page to Early Classic) and contiguously preceded Middle Classic (hosted on the same applet page). The game was now publicly published by Notch for public consumption on Minecraft.net. Creative singleplayer remained the only mode available at this time and there were only a limited amount of blocks available in-game.

Additions

Early Classic block and item additions

Blocks

Bedrock

Unobtainable to the player.

Sand and gravel

Only appear naturally in one block-thick beach (usually by water or in the middle of a landscape). These beaches were always at and below ocean level.

Rather than falling by turning into a falling block entity, sand instantly appears at the lowest point it could go when placed above an air block, without any sort of falling animation.

Gold ore

Found in higher elevations, gold ore was often found in exposed surface-level blobs.

Iron ore

Spawns in huge blobs, sometimes big enough to protrude into 3 caverns, and can have as many as 167 ores.

Coal ore

Logs and leaves

Spawn as trees found around the map.

Water and lava

In the early water test, water rendered as an opaque block. With the addition of lava, both liquids rendered as transparent. Lava was later changed to opaque.

World generation

An infinite ocean surrounds the map.

"Huge" level size.

Versions

• 0.0.11a
• 0.0.12a (Development)
• 0.0.12a_01
• 0.0.12a_02
• 0.0.12a_03
• 0.0.13a (Development)
• 0.0.13a_03
• 0.0.14a (Development)
• 0.0.14a_01
• 0.0.14a_03
• 0.0.14a_04
• 0.0.14a_05
• 0.0.14a_06
• 0.0.14a_07
• 0.0.14a_08

Trivia

• Once during development of 0.0.14a, Notch tested vertex offsets of blocks, but was not satisfied, likely in part due to a graphic bug which showed block previews and highlights as cubes.