The Frostburn Update is the name for Java Edition 1.10, a major update released on June 8, 2016. It added some new features such as skeleton/zombie variants in snowy biomes and deserts respectively, polar bears, structure blocks for saving/loading structures in worlds, and an auto-jump feature.
The official name for the update, the Frostburn Update, was revealed on June 8, 2016, in a blog post on the Mojang website, the same day the update was released.[1]
Development began very shortly after 1.9 (the Combat Update) was released, and snapshots began the week after 1.9.3 and 1.9.4 were released, in mid-May. Only 3 snapshots and 2 pre-releases were released for 1.10, between May 18, 2016, and June 8, 2016.
Mojang released the first pre-release on June 2, 2016, and the second on June 7, one day before the update was released.
1.10 had only three snapshots and two pre-releases, tying it with 1.1 as the version with the least development versions; if only snapshots are considered, it is the smallest outright.
Notable features[]
Additions[]
- 18 new sound events, plus 2 new ambient sounds.
- 4 new splashes.
- An "auto-jump" option (enabled by default), which automatically makes the player jump when running towards a one-block-tall obstacle.
- 1 new particle:
fallingdust. - 1 new command:
/teleport. - 4 new NBT tags:
FallFlying,ZombieType,ParticleParam1andParticleParam2.
- Fossils.
- 5 new blocks:
- Structure void, magma block, nether wart block, red nether brick (now called red nether bricks) and bone block.
- 3 new mobs:
- Polar bears, strays (variant of skeletons), and husks (variant of zombies).
Changes[]
/tpcommand y-coordinate range increased.- Several minor changes to world generation.
- Structure blocks can now be used in-game.
- Chorus fruit and ender pearls now teleport players from ride-able horses / pigs.
- Mobs can now shoot while they are in a boat.
- Endermen now spawn in the Nether.
- Magma cubes now spawn about twice as often.
- Skeletons now shoot the arrow they are holding in their off-hand.
- Wolves no longer despawn.
Trivia[]
- This update has the fewest amount of snapshots to date, with a mere 3 compared to the 20–30 from previous updates.
- The time span between the releases of 16w20a and 1.10-pre1 was only 2 weeks, unusual based on Mojang's history, as 1.8 and 1.9 both took around a year or so to develop.
- This update's changelog continues the trend of having "Removed Herobrine" at the very end.
- The update had only 2 further revisions, 1.10.1 and 1.10.2, which drastically shrunk from 1.7 (with 7 revisions), 1.8 (9 revisions), and 1.9 (4 revisions).
- This trend of only two revisions continued for two and a half years, up until 1.13.2.
Further revisions[]
- 1.10.1 fixed "some of the most annoying reported bugs."
- 1.10.2 was released soon thereafter to fix a crash from 1.10.1.
References[]
1.0