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For a guide about all content in this release and the other releases of the Exploration Update, see Java Edition guides/Exploration Update.

1.11, the first release of the Exploration Update,[1] is a major update to Minecraft (Java Edition) released on November 14, 2016. This update made large changes to entity IDs, and added illagers (vindicators and evokers), vexes, totems of undying, exploration maps, observers, shulker boxes, woodland mansions and llamas. It also added a warning for players using soon-to-be unsupported Java versions (Java 6 and Java 7).

Additions

Blocks

Observers
A shulker box closing.

A shulker box closing.

Shulker Boxes

Items

Spawn eggs
Shulker shells
Totems of undying
Explorer map leading to an ocean monument

Explorer map leading to an ocean monument

Explorer maps

Mobs

Illagers
Vindicators
Evokers
Two vexes in a woodland mansion

Two vexes in a woodland mansion

Vexes
Three llamas

Three llamas

Llamas

Non-mob entities

Evocation fangs

World generation

Return portals
Woodland mansions

Gameplay

Gamerules
Curse enchantments

Command format

/locate

General

Splashes
Internationalization
Particles
NBT tags

Changes

Blocks

Anvils
Banners
Beds
Cauldrons
Dispensers
End gateway portal blocks
Flowers
Flower pots
Leaves
Rails
Trapdoors

Items

Cobblestone walls and mossy cobblestone walls
Durability Bar
Elytra
Farmland
Fishing rods
Maps
Potions
Potions and tipped arrows
Shields
Spawn eggs
Stacks

Mobs

Blazes
Chickens
Creepers
Ender dragons
Endermen
Guardians and elder guardians
Horses
Humans
Husks
Saddled pigs
Rabbits
Shulkers
Snow golems
Villagers
Withers
Wither Skeletons
Zombie villagers

Non-mob entities

Armor stands
Arrows

World generation

Desert village wells

Gameplay

Chat
Exhaustion levels
Action Old rate New rate Units
Sneaking 0.005 —    per meter
Walking 0.01  —    per meter
Swimming 0.015 0.01  per meter
Breaking a block 0.025 0.005 per block broken
Jumping 0.2   0.05  per jump
Attacking an enemy 0.3   0.1   per attack landed
Taking damage that is normally protected by armor 0.3   0.1   per distinct instance of damage being received
Hunger status effect 0.5   0.1   per second, per Hunger status effect level
Jumping while sprinting 0.8   0.2   per jump
Regenerating health by having 🍗 × 9 or higher,
and with naturalRegeneration=true
4.0   6.0   per 1♥ healed
Fishing
Fuel
Shields
Sneaking
Subtitles
Transportation

Command format

/give
/title
Block states
Target selectors

General

Resource packs
Options
Entity IDs, block entity IDs, block IDs and item IDs
Entity and block entity IDs
Old name New name Change Type
AreaEffectCloud area_effect_cloud Underscores Entity
ArmorStand armor_stand Underscores Entity
Cauldron brewing_stand Rename Block entity
CaveSpider cave_spider Underscores Entity
MinecartChest chest_minecart Rename Entity
Control command_block Rename Block entity
MinecartCommandBlock commandblock_minecart Rename Entity
DLDetector daylight_detector Rename Block entity
Trap dispenser Rename Block entity
DragonFireball dragon_fireball Underscores Entity
ThrownEgg egg Rename Entity
EnchantTable enchanting_table Rename Block entity
EndGateway end_gateway Underscore Block entity
AirPortal end_portal Rename Block entity
EnderChest ender_chest Underscore Block entity
EnderCrystal ender_crystal Underscores Entity
EnderDragon ender_dragon Underscores Entity
ThrownEnderpearl ender_pearl Rename Entity
EyeOfEnderSignal eye_of_ender_signal Underscores Entity
FallingBlock falling_block Rename Entity
FireworksRocketEntity fireworks_rocket Rename Entity
FlowerPot flower_pot Underscore Block entity
MinecartFurnace furnace_minecart Rename Entity
MinecartHopper hopper_minecart Rename Entity
EntityHorse horse Rename Entity
ItemFrame item_frame Underscores Entity
RecordPlayer jukebox Rename Block entity
LeashKnot leash_knot Underscores Entity
LightningBolt lightning_bolt Underscores Entity
LavaSlime magma_cube Rename Entity
MinecartRideable minecart Rename Entity
MobSpawner mob_spawner Underscore Block entity
MushroomCow mooshroom Rename Entity
Music noteblock Rename Block entity
Ozelot ocelot Rename Entity
PolarBear polar_bear Underscores Entity
ShulkerBullet shulker_bullet Underscores Entity
SmallFireball small_fireball Underscores Entity
SpectralArrow spectral_arrow Underscores Entity
ThrownPotion potion Rename Entity
MinecartSpawner spawner_minecart Rename Entity
Structure structure_block Rename Block entity
PrimedTnt tnt Rename Entity
MinecartTNT tnt_minecart Rename Entity
VillagerGolem villager_golem Underscores Entity
WitherBoss wither Rename Entity
WitherSkull wither_skull Underscores Entity
ThrownExpBottle xp_bottle Rename Entity
XPOrb xp_orb Underscores Entity
PigZombie zombie_pigman Rename Entity
NBT tags
Loot tables

Fixes

289 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.11
Other fixes

Video

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References

  1. "Seek out the Exploration Update: 1.11 on PC / Mac now!" (Archive) by Marsh Davies – Mojang.com, November 14, 2016.
  2. MC-105965 resolved as "Works as Intended"
  3. "We’ve just updated our privacy policy!" (Archive) by Marsh Davies – Mojang.com, September 1, 2016.
  4. MC-106199"minecraft:" is not optional for entity ID in EntityTag and Spawners – resolved 'Works as Intended'.
  5. "Minecraft snapshot 16w32b" (Archive) by Searge – Mojang.com, August 10, 2016.