1.4.4 is a minor update to Minecraft (Java Edition) that was released on November 14, 2012, primarily to fix bugs from 1.4.2.^[1][2]

A pre-release version of 1.4.4 was released on November 8, 2012,^[3] though the full release of 1.4.4 is identical to this pre-release.

Additions

Items

Music disc

• Implemented the music disc "wait".
  • This music disc was originally added to the game's files in Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 named "where are we now", but could not be implemented due to issues with the spaces in its name, so it has been renamed to "wait".

Command format

/enchant

• Used to give specific enchantments to tools and weapons.^{[note 1]}

General

Debug screen

• F3 + B now shows the hitbox around entities.
  • At this point, the hitbox is white and opaque and does not have an outline.

Changes

Blocks

Cobwebs

• When in creative mode, flying through cobwebs does not slow the player down, but walking through them will.^{[note 1]}

Walls

• Now have a bigger hitbox; previously they shared the fence hitbox.^[4]

Water

• Water now completely negates all fall damage.^[5]

Mobs

Baby mobs

• Spawnable by right-clicking a mob with a corresponding spawn egg.^{[note 1]}

Creepers

• Can now drop music disc "11" when killed by a skeleton.

Squid

• Now die when they are not underwater.^{[note 1]}

Removals

General

Distance effects

• Wall block collision boxes no longer lose precision at extreme coordinates.
  • This is almost certaintly due to the fix for MC-1332.

Fixes

31 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.4.4

• MC-334 – Tab key not working for any function on Mac.
• MC-450 – Chicken head movement is inverted.
• MC-527 – "seed" command does not work in Minecraft server command line.
• MC-984 – Internal exception: java.io.IOException: Bad packet id 249.
• MC-1079 – Killing animals with fire aspect on the first hit does not cook the drops.
• MC-1153 – Torch texture is rendered incorrectly.
• MC-1478 – Walking from ground level onto anvil.
• MC-1622 – Enderchest does not have the right hitbox.
• MC-1793 – Nether Brick Fence has an incorrect texture.
• MC-1860 – Block and item duplication.
• MC-2229 – Fences are not rendered correctly from underneath.
• MC-2362 – Item frames disappear without drop when a block is placed in their position.
• MC-2422 – Pistons are invisible and make blocks invisible while pushing.

From the 1.4.4 pre-releases

• MC-1608 – Iron golems crash the player when they walk.
• MC-1611 – Torches do not place properly, get adjacent to wall.
• MC-1612 – Water current too strong / cannot swim up in deep water.
• MC-1647 – Cannot fall into void.
• MC-1661 – Crash when placing minecart on powered rail.
• MC-1741 – Loading a world that has been moved or deleted causes a crash.
• MC-1745 – player can jump over cobblestone walls.
• MC-1789 – Squids do not suffocate on land.
• MC-1845 – Crash when rendering entities.
• MC-1871 – Running on leaves produces gray particles.
• MC-2304 – Redstone repeaters above 1 tick do not receive a pulse at all when sent a 1-tick pulse from redstone wire or repeaters.
• MC-2400 – Mobs and items become invisible after the player dies.
• MC-2447 – Cannot break block behind gravel, sand, dirt with Efficiency V diamond pickaxe.

Other issues

• Random falling damage due to lag fixed.
• Falling damage when riding minecarts fixed.
• Enchanted book exploit fixed.
• Slimes have correct collision box.
• Signs no longer lose their text client-side on servers.

Notes

References