{"id":27357,"date":"2012-08-01T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=27357"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:46:41","slug":"minecraft-1-3-1-update-now-with-demo-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/minecraft-1-3-1-update-now-with-demo-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft 1.3.1 update, now with demo mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27359\" title=\"Minecraft 1.3\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/manimals.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/manimals.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/manimals-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/>Until now, you could only demo <a href=\"http:\/\/minecraft.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Minecraft<\/strong> <\/a>by playing the web-based <a href=\"http:\/\/minecraft-classic.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classic version<\/a>, without many of the features the full game now has. With today&#8217;s version 1.3.1, you can now try the game for five &#8216;in-game&#8217; days. That&#8217;s enough to get a feel for Minecraft, and you&#8217;ll know at the end if you want to buy an account or not.<\/p>\n<p>Lots more has been added in this update: read on to find out more. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27361\" title=\"Minecraft Bonus Chest\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/MYNECRARFT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/MYNECRARFT.png 640w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/08\/MYNECRARFT-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A neat feature for new players is the optional &#8216;<strong>bonus chest<\/strong>&#8216;. When activated, you will find a treasure chest of essentials near where you begin the game. This means you don&#8217;t have the immediate pressure of finding resources to survive your first night (if you do want to try the hard way, <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-get-started-in-minecraft\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read my guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Other notable additions to Minecraft are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cocoa Beans<\/li>\n<li>An &#8216;Ender Chest&#8217;, which is like &#8216;cloud storage&#8217; in Minecraft!<\/li>\n<li>Tripwire<\/li>\n<li>Trading with villagers<\/li>\n<li>Enchantment orbs given for tasks other than killing monsters<\/li>\n<li>Better multiplayer and server options<\/li>\n<li>Adventure mode: You can now create &#8216;adventures&#8217; for other players to play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Minecraft if available for <a href=\"http:\/\/minecraft.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/minecraft.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mac<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until now, you could only demo Minecraft by playing the web-based Classic version, without many of the features the full game now has. With today&#8217;s version 1.3.1, you can now try the game for five &#8216;in-game&#8217; days. That&#8217;s enough to get a feel for Minecraft, and you&#8217;ll know at the end if you want to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/minecraft-1-3-1-update-now-with-demo-mode\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Minecraft 1.3.1 update, now with demo mode&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2328],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-27357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionminecraft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333708,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27357\/revisions\/333708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27357"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=27357"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=27357"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=27357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}