{"id":37223,"date":"2013-03-08T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T19:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=37223"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:34:52","slug":"minecraft-1-5-redstone-update-will-arive-on-march-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/minecraft-1-5-redstone-update-will-arive-on-march-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft 1.5 &#8220;Redstone&#8221; update will arive on March 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/minecraft-1-5-redstone-update-will-arive-on-march-13th\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37224\" title=\"minecraft logo\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/minecraft-logo_5-300x300.png\" alt=\"minecraft logo\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/minecraft-logo_5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/minecraft-logo_5.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>Minecraft fans will be happy to know that version 1.5 will arrive March 13th with some big updates. Version 1.5 will include &#8220;Redstone&#8221; enhancements, new ores, more useful death messages, and a ton of bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>The Redstone updates will include daylight detectors and comparators. This will help players set up automation for their games. Minecraft&#8217;s entire lighting system will change for the better with this release.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the complete changelog for version 1.5 of Minecraft:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added Redstone Comparator (used in Redstone logic)<\/li>\n<li>Added Hopper (collects items and moves them to containers)<\/li>\n<li>Added Dropper (similar to Dispensers, but always drops the item)<\/li>\n<li>Added Activator Rail (activates TNT Minecarts)<\/li>\n<li>Added Daylight Sensor<\/li>\n<li>Added Trapped Chest<\/li>\n<li>Added Weighed Pressure Plate<\/li>\n<li>Added Block of Redstone<\/li>\n<li>Added Nether Brick (item)<\/li>\n<li>Added Nether Quartz and ore<\/li>\n<li>Added Block of Quartz, with half blocks and chiseled variants<\/li>\n<li>New command: \/scoreboard<\/li>\n<li>New command: \/effect<\/li>\n<li>Containers and mobs can have custom names<\/li>\n<li>Inventory management has been changed, for example you can drag-place items over slots<\/li>\n<li>Texture packs now have separate images for each block and item, and can have animations<\/li>\n<li>Nether Quartz Ore now spawns in the Nether<\/li>\n<li>Smooth lighting now has three settings (none, minimal, maximum)<\/li>\n<li>More detailed death messages<\/li>\n<li>Some hostile mobs now are harder in Hard difficulty<\/li>\n<li>Many, many, bug fixes<\/li>\n<li>Removed Herobrine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mojang has pre-release (beta) versions for download. Hit up the source link to find the files.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Mojang\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mojang.com\/2013\/03\/minecraft-redstone-update-pre-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mojang<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft fans will be happy to know that version 1.5 will arrive March 13th with some big updates. Version 1.5 will include &#8220;Redstone&#8221; enhancements, new ores, more useful death messages, and a ton of bug fixes. The Redstone updates will include daylight detectors and comparators. This will help players set up automation for their games. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/minecraft-1-5-redstone-update-will-arive-on-march-13th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Minecraft 1.5 &#8220;Redstone&#8221; update will arive on March 13th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":37224,"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-37223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionminecraft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37223","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\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333268,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37223\/revisions\/333268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37223"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=37223"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=37223"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=37223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}