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This is a list of Java Edition features whose display names have changed over time. These features include blocks, items, entities, and biomes.
Features where "version added" is listed as "~" received their display names in Beta 1.0. Before then, in-game blocks and items had no visible names.
| Block Name | Old name | Explanation | Version added | Version renamed |
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| 👁 Image Cobblestone Stairs |
Stone Stairs | Fixed incorrect naming. | ~ | 1.8 (14w31a) |
| 👁 Image Crafting Table |
Workbench | ~ | Beta 1.2 | |
| 👁 Image Enchanting Table |
Enchantment Table | 1.0.0 (Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3) | 1.13 (17w47a) | |
| 👁 Image End Portal (block) |
Portal | Renamed to differentiate from the Nether Portal block. | 1.0.0 (Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3) | 1.13[verify] |
| 👁 Image Deepslate |
Grimstone | 1.17 (21w07a) | 1.17 (21w08a) | |
| 👁 Image Nether Portal (block) |
Portal | Renamed to differentiate from the End Portal block. | ~ | 1.13[verify] |
| 👁 Image Oak Button |
Wooden Button | Renamed with the addition of the 5 other wooden button types. | 1.4.2 (12w34a) | 1.13 (17w47a) |
| 👁 Image Oak Pressure Plate |
Wooden Pressure Plate | Renamed with the addition of the 5 other wooden pressure plate types. | ~ | 1.13 (17w47a) |
| 👁 Image Poppy |
Rose | Renamed to poppies alongside a texture change. | ~ | 1.7.2 (13w36a) |
| 👁 Image Carved Pumpkin |
Pumpkin | Renamed with the addition of the faceless pumpkin. | ~ | 1.13 (17w47a) |
| 👁 Image Red Bed |
Bed | Renamed to "Red Bed" with the addition of the other 15 dyed beds. | Beta 1.3 | 1.12 (17w15a) |
| 👁 Image Stained Terracotta |
Stained Clay
<Color> Hardened Clay |
All variants of Stained Clay were renamed to Stained Terracotta alongside the addition of Glazed Terracotta. | 1.6.1 (13w19a) | 1.10 (release) |
| 👁 Image Stone Button |
Button | Renamed to differentiate between stone and wooden buttons. | ~ | 1.13 (17w47a) |
| 👁 Image Terracotta |
Hardened Clay | Hardened Clay was renamed to Terracotta alongside Stained Terracotta being renamed. | 1.6.1 (13w17a) | 1.12 (17w16a) |
| Item Name | Old name | Explanation | Version added | Version renamed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Cooked Cod |
Cooked Fish | ~ | 1.13 (17w47a) | |
| 👁 Image Enchanted Golden Apple |
Golden Apple | When added, the only distinctions between this and the original golden apple were the rarities and enchantment glint. | 1.3.1 (12w21a) | 1.13 (17w47a) |
| 👁 Image Golden Boots |
Golden boots | Fixed capitalization. | ~ | 1.2.1 (1.2) |
| 👁 Image Green Dye |
Cactus Green | Beta 1.2 | 1.14 (18w34a) | |
| 👁 Image Gunpowder |
Sulphur | ~ | Beta 1.3 | |
| 👁 Image Lava Bucket |
Lava bucket | Fixed capitalization. | ~ | 1.2.1 (1.2) |
| 👁 Image Raw Cod |
Raw Fish | ~ | 1.13 (17w47a) | |
| 👁 Image Sugar Cane |
Reeds | ~ | Beta 1.2 | |
| 👁 Image Red Dye |
Rose Red | Beta 1.2 | 1.14 (18w34a) | |
| 👁 Image Yellow Dye |
Dandelion Yellow | Beta 1.2 | 1.14 (18w34a) |
| Entity Name | Old name | Explanation | Version added | Version renamed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Zombified Piglin |
Zombie Pigman | The name and model of Zombie Pigmen were changed alongside the addition of the Piglin mob. | ~ | 1.16 |
| Biome Name | Old name | Explanation | Version added | Version renamed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Dark Forest |
Roofed Forest | 1.7.2 (13w36a) | 1.13 (18w19a) | |
| 👁 Image End Barrens |
The End
The End - Barren island |
Prior to 1.13, the outer End islands all used the same biome name as the center island. They were divided into four separate biomes in 18w06a, and renamed in 18w19a. | 1.9 (15w31a) | 1.13 (18w19a) |
| 👁 Image End Highlands |
The End
The End - High island |
Prior to 1.13, the outer End islands all used the same biome name as the center island. They were divided into four separate biomes in 18w06a, and renamed in 18w19a. | 1.9 (15w31a) | 1.13 (18w19a) |
| 👁 Image End Midlands |
The End
The End - Medium island |
Prior to 1.13, the outer End islands all used the same biome name as the center island. They were divided into four separate biomes in 18w06a, and renamed in 18w19a. | 1.9 (15w31a) | 1.13 (18w19a) |
| 👁 Image Nether Wastes |
Hell
Nether |
"Hell" was one of the placeholder names used during development of The Nether dimension, with the other being The Slip.[1] It was renamed once more in 1.16 to distinguish itself from the newer Nether biomes and the dimension itself. | ~ | 1.13 (18w19a) |
| 👁 Image Small End Islands |
The End
The End - Floating island |
Prior to 1.13, the outer End islands all used the same biome name as the center island. They were divided into four separate biomes in 18w06a, and renamed in 18w19a. | 1.9 (15w31a) | 1.13 (18w19a) |
| 👁 Image Swamp |
Swampland | Beta 1.8 (Pre-release)[note 1] | 1.13 (18w19a) | |
| 👁 Image The End (biome) |
Sky | The original concept for a third dimension was going to be the Sky dimension, before being reworked into The End dimension. | Beta 1.6 | 1.8 (14w17a) |
| 👁 Image |
Extreme Hills
Mountains |
Mountains were renamed back to "Extreme Hills" in 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 2. It was reverted in 21w37a, and renamed once more to Windswept Hills in 21w40a. | Beta 1.8 (Pre-release) | 1.13 (18w19a) |
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