Talk:Java Edition removed features

I wonder if it's already been discussed, but there are pages in Category:Outdated and Category:Removed_mobs (Rana, Isometric screenshot, etc.) that seem to me like they would go here. – Sealbudsman (Aaron) 👁 Image
T, C, b 16:19, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, Rana, Beast Boy, Black Steve and Steve should be added. ^{I have a question: Grassless Dirt should be added? It was replaced by coarse dirt, but technically it was removed.}16:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

–Preceding unsigned comment was added by LauraFi (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Yes, the mobs should be added, with a {{main}} link to the article. As for grassless dirt, it never was removed, there was simply a texture change, and the addition of an in game name. –KnightMiner ^(t|c) 16:34, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Am I right to put the Quiver in the unused section of this page? Or should it go on Mentioned features as it still exists as a sprite (although I don't know where would make sense though) –Goandgoo ᐸ Talk
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The quiver was never added, and the sprite is still there, so it belongs in unused features. –LauraFi · talk 12:07, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

The quiver was originally planned to 1.9 but was removed again because "there are more natural" --200.127.21.210 19:20, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

The quiver's texture was removed not the "Complete Item"--66.50.41.11 21:06, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Someone add this, I don't know how –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.170.176.77 (talk) at 5:55, 16 March 2015 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Rose is still in Console Editions, so 👁 Image
 No. — NickTheRed37 ^t/_c (f.k.a. Naista2002) 06:15, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

you can implement it with /clone command using:
/clone <x1> <y1> <z1> <x2> <y2> <z2> <x> <y> <z> --200.127.21.210 19:15, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

In the "Obtainable until 1.7.2, there's that sugarcane. It's actually possible to obtain it in Creative (or at least in PE) –Preceding unsigned comment was added by RobustGlimt2907 (talk • contribs) at 1:25, 07 January 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Are you sure you mean the block form and not the item form? The item form is the one that works with all the crafting recipes, meanwhile the block form is the technical block placed by the item which can grow more sugar cane.

In either case, I do believe PE has not done much with removing technical blocks from being obtained. This article is about the PC edition (see Pocket Edition removed features for PE) –KnightMiner ^t/_c 01:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes the block form. All you need to do is middle-click (click using the scroll thingy). –Preceding unsigned comment was added by RobustGlimt2907 (talk • contribs) at 22:11, 18 January 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Well, I would suggest you add that information to Pocket Edition exclusive features then, as this article is correct for the PC edition (which is its topic). –KnightMiner ^t/_c 22:49, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Actually, plate.png Was used in c0.30_01c, in Survival mode, but it was hardcoded to creative, as the (decompiled) code states: "

 package com.mojang.minecraft.mob;
 import alotofthings;
 public class HumanoidMob extends Mob {
 ...
 public void renderModel$f1c6c5a(...) {
 ...
 if ((this.armor) || (this.helmet)) {
 ...
 GL11.glBindTexture(3553, parama.a("/armor/plate.png"));
 ... 
 }
 ...
 }
 ...
 }"

This is where plate.png is used. And this is where the gamemode is hardcoded to Creative: "

 package com.mojang.minecraft;
 import alotofimports;
 public final class l/*Minecraft*/ implements Runnable {
 //Deobfuscated: public com.mojang.minecraft.gamemode.GameMode gamemode = new com.mojang.minecraft.gamemode.CreativeGameMode(this);
 public com.mojang.minecraft.d.b a = new com.mojang.minecraft.d.a(this);
 ...
 }"

If you want to see it with your eye, open the jar with a decompiler and take a look at com/mojang/minecraft/l.class and com/mojang/minecraft/mob/HumanoidMob.class .

+ you can go into survival mode by modifying "public com.mojang.minecraft.d.b a" in l.class to be "com.mojang.minecraft.d.c" with a bytecode editor.

--Atybot (talk) 14:34, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

tHERE IS ALREADY A GENERIC VILLAGER THAT WERE RE-ADDED IN 1.11. WHY ARE YOU FORBIDDING TO REMOVE THE SECTION?!?!?! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.23.255.61 (talk) at 20:05, 17 November 2016 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Now that 1.11 has been officially released, that is a good point. Removed. – DelboyDylan ^{(talk|contribs)} 20:33, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

I don't know what you are talking about.65.23.255.61 20:56, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the generic villager and zombie generic villager sections from the page as you suggested. As 1.11 has been officially released (i.e. not in snapshot or pre-release) it does make sense to remove them. – DelboyDylan ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:05, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Cool65.23.255.61 21:30, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

But, Others think they were not re-added. I have made an test of Minecraft--207.204.181.251 21:15, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok, that can be removed in 1.11.1, Right, Sealbudsman?--66.50.41.11 17:13, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

What do you mean? – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 18:45, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Did i mispoken it?--66.50.41.11 21:04, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

When you say "that can be removed", what is "that"? – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 21:18, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Luck potion, DUH!--66.50.13.92 16:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

No-one was talking about a luck potion, rando. Done talking. – Sealbudsman ^talk/_contr 19:19, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

The text says "Notch <3 ez!" is still present in PE. I checked my Win10 Edition 1.0 splashes.json and it's gone, but I have no clue when it might have been removed if it was ever there (I don't remember ever seeing it displayed). Before I presumptively remove the statement, could someone check it for Android and iOS just to be sure? Auldrick (talk) 20:07, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

This page is for features removed from PC. Features removed from pocket edition belong at Pocket Edition removed features. The Blobs^{👁 Image}
22:49, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

I dug into the files of beta 1.7.3 and discovered something unused. It was called "power.png" without the quotes. I checked to see if it was still there in 17w06a, but I couldn't find it where it was before. In fact, I couldn't find it anywhere. It had been removed. Anybody else know anything about this? Like maybe when the texture was added and when it was removed? I'll look for information, too. However, I can't promise I'll find much.--WarmWooly75 (talk) 05:03, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

In the last edit, dead coral was added to the removed features. Should we really include it though? It only appeared in just a few snapshots of 1.13, and there are no features that I see on this page only appreared in snapshots (I didn't look closely though). I personally think that this should be deleted, but I'm open for anything. It does seem like snapshots often test lots of things that are later removed, and I don't think Dead coral is really worth mentioning. Another reason for this is that dead coral is actually a coral variant and was just split up into several dead corals, meaning that dead coral was never really removed.--👁 Image
Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 21:46, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

After reading the article more closely I did realize that some features that only appeared in development versions. However, the part about dead coral being a coral variant and being split up rather than removed is still true.--👁 Image
Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 21:50, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree, it's not really "removed", but rather expanded upon. – Jack McKalling [ 👁 Image
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In 1.7, their translation key was changed to item.fish.cod.raw.name and item.fish.cooked.raw.name and apparently (https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/5gyjng/what_kind_of_fish_is_the_fish_item/daw8rao/?context=0) the in-game name was planned to be changed back then. Still, Mojang themselves asked the Java Edition translators to translate is as "cod" (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uqg6mPo6iIQOuqcUsAGXgN-glUEhM1bCKWzcGT6MDRA/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true).

The name in the en_us file was changed in 17w47a, along with the "flattening" and is unrelated to the actual fish mob and texture change. If we add things here because of a name change, we should also list hardened clay being replaced by terracotta in 1.12 and many other items as well. --Capopanzone (talk) 19:55, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Only the changes made in 1.13 matter, the technical changes in 1.7 didn't have any effect when it comes to actual gameplay.

Having said that, I still don't think raw and cooked fish should be listed. Changing the name and texture at the same time doesn't make it a new item. Same goes for the rose which in my opinion is misplaced within this article. Only the texture and name were changed in 1.7, nothing else was. So it wasn't removed or replaced, it was just altered. The code is what defines an object and in both cases it didn't change in the slightest. – Fuzs 20:51, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree that neither the rose nor fish have necessarily been removed, and therefore aren't really useful on this page.--👁 Image
Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 21:13, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I think the rose is a unique case, as from the players' point of view, Mojang took out one type of flower and replaced it with another. Yes, in the code this is simply a name and texture change, but it's one that generated a lot of discussion in user communities - and it still gets noted from time to time. Because of its history, I think this change is notable, and therefore the Rose section should be retained. I don't think the fish / cooked fish changes meet the same standard, and so I wouldn't support including sections for such changes. —Memetics ^{talk | edits} 22:12, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

I don't know if any of the unused potions had effects or not. The content of the only revision of the Clear Potion page before it was deleted was:

Clear Potion gives you 3 minutes of speed and 3 minutes of haste.
Curently can only be modded for.

This was created by a user with no other contributions, either before or after that one. Between the editor's lack of a trustworthy reputation, and the mention of mods, I don't think this edit can be used as evidence that the unused potions had effects. -- Orthotope^talk 19:17, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Would anyone really think that evidence is worth investigating? I doubt that. I say, let's just assume the potions had no effects. --AttemptToCallNil (report bug, view backtrace) 19:23, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Reminder that Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 (which I assume is the version we're concerned with) is available for download, so we can actually investigate this is we can mod the game to get stuff these potions. - User-12316399 (talk) 21:10, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Actually, I'm pretty sure this video right here just about clears it. - User-12316399 (talk) 21:27, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

did rana ever move the way her animation was suposed to play out?--108.172.1.172 17:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

No, she moved like everyone else, in the idle pose. -- TheAwesome98 85.255.234.77 15:50, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Footstep particle is in game but its unused! –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.123.115.195 (talk) at 12:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

It's not really removed if it's in the game -PancakeIdentity (talk) 15:20, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

they got rid of it --173.180.201.172 18:55, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

when were they added and removed????? --173.180.201.172 22:38, 30 July 2019 (UTC):)

It says in the sections. Please read good. -- TheAwesome98 85.255.234.77 15:52, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Dear fellow Wiki-users,

I have experimented with the old Indev versions containing MD3 mobs, and, based on what I have observed, I think that their drops might need to be corrected. You see:

Firstly, the male MD3 mobs can all drop 0-2 items. Secondly, every male MD3 mob has one specific item; Steve will always drop string, Black Steve will always drop gunpowder and Beast Boy will always drop feathers. Thirdly, none of the male MD3 mobs ever drop a flint and steel, as is not only evident when playing Indev 20100130, but also when looking at the game's source code.

As for my proof for this, as well as my observations regarding Rana's loot, kindly refer to my forum-post regarding the matter.

Best, Albert plaggart (talk) 09:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Piglins are being added soon, and Zombie Pigmen are being renamed to Zombified Piglins. It’s pretty obvious that Piglins are supposed to replace Pigmen judging by the Zombie Pigman name change, so would we still consider living Pigmen removed? 184.181.98.125 21:21, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Zombie Pigmen are changing to Zombified Piglins, but Pigmen are Pigmen and Piglins are Piglins. I hope this makes sense! -- TheAwesome98 85.255.234.77 15:54, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_removed_features#Obtainable_until_Java_Edition_1.9 that's all I can say.--32.213.179.11 21:51, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

This is really not a helpful message. What are you talking about? Please be clear. FVbico (talk) 22:43, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

I think there is a lot of replaced features that could use it's own place. We have the pigman, rose, grass-less dirt, classic wool colors, wool armor, etc. I think if the changes are large enough, we could put it in this category. Maybe the criteria could be a name and a texture change, but it has to be different enough. (e.g. clay being renamed to clay ball wouldn't qualify even though it technically had it's texture changed.) This could be a section inside the different separated pages of removed blocks, items, and entities; or given it's own page. — Yekulten (talk) 15:05, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

I cannot find any information on the internet about this feature. Bianche2006 (My Messages My Edits) 07:09, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

That may or may not be due to the fact it’s really old and removed. NC12 (talk) 14:46, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I have a proposal that items in “Java Edition removed features” page should be sorted alphabetically Jooraj (talk) 15:19, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

If the page is to be sorted alphabetically, then all removed features pages also need to be sorted as such. I personally think it should be sorted by removal date.Yekulten (talk) 18:06, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

The way it is now it seems clunky, especially when they aren't in chronological order, and "prior to 1.7.2" links to the standard "Biome" page.

Sporkaganza (talk) 23:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Java Edition removed features#Crafting recipes and Crafting#Removed recipes link to each other as the "main article". Neither contains a Java-only list of removed recipes. The equivalent for Bedrock is at Bedrock Edition removed recipes. Where should the main article be for Java Edition removed recipes? -￢kk 〈_Tᴀʟᴋ^🆕︎〉 05:39, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

There were those very unpopular piston sounds planned for 1.21 to make pistons quieter. Are those unused, or are those removed and therefore supposed to be here? Nerdyguy2000 (talk) 22:08, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Or are they not exclusive to Java? Nerdyguy2000 (talk) 14:58, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

I think they’re unused, I was trawling through gamedata recently and found them NC12 (talk) 14:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

In snapshot 16w04a and TU69 the rain sounds were updated. They were made much more quiet. I would expect the old sounds to be listed on the page but they currently aren't. Could someone add them here please? BugsbugsbugsMinecraftWiki (talk) 19:34, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

When were they removed in bedrock? -~- Nerdyguy2000   talk   edits 17:17, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

It looks like bedrock actually still uses the outdated sounds. https://www.youtube.com/live/cSggohhisLI?t=3709 Here are examples of the new sounds: https://youtu.be/CoB3bkMtlLs?t=320, https://youtu.be/-QoV3BkpPGg?t=106 I think the rain#Sounds article is actually incorrect about the sounds for bedrock then. BugsbugsbugsMinecraftWiki (talk) 19:24, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

I've checked both the 1.8.9 Java files and the latest (1.21.50.26) Bedrock files and you're right, Bedrock still uses them. I've uploaded them and updated the rain page. Thanks for finding out. - Zamburger (talk) 19:50, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Glitch or not, it is still something that was removed, hence why its here. BDJP ^(t|c) 08:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi,

I was doing some research and found a bug report about the unused strings for a "/chunkinfo" command. One of Mojang's developers (Erik Broes) responded by saying that it was an "internal command": [1]https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC/issues/MC-106666

Based on what he said, it sounds like the unreleased "/chunkinfo" command was used for development. Mickey42302 (talk) 17:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

For example: 1. Something was done, but after then it was denied before the official release (Stronghold glass pillars, Spawning nether portals with F4, Time control with F6 and F7, Brick pyramid, Obsidian wall, calm4.ogg, Play Tutorial Level button); 2. Something was attempted, but they were never fully completed (Purple arrow); 3. Something were not added at all, only mention.

Removed features should the belong for things: 1. Added things, starting from 1.0.0 official release, after some time they were removed, but things don't count here, which added in snapshots and removed also very fast in next snapshots and not lives in next releases, they are also considered as Unimplemented/Mentioned.

What are your opinions? Khimarik Mayer (talk) 16:07, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

It would not be practical. Plus, Unimplemented features is already an existing Disambiguation page. It would be, maybe instead better to move all temporary/transitional features to bottom of Java Edition removed features page like I did in past (in edit during 13. January 2026 at 19:12), such as Ability to milk squids, Jumping increases experience, etc... which are on the very bottom of page just right above the Notes, References and Navigation sections. Aleksandra0056 (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Okay, so I partially done that because the Other section was very long anyway. I splitted temporary/transitional/leftover features into Temporary features section, however not all of them, because sounds, keyboard shortcuts and structures must be together in one section (Sounds, User interface and Generated structures sections) and not scattered over entire page to prevent confusion of readers, so these should not be moved there. And Play Tutorial Level button belongs to Unused section and not to Temporary features section because it never had any functionality. Aleksandra0056 (talk) 07:51, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

This page is absolutely huge and a lot of the things listed don't strike me as "removed features", but rather "features that were significantly changed". For example, the old walking animation barely counts as "removed" or a "feature" as I see it - it's an aspect of an existing feature (the player entity) that was substantially modified. Eating food to recover health no longer being the case due to the presence of hunger also is less of a "removed feature" and more of a fundamental change to how food works. The "high-distance anomalies" section contains no "features" at all, but rather notable fixed bugs. This entire page, as it currently stands, reeks of scope creep. User-12316399 (talk) 13:59, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

But these things existed, so they should be listed in removed features. Aleksandra0056 (talk) 18:57, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

But they were never removed, just heavily altered. The current baby mobs arent going to be on this page when Tiny Takeover comes out, even though they would be no longer in the game 👁 Image
amethyst_hhh👁 Image
19:06, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree, that changes to models, textures and labels are not removed features at all, so there is no reason for old baby mob models be written here. However changed behavior of something (e.g. something used to work differently, but not look differently) should be considered as removed feature and should be written here. It's not my fault, even before I was improving the Java Edition Removed features page since January 2026, many people were writing removed behavior of many features years ago. Players deserve to know about everything that used to work differently (including from pre-Classic, Classic, Indev, Infdev, Alpha, Beta, Stable releases, Snapshots and Pre-releases) because that's history of game. There are many even longer pages, and hundreds of kilobytes are not slowing browsers. I'm improving the page Java Edition Removed features not because of me, but because other Minecraft players deserve to know what was possible in game in past. Aleksandra0056 (talk) 19:41, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

But these features arent removed, just heavily changed. Perhaps there should be a discussion about splitting that info onto a separate page with a more fitting title 👁 Image
amethyst_hhh👁 Image
20:02, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Thats a completely different concept than Removed Features. A separate page of Overhauled Features would be better suited for this information.  Nixinova  T ⁄ C  22:00, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I have nothing against these features being documented and grouped somewhere, I just don't think here specifically is a good idea. - User-12316399 (talk) 21:53, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Few days ago, I added User interface and Temporary features sections to make several removed features have more correct places in page. What about, if I add third section "Removed behavior" where features that were heavily changed (but not fully removed) would be moved? Aleksandra0056 (talk) 22:02, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Added. == Rout | Talk 14:53, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

In pre-loaded items sub-section (in player features section), someone added yellow notice "This section needs cleanup to comply with the style guide." with text "some of the images used here seem anachronistic or even sourced from the completely wrong edition, or are of completely unexpected block states" which is non-sense and misunderstanding. Many blocks in older versions of Java Edition used different block lighting in inventory, had various blockstates and had textures that looked similar to Pocked Edition despite they had nothing common with MCPE. For example textures of Glass and Sponge from 0.0.19a or Filled End Portal Frame from Beta 1.9 pre-release 3 look to some people like if they were from MCPE despite they aren't. That yellow notice should be removed since pre-loaded items are documented correctly. Aleksandra0056 (talk) 10:13, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

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