Best Minecraft Java Edition Updates

The Top Ten
1 Beta 1.8

The best update of all time, added villages, enderman, etc.

The amount of things added was incredible. Villiages, melons, steak, endermen, mineshafts, ravines, I could go on!

2 1.8

Added banners, rabbits, guardians, ocean monuments and many new blocks like diorite and granite.

Notch's farewell update, added stained glass and underwater fortresses.

3 1.0.0

This added brewing, enchanting, the End, hardcore mode, breeding, many mobs including blazes and magma cubes, and HEAPS more!

Very historically important

Added an ending to the game

4 Beta 1.9

Added the end to the game

5 Cave Game Tech Test

The beginning of the game

6 Alpha 1.2.0

This added the Nether (and everything in it including ghasts). It also added fishing, zombie pigmen, and the clock.

Added the Nether

7 1.12

Wasn't as big as other updates, but it added things like concrete, parrots, and advancements.

Added colored beds, best Microsoft update so far.

8 Beta 1.4

This added wolves, cookies, a new logo and many more changes.

9 Survival Test

The very beginning of the main game mode

10 1.3

This added trading, adventure mode, emeralds, ender chests, and jungle and desert pyramids and more.

A lot of stuff was added

The Contenders
11 1.16

The Nether Update is the BEST update ever. Not just bug fixes, but also tons of new nether things.

look just look at the nether it is incredible

12 1.7.2

The first version I played on PC

13 1.7.10
14 1.9
15 1.13
16 1.14
17 1.1
18 1.2.1
19 1.3.1
20 1.4.2
21 1.5
22 1.6.1
23 1.17
24 1.15
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