Minecraft 1.2 patch introduces cats, babies and puppies

2 March 2012

Mojang has released patch 1.2 for Minecraft and amongst other things, it introduces cats (aawww), tame wolves that can have puppies (D’AAAAWWWWW), and villagers that can have children (KILL THEM ALL!).

If you already own the game then you can update it automatically in the Minecraft launcher.

The patch adds the following new features:

  • New jungle biome
  • Added ocelots
  • Added cats
  • Added iron golems
  • New AI for mobs
  • Tame wolves can have puppies
  • Villagers will have children if there is room in their village
  • New map height limit (256 instead of 128)
  • New items and blocks
  • Doors have been updated so that double-doors work better with redstone
  • Added rare drops for mobs
  • Many other minor tweaks and fixes

On top of that, the new patch allows players to properly select 64 bit Java installations for Mac OS X.

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