Release Date: June 8, 2016
Version(s): Java Edition 1.10
◄◄ Combat Update | Exploration Update ►►
The Frostburn Update (Java Edition 1.10) was officially launched on June 8, 2016. This was one of the smaller major updates to Minecraft but introduced a number of notable features, such as new hostile mob variants for deserts and snowy biomes, polar bears, structure blocks, and an auto-jump function. The update’s name was revealed by Mojang on the same day of release through a post on their official blog.
Development for 1.10 began shortly after the Combat Update (1.9) was finalized. Compared to most updates, this version had a very short testing period, with only three snapshots and two pre-releases being made available between May 18, 2016, and the official launch on June 8, 2016. Pre-releases were pushed on June 2 and June 7, the latter coming just a day before the full release.
Contents
- Notable Features
- Trivia
- Further Revisions
- References
- Navigation
1. Notable Features
New Blocks
- Bone Block
- Found underground as part of fossil structures.
- Can also be crafted with nine bone meal.
- Functions as a compact storage block for bone meal.
- Magma Block
- Naturally generates in the Nether between Y-levels 27 and 36.
- Craftable from four magma cream.
- Inflicts damage on mobs and players standing on it (unless sneaking, wearing Frost Walker boots, or protected by Fire Resistance).
- Water placed above a magma block disappears instantly.
- Nether Wart Block
- Crafted with nine Nether wart.
- Decorative use only — cannot be reverted back into Nether wart.
- Red Nether Bricks
- Created with two Nether wart + two Nether bricks in a checkerboard pattern.
- Structure Void
- Available exclusively via commands.
- Used primarily in map and structure creation as an invisible placeholder.
New Items
- Polar Bear Spawn Egg (creative-only).
New Mobs
- Husk
- Desert variant of the zombie.
- Deals the Hunger effect to players it attacks.
- Polar Bear
- Spawns in cold biomes: Ice Plains, Ice Mountains, and Ice Spikes.
- Can generate as adults or cubs.
- Adults become aggressive if attacked or if a cub is nearby.
- Faster swimmers than the player.
- Drops raw fish or salmon when killed.
- Stray
- Snowy biome counterpart to skeletons.
- Fires tipped arrows of Slowness.
New Structures
- Fossils
- Rare underground structures in deserts and swamps.
- Built from bone blocks and coal ore.
Other Additions
- /teleport command introduced.
- Auto-jump feature added, making players automatically step up single blocks.
2. Trivia
- The period between the first snapshot (16w20a) and the first pre-release was only two weeks, one of the fastest update cycles in Minecraft’s history.
- Unlike long-developed updates such as 1.8 and 1.9 (which took roughly a year each), this was considered the smallest major update at the time.
3. Further Revisions
- 1.10.1 → Fixed several of the most frustrating reported bugs.
- 1.10.2 → Released shortly afterward to fix a crash introduced in 1.10.1.