Major ReleaseJava Edition
1.9
Combat Update
Released February 29, 2016
Major Features
- Dual-wielding and off-hand slot
- Attack cooldown and sweep attacks
- Shields replaced sword blocking
- End Cities and End Ships
- Elytra wings for gliding
- Shulkers
- Chorus Plants and Chorus Fruit
- Lingering Potions and tipped arrows
- Igloos
- Dragon's Breath
- Ender Dragon fight reworked and repeatable
Notable Changes
- End dimension completely overhauled
- New sounds and subtitles
- Skeleton AI reworked
- Arrows of effects with tipped arrows
Notable Fixes
- Fixed many combat-related bugs
- Fixed End-related world generation issues
Version Info
- Version
- 1.9
- Update Name
- Combat Update
- Edition
- Java Edition
- Type
- Major Release
- Release Date
- February 29, 2016
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