Anything exciting? What do you think of the new snow golems? I'm not going to lie- I'm terrified. If you do, you can always remove the minecraft.jar file that you installed in the bin folder and rename the old one back to 'minecraft.jar' again. Remember that this is a beta version of the game and you may encounter problems. If you're struggling with those steps, this video might give you some help:Ī helpful walkthrough to installing the Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release.

That's it! Now you can enjoy the 1.9 pre-release.

Drag the new minecraft.jar file that you downloaded at the start of this process into the bin folder.

Rename the current minecraft.jar file to 'minecraft1.8backup' or something similar, so you can always restore the file later on if you wish.

minecraft folder, and access the bin folder inside of it.

In the run box, type %appdata% and hit okay.

Go to your start button in the bottom left corner of your screen and select run (or type it into the search box).

jar file directly from the Minecraft server! Accept no substitutions! This is what you want.

Download the Minecraft 1.9 pre-release.

If the video above made you interested, you can follow these directions (or skip ahead to a tutorial I found on YouTube) on how to install the Minecraft 1.9 pre-release yourself and give the new features a spin! These instructions are specifically for Windows folks, but the same principles apply for users who want to enjoy it on their Mac too! This guide is very similar to the one I produced for the 1.8 pre-release, so feel free to refer to those as well.

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