Seecret Updates

The Seecret Updates were a series of ten updates released by Notch during the Infdev and Alpha development phases of Minecraft. They were named after the day of the week on which they were release: nine Friday updates were released between June 18 and September 10, 2010; the tenth update (Seecret Saturday) was released on Saturday, September 18, 2010.

Significant features – such as sneaking, minecarts, redstone, and boats among others – were introduced in these updates.

Update	Version	Date	Features Added
Seecret Friday Update 1	Infdev	June 18, 2010	Fixed falling out of the bottom of the map (It now kills anyone who enters). Tweaked the sky rendering. +Big secret! +Smaller secret!
Seecret Friday Update 2	Infdev	June 25, 2010	Dungeons added Spawners added Saddles added +(Unintentional) The "Far Lands" make their first appearance.
Seecret Friday Update 3	Alpha 1.0.1	July 3, 2010	Improved AI Sheep regenerate wool. Caves can be far bigger and more expansive. Coal can be found in smaller or larger veins. Signs may now be placed on walls. Doors have a new icon. Mushrooms can grow anywhere in the shade, even on grass. New in-hand model/inventory icon for stairs. Levers, Stone Buttons, Pressure Plates, Iron Doors, Redstone Ore, Redstone Torches, and Redstone added.
Seecret Friday Update 4	Alpha 1.0.4	July 9, 2010	Red ore officially given the name Redstone. Animated title screen Winter maps, featuring: Snowfall Exposed land covered in a thin Snow sheet. Exposed water turns to Ice Sitting animation added for riding minecarts and pigs. Minecart skin reverted. -The bug in the mob spawn code is fixed. -Breaking a Minecart while in it will no longer freeze the game. -If a player rides a minecart and goes into a two block high space, no more suffocation damage is dealt.
Seecret Friday Update 5	Alpha 1.0.6	July 16, 2010	Boats added Cacti added, players are hurt while breaking them, and standing on top of them. Large trees Items can now be seen being held in third person. Animals only spawn on grass. Snowballs stack up to 16. Thrown snowballs don't disappear. Snow blocks only take 4 snowballs instead of 9. Leaves don't disappear. Fixed snow falling through snow blocks.
Seecret Friday Update 6	Alpha 1.0.11	July 23, 2010	Sugar Cane, Paper, and Books added. Craftable Bookcase blocks added. Craftable Brick blocks added, with new texture. Clay and Clay Block added. Brick item added. Slimes and Slimeballs added. Milk now obtainable using a bucket. New Cactus texture. Cacti now only hurt when touching. Cacti can now only be placed on sand. Updated terrain generator. Snow now breaks instantly when dug with a shovel.
Seecret Friday Update 7	Alpha 1.0.14	July 30, 2010	Chickens added Jukebox added New Items: Chicken Eggs Music Discs Placeable Powered Minecarts and Storage Minecart. Cows have new skin. Three new ambient music pieces. The tip of an arrow is now crafted from Flint rather than Iron.
Seecret Friday Update 8	Alpha 1.0.17	August 20, 2010	Fences added Working day/night cycle in multiplayer. Chickens, Slimes and Pigs added in multiplayer. Milk buckets can be emptied. Skeletons can ride Spiders (Spider Jockeys). Third person view is centered again. Right clicking on usable blocks makes the arm swing to match the third person animation for right clicking. Chickens no longer take fall damage and now slowly glide down using their wings.
Seecret Friday Update 9	Alpha 1.1.0	September 10, 2010	Compass added Server side inventory added. Server saves players' locations when they leave. Experimental switch to turn on monsters in SMP. Bucket of lava can be used for 100 smelts. Clay is more common when a world is generated. Sheep now drop between 1–3 blocks of wool when sheared instead of always dropping 2.
Secret Saturday 1	Alpha 1.1.1	September 17, 2010	Sneaking added New Paintings added Ability to change mouse sensitivity added. Sliders to change volume of sound and music added. Fishing Rod added Option to toggle FPS/debugging has been replaced with the F3 key. F3 + S reloads all web-loaded resources. Smoother day-to-night and night-to-day transitions.
Secret Saturday 1 (Fix)	Alpha	September 18, 2010	Attempted fix of the bugs added in Seecret Saturday Update 1.