This page if for the official release of the game. For earlier versions, see PC Release Dates/Older Versions This page has the release dates from Minecraft 1.0 - present
Release Dates[]
Minecraft 1.0[]
Update 1.0: November 18, 2011
Update 1.0.1: November 24, 2011
Minecraft 1.1[]
Update 1.1: January 12, 2012
Minecraft 1.2[]
Update 1.2.1: March 1, 2012
Update 1.2.2: March 1, 2012
Update 1.2.3: March 2, 2012
Update 1.2.4: March 22, 2012
Update 1.2.5: April 4, 2012
Minecraft 1.3[]
Minecraft 1.3.1: August 1, 2012
Minecraft 1.3.2: August 16, 2012
Minecraft 1.4[]
Update 1.4.2 (Pretty Scary Update): October 25, 2012
Update 1.4.4: November 14, 2012
Update 1.4.5: November 20, 2012
Update 1.4.6: December 20, 2012
Update 1.4.7: January 9, 2013
Minecraft 1.5[]
Minecraft 1.5 (Redstone Update): March 13, 2013
Minecraft 1.5.1: March 21, 2013
Minecraft 1.5.2: May 2, 2013
Minecraft 1.6[]
Update 1.6.1 (Horse Update): July 1, 2013
Update 1.6.2: July 8, 2013
Update 1.6.4: September 19, 2013
Minecraft 1.7[]
Update 1.7.2 (Biome Update): October 25, 2013
Update 1.7.4: December 10, 2013
Update 1.7.6: February 26, 2014
Update 1.7.7 April 9, 2014
Update 1.7.8