Protocol version numbers

This page lists the protocol version numbers used in the various MC releases. Official releases are marked bold, weekly snapshots are in regular font.

The 1.7 release has seen a complete rewrite of the network protocol (using Netty), including the version numbers. The protocol numbers have been reset. This page contains version numbers for both the pre-Netty and post-Netty protocol versions.

A list of packet IDs and names per linked protocol version on this page is available here.

Versions after the Netty rewrite

Beginning with the 1.7.1 pre-release (and release 1.7.2), versioning was reset.

Release name	Version number	Last known documentation
18w09a	363	page
18w08b	362	page
18w08a	361	page
18w07c	360	page
18w07b	359	page
18w07a	358	page
18w06a	357	page
18w05a	356	page
18w03b	355	page
18w03a	354
18w02a	353	page
18w01a	352	page
17w50a	351	page
17w49b	350	page
17w49a	349	page
17w48a	348	page
17w47b	347	page
17w47a	346	page
17w46a	345	page
17w45b	344	page
17w45a	343	page
17w43b	342	page
17w43a	341	page
1.12.2	340	page
1.12.2-pre2	339	page
1.12.2-pre1
1.12.1	338	page
1.12.1-pre1	337	page
17w31a	336	page
1.12	335	page
1.12-pre7	334	page
1.12-pre6	333	page
1.12-pre5	332	page
1.12-pre4	331	page
1.12-pre3	330	page
1.12-pre2	329	page
1.12-pre1	328	page
17w18b	327	page
17w18a	326	page
17w17b	325	page
17w17a	324	page
17w16b	323	page
17w16a	322	page
17w15a	321	page
17w14a	320	page
17w13b	319	page
17w13a	318	page
17w06a	317	page
1.11.2	316	page
1.11.1
16w50a
1.11	315	page
1.11-pre1	314	page
16w44a	313	page
16w43a
16w42a	312	page
16w41a	311	page
16w40a	310	page
16w39c	309	page
16w39b	308	page
16w39a	307	page
16w38a	306	page
16w36a	305	page
16w35a	304	page
16w33a	303	page
16w32b	302	page
16w32a	301	page
1.10.2	210	page
1.10.1
1.10
1.10-pre2	205	page
1.10-pre1	204	page
16w21b	203	page
16w21a	202	page
16w20a	201	page
1.9.4	110	page
1.9.3
1.9.3-pre3
1.9.3-pre2
1.9.3-pre1	109	page
16w15b
16w15a
16w14a
1.9.2
1.RV-Pre1	108	<ref group="note">Although it has the same ID as 1.9.1, the April Fools version 1.RV-Pre1 has new blocks and items that cannot be used on 1.9.1 servers.</ref>
1.9.1	108	page
1.9.1-pre3
1.9.1-pre2
1.9.1-pre1	107	page
1.9
1.9-pre4	106
1.9-pre3	105
1.9-pre2	104
1.9-pre1	103
16w07b	102
16w07a	101
16w06a	100
16w05b	99
16w05a	98
16w04a	97
16w03a	96
16w02a	95	page
15w51b	94	page
15w51a	93
15w50a	92
15w49b	91
15w49a	90
15w47c	89
15w47b	88
15w47a	87
15w46a	86
15w45a	85
15w44b	84
15w44a	83
15w43c	82
15w43b	81
15w43a	80
15w42a	79
15w41b	78
15w41a	77
15w40b	76	page
15w40a	75
15w39c	74
15w38b	73	page
15w38a	72	page
15w37a	71
15w36d	70	page
15w36c	69	page
15w36b	68
15w36a	67
15w35e	66	page
15w35d	65
15w35c	64
15w35b	63	page
15w35a	62
15w34d	61
15w34c	60
15w34b	59
15w34a	58	page
15w33c	57	page
15w33b	56	page
15w33a	55	page
15w32c	54	page
15w32b	53
15w32a	52	page
15w31c	51	page
15w31b	50	page<ref group="note"><Dinnerbone> Protocol itself didn't change in 31c btw, but we added an entity which warrants incompatibility</ref>
15w31a	49
15w14a	48
1.8.9	47	page
1.8.8
1.8.7
1.8.6
1.8.5
1.8.4
1.8.3
1.8.2
1.8.1
1.8
1.8-pre3	46
1.8-pre2	45
1.8-pre1	44
14w34d	43
14w34c	42
14w34b	41
14w34a	40
14w33c	39
14w33b	38
14w33a	37
14w32d	36
14w32c	35
14w32b	34
14w32a	33
14w31a	32
14w30c	31
14w30a	30
14w29a	29
14w28b	28
14w28a	27
14w27b	26
14w27a
14w26c	25
14w26b	24
14w26a	23
14w25b	22
14w25a	21
14w21b	20
14w21a	19
14w20a	18
14w19a	17
14w18b	16
14w17a	15
14w11a	14
14w10c	13
14w10b
14w10a
14w08a	12
14w07a	11
14w06a	10
14w05a	9
14w04b	8
14w04a	7
14w03a	6
14w02a	5	page
1.7.10
1.7.9
1.7.8
1.7.7
1.7.6
1.7.5	4	page
1.7.4
1.7.3-pre
1.7.2
1.7.1-pre
13w43a	2
13w42b	1	page
13w42a
13w41b	0	page<ref group="note">Despite having the same ID, 13w41a and 13w41b are incompatible.</ref>
13w41a	0	page

Notes

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Examples

Json: minecraft-data

Versions before the Netty rewrite

Minecraft version 1.6.4 and older used a protocol versioning scheme separate from the current one. As such, the same version number may ambiguously refer to an old version in this list and a new version in the list above.

Release name	Version number	Last known documentation
13w39b	80	page
13w39a
13w38c	79
13w38b
13w38a
1.6.4	78	page
1.6.3-pre	77
13w37b	76
13w37a
13w36b	75
13w36a
1.6.2	74
1.6.1	73	page
1.6-pre	72
13w26a
13w25c	71
13w25b
13w25a
13w24b	70
13w24a	69
13w23b	68
13w23a	67
13w22a
13w21b
13w21a
13w19a	66
13w18a	65
13w17a	64
13w16b	63
13w16a	62
1.5.2	61
Minecraft 2.0: Purple	92
Minecraft 2.0: Red	91
Minecraft 2.0: Blue	90
1.5.1	60
1.5
13w09b	59
13w06a	58
13w05b	57
13w05a	56
13w04a	55
13w03a	54
13w02a	53
13w01a	52
1.4.7	51	page
1.4.6
12w49a	50
1.4.5	49
1.4.4
1.4.3-pre	48
1.4.2	47
12w41a	46
12w40b	45
12w40a	44
12w39b	43
12w39a
12w38b
12w38a
12w37a	42
12w36a
12w34b
12w34a	41
12w32a	40
1.3.2	39	page
1.3.1
12w27a	38
12w26a	37
12w25a
12w24a	36
12w23a	35
12w22a	34
12w21b	33
12w21a
12w19a	32
12w18a
12w17a	31
12w16a	30
1.2.5	29	page<ref group="old note">This protocol has no encryption and a different handshake layout than the previous ones.</ref>
1.2.4
1.2.3	28
1.2.2
1.2.1
12w07a	27
12w06a	25
12w05a	24
12w04a
12w03a
1.1	23 <ref group="old note">This version is incompatible with 12w01a which also uses protocol 23, due to the removal of 0x1B.</ref>
12w01a	23
11w50a	22 <ref group="old note">These versions are incompatible with the previous snapshots also using protocol 22, due to the additon of 0xFA Plugin Message.</ref>
11w49a
11w48a	22	page
11w47a
1.0.1
1.0.0
1.0.0-RC2
1.0.0-RC1
Beta 1.9-pre6
Beta 1.9-pre5	21
Beta 1.9-pre4	20
Beta 1.9-pre3	19
Beta 1.9-pre2
Beta 1.9-pre1	18
Beta 1.8.1	17
Beta 1.8
Beta 1.8-pre2	16
Beta 1.8-pre1	15
Beta 1.7.3	14
Beta 1.7.2
Beta 1.7.1
Beta 1.7
Beta 1.6.6	13
Beta 1.6.5
Beta 1.6.4
Beta 1.6.3
Beta 1.6.2
Beta 1.6.1
Beta 1.6
Beta 1.6 Test Build 3	12	<ref group="old note">This version was never publicly released, but is found lurking on the old update site. It's equivalent to beta 1.6 in terms of protocol. Curiously, it has a unique protocol version.</ref>
Beta 1.5_01	11
Beta 1.5
Beta 1.4_01	10
Beta 1.4
Beta 1.3_01	9
Beta 1.3
Beta 1.2_02	8
Beta 1.2_01
Beta 1.2
Beta 1.1_02
Beta 1.1_01	7
Beta 1.1	Unknown (7?)
Beta 1.0_02	7
Beta 1.0_01
Beta 1.0
Alpha 1.2.6	6
Alpha 1.2.5
Alpha 1.2.4_01
Alpha 1.2.4	Unknown (6?)
Alpha 1.2.3_04	5
Alpha 1.2.3_02
Alpha 1.2.3_01
Alpha 1.2.3
Alpha 1.2.2	Unknown (4?)
Alpha 1.2.1_01	3
Alpha 1.2.1
Alpha 1.2.0_02
Alpha 1.2.0_01
Alpha 1.2.0
Alpha 1.1.2_01	2
Alpha 1.1.2
Alpha 1.1.1	Unknown (2?)
Alpha 1.1.0	2
Alpha 1.0.17_04	1
Alpha 1.0.17_03	Unknown (1?)
Alpha 1.0.17_02	1
Alpha 1.0.17	Unknown
Alpha 1.0.16_02
Alpha 1.0.16_01
Alpha 1.0.16	14
Alpha 1.0.15	13	<ref group="old note">1.0.15 is the first version publicly supporting SMP</ref>
Alpha 1.0.14_01	Unknown (12?)	<ref group="old note">These versions have a multiplayer button, but a specific server is hardcoded.</ref>
Alpha 1.0.14	12
Alpha 1.0.13_02	Unknown (11?)
Alpha 1.0.13_01
Alpha 1.0.13
Alpha 1.0.12
Alpha 1.0.11	10
Alpha 1.0.10	Unknown (10?)
Alpha 1.0.9		<ref group="old note">These versions (specifically 1.0.7 and 1.0.5_01) have multiplayer code, but no multiplayer interface.</ref>
Alpha 1.0.8_01
Alpha 1.0.8
Alpha 1.0.7	10
Alpha 1.0.6_03	Unknown (10?)
Alpha 1.0.6_01
Alpha 1.0.6
Alpha 1.0.5_01	10
Alpha 1.0.5	Unknown
Alpha 1.0.4	Multiplayer did not exist at this time
Alpha 1.0.3
Alpha 1.0.2_01
Alpha 1.0.1_01
Alpha 1.0.1
Alpha 1.0.0
0.30c	7	page
0.0.23a_01	6

Notes

<references group="old note" />