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==Update - Wednesday Marcy 14, 2018==
==Update - Wednesday March 14, 2018==
This is the biggest update ever! With pets, animal breeding, expert mode, skin customization, pizza ovens, new mobs, rainbow cake, a new D-Pad option for control, free HD textures, gem blocks, wind effects and HD clouds, yak shaving , shark riding, and SO MUCH MORE!!!
This is the biggest update ever! With pets, animal breeding, expert mode, skin customization, pizza ovens, new mobs, rainbow cake, a new D-Pad option for control, free HD textures, gem blocks, wind effects and HD clouds, yak shaving , shark riding, and SO MUCH MORE!!!


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Don’t forget to give expert mode a go, for a new challenging progression which makes it a whole new game.
Don’t forget to give expert mode a go, for a new challenging progression which makes it a whole new game.


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Enjoy!<noinclude>
 
==Full Changelog==
 
Unlike previous releases and due to the long list of new features in this update, majicDave released a detailed overview of the changes in this update [https://forums.theblockheads.net/t/full-1-7-change-list/65770 on the forums].
 
He stated "I apologize for any typos, missed features, or inaccuracies, it’s hard to keep track of every little change! But lot’s of people have been requesting a full list, and this is the most complete list I have, hopefully it’s useful."
 
Additions
* Added [[:Category:Creature|mob]] taming, by feeding a given mob the correct food/item
* Added [[dodo]] breeding, [[Resource Egg|resource eggs]], [[Egg Extractor|egg extractor]]
* Added [[donkey]] breeding, [[unicorn]]s, [[Rainbow Cake|rainbow cake]].
* Added [[mirror]] to customize [[blockhead]] appearance
* Added new blockhead skins
* You can now rename blockheads
* Added [[Wooden Gate|gate]]s
* Added [[cage]]s
* Added [[wheat]], [[flour]], [[yeast]], [[dough]], [[bread]], [[flatbread]] ''(and [[salt]])''
* Added [[tomato]]es
* Added [[Pizza Oven|pizza oven]] and [[pizza]]
* Added [[yak]]s, [[Yak Horn|yak horns]], [[razor]]s, [[Yak Shavings|yak shavings]], [[milk]], [[mozzarella]]
* Added [[plaster]] block and [[Luminous Plaster|luminous plaster block]] ''(and [[column]] and [[stairs]] forms for plain plaster)''
* Added [[Gem Block|gem blocks]], craftable at a [[press]] ''(and [[Rainbow Essence|rainbow essence]], as well as forming gems from their [[Gem Shard|shards]])''
* Adds D-pad for direct control of blockheads, and as an alternative to tilt control for boats/handcars/donkeys etc.
* Added [[Job Listings|job listings]] at [[Trade Portal|trade portals]]
* Added new [[Custom Rules|custom rules]] for teleportation, meditation, pole item degrading/respawning, blockhead death drops, trade portal buy/sell tax, and whether you need to discover items before you can buy them at trade portals
* There is now wind, which affects clouds, rain, and some particles, blows fruit off trees, and lowers blockhead happiness due to exposure ''([[Weather]])''
* New HD clouds
* The time required to [[Crafting|craft]] is now shown both before and during crafting
* You can now change the area covered by [[Ownership Sign|ownership signs]]
* Added /clear command to clear the chat
* [[Expert Mode|Expert mode]] added, see below
 
Changes
* New font
* New look buttons
* Baby [[dodo]]s!
* Pole items now slowly degenerate over time like other [[clothing]], and respawn at the poles 40 days after removal. This is configurable in custom rules.
* The time crystal item has been mostly removed, should be impossible to do anything useful with any that remain
* [[Coffee Cherry|Coffee cherries]] now give a 10 second extra speed bonus- All [[food]] now gives a small energy boost
* [[Energy]] now goes down a little faster to compensate
* [[Food]]s now replenish half as much [[Hunger Bar|food]] and [[health]]
* [[Sleep]] now also replenishes health slowly
* Plant harvesting has been changed so you always harvest the entire plant no matter which part of it you tap. (excludes [[vine]]s and [[kelp]])
* Plants no longer give a correct tool bonus when harvested by digging the block below with a spade
* Plant item drop counts have changed
* [[Sunflower]]s now emit light
* [[Time Crystal|Time crystal]] and gold ore and gold blocks now have a larger light radius, which matches the gem block light radius.
* [[Boat]] moved to [[Woodwork Bench|woodwork bench]]
* [[String]] moved to [[Tailor's Bench|weave workbench]]
* After a rewarded video is watched, you need to wait 10 minutes before another will become available
* [[Fur]] is now a little harder to come by from [[Dropbear|drop bears]]
* [[Game Center]] multiplayer is no longer supported
* ‘Share a link’ crystal reward has been removed
* All [[Tool|tool]]s and weapons now lose durability 4x faster per strike if they are used as a weapon
* The way animals spawn, feed and breed has totally changed, with longer lifetimes and different spawn rates
* Trees above 3 blocks tall will now always give at least one fruit per season
* [[Dodo Feather|Dodo feather]] drop on death is now 50% chance instead of 1 + 50%.
* Fruit now falls off the trees at the end of the fruiting season, and stays on the ground for one day.
* Tool decay custom rules are now 2x and 1/2x, not 4x and 1/4x
* Water is no longer removed when capturing a [[fish]] or [[shark]] in a [[bucket]]
* [[Dodo]]s and [[donkey]]s now eat food lying around on the ground
* When a mob or kelp is frozen in [[ice]], it will no longer die, but will be preserved in its current state until it thaws and comes to life again
* Drops from plants no longer make a sound unless they are being harvested by a blockhead
* New [[Sword|sword]] sound
* [[HD Texture Pack|HD textures]] are now free, and are the default
* [[Trade Portal|Trade portal]]s now have a far greater tax between buying and selling, 0.5x the base price when selling, 2x the base price when buying. This is configurable in custom rules.
* [[Trade Portal|Trade portal]]s now require that you have picked up each item before you are able to buy/sell it in each world, however all items < 1.7 are unlocked in worlds you have already played in with 1.6. This is also configurable in custom rules.
* [[Happiness]] no longer influences craft speed
* Renamed ‘vanilla’ or ‘normal’ to ‘survival’ when used in text as a comparison to [[Custom Rules|custom rules]]
* [[Diamond]]s and diamond colored things now are a whiter color
* Gems now emit a longer reaching light
* Donkeys now suffer fall damage, can die from high falls
* [[Scorpion]]s now have babies even if there is a back wall
* All mobs except [[Cave Troll|cave troll]]s now take damage from high temperatures
* New UI for selecting sun color
* If you tap while riding something, you now see a button to ‘STOP RIDING’ instead of immediately jumping off
* If the custom rules setting for world modification is set to disallowed or admin only, ownership signs can now be used to allow certain players to modify restricted areas
* If you don’t have permission to remove/modify a [[Sign|sign]], you now can’t mine/modify the block behind it
* Chat notifications are suppressed if the UI to mute another player is visible
 
Bug Fixes
* It should now be no longer possible for hacked clients to remove the main [[Portal|portal]] on [[Server|server]]s
* It also shouldn’t be possible for hacked clients to remove any other objects that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
* Where the main [[Portal|portal]] has been removed previously, it should now replace the base stone on reload
* [[Time Crystal|Time crystal]] sharing via [[Safe|safe]]s/[[Shop|shop]]s etc. should no longer be possible
* leaf particles no longer fall through solid [[Blocks|blocks]]
* Fixes bugs relating to beach sizes on very wet worlds, which caused a hang on creation when combined with the totally flat setting
* Fixed bug where you would wake immediately when you try to sleep in a bed in some situations
* Fixes bug where areas of the world would appear black when zoomed out 3x
* Shark jaw size is now clamped to sane values
* Placing trapdoors next to [[Compost|compost]] no longer works to spread [[Compost|compost]]
* ‘UNKNOWN’s and other items that shouldn’t exist can no longer be created or picked up
* Fixes bugs that cause your multiplayer avatar to change to an older or newer version in certain situations
* Fixes bug that caused the spawn item custom rules setting to revert sometimes when selecting empty or default
 
[[Expert Mode]]
* Adjustable with [[Custom Rules|custom rules]]:
** Teleportation requires diamond [[Portal|portal]]
** [[Tool]]s are used up at half the rate, as long as they are not used in an attack
** [[Hunger]] rate doubled
** Doubles damage received when harmed in any way
** All [[Item|item]]s dropped when you die
** Cannot [[Meditation|meditate]]
* Not adjustable with [[Custom Rules|custom rules]]:
** Totally new progression through workbenches with new crafting recipes for most items
** Cannot get a [[Workbench|workbench]] using [[Time Crystal|time crystal]]s, it must be crafted at a [[Portal|portal]]
** [[Trade Portal|Trade portal]] crafting requires diamond [[Portal|portal]]
** In order to use any [[Crafting Surface|workbench/crafting block]] other than the spawn portal, you must be the one who placed it
** Number of [[Time Crystal|time crystal]] blocks has been doubled
** Ore bonus with correct [[Tool|tool]] reduced from 3x to 2x
** Plant drops are lower, and more related to current tool and whether it’s currently flowering. It’s possible to get no seed drop.
** Trees and branches don’t drop anything extra when they fall as the result of another block being removed, the only drops come from the single block which was chopped
** Dead [[Tree|tree]]s don’t leave any drops
** Less [[Leather|leather]] & [[Fur|fur]] drops from [[Dropbear|dropbear]]s and [[Donkey|donkey]]s
** Less fruit grows on [[Tree|tree]]s
** Fewer treasure chests, and only in [[Cave|cave]]s, not under beaches
** [[Energy]] given by [[Coffee|coffee]] and other [[Food|food items]] halved
** Low [[Happiness|happiness]] gives a greater penalty to mine speed
** [[Pole items]] have reduced effects
** [[Health]] increase while sleeping is half that of normal mode
 
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