Best version for pre 1.9?
2 years ago
New South Wales, Australia

Which is the best version for beginners 1.7 or 1.8? (don’t say 1.16 because this is for pre 1.9)

Antarctica
Niley
He/Him, They/Them
2 years ago

1.7 = 1.7.4 1.8 = 1.8.9

South Korea

1.8.9 because sheep drop mutton

jk jk jk use 1.7.4

although I once lost a run to sheep not dropping food L

Bahrain

isnt 1.7.2 better because zombie jockeys or whatever new mob they added in 1.7.4?

Naegi, AbbyAsha, and Tutterey like this
New South Wales, Australia

Ok thanks I’ll use 1.7 I was asking because a lot of people have been using 1.8 recently

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Małopolskie, Poland

1.8 and 1.7 are currently in meta. if you use trading strats then go for 1.8, if towers, 1.7

they both have advantages and disadvantages. copypasta from pre-1.9 discord server

1.7 ADVANTAGES (Consider using DMT for the version, and Zen for 1.8) -Cheap tower -Automatic string farm (if cactus is used) -Aggro enderman while falling -Slightly faster death time for empty and non empty cycles -Better beds (subjective? a lot of 1.8 runners find 1.7 beds easier, can remove from the list if people want) -Current meta gives slightly slower nether entries, but closer to the ring - overall - slower tower leaves, closer to the ring -Tower slightly faster to build -Temples have wool 1.8 ADVANTAGES -Easier blazes -Slightly faster enderman pathfinding -Sheep drop food, small timesave in the overworld -Caves in deserts (yes thats good if you need to look for iron in there) -Current meta gives faster nether entries, but generally closer to spawn - overall - faster tower leaves, closer to spawn -If used the whole night and prioritizing skeletons, makes resetting for chickens not needed in the version -Crystals slightly easier to do in 1.8 rather than in 1.7, same damage for both versions

i switched to 1.7 from 1.8 recently (from 1.8.9 to 1.7.4 to be specific) and i prefer 1.7 more than 1.8

Odyssey1337x, Jakkeboy and 2 others like this
Arizona, USA

1.8.9 illU

New South Wales, Australia

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