1.4.2, the release of the Pretty Scary Update, is a major update to Java Edition released on October 25, 2012, which added a number of new mobs (witches, bats, zombie villagers, and wither skeletons), wearable and placeable heads, a better sound engine, a new boss (the wither), command blocks, anvils, beacons, new food (potatoes, carrots, and pumpkin pies), carrots on sticks for controlling pigs, and new decoration items (such as item frames, flower pots, and cobblestone walls).
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