It has always been the latest version*, and usually by a very large margin, according to https://minecraft-statistic.net, which currently shows that more than a third of all servers are on 1.16.5 and two-thirds are on 1.16.x:
*Here is an older thread where I posted the same stats, at which time the latest version was 1.12.2 and sure enough, the vast majority of servers were on that version.
While some older versions, notably 1.12, 1.8, and 1.7.10, continue to hang on they are gradually fading away; the only reason for older versions to still be played is mods or nostalgia (there are even servers for Beta versions for this reason; the aforementioned site doesn't seem to track every server, probably just larger public servers, but it should be representative of the community as a whole). Notably, the number of servers still on 1.8.8, presumably due to the combat changes in 1.9, has fallen by nearly 90% over the past three years (this was never a valid reason to not update since you've been able to use plugins or even vanilla commands to remove the cooldown).
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TheMasterCaver posted a message on Minecraft versionsPosted in: Discussion -
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rebelltrix posted a message on i keep cheating on my main worldPosted in: Survival ModeI do the same thing in my single player world. My rule for the game is if something happens that makes the game no longer fun for me (like losing full diamond in lava) I can use a cheat to fix it. Basically as long as you're having fun and in your own single player world cheats are fine.
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bonnydust posted a message on Which version of Minecraft do you think is the best and why ? (Poll)Posted in: Survival Mode1.7.10 it has the highest number of good mods available.
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Cryptopian posted a message on Which version of Minecraft do you think is the best and why ? (Poll)Posted in: Survival ModeNewest is best. I can't think of anything in 1.12 that I'd want to give up for the sake of playing an older version.
But then, some people get a kick out of driving antique cars, so there you go.
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TheSlapHoppyBoyEst2004 posted a message on Which version of Minecraft do you think is the best and why ? (Poll)Posted in: Survival Mode1.6 because I like to explore more caves and mineshafts. 1.7 has less caves and mineshafts.
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TheMasterCaver posted a message on Which version of Minecraft do you think is the best and why ? (Poll)New versions do not always have everything from old updates; I will never play 1.7 or later without modding the game (and never have actually played 1.7 or later in any case); for example, I recently found this cave (note the sunlight/snow and lava, and no, there was no ravine overhead. Note that this is not representative of every cave, which can get larger but also have more variation, 1.7 actually doesn't have much less air underground):Posted in: Survival Mode
Even the biggest cave that I explored in my recent modded world, and among the largest that I've ever explored with 1.26 million air blocks over a 300x300 block area, took less than 5 days to explore, during which time I mined more than 12,000 ore and used more than 5,000 torches:
While the above is not directly comparable to vanilla due to the fact that the individual caves were so much larger (volume increases faster than exploration time/ores mined/torches used), here is a day to day sequence of caves I explored in my vanilla first world, with a similar amount of ores mined per play session (averaging about 3,000; I only explored a bit more on the 5th day above):
An Unmined rendering of the same area at different layers:
Mojang could have also spent a few minutes (literally) to add customization but no, they have to add silly things like colored beds and parrots (almost nothing that has been added since 1.6 interests me, even most of the content that I've added to my "personal" version, including some features from 1.7+, I do not see as necessary). Of course, you are not forced to upgrade and I've never played multiplayer (pre-1.7 multiplayer doesn't even work properly anymore since the new launcher does not correctly pass a session ID to the game; the game itself thinks you are not logged in, though it doesn't matter for singleplayer) so there is no reason to complain.
Indeed, soon I'll be literally playing a different version - the title screen of 1.13 will probably say "Minecraft: Java Edition" while I'll still see plain old "Minecraft" when I start up my game (not that they are different versions):
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Jancrash posted a message on Which version of Minecraft do you think is the best and why ? (Poll)Posted in: Survival ModeI always think the newest version(s) is/are the best. You get everything from old updates, with new things.
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TheMasterCaver posted a message on Do you make new world everytime new minecraft version released ?Posted in: Survival ModeI still play on a world I created in 1.5.1, and not only that, I still play in 1.6.4, the last version with the same world generation (1.6 only added horses and new loot to chests, which does not count). Actually, I don't just play that world in 1.6.4, I've never updated to any newer version, even when using my own mods (which, IMO, makes the point of versions rather moot when mods can add anything and even completely change the game; I consider 1.7+ to be unplayable without mods to fix the changes they made to the underground, with no customization added in 1.8 or even as of 1.12, a real shame for a game where mining/caving is a big part of the game, and since no newer features really interest me that much I may as well just play an older version).
However, I have made a new world for every version of my mods, each of which has had entirely different world generation (the earliest versions only changed the underground but that would still cause undesirable discontinuities in caves, which is how I explore the world. Later versions also changed the depth of the ground, which would cause the mother of all chunk walls (64-128 blocks high) if you simply upgraded an older world; my most recent mods also change and add biomes, with the layout being different with each version. Even adding one new biome is enough to completely change the placements of all biomes unless it is added separately from other biomes or as a sub-biome).
Also, you are unlikely to find parrots in existing jungles - while they technically can respawn for the most part passive mobs never respawn due to their very low mob cap and lack of despawning (you have to kill nearly every single animal, down to 10 or less, within the spawn chunks as well as loaded chunks around the jungle; normally many times this number will spawn during world generation, which ignores the cap. Also, ocelots (the exception to passive mob spawning) count towards the passive mob cap but are on the hostile mob spawn list so they ignore the passive mob cap and can easily fill it (in jungles where I've explored everything underground I've seen the entity count rise to 300-400 due to all the ocelots around. Fortunately, they otherwise have a low chance of spawning, especially when hostile mobs can spawn, and despawn after 2 minutes if more than 32 blocks from a player. Note that they do not immediately despawn when more than 128 blocks away). - To post a comment, please login.
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i will try the 1.6 version, since i really like mining / caving
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i find this really confusing, i started my survival world around minecraft 1.10, and i explored tons of biomes already (jungle included), and the new 1.12 which bring parrot to the game just released, but since my world generated on 1.10, i cant find any parrot in the jungle i explored, and its really frustating if i need to start over with 1.12 from scratch. any solution ?