Types of Discontinued Features

This page contains a list of all discontinued feature types. A discontinued feature is a feature in Minecraft that can be updated to a version where it is no longer obtainable. Discontinued features can be categorized in many ways including what type they are, when they were available, and whether they still exist.

Feature Type

 * - discontinued features using the blocks of the world
 * - discontinued block that is a single block that should not exist
 * - discontinued feature not because of a single block but because of a combination of blocks that are in a usually unobtainable fashion
 * - lava and water in abnormal states
 * - entity that is no longer obtainable
 * - has to do with a villager trade
 * - mob that is no longer obtainable
 * - entities such as minecarts and paintings that aren't mobs
 * - entities riding on top of one another to create a unique entity combination
 * - entities that are falling blocks, like sand, gravel, etc, except discontinued
 * - items that are no longer obtainable
 * - items in a container where they shouldn't be
 * - items with a data value that isn't intended
 * - a feature involving discontinued enchantments
 * - items with discontinued count values
 * - items that are above the stack limit of an item
 * - items that have a count value that is negative, includes 0 stacked items
 * - items that have an id of a block that aren't normally obtainable
 * - data stored with the player
 * - items in the player's (or other mob's) armor slots
 * - potion effects, are temporary
 * - impossible statistics
 * - statuses of the entire world
 * - player statuses that effect the world
 * - region file statuses that effect the actual world
 * - same as above but for the overworld dimension
 * - same as above but for the nether dimension
 * - same as above but for the end dimension
 * - terrain of the world, discontinued status is conditional
 * - files within the world folder that are discontinued but will have no effect in-game
 * - features that rely on using commands or creative mode
 * - features that rely on using commands or creative mode

Version Information

 * - player can get this discontinued feature in a full release of the game
 * - player must go to a snapshot, pre-release, or combat test to obtain this feature
 * - player must go to a version before 1.0.0 to obtain this feature
 * - player must go to a April Fools' joke version
 * - player must downgrade a world
 * - player must go to a Mojang Official Version of the game other than Normal Java (Either Minecraft China or MinecraftEdu)
 * - player must obtain this feature by beginning in a Mojang built/endorsed world
 * - feature that uses an official map built by Mojang
 * - feature that uses a map selected by Mojang to go into game, for example, maps chosen to go into Minecraft Realms
 * feature that uses Minecraft: China Edition
 * feature that uses MinecraftEdu Edition

Persistance of Features

 * - features that still exist in the current version of the game
 * - feature that was discontinued but then become obtainable once again
 * Double Recontinued Feature - feature that was unobtainable during two version spans
 * - feature was removed from the world in its entirety
 * - feature had its discontinued aspect removed via item converting to normal item, still exists as normal item

Observability

 * - discontinued feature can be directly observed
 * - discontinued feature can be observed but only using indirect tests such as if items stack
 * - discontinued feature that could be observed but only once by destroying the discontinued feature
 * - discontinued feature that can only be observed by copying the world and running a third party software or commands to check

Other

 * - feature can be brought into newer versions but has a time limit to how long it will last
 * - feature that can be moved
 * - feature that cannot be moved
 * - features that are mutually exclusive in a world
 * - feature that was intentionally possible in the past
 * - feature that uses a bug from the past
 * - taking one discontinued feature and combining it with another
 * Double Discontinued Feature - two discontinued features combined into one thing
 * Triple Discontinued Feature - combo of 3 discontinued features... etc etc
 * - reverse of a discontinued feature, is available in newer versions but not older ones
 * - the feature can be normally found in the world but its coordinates make it discontinued
 * - a feature that is only discontinued if a certain world state is in effect (for example phantoms if are active)