Betafied - Golden Age Minecraft ported to Minecraft Bedrock

Website • Discord • GitHub • AGPLv3 License

Betafied brings Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 mechanics, combat, and terrain back to modern Bedrock Edition. It is an open-source project combining custom Script API runtime systems and resource packs to recreate the pre-Adventure Update game.

Note for server players: If you are playing on the official Betafied multiplayer server, you do not need to download this addon; the server sends all packs automatically upon connection. See betafied.net for connection details. The downloads below are for local singleplayer and Realm worlds.

Features

Combat & Survival

• Instant eating: Food restores health directly and immediately with no eating delay or animation. Natural health regeneration is disabled, and food does not stack.
• No hunger or sprinting: The hunger bar and XP bar are removed from the HUD. Movement stays at classic walking speeds, with no sprint-jumping across terrain.
• Rapid-fire bows: Arrows fire instantly on release without modern draw charging.
• Beta armor curve: Damage reduction scales with item durability rather than modern flat defense points. Fresh diamond or iron armor absorbs heavy damage, weakening as it takes hits.
• No offhand or shields: Equipment stays in the main hand and hotbar. Offhand slots are disabled.

Classic Mining, Tool & Block Quirks

• Sword-mining speed: Swords slice through cobwebs, wool, leaves, pumpkins, planks, and wooden stairs significantly faster, restoring Beta sword harvesting.
• Lit redstone ore fatigue: Mining redstone ore is slower, recreating the sluggish mining time of redstone.
• Nether water via ice: Breaking ice blocks inside the Nether spawns flowing water, restoring the classic pre-1.3 Nether water trick.
• Fragile wooden boats: Hitting a shoreline, lily pad, or block at full speed shatters boats into sticks and wooden planks.
• Classic fence snapping: Fences only connect to other fences and will not latch onto adjacent solid blocks.
• Working furnace minecarts: Powered minecarts burn coal and push strings of storage and rider carts along tracks.
• No waterlogging: Fences, slabs, and stairs place dry without modern waterlogging mechanics.

Farming & Agriculture

• Distance-based farmland trampling: Walking across crops rolls a random chance to turn farmland back into dirt unless sneaking.
• Fence farmland trick: Farmland placed directly on top of fences cannot be trampled.
• Standing jumps don't trample: Landing from a normal jump leaves crops intact, unlike modern Bedrock.
• Instant bonemeal: Bone meal immediately matures wheat and crops to their final growth stage.

Visuals, Atmosphere & Audio

• Classic underwater overlay: Submerging triggers the vintage opaque blue water screen tint rather than clear modern ocean vision.
• Classic fog & void fog: Overworld atmosphere uses golden-age fog distances, including deep fog in dark caverns.
• Retro audio: Classic explosion sounds, bow snaps, and the original player damage sound ("OOF").
• Subtle apparitions: Rare, distant sightings in the fog that vanish when approached.

Mob Behavior & Nightmares

• Passive animal AI: Animals wander freely without breeding mechanics or despawn cycles.
• Bedside nightmares: Sleeping in an unlit room or near monsters jolts the player awake to a monster ambush.
• Classic mob drops & spawns: Modern drop tables and post-Beta mob mechanics are stripped back to their 2011 defaults.

Installation

Betafied is distributed as an `.mcaddon` or `.mcworld` file.

Android & iOS

1. Download the .mcaddon or .mcworld.
2. Open the downloaded file using Minecraft.
3. Wait for the import notifications to complete.
4. For .mcaddon: In your world settings, activate Betafied under both Behavior Packs and Resource Packs. Under Experiments, turn on Beta APIs.
5. For .mcworld: The imported world is already pre-configured; open it from your world list.

Windows

1. Download and double-click the .mcaddon or .mcworld to launch Minecraft and import the files.
2. Activate the Behavior and Resource packs in your world settings, or open the imported world template directly.

Consoles (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch)

1. Import the addon or world on PC or mobile.
2. Upload the configured world to a Minecraft Realm.
3. Join the Realm from your console. The packs will download automatically.

Credits & Acknowledgments

Project Contributors:

• fyreic (Lead Developer & Modern Maintainer): Rewrote the entire addon in TypeScript, refactored and modernized the codebase for current Bedrock Script API versions, and revived the project.
• keirazelle (Codebase Architecture & Rewrite): Spearheaded the major rewrite following cen0b's departure, making the codebase significantly cleaner, structured, and readable.Merb (_not_a_username_ / "nah") (Former Project Lead): Took over Betafied after cen0b left, leading crucial biome and surface generation overhauls and fixing countless Beta 1.7.3 parity issues.
• notchives (Contributor & Support): Supported Merb in the continuation and preservation of Betafied during its middle era.
• Harlow / arcdustry (User Interface Design): Created all of the custom UI.
• cen0b (Original Creator & Concept): Conceived the original addon idea and laid the foundational architecture and early development decisions that started the project.

Special Thanks:

• Markus "Notch" Persson & early Mojang AB: For creating Minecraft Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.
• Regolith Toolchain: For facilitating modern Bedrock addon compilation and packaging pipelines.
• Minecraft Bedrock Script API: Powering the event bus, tick scheduler, and mechanics engine.
• The Golden Age Community: Everyone passionate about preserving Beta-era Minecraft.

Contributing & License

Betafied is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3. The source code is public and open for contributions, bug reports, and forks:

• Source Code & Issue Tracker: GitHub Repository
• Community & Discussion: Discord Server

Not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang AB.