Minecraft Survival Test 0.30 [updated] Site

Released by Markus "Notch" Persson as a follow-up to the limited Creative mode of Minecraft Classic , version 0.30 was not a polished update. It was a live, experimental branch where Notch threw ideas at the wall to see what stuck. It was buggy, it was brutal, and it contained the DNA of every survival mechanic we take for granted today.

Pigs and sheep roamed the surface. In this build, sheep regenerated their wool over time, and pigs served as the primary source of healing.

Released in October and November of 2009 during the Classic phase of development, Survival Test 0.30 was a separate build designed to test how game mechanics would function under stress. Prior to this, Minecraft (then known mostly as Cave Game or Minecraft Classic ) was entirely about building. Players had infinite blocks, broke them instantly, and faced zero consequences.

Today, enthusiasts can find archived versions through the Minecraft Wiki or community projects like Classic WebGL , which ports the old code to run in modern browsers.