The long awaited update for the indie hit sandbox building sensation is now available for download.

Anounced earlier this month, Minecraft Beta patch 1.5 brings weather effects, statistics and achievements. It also also adds detector rails, booster rails, and some performance improvements.

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson recently revealed that the weather effects will have "periodic downfall (snow in snowy areas, rain in others, nothing in deserts) that make the sky darker, hides the sun, moon and stars, and makes everything wet. Ice grows back in cold regions, and snowfall covers the ground when it’s snowing. During rain/snow, there can be occasional thunderstorms with lightning." He also revealed that they have added "powered rails now, and lightning hitting a pig will turn it into a zombie pigman."

Notch adds: "More statistics and achievements will be added over time as we develop the game. They're only stored locally at the moment, but we'll slowly be rolling out online storing of achievements over time."

Minecraft will officially out of Beta on November 11, 2011.

Via [Notch blog]

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