Minecraft wiki entry for Pretty_Scary_Update, associated text: The Pretty Scary Update is the name for Java Edition version 1.4.2, a major update officially released on Thursday, October 25, 2012.[1] Among the main changes were a number of new mobs and variants (witches, bats, zombie villagers, wither skeletons), wearable and placeable heads, a new boss (the wither), the command block, the anvil, the beacon, new food (potatoes, carrots and pumpkin pies), carrots on sticks for controlling pigs and new decoration items (such as item frames, flower pots and cobblestone walls).