Fence Gate/Asset history

[hide]Java Edition Beta
November 29, 2010Fence gates were first mentioned on Get Satisfaction,[1] then confirmed by Jeb on Twitter.[2]
1.8Pre-release

Added fence gates.
The inventory sprite of fence gates do not have holes.
Sound UpdateThe opening and closing sounds of fence gates have been changed.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5

The texture of fence gates has been changed as a result of the planks texture being updated.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6Fence gates are now broken faster using an axe.
1.112w01aFence gates now have hitboxes more akin to fences.
releaseFence gates can now be opened and closed with redstone.
1.4.212w34a

Following the introduction of walls, fence gates can now be shifted down 3 pixels to accommodate their shape.
1.4.41.4.3



Fence gates, with the exception of closed east-west connected gates, have had UV changes, seemingly to make planks run across the geometry more realistically.
1.814w11a



Fence gate models have been updated. Notably, the top texture rotates with the gate itself, making closed north and west facing gates distinguishable from closed south and east facing gates. In addition, wall gates now have the wood texture also shift to accommodate their model.
Invicon Oak Fence Gate.png: Sprite image for Oak Fence Gate in Minecraft The texture of the fence gate inventory icon has been changed. The inventory icon now shows the two holes.
Fence gates which are closed but receiving redstone power appear open, but are still solid.
14w17a

The UVs of non-wall gates have changed once more, excluding those facing south and closed. Closed gates facing north and west are once again indistinguishable from those facing south and east.
14w28bPowered closed fence gates now appear closed.[3]
14w32b Added birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak fence gates.
The crafting recipe now requires 2 plank blocks of the same species, but a gate and a wooden fence can connect without matching.
Fence gates can now catch fire.
1.915w43aFence gates now have their own sounds.
1.1317w47aThe oak fence gate ID has been changed from fence_gate to oak_fence_gate.
Fence gates can now be placed without requiring a block below them.
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 107, 183, 184, 185, 186 and 187.
1.1418w43a The textures of fence gates have been changed.
18w47a The textures of fence gates have been changed.
18w48aOak fence gates now generate in the updated plains villages.
18w49aSpruce fence gates now generate in the newly added snowy tundra villages.
Acacia fence gates now generate in the updated savanna villages.
18w50aJungle fence gates now generate in the updated desert villages.
Spruce fence gates now generate in the updated taiga villages.
The texture of spruce fence gates have been changed.
1.1620w06a Added crimson and warped fence gates.
1.1922w11a Added mangrove fence gates.
22w12aMangrove fence gates can now be used as a fuel.[4]
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0

Added fence gates.
v0.3.0Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of fence gates in the inventory.
v0.4.0

The UV of fence gates has been changed to match Java Edition.
v0.10.0build 1 Added birch, spruce, jungle, acacia and dark oak fence gates. Note that these are not the textures used at the time, since this version was released in 2014, predating the Texture Update by many years.
Invicon Birch Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Birch Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Invicon Spruce Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Spruce Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Invicon Jungle Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Jungle Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Invicon Acacia Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Acacia Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Invicon Dark Oak Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Dark Oak Fence Gate BE in Minecraft The inventory models of fence gates have been changed to be more akin to the old Java original model.
"Fence Gate" has been renamed to "Oak Fence Gate".
v0.12.1build 12Fence gates can now be shifted down 3 pixels to accommodate the shape of walls.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Oak, spruce, jungle, and acacia fence gates now generate in the new villages.
The textures of fence gates have been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.15.0.51Fence gates can now be placed without a block below them.
beta 1.16.0.51 Invicon Crimson Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Crimson Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Invicon Warped Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Warped Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Added crimson and warped fence gates.
1.16.20beta 1.16.20.50Crimson and warped fence gates now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
1.19.0beta 1.19.0.20 Added mangrove fence gates.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1[verify] Added fence gates. This is not the texture used at the time though.
TU25CU141.171.171.17 Added spruce, birch, and jungle fence gates. These are not the textures used at the time.
"Fence Gate" has been renamed to "Oak Fence Gate".
[hide]PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90 The textures of fence gates have been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Invicon Oak Fence Gate BE.png: Sprite image for Oak Fence Gate BE in Minecraft Added fence gates, but not with these textures.