Minecraft: 1.8 Patch Notes

The 1.8 update for Minecraft is here, with a lot of new additions. Here is a list of the major additions and improvements for this update to Minecraft.

New Creative Mode

• Built in flying by double tapping jump
• Instant mining
• Inventory screen replaced with Item Selection screen
• Ulimited resources

New Options in Terrain Builder

• Abandoned Mine Shafts
• NPC Villages
• Ravines
• Strongholds

New Biomes & Biome Features

• Increased biome sizes
• Mountains
• Swamps
• Oceans
• Rivers flow between biomes

New Mobs

• Cave Spider – Smaller spiders that appear in Abandoned Mine Shafts, poisonous effect
• Enderman – Tall, skinny mob that becomes aggressive when looked at, hurt by water
• Silverfish – Stone type creatures that rarely hide in stone type blocks

New Blocks

• Brick Slabs
• Brick Stairs
• Fence Gates
• Glass Panes
• Iron Bars
• Melons
• Melon Seeds
• Stone Bricks
• Stone Brick Slabs
• Stone Brick Stairs

New Combat Features

• Added critical hits
• Ability to block incoming attacks
• Arrows now stick out of mobs they hit
• Click and hold to charge bows for more powerful attacks

New Farming Items

• Pumpin vines from Pumpin Seeds
• Melon vines from Melon Seeds
• Tall grass now spreads

New Food System

• Eating animation
• Eating raw food can poison you
• Food bar that heals indirectly
• Most food is now stackable
• New food items

New Experience System

• Killing mobs grants experience for leveling up

New Sprinting Ability

• Double tap up button to sprint, depletes food bar
• Hitting a mob while sprinting sends the mob flying
• Jumping while sprinting makes you jump farther

Mob Changes

• Animals are now persistent, they don’t despawn
• Passive mobs will sometimes flee when attacked
• Pigs now have real snouts
• Zombies drop Rotten Flesh instead of Feathers

Improved Lighting

• Lighting is now updated via texture
• Blocks are now tinted based on the light source on them

New Textures & Particle Effects

• Critical hits create sparks
• Fog underground is thicker
• New texture for Moss Stone

Lots of Bug Fixes & Smaller Changes