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
