Minecraft 1.8 Update Release Date: Mojang Officially releases 1.8 Update

Minecraft 1.8 Update Release Date: Mojang Officially releases 1.8 Update 

The Minecraft 1.8 update, which is also known as "The Bountiful Update," has been finally released, developer Jens Bergensten confirmed on Tuesday, September 2 in Mojang.com. The update came with 3 pre-release updates back in August.

The 1.8 update has taken the longest to create to date -- over 300 days went into creating it, according to Jens Bergensten, one of Mojang's developers. With such a long creation time, the update is bound to have a lot of changes. "These changes consist of both new features, and large game structure changes such as replacing the hard-coded 'block renderer' with a system that is able to read block shapes from data files, or performance enhancements such as multi-threading that client-side chunk rendering. We hope you will enjoy it!" Bergensten wrote.

Here's a list of some of the changes to the game which can also be found the Mojang website:

• Added Granite, Andesite, and Diorite stone blocks, with smooth versions
• Added Slime Block
• Added Iron Trapdoor
• Added Prismarine and Sea Lantern blocks
• Added the Ocean Monument
• Added Red Sandstone
• Added Banners
• Added Armor Stands
• Added Coarse Dirt (dirt where grass won't grow)
• Added Guardian mobs, with item drops
• Added Endermite mob
• Added Rabbits, with item drops
• Added Mutton and Cooked Mutton
• Villagers will harvest crops and plant new ones
• Mossy Cobblestone and Mossy Stone Bricks are now craftable
• Chiseled Stone Bricks are now craftable
• Doors and fences now come in all wood type variants
• Sponge block has regained its water-absorbing ability and becomes wet
• Added a spectator game mode (game mode 3)
• Added one new achievement
• Added "Customized" world type
• Added hidden "Debug Mode" world type

There is actually a lot more changes that were listed, which you can check out yourself. Also, Minecraft for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One are in its final stages of testing.

 

 

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