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This is a list of Beta 1.8 development versions.
Beta 1.8-pre1
Beta 1.8-pre1 is the first pre-release for Beta 1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ .
Videos
Additions
- Biomes
- Added Extreme Hills biomes.
- Foliage tree and grass color based on Taiga biomes.
- They were generated as part of the terrain generation algorithm.
- Added Extreme Hills biomes.
Changes
- Abandoned mineshafts Abandoned mineshaft Biome Any Consists of Wooden Planks Fence Rail Torch Cobweb Dirt Monster Spawner Minecart with Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history "Mine" redirects here. For information about mining, see Mining.
- Their density is now halved
- Strongholds Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes
- Increased stronghold count to three per map instead of one
- Swords Sword Type Combat Durability Wooden: 60 Golden: 33 Stone: 132 Iron: 251 Diamond: 1562 Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values Swords are melee weapons that are mainly used
- Blocking now works in SMP
- Creative inventory
- Some of the missing blocks are now on the creative selection screen
- Creative Pixel art and other creations made in Creative mode. "Sandbox" redirects here. For a place to test edits to this wiki, see Minecraft Wiki:Sandbox. Creative mode is one of the main game modes in Minecraft.
- You can no longer eat in creative
- Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that
- Chickens and cows killed by burning now drop their cooked meat
- Squid Squid Health points 10 () Size Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.8 Blocks Spawn 1 or more blocks of water, any light level, spawning block must be between level 46 (inclusive) and sea level First appearances
- Squid now drop experience orbs when killed
- Options The main options menu The video settings menu The music and sound options menu Minecraft’s user environment can be configured through the Options setting. A few additional options can only be changed by editing the
- "Generated Structures" is now on by default
- Bone meal
- You can now use bone meal Bone Meal Type Wool dyes Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 35115 hex: 15F15 bin: 10101111115 Name dye 15 Bone meal is a material that can be used as a dye as well as on pumpkin and melon seeds
- Huge mushrooms Huge Mushroom Biome Mushroom island, swamp, Pocket edition only] roofed forest Consists of Mushroom blocks Can generate post-generation Yes, when the player uses bone meal on a mushroom. First appearances See History See can only be made if a mushroom is planted on grass or dirt
- Cracked and mossy Stone Bricks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelting Stone Bricks: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 98 hex: 62 bin: 1100010 Name stonebrick Stone bricks are one stone bricks now drop themselves instead of regular stone bricks Stone Bricks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelting Stone Bricks: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 98 hex: 62 bin: 1100010 Name stonebrick Stone bricks are one .
- Fog
- Adjusted fog strength at low altitudes to be less extreme
- Other
- F6 and F7 working as a result of left-in debug code is now removed
- Fog key mapped to F
Beta 1.8-pre2
Beta 1.8-pre2 is the second pre-release for Beta 1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ .
Fixes
7 bugs fixed
- Fixed endermen Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in having client-side problems in SMP
- Sprinting with right-click or sneaking is now fixed
- Fixed furnace Furnace Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Partial (when active) Luminance Yes, 13 (when active) Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops tile entity crash
- Fixed leaving the crafting table with items on the grid creating phantom blocks
- Fixed SSP chunk memory leak
- Fixed vines and leaves no crashing the game when placed in the Nether
- Fixed farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds