Minecraft Console Edition 1.8.8 Launches today with a Huge Update! It has so many things added, we have a giant list below:
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New items for all modes<\/strong><\/p>\n Armour Stand New items for Creative Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n Rabbit Spawn Egg New blocks<\/strong><\/p>\n Podzol New mobs<\/strong><\/p>\n Endermite New biomes<\/strong><\/p>\n Mesa More features that I\u2019ll list using bullet points to save bandwidth More fixes and tweaks which subtly make the game more enjoyable<\/strong><\/p>\n -Sheep now drop Mutton when they die.
\nRaw Rabbit
\nCooked Rabbit
\nRabbit Stew
\nRaw Mutton
\nCooked Mutton
\nRabbit\u2019s Foot
\nRabbit Hide
\nPotion of Leaping
\nPotion of Water Breathing
\nSalmon
\nCooked Salmon
\nClownfish
\nPufferfish
\nBlue Orchid
\nAllium
\nAzure Bluet
\nTulips
\nOxeye Daisy
\nSunflower
\nLilac
\nPoppy (replaces Rose)
\nRose Bush
\nPeony
\nDouble Tall Grass
\nLarge Ferns
\nPrismarine Crystals
\nPrismarine Shard<\/p>\n
\nEndermite Spawn Egg
\nGuardian Spawn Egg<\/p>\n
\nGranite
\nPolished Granite
\nAndesite
\nPolished Andesite
\nDiorite
\nPolished Diorite
\nPrismarine
\nDark Prismarine
\nPrismarine Bricks
\nRed Sand
\nRed Sandstone
\nSmooth Red Sandstone
\nChiseled Red Sandstone
\nRed Sandstone Stairs
\nSea Lanterns
\nWet Sponge
\nSlime Blocks
\nCoarse Dirt
\nPacked Ice
\nAcacia Saplings
\nDark Oak Saplings<\/p>\n
\nGuardian
\nElder Guardian
\nRabbit
\nChicken Jockey<\/p>\n
\nMega Taiga
\nRoofed Forest
\nBirch Forest
\nForest
\nSavanna
\nExtreme Hills+
\nDeep Ocean
\nSnowless Taiga<\/p>\n
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\n-Treasure can now be caught while fishing. There are a lot of cool things to find!
\n-Enchanting now consumes Lapis Lazuli, and enchanting books can receive multiple enchants at once.
\n-Villagers now have additional professions, and will harvest crops and breed. To encourage that kind of behaviour, give them 3 bread, 12 carrots, or 1 potato. They\u2019ll also turn into Witches when struck by lightning.
\n-Now any rectangular shape from 4×5 to 23×23 will work as a Nether Portal. Ghasts can travel through them too.
\n-You can use\u202fPumpkins\u202for\u202fWither Skeleton Skulls\u202fto spawn Golems and Withers.
\n-We\u2019ve rebalanced the Anvils.
\n-Moss Stone, Mossy Stone Bricks and Chiseled Stone Bricks are now obtainable via crafting.
\n-You can now use a furnace to create Cracked Stone Bricks and Sponge.
\n-Empty Furnaces will now only accept fuel and empty\u202fBuckets\u202fin the fuel slot.
\n-Item Frames now emit a Redstone signal, and can rotate in 8 directions.
\n-Redstone comparators can now detect the rotation of an item in an item frame and output an equivalent power signal.
\n-Buttons can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
\n-Powered Activator rails now dismount entities riding Minecarts.
\n-Water-filled Cauldrons will put out burning entities, taking away one water level each time.
\n-When harvested with Silk Touch enchantment, Huge Mushroom Blocks drop blocks with corresponding Mushroom texture (red or brown) on all sides.
\n-We\u2019ve reintroduced Sponge to\u202fSurvival Mode with new behaviour and texture.
\n-Sugar Cane colour is now affected by biome.
\n-Baby Zombies now drop XP Orbs.
\n-Creepers can now be ignited with Flint and Steel.
\n-Adult Zombie Pigmen will now forgive after a short time.
\n-Witches now drink a Potion of Water Breathing when they are trapped underwater and can drop a Potion of Water Breathing upon death.
\n-Melons can now be found in patches similar to Pumpkins in the Jungle Biome.
\n-Swamp Biomes now feature Blue Orchid Flowers.
\n-Plains Biomes now generate Azure Bluets, Oxeye Daises, Tulips, and Double Tall Grass.
\n-Extreme Hills Biomes now feature Snow at higher elevations.
\n-Ocean Biomes now only feature Gravel on the floor instead of Sand, Dirt and Gravel.
\n-Desert Temples spawn with Stained Clay instead of Dyed Wool.
\n-Ocean Monuments now feature.
\n-New enchantments – Luck of the Sea (I-III), Lure (I-III), Depth Strider (I-III) -have been added.<\/p>\n
\n-Arrows decelerate more quickly underwater and extinguish if on fire.
\n-Most mobs can now swim.
\n-Skeletons flee from wolves.
\n-Creepers, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons and Zombies drop their heads when killed by Charged Creepers.
\n-Spiders no longer see players through solid blocks.
\n-Baby mobs growth can be accelerated by feeding them.
\n-Fix for players adding additional layers above the maximum height in Superflat.
\n-Added Flint and Steel and Fire Charge sound effect when igniting blocks.
\n-Updated audio for Cows and Mooshrooms.
\n-Updated audio for Minecarts.
\n-Created a new Tutorial World.<\/p>\n