Adventure Update



The Minecraft "Adventure Update" will be a huge update to Minecraft, similar to the Halloween Update. The Adventure Update was originally designated as Beta 1.7, but was later postponed to 1.8. It will be split into two updates, the second being Beta 1.9, due to its size and its still unfinished status.

The release date (according to Jeb) for the first half of the update was originally 8 September 2011, but was later delayed to September the 12th.

Notch replied on a tweet that he is nervous about this update.

An early version of the Adventure Update was playable by fans at Mojang's booth at PAX Prime, which was held between August 26th and 28th. A user from the Minecraft forums who was picked as a volunteer at their booth provided inside information on some of the new features. More on this can be found in this thread. For a list of features in the Adventure Update, consult the Upcoming Features page.

The Pre-Release of Minecraft Beta 1.8 was leaked and is now accessible via minecraft.net. Notch has since approved this leak on his twitter and people are now "testing" the pre-release which was originally meant for trusted Minecraft play-testers.

Leaked Pre-Release On Friday 9 September 2011 Notch said on Twitter that the 1.8 Pre-release was leaked.

 Please note that this is the PRE -Release, it includes many bugs!

Download it here
http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft.jar There also is a Known Bug list for 1.8

Windows
1) Open your AppData\Roaming folder, typically by typing %appdata% in Run

2) Find .minecraft

2a) Backup .minecraft into another folder

3) Inside your .minecraft, find bin

4) Open the \bin folder and delete just "minecraft.jar" (not ones that say 1.6, 1.7, etc.)

5) Replace it with the minecraft.jar you just downloaded.

Mac
1) Download minecraft.jar linked above

2) Navigate to /Users/User/Library/Application Support/minecraft/bin

3) Back up file "minecraft.jar" located here

4) Delete original minecraft.jar *Make sure you backed up*

5) Move the new downloaded minecraft.jar here

6) Restart Minecraft.app

Linux
1) Download minecraft.jar linked above

2) Close Minecraft if opened. 3) Navigate to /home/ /.minecraft/bin. It may be necessary to allow showing hidden (dotted) files in your filemanager - Shortcuts: Alt+. for Dolphin and Ctrl+H for Nautilus and PCManFM

4) Back up file "minecraft.jar" located here

5) Delete original minecraft.jar *Make sure you backed up*

6) Move the new downloaded minecraft.jar here