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 (As of 7:00 pm GMT (17:30) 9/13/2011 the update has not yet been released. This could be due to the fact that the 1.8 Pre-Release(See below) has had a multitude of glitches and bugs reported, in which Notch and the rest of the team are working 'round the clock to fix). At 17:45 GMT 9/12/2011 Jeb wrote on his twitter that there will be no release on the 12th, nor the 1.8 P-R Update on the 13th. No new release date has been received from Mojang.

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 9th, September 2011, version 1.8 was found in a hidden directory on the Minecraft website by a user on 4chan's /v/. It was rapidly downloaded and distributed, and spread to other social news sites like Reddit. The same day, Notch admitted that the 1.8 Pre-release was leaked on Twitter.

Pre-Release 2
Tuesday 13th, September 2011, Jeb on Twitter released the Pre-Release 2 client and server update to 1.8, links can be found below.

 Please note that this is a PRE -Release, it may include many bugs!

Download it here
Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre2/minecraft.jar Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre2/minecraft_server.jar There also is a Known Bug list for 1.8

Windows
1) Open your .minecraft folder (Type %APPDATA%\.minecraft into the Explorer browser bar)

2) Backup your .minecraft folder

3) Inside your .minecraft folder, open the bin folder

4) Replace the minecraft.jar in the bin folder with the minecraft.jar you just downloaded.

Mac
1) Download minecraft.jar linked above

2) Navigate to /Users/ /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

Note: There have been reports of 1.8 crashing on macs.

Linux
Copy and paste into terminal:

Then run the launcher as you would normally do.

Bug Reporting
If you have come across a bug, glitch or problem, please go here and report it to the Mojang staff.