Adventure Update



The Minecraft "Adventure Update" was 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 was split into three updates, also including beta versions 1.9 and 2.0, due to its size and unfinished status.

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

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 Version History (1.8+) and Upcoming Features (1.9) pages.

The Pre-Release of Minecraft Beta 1.8 was leaked and Notch has since approved this leak on his twitter and people had been "testing" the pre-release which was originally meant for trusted Minecraft play-testers.

Beta 1.9 Pre-Release
Jeb released the link to Minecraft Beta 1.9pre to the public, links are found below :

Client: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre/minecraft.jar

Server: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre/minecraft_server.jar

Bug Reporting: Here

Features:

The following things are confirmed to be in 1.9:

Villagers

Nether Brick

Nether Ruins

Nether Brick Fence

5 New Mobs (2 in the nether )

Animal Breeding

Lily Pads

Release
The first part of the update (1.8) was released on September 14th, 2011. The second part of the update (1.9) was planned to be released on September 22nd, 2011. A quote on 1.9 from Notch's Twitter on 9/21: "We're hoping (HOPING!) to release something tomorrow". A pre-release for 1.9 was released on September 22nd, 2011.

Confirmed By Notch
Notch confirmed on 21/09/11 that he will be adding a new mob to the update, Snow Golem. This mob will be friendly, and only available by crafting it. It will attack other mobs with snowballs (zero damage) as a "suicide". Of course also confirmed are the additions of new biomes and the NPCs to the villages. See reference 1 for all current 1.9 confirmations.

Bug Reporting
** If you have come across a bug, glitch or problem, please visit here, use the discussion page and report it to the Mojang staff when confirmed.**