This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Java Edition 1.8.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with [[The Update that Changed the World ]] (Java edition 1.7.x releases).
Mobs
New
| Name | Image | Habitat | Drops | Notes |
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| Endermite | chance to spawn when a player or enderman teleports using an ender pearl. | |||
| Guardian | Spawns in ocean monuments. |
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Attacks squids and players with a beam. When on land it flops around but remains hostile. The player will also get damaged with a thorns like effect if it damages the guardian while their spikes are deployed (as if it's being prickled). | |
| Elder Guardian | A boss-like variant of Guardians, with greater health, greater size and different appearance. |
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There are 3 elders in each ocean monument.
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| Rabbit | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Drops rabbit hide, raw rabbit, cooked rabbit and rabbit's foot. |
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There are 3 elders in each ocean monument.
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Blocks
New
| Name | Image | Acquired | Tool Required | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | class="wikitable " data-description="Crafting recipes" | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | |
| Cobblestone + Nether Quartz |
| Diorite can be mined with any pickaxe. | Decoration block. |- | Andesite
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| {| class="wikitable " data-description="Crafting recipes"
!Ingredients!!Crafting recipe
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|Diorite +
Cobblestone
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|- |} | Andesite can be mined with any pickaxe. | Decoration block. |- | Coarse dirt
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| {| class="wikitable " data-description="Crafting recipes"
!Ingredients!!Crafting recipe
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|Dirt +
Gravel
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|- |} | Coarse dirt can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with shovels being the fastest way to break them. | Replaces the grassless dirt variant found in mega taiga, mesa and savanna biomes. | Slightly darker texture than regular dirt. | Tilling coarse dirt with a hoe will turn it to regular dirt. |- | Prismarine
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| Generates in ocean monuments. | The cracks in prismarine appear to slowly change color between brown, blue, gray and purple. |- | Prismarine bricks
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| Generates in ocean monuments. |- | Dark prismarine
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| Generates in ocean monuments. |}
Items
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To be added
Biomes
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Structures
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