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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Bountiful Update (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 |
Note
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| Endermite |
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Chance to spawn when a player or enderman teleports using an ender pearl.
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- Usually despawns within 2 minutes after they spawn.
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| Guardian |
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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).
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| Elder Guardian |
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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.
- When on land it flops around but remains hostile.
- A flashing boss guardian will appear on screen when close to the boss guardian, and Mining Fatigue III will be inflicted on the player for 5 minutes.
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| Rabbit |
     
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Spawns in the same biomes passive mobs spawn in.
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- Rabbits have the same AI as the most other passive mobs, and jump around randomly.
- Makes little squeaky sounds when hurt or killed.
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Blocks
New
| Name |
Image |
Obtaining |
Tool Required |
Uses
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| Diorite |
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Andesite |
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Granite |
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Prismarine |
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- Prismarine generate in ocean monuments.
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
- The cracks in prismarine appear to slowly change color between brown, blue, gray and purple.
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| Prismarine bricks |
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- Prismarine bricks generate in ocean monuments.
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Dark prismarine |
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- Dark prismarine generate in ocean monuments.
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Red sandstone |
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Iron trapdoor |
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* Can be broken with any pickaxe. |
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| Sea Lantern |
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- Decoration block.
- Used as a light source.
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| Wet Sponge |
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- Dropped by Elder Guardians
- Generates in ocean monuments
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* Can be broken with any tool. |
- Can be dried in a furnace.
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| Slime block |
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* Can be broken instantly |
- Slime blocks will push and pull each other, along with adjacent blocks, when at least one of them is moved by a sticky piston.
- Allows for moveable contraptions.
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| Banner |
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* Can be broken with any tool, but an axe is the fastest |
- Crafted like signs, but with one color of wool instead of planks.
- Stacks up to 16.
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| Barrier |
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Cannot be broken in survival |
- Acts like bedrock, but is completely transparent.
- Can be used to create impenetrable boundaries.
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Changed
Items
New
Biomes
New
To be added
Structures
New
To be added
World types
New
| Name |
Image |
Description |
Structures
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| Customized world type
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- Highly customizable terrain generation.
- There are 4 pages to customize the world.
- Page 1: customizes generation of structures, chance of lake generation, size of certain structures, biome type and size, and sea level.
- Page 2: customizes the ore distribution for dirt, gravel, granite, diorite, andesite, coal, iron, gold, redstone, diamond and lapis.
- Page 3 & 4: Expert customization of the terrain generation.
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Customized on pages 1 and 2
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| Debug mode world type
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- Useful for resource pack makers. Hold Shift and cycle through "World Type" option to select it.
- Other world options are not available.
- Only Spectator mode can be enabled upon spawn, but it can be reverted through commands once inside.
- All possible blocks with all possible data values (not IDs), are generated throughout a single plane.
- Every block state generates only once.
- Blocks may not be placed or destroyed.
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None
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