Minecraft’s latest replace provides bamboo, scaffolding, pandas and redesigned kitty cats

Minecraft gamers have a brand new replace to use, and it comes with some nifty modifications.

Minecraft’s Bedrock replace 1.8.zero is out within the wild, and certain it comprises a brand new climbable block, however who cares about that: it now has pandas and better cats.

What could possibly be thought-about a bit disappointing is ocelots can now not be tamed; nevertheless, gamers can nonetheless achieve their belief y feeding them, which works I assume.

With the replace comes a brand new biome that includes bamboo. The plant could be discovered whereas fishing in jungles and can seem in some chests. Spawning naturally on the earth will are available in a future replace.

Bamboo jungle biomes will see pandas spawn both as a single mob or in duos. Pandas could have random personalities, and whereas completely lovely, they’re additionally “fiercely protective” of their cubs, so don’t belief them to be passive. Because they eat bamboo, gamers will discover pandas will drop blocks of it.

Next yr, Minecraft gamers can look ahead to the Village and Pillage update. Plus, there’s Minecraft: Dungeons coming next year too. It’s the primary main spin-off of the favored game and is playable solo or with as much as three associates.

Today’s patch notes are a bit lengthy, so know that earlier than diving in under. Links to extra info included the place relevant.

This replace is now obtainable for Xbox One, Windows 10 Edition, iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch.

Minecraft – Bedrock replace 1.8.zero patch notes

New Features

Pandas now spawn in jungles the place they roll, lounge, and laze round
Stray cats now spawn in villages
- Cats could be tamed utilizing fish
- Ocelots are now not tameable
- Players can now feed ocelots to achieve their belief
Bamboo can now be discovered whereas fishing in jungles and can seem in some chests (Spawning naturally on the earth will are available in a future replace)
Scaffolding – A climbable block that may be crafted utilizing bamboo

New Achievements

Where have you ever been? – Receive a present from a tamed cat within the morning (20G)
Top of the World – Place scaffolding to the phrase restrict (20G)
Zoologist – Breed two pandas with bamboo (40G)

Added

randomTickSpeed game rule

For Map Makers and Add-On Creators

Updated templates for 1.8.zero with new belongings and behaviors could be downloaded from minecraft.net/addons
Updates to Add-Ons that permit gamers so as to add new entities, particles, and animations. See aka.ms/MinecraftAddons for extra particulars and allow Experimental Gameplay in your world!
Functions have come to Bedrock! Functions permit gamers to write down the instructions their worlds use in an exterior file, not simply Command Blocks. See the Minecraft Wiki for extra info

Experimental Gameplay

(Only obtainable when Experimental Gameplay is enabled in world settings)

Crossbow weapon with new enchantments

Multishot
Piercing
Quick Charge

Changes

Phantoms are actually afraid of cats and won’t swoop down whereas cats are round
Increased the dimensions of Tropical fish (MCPE-35877)
Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have an opportunity of being spawned utilizing a spawn egg
Added a crafting recipe for Packed Ice
Separated Bone Meal, Ink Sac, Cocoa Beans, and Lapis Lazuli into their very own dyes and unified all dye names
The splash display screen now has an animated loading bar
The following instructions can now be run in-game with out enabling cheats:
- /gamerule showcoordinates
- /gamerule dofiretick
- /gamerule tntexplodes
- /gamerule domobloot
- /gamerule naturalregeneration
- /gamerule dotiledrops
- /gamerule pvp
A warning now seems when making an attempt to alter settings on a world template, because it may change the creator’s supposed expertise
Command blocks now have the default identify of ! as an alternative of @
More pores and skin packs are actually proven within the pores and skin picker menu, and every pack could be opened and seen in its personal web page
The autocomplete record for participant mentions now works in slash instructions
The Remix3D add service on Windows 10 is now not obtainable, however creations can nonetheless be exported as .glb 3D Object recordsdata
Text-to-Speech can now be enabled on Nintendo Switch
Minecraft Marketplace:
- Content can now be sorted by ‘Updates Available’ in your stock
- Content can now be sorted and filtered by score when shopping the Marketplace
- Bundles of content material can now be bought

Fixes

Crashes/Performance

Fixed a number of crashes that occurred throughout gameplay
Fixed a crash that might happen if the participant was disconnected whereas loading useful resource packs
Fixed a crash that might happen on Xbox One if the participant signed out too rapidly after signing in
Fixed a crash that might happen through the splash loading display screen on Windows 10 Mobile
Fixed a crash that might happen on startup for Gear VR
Fixed a crash that might happen on account of a current Windows 10 replace (MCPE-36274)
Fixed a crash that occurred when hovering over a renamed firework cost (MCPE-37822)
Using a bucket of fish in a dispenser now not crashes the game (MCPE-38194)
Fixed a crash that might happen when utilizing lava buckets on fish
Fixed a crash that might happen when kelp grows
Fixed a crash that might happen when suspending and resuming the game on the principle menu (154576)
Fixed a crash that might happen in worlds that contained locator maps
Fixed a crash that might happen when leaving the Realms settings display screen
Fixed a crash that might happen when downloading or saving information on Nintendo Switch
Fixed a crash that might happen on Switch when cut up display screen gamers broke a big chest
Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation element eliminated
Improved efficiency on some units with much less obtainable reminiscence
Fixed a bug the place a number of UI screens could possibly be opened without delay, inflicting the game to crash
Shulker packing containers that include tropical fish buckets now not trigger efficiency points (MCPE-27167)
Fixed a bug that brought on a big efficiency drop when rendering chunks (MCPE-37192)
Improved the loading time of assorted game recordsdata
Fixed delayed contact response on the underside of the display screen on iOS (MCPE-29718)

General

Fixed the bug the place the participant would unexpectedly flip in a random course on contact screens (MCPE-35910)
The “Body Guard” achievement can as soon as once more be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem (MCPE-33686)
Fixed a difficulty with customized participant permissions that may not apply accurately in multiplayer (MCPE-34864)
Worlds bigger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10 (MCPE-37269)
Fixed an error that occurred when making an attempt to start out a cut up display screen session with a visitor on Xbox One
Split display screen gamers now not get caught on the loading display screen when re-joining Old worlds

Gameplay

Lightning now not strikes if the vacation spot is in a chilly biome (MCPE-19015)
Players will now not teleport when standing towards a non-full block and reloading the game (MCPE-31242)
Fixed uncommon enchantments being too laborious to get at increased ranges
Potion of Slow Falling will now decelerate Elytra descent (MCPE-34926)
The participant locator map marker now faces the proper course when aboard a ship
Players will now face forwards when getting into a ship (MCPE-36795)
Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled (MCPE-23498)
Planting crops constantly will now not skip blocks (MCPE-35857)

Items

Fixed a bug the place solely white firework stars could possibly be crafted
Crafting a number of desserts utilizing the recipe ebook will now return the right amount of empty buckets to the participant (MCPE-37387)
Dyed beds now have the proper crafting recipe
Fixed an exploit the place rails could possibly be duplicated (MCPE-36917)
Fixed an exploit that allowed Tridents to be duplicated (MCPE-37900)
Fixed Enchanted Tridents being misplaced from anvils following a server disconnect (MCPE-37526)
Flower pots that include saplings will as soon as once more drop the proper sort when damaged (MCPE-37328)

Mobs

Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the proper sized hitbox primarily based on their dimension (MCPE-18518)
Fixed mobs not all the time taking fall injury when they need to (MCPE-37257)
Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the participant is holding meat (MCPE-17144)
Magma cubes now not inflict injury throughout their loss of life animation (MCPE-14426)

Blocks

Kelp will now solely develop into water supply blocks or full downward flowing water, and now not creates a brand new supply block (MCPE-37155)
Pistons now not drop as gadgets when being pushed or pulled (MCPE-37492)
The hitbox of piston arms now matches the dimensions and form accurately (MCPE-13758)
Players now not fall by means of Shulker Boxes as they open (MCPE-28812)
Double wood slabs can now be positioned no matter crosshair place (MCPE-13799)
When the participant has simply moved out of a block area, they’ll now not place a repeater or comparator that may’t be powered (MCPE-36762)
Mobs in minecarts now not activate adjoining detector rails (MCPE-21863)

Realms

Fixed the bug the place gamers on Realms could possibly be immediately killed in a single shot by a Blaze fireball assault (MCPE-19535)

Graphical

Fixed a bug that brought on horses (and variants) to indicate flashing colours on sure units (no extra disco horses!) (MCPE-31726)
Fixed a bug the place gamers may see by means of stable blocks when swimming
Water now renders accurately when surrounded by Barrier Blocks
Wall indicators now not present several types of wooden particles when being damaged (MCPE-16141)
Fixed a difficulty that might typically trigger black visible glitches to look round blocks when driving a horse
The participant’s arms are actually correctly rotated and positioned when aboard a ship and holding a bow
Fixed the Ghast projectile firing animation

Audio

Ghast sounds are now not repeated when they’re capturing fireballs (MCPE-19156)

User Interface

Multiple gadgets could be collected when buying and selling with villagers once more when utilizing contact controls (MCPE-32635)
Fixed incorrect work together buttons showing briefly for sure mobs on contact display screen units
The proper bumper button now accurately scrolls by means of the tabs within the game menu on Nintendo Switch
Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are actually labelled accurately on the Settings display screen
The multiplayer toggle is now precisely proven when utilizing platform restricted content material on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
The Achievements button now not seems within the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live
Controller hints now present the proper utilization of “Open” and “Use” when containers
Health Boost and Absorption results now not have the identical icon
Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for gamers utilizing Windows Mixed Reality
Removed “MCPE!” from the record of splash display screen messages (MCPE-36741)
Search leads to the Marketplace are actually extra constant when looking by means of all content material
Only templates are urged within the “Get More Templates” menu now
Fixed incorrect message when accepting an invitation from a notification on Nintendo Switch with sure parental controls set

Commands

Running the ‘title’ and ‘subtitle’ instructions will as soon as once more override any titles and subtitles presently on display screen
Relative coordinates in instructions are as soon as once more constant under three on the y-axis (MCPE-35130)
Using Shift + Tab to reverse cycle by means of slash command auto-complete ideas now correctly cycles to the top of the record
Lava blocks now not seem inexperienced within the command autocomplete space (MCPE-33788)
Player names which can be made up of solely numbers are actually surrounded with citation marks when utilizing autocomplete for slash instructions

Add-Ons:

‘minecraft:navigation.walk’ can now be utilized in element teams with out inflicting the game to crash
Added a underscore to “frozen_river” within the ‘biomes_client.json’ file so it matches the opposite vanilla Resource Pack entries (MCPE-36799)