Beta 1.8 Discoveries and Discussions

**aBadCookie** · 07-08-2011

Post all 1.8 related information here, unless it is about something specific. This includes features, release times, new items/mobs/terrain etc etc.

Hey guys, this is just a thread where I will be releasing information, I found on the *********, about update 1.8. I will be updating when I find new info.
*= Updated Info

New Sounds
- Less annoying rain.
- New water splashing sound.
- New swimming sounds.
- Moving minecart sound.
- New, "more horrifying", skeleton sound.
- Skeleton walking sounds.
- Unique sound for big slimes.
- Spider walking sound.
- Zombie walking sound.
- Chicken walking sound.
- Cow walking sounds.
- Wolf walking sound.
- Sheep walking sound.
- Pig walking sound.
- Shearing sheep sound.
- New grass walk sound.
- New gravel walk sound.
- New sand walk sound.
- New stone walk sound.
- Ladder climbing sound.

Confirmed Features
-Hold bow to charge power mechanics*
-Big Mushrooms And NPC Villages.

-Critical hits.
-Different Style Dungeon

-More unique farming.
-New mob. (Has been provided with some evidence that it is a SilverFish Boss*)
-New Mossy Cobble Texture.
-Creative mode.
-New combat mechanics.
-New lightning.

-New biome code/world generation.
-Brightness slider.

Possible Features
-Dragons*

-Damage Weapon Mechanics.*
-Watermelons*
-Baby Animals (Baby Wolves)*
-Poison*
-A block that stops fall damage*
-Sprinting. (Double tapping forward)
-New Game Launcher.
-Able to hold food in bucket or so.
-Secret thing?

-Underground Ravines

-Experience Orbs?

-Sheep will regenerate wool.
-Fence gates.
-Moss spread.
-Interactive Mobs.
-Natural Cobwebs.
-Spikes.
-New Nether Things.
-New SFX in Caves and Nether.
-Different water for different biomes.
-Terraria features.

Unconfirmed
-Sponges.
-Aether/Sky worlds.
-Free cam.
-More underwater content.

Sources: Notch's, C418's , and Jeb's Twitter and Tumblr, Minecraft Wiki, and Minecraft Forums.