The latest Minecraft update is now available to download for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android and Windows 10 PCs. The update adds panda bears, revamps cats and has a few other new features as well. Of course, the usual list of bug fixes and other tweaks have been added as well. A trailer for the new update can be watched below.
Minecraft 1.8 Patch Notes
The full Minecraft 1.8 update patch notes are as follows:
New Features:
Pandas now spawn in jungles where they roll, lounge, and laze around!
Stray cats now spawn in villages
Cats can be tamed using fish
Ocelots are no longer tameable
Players can now feed ocelots to gain their trust
Bamboo can now be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some chests (Spawning naturally in the world will come in a future update)
Scaffolding – A climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo
New Achievements
Where have you been? – Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning (20G)
Top of the World – Place scaffolding to the word limit (20G)
Zoologist – Breed two pandas with bamboo (40G)
Added randomTickSpeed game rule
For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:
Updated templates for 1.8.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from net/addons
Updates to Add-Ons that allow players to add new entities, particles, and animations.
Functions have come to Bedrock! Functions allow players to write the commands their worlds use in an external file, not just Command Blocks.
Experimental Gameplay:
Only available when Experimental Gameplay is enabled in world settings)
Crossbow weapon with new enchantments
Multishot
Piercing
Quick Charge
Changes:
Phantoms are now afraid of cats and will not swoop down while cats are around
Increased the size of Tropical fish
Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg
Added a crafting recipe for Packed Ice
Separated Bone Meal, Ink Sac, Cocoa Beans, and Lapis Lazuli into their own dyes and unified all dye names
The splash screen now has an animated loading bar
The following commands can now be run in-game without enabling cheats:
/gamerule showcoordinates
/gamerule dofiretick
/gamerule tntexplodes
/gamerule domobloot
/gamerule naturalregeneration
/gamerule dotiledrops
/gamerule pvp
A warning now appears when attempting to change settings on a world template, as it could change the creator’s intended experience
Command blocks now have the default name of ! instead of @
More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page
The autocomplete list for player mentions now works in slash commands
The Remix3D upload service on Windows 10 is no longer available, but creations can still be exported as .glb 3D Object files
Text-to-Speech can now be enabled on Nintendo Switch
Minecraft Marketplace:
Content can now be sorted by ‘Updates Available’ in your inventory
Content can now be sorted and filtered by rating when browsing the Marketplace
Bundles of content can now be purchased
Fixes:
Crashes/Performance
Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs
Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in
Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile
Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR
Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recent Windows 10 update
Fixed a crash that occurred when hovering over a renamed firework charge
Using a bucket of fish in a dispenser no longer crashes the game
Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish
Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows
Fixed a crash that could occur when suspending and resuming the game on the main menu
Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps
Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving the Realms settings screen
Fixed a crash that could occur when downloading or saving data on Nintendo Switch
Fixed a crash that could occur on Switch when split screen players broke a large chest
Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed
Improved performance on some devices with less available memory
Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash
Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause performance issues
Fixed a bug that caused a significant performance drop when rendering chunks
Improved the loading time of various game files
Fixed delayed touch response on the bottom of the screen on iOS
General
Fixed the bug where the player would unexpectedly turn in a random direction on touch screens
The “Body Guard” achievement can once again be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem
Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer
Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10
Fixed an error that occurred when attempting to start a split screen session with a guest on Xbox One
Split screen players no longer get stuck on the loading screen when re-joining Old worlds
Gameplay
Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome
Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game
Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels
Potion of Slow Falling will now slow down Elytra descent
The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat
Players will now face forwards when entering a boat
Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled
Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks
Items
Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted
Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct amount of empty buckets to the player
Dyed beds now have the correct crafting recipe
Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated
Fixed an exploit that allowed Tridents to be duplicated
Fixed Enchanted Tridents being lost from anvils following a server disconnect
Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken
Mobs
Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size
Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should
Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat
Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation
Blocks
Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block
Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled
The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly
Players no longer fall through Shulker Boxes as they open
Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position
When the player has just moved out of a block space, they can no longer place a repeater or comparator that can’t be powered
Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails
Realms
Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack
Graphical
Fixed a bug that caused horses (and variants) to show flashing colors on certain devices (no more disco horses!)
Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming
Water now renders correctly when surrounded by Barrier Blocks
Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken
Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse
The player’s hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow
Fixed the Ghast projectile firing animation
Audio
Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs
User Interface
Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls
Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices
The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch
Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labelled correctly on the Settings screen
The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
The Achievements button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live
Controller hints now show the correct usage of “Open” and “Use” when looking at containers
Health Boost and Absorption effects no longer have the same icon
Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality
Removed “MCPE!” from the list of splash screen messages
Search results in the Marketplace are now more consistent when searching through all content
Only templates are suggested in the “Get More Templates” menu now
Fixed incorrect message when accepting an invite from a notification on Nintendo Switch with certain parental controls set
Commands
Running the ‘title’ and ‘subtitle’ commands will once again override any titles and subtitles currently on screen
Relative coordinates in commands are once again consistent below 3 on the y-axis
Using Shift + Tab to reverse cycle through slash command auto-complete suggestions now properly cycles to the end of the list
Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area
Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands