A new Update for Minecraft on the Xbox 360 has just arrived and its a big one. Along with the normal bugs being fixed there is a number of new additions. Check out the complete list of what is included in the Minecraft update below.
Creative Mode
Superflat world type
Hunger
NPC Villages, Abandoned Mineshafts, Strongholds and Ravines
12 Music Discs
Updated mob sounds - Changed sounds for when player is damaged and minor changes to hostile/Passive mobs
New Combat Mechanics
- Chargeable bows
- Critical hits
- Sprinting
- Players can parry with a sword
- Ability to change the name of your world save
- Chain Armor
- Pressure Plates can now be placed on fences
New mobs
- Endermen
- Cave spiders
- Silverfish
New Food and Items
- Apples
- Raw Chicken
- Cooked Chicken
- Raw Beef
- Steak
- Melons
- Melon seeds
- Rotten Flesh
- Cobwebs
- Fence Gate
- Iron bars
- Glass pane
- Stone Brick
- Stone Brick Stairs
- Stone Brick Slabs
- Brick Stairs
- Brick Slabs
- Pumpkin Seed
- Vines
Pumpkins and Melons grow from stems much faster, and do not require farmland around the stem to grow on
Sponges(Creative only)
New biomes
- Swamp biome
- Ocean biome - Ocean floor now consists of Clay, sand and dirt, this makes clay easier to find
- Mountain biome
- River - Rivers flow through/in between biomes
Passive mobs will randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs (such as Cows)
Pig has 3D snout
Death messages - Message appears saying who and how the player died
Mining speed changes - Time taken to mine ores has been reduced, such as Redstone
Sugar Cane can now be placed on sand
Chest has opening and closing animation
User-placed leaf blocks no longer decay
Skeletons hold full size bow
Shears can now collect Tall Grass and Vines
Exclusive Superflat option for the Nether
Option to turn clouds off
Large changes to Xbox 360 tutorial mode
Bonus chest world option
Option to turn PVP off
Option to turn fire spread off
Option to make TNT not detonate
Option to trust players (to op players)
Bug fixes
- Fix for duplication glitch.
- Fix for aspect ratio of things in hand when in splitscreen mode
- Fix for issue with player data not saving (player starting world with no items they had when they saved
- Fix for redstone tiles burning out when they shouldn’t
- Fixed issue with Minecart with Furnace not being able to move another Minecart
- Fixed particle code for flipped 3rd person view
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