Minecraft Adventure Update

What different things will be added to Minecraft when the Adventure Update, or patch 1.8, comes out?

There will be 40+ things added when the update comes out, although Notch stated that he wants to keep it a surprise.

However, he has told of some things through his blog, The Word of Notch, and on his Twitter account.

The Word of Notch:

NPC Village

-NPC Villages
-Randomly generated dungeons
-New biome code (larger biomes)
-Fully working Creative Mode (and individual admins can enter Creative Mode on a Survival Mode server if they choose)
-Critical hits
-Sprinting
-More farming options

Moss-Covered Ruins

-More rewarding exploration and combat

According to Twitter accounts:

-Hold-to-charge bows
-Tweaked and improved sounds
-Brightness slider
-Leaves won't decay if they have a connection to wood blocks at most 5 steps away
-New Mob
-New launcher
-Ordinary look of cobblestone changing
-20% change that wolves will become hostile if fed bones. Increasing health by 4 and attack by 1
-Achievement if you kill a skeleton with a bow from 50 meters away.

Ravine crossing through a stronghold

Not Totally Confirmed: 


-Underground Ravines
-You automatically get a critical hit if you are in the air travelling downwards
-Sky dimension
-Smaller animals (lizards, small snakes, scorpions, etc)

Also, if you look closely at the photos, you will notice a couple new block types - which will most likely show up in the Minecraft 1.8 Update. Looking at the picture of the NPC Village, there appears to be a large mushroom in the background.

It has been rumored that there will be large ravines and caves/dungeons underneath the ruins.

There are so many more things that will be included in the newest Minecraft Update. However, we will all have to wait and see what they will be; since Notch wants to keep most of it a secret.

TPW