Update 1.8

Updates

Pre 1.0 Pre-Release | 0.1.0 0.1.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 0.2.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.1 Alpha 2 0.3.0 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 0.4.0 | 0.4.0 rev 2 | 0.5.0 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.7.0 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 0.7.4 | 0.7.5 | 0.7.6 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 0.10.0 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 0.11.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.12.1 0.12.2 | 0.12.3 | 0.13.0 0.13.1 | 0.13.2 | 0.14.0 0.14.1 | 0.14.2 | 0.14.3 0.15.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.15.2 0.15.3 | 0.15.4 | 0.15.6 0.15.7 | 0.15.8 | 0.15.9 0.15.10 | 0.16.0 | 0.16.1 0.16.2 Post 1.0 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.7 1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 1.2.14 iOS | 1.2.15 iOS | 1.2.13/16 | (1.2.20) 1.4 | 1.4.1Android | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3iOS | 1.4.4Android 1.5 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2iOS | 1.7 | 1.7.1Win10, Xbox | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.9 | 1.10 | 1.11 Current update Update 1.12 Amazon Appstore: 1.12 Google Play: 1.12 iOS App Store: 1.12 Windows 10 Store: 1.12 Current Beta 1.13/build 9 Upcoming updates Update 1.13 V · T · E

Update 1.8 was a major update for Minecraft. The first few Betas were released throughout fall 2018. It was released December 11, 2018 for all devices. See changelog.

Betas

The following Betas have been released in connection with this update:

• Update 1.8/build 8 aka 1.8.0.8.
• Update 1.8/build 10 aka 1.8.0.10.
• Update 1.8/build 11 aka 1.8.0.11.
• Update 1.8/build 13 aka 1.8.0.13.
• Update 1.8/build 14 aka 1.8.0.14.

Additions

Mobs

• Pandas
• Cats

Items

• Crossbow

Blocks

• Scaffolding
• Bamboo

Changes

• Phantoms are now afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around.
• Increased the size of Tropical fish (MCPE-35877).
• Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have a chance of being spawned using a Spawn Egg.
• The splash screen now has an animated loading bar.
• The following Commands can now be run in game without turning on cheats:
  • /gamerule showcoordinates
  • /gamerule dofiretick
  • /gamerule tntexplodes
  • /gamerule domobloot
  • /gamerule naturalregeneration
  • /gamerule dotiledrops
  • /gamerule pvp
• Command Blocks now have the default name of “!” instead of “@”.
• Added randomtickspeed gamerule.
• 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 work in slash commands.