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Minecraft 1.8 update is live

Minecraft's 'Adventure Update' is now official available via the game's launcher.
Xav de Matos
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Though a developer at Mojang Specifications released a company-sanctioned leak of Minecraft's 1.8 update last week, the latest update for the game is now available via the game's official launcher.

The news today came from Minecraft mastermind Markus "Notch" Persson, who revealed via Twitter that the "Adventure Update" went live earlier today. Notch does note that there is one hitch at the moment, "Minecraft.net isn't up right now because of web ops stuff." The team is working to correct that issue.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    September 14, 2011 7:30 PM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Minecraft 1.8 update is live.

    Minecraft's 'Adventure Update' is now official available via the game's launcher.

    • XAVdeMATOS legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 9:54 PM

      Or officially. If you prefer correct word placement.

      • Durajim legacy 10 years
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        September 15, 2011 1:53 AM

        I dislike about everything placement word, it's horrible

      • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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        September 17, 2011 12:36 AM

        Tomorrow we'll work on complete sentences!

    • Fenring42 legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 10:11 PM

      Wow 1.8 is a huge update.

      http://i.imgur.com/g2RBc.jpg

    • [deleted] 354686 legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 10:45 PM

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    • ENHTheMaster legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 11:12 PM

      And yet boats are still laggy garbage in multiplayer. I don't expect this to change before "official" game release.

      • WhiskeyFist legacy 10 years
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        September 14, 2011 11:20 PM

        Boats are laggy because of the server's HD access as it generates/writes the new chunks. Boat travel is quite quick so the server is generating the chunks more quickly. if the HD is slow then that's what you get. A minecraft server running it on an SSD drive wouldn't have this problem.

        • ENHTheMaster legacy 10 years
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          September 15, 2011 1:15 AM

          They worked fine before he tried to "fix them". If he's incapable of doing so properly then he should be rushing his product out onto the shelves.

          • chekote legacy 10 years
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            September 15, 2011 9:55 AM

            Rushing it to shelves? It's not even out yet. This is a beta that everyone's signed up for...

            • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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              September 17, 2011 12:37 AM

              Pre-alpha version of the Beta last I knew. Are we up to actual Beta status now?

        • MamiyaOtaru legacy 10 years
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          September 15, 2011 1:18 AM

          HD access is hardly the problem it's network latency. Boats are server side now, they get clunky when info isn't reaching you fast enough. Network is far more of a bottleneck than hard drive access

        • [deleted] 1719642755 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          September 15, 2011 6:17 AM

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          • CapnChaos legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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            September 15, 2011 11:37 AM

            Never argue in a front page thread man...

    • Jobos legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 11:28 PM

      Ooo, I may pick this up again. However, last time I broke my mouse after the 5,210,432nd mouse click.

    • Zips legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 2:44 AM

      I have to hand it to Jens, he did good work on the 1.8 update.

    • [deleted] 92559685 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 5:05 AM

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    • Visceral Monkey legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 5:11 AM

      Visually, it's a big improvement, especially with terrain generation. Loving it.

    • daggertx legacy 10 years
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      September 15, 2011 6:14 AM

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cand7wIjOdY Giant Mushroom House

    • [deleted] 439710436 legacy 10 years
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      September 15, 2011 6:35 AM

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    • Zek legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 6:37 AM

      What they were previously calling the Adventure Update is really split between 1.8 and 1.9 now.

    • kevp legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 9:09 AM

      Did they change how caverns generate? I started a new world last night and the cavern that is right below me is the biggest cavern I've ever seen. I'm hours into it and still working it, its so big I'm happy when I find a dead end. Its larger than than anything I've seen on youtube. It's like a 10 minute climb to the surface just from where i've made it to so far.

      And I've still never found diamond :(

      • [deleted] 1167568288 legacy 10 years
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        September 15, 2011 9:11 AM

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      • loboca legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 15, 2011 10:22 AM

        I found an awesome split in the earth underground. Haven't found the end. The fog just makes it feel awesome. Loving all the new environmental effects like lighting and fog, etc.

    • [deleted] 596928900 legacy 10 years
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      September 15, 2011 11:07 AM

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      • Fooldozer legacy 10 years mercury mega
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        September 15, 2011 11:17 AM

        - yep, food. I generated a world last night that started me in a really gigantic ocean biome, on a little dirt island with one tree on the far side. I almost starved to death waiting for planted trees to grow until i remembered the fishing pole build I never paid any attention to before. This game just keeps getting more awsome.

      • dantastic legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 15, 2011 11:37 AM

        lol, noob

      • [deleted] 1324565298 legacy 10 years
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        September 15, 2011 11:50 AM

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      • Zek legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 15, 2011 12:01 PM

        - Adventure is not a mode yet, just the name of the update
        - There are a bunch of edible items. They fill your food bar instead of your health bar now, and your health regenerates when you're well fed.
        - yup
        - The villages are in, but there aren't any NPCs yet.

    • slickdoody legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 11:38 AM

      endermen scare the crap out of me, i hate them.

      • uebersoldat legacy 10 years
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        September 15, 2011 12:24 PM

        I could barely get back in my house after accidentally glancing at one the other day before it was slamming itself against my door. The way they turn their head and look at you is creepy as hell. I was practically out of my chair trying to get to the safety of my house haha

        • uebersoldat legacy 10 years
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          September 15, 2011 12:26 PM

          I thought they were out in the day though but I haven't seen any...

          • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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            September 17, 2011 12:40 AM

            They burn in daylight. Good thing, too.

        • Broken Canoe legacy 10 years
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          September 15, 2011 2:11 PM

          Purple eyes are freaking insane.. love it.

        • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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          September 17, 2011 12:40 AM

          Except that they tear walls down in their endless pursuit of ending.

          • uebersoldat legacy 10 years
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            September 17, 2011 9:28 AM

            what?! They can tear walls down to get at you?!!?

    • Man.of.gold legacy 10 years
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      September 15, 2011 12:23 PM

      So what does XP do?

    • Man.of.gold legacy 10 years
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      September 15, 2011 12:33 PM

      Are there supposed to be people in the villages they are kind of creepy empty

    • Ride-My-Rocket legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 12:39 PM

      Threadjack - XAV, I've tried sending you SMs several times (RE: Duke Nukem Forever Winner!), but you never responded.

    • SlamDunk legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 15, 2011 12:57 PM

      The new lighting is quite ugly with torches.

      • uebersoldat legacy 10 years
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        September 15, 2011 4:56 PM

        at first I liked it...now I'm not so sure really :\

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