Java Edition guides/Adventure Update

Edition	Java Edition
Released versions
Beta 1.8 Beta 1.8.1 1.0.0 1.0.1
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Adventure Update (Java Edition Beta 1.8.x - 1.0.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with Beta 1.7.x releases.

Mobs

New

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Mooshroom		Mushroom Islands	Leather (0–2) Raw Beef (1–3) 1–3 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	Use a bowl on it to get Mushroom Stew. Can be sheared, which drops red mushrooms and turns it into a normal cow. Otherwise functions identically to a cow.
Snow Golem		Snow golem build configuration.	Snowball (0–15)	Will attack hostile mobs by throwing snowballs at them. Is passive towards players.
Villager		Villages	None
Magma Cube		The Nether	Large: 4 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf) Medium: 2 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf) Small: 1 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	Come in 3 sizes. The 2 larger sizes split into multiple smaller versions when killed.
Blaze		Nether Fortresses	Blaze Rod (0–1) 10 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	There are spawners in nether fortresses. Can hover in the air. Launch fireballs that ignite any block, mob or player that is hit.
Cave Spider		Mineshafts	String (0–2) 5 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	There are spawners in mineshafts. Can poison players. Smaller than normal spiders, letting them fit through 1-block wide spaces.
Silverfish		Strongholds	5 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	There are spawners in strongholds. Spawn when an infested block is broken.
Enderman		Dark environments in The Overworld The End	Ender Pearl (0–1) 5 (when killed by a player or tamed wolf)	If a player "stares" at it, it will attack the player. Have the ability to teleport, and will periodically do so while attacking. Will teleport away from projectiles and sunlight. is harmed when in contact with water.
Ender Dragon		The End	12,000	The final boss of the game.

Blocks

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Monster Egg Blocks		Creative mode inventory only.	Pickaxe (does not drop item)	When mined, a silverfish spawns that immediately attacks the player.
Stone Bricks		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 4	Pickaxe	Building material
Mossy Stone Bricks and Cracked Stone Bricks		Generate in strongholds.	Pickaxe	Building material
Stone Brick Slabs and Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone Bricks 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone Bricks 4	Pickaxe	Allows players to walk upwards without jumping.
Brick Slabs and Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Bricks 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Bricks 4	Pickaxe	Allows players to walk upwards without jumping.
Fence Gate		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Oak Wood Planks	Axe	While closed, mobs and players cannot jump over it.
Glass Pane		Ingredients Crafting recipe Glass 16	Pickaxe (only drops if Silk Touch is used)	Can be used as a transparent decorative block.
Iron Bars		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot 16	Pickaxe	Can be used as a transparent decorative block.
Cauldron		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot	Pickaxe	A decorative block that can store water.
Brewing Stand		Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Rod + Cobblestone	Pickaxe	Used to create potions
Enchantment Table		Ingredients Crafting recipe Book + Diamond + Obsidian	Pickaxe	Used to enchant tools, weapons and armor
Melon		Ingredients Crafting recipe Melon Slice	Sword/Axe	Drops melon slices when broken.
Melon Stems and Pumpkin Stems		Created by planting the corresponding seeds on farmland.	Any	Mature stems randomly grow melons or pumpkins on adjacent farmland blocks.
Vines		Generates on oak trees in swamps.	Shears	Can be placed on the side of any block that fills its whole cube and blocks entity movement.
Lily Pad		Generates in the water in swamps.	Any tool	Can be used to stand on water.
Mycelium		Generates instead of grass on the surface of mushroom biomes.	Shovel	Mushrooms can grow on this block regardless of light level.
Mushroom Block		Can only found as part of huge mushroom structures.	Axe	Drops mushrooms of the same color. Not obtainable without commands in this version.
Nether Bricks		Generates in nether fortresses.	Pickaxe	Building material
Nether Brick Stairs		Generates in nether fortresses.	Pickaxe	Can be used as a building block.
Nether Brick Fence		Generates in nether fortresses.	Pickaxe	Functions the same as normal fences.
Nether Wart Crops		Can be found growing inside special rooms in nether fortresses.	Any tool	An essential ingredient in potions
End Portal Frame		Found in stronghold portal rooms.	Indestructible	Putting an eye of ender into each portal frame block activates the end portal.
End Portal (block)		Created when an end portal is activated.	Indestructible	Entities and players that touch this block are teleported to the end.
End Stone		Generates in the end.	Pickaxe	One of the few materials not destroyed by the ender dragon.
Dragon Egg		Obtained from defeating the ender dragon.	Any tool	The rarest item in the game, only one will naturally exist per world.

Items

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Music Disc		Added multiple new discs that are only obtainable in creative mode.	Added the "Blocks", "Chirp", "Far", "Mall", "Mellohi", "Stal", "Strad", "Ward" and "11" music discs. Can be played in a Jukebox to produce music.
Raw Chicken		Obtained by killing Chickens.	Restores 2 () and 1.2 saturation.
Cooked Chicken		Ingredients Smelting recipe Raw Chicken + Any fuel	Restores 6 () and 7.2 saturation.
Raw Beef		Obtained by killing Cows.	Restores 3 () and 1.8 saturation.
Steak		Ingredients Smelting recipe Raw Beef + Any fuel	Restores 8 () and 12.8 saturation.
Rotten Flesh		Now drops from zombies and zombie pigmen. Replaces feathers and cooked porkchops as the drops of those mobs. Gives you the Hunger debuff.	Restores 4 () and 0.8 saturation.
Melon Slice		Obtained by breaking Melons.	Restores 2 () and 1.2 saturation. Used to craft glistering melons.
Melon Seeds		Ingredients Crafting recipe Melon Slice 4 Found in mineshaft chests.	Melon seeds are used to grow melons.
Pumpkin Seeds		Ingredients Crafting recipe Pumpkin 4 Found in mineshaft chests.	Pumpkin seeds are used to grow pumpkins.
Ender Pearl		Obtained by killing Endermen.	When thrown, will teleport the player wherever it lands. Used to craft the Eye of Ender.
Eye of Ender		Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Powder + Ender Pearl	When thrown, flies in the direction of the stronghold. Used to activate the End Portal.
Blaze Rod		Obtained by killing Blazes.	Used to craft brewing stands. Used to craft blaze powder.
Blaze Powder		Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Rod 2	Used to craft strength potions. Used to craft the Eye of Ender.
Magma Cream		Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Powder + Slimeball	Used to craft fire resistance potions.
Spider Eye		Obtained by killing Spiders.	Used to craft poison potions. Used to craft fermented spider eyes.
Fermented Spider Eye		Ingredients Crafting recipe Brown Mushroom + Sugar + Spider Eye	Used to reverse the effects of potions. Used to craft weakness potions.
Ghast Tear		Obtained by killing Ghasts.	Used to craft regeneration potions.
Gold Nuggets		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Ingot 9 Also drop from zombie pigmen.	Used to craft gold ingots. Used to craft glistering melons.
Glistering Melon		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Melon Slice	Used to craft healing potions.
Nether Wart		Found growing in special rooms inside Nether Fortresses.	Can be farmed on soul sand in The Nether. An essential ingredient in potions.
Glass Bottle		Ingredients Crafting recipe Glass 3	Can be filled with water.
Water Bottle		Obtained by using a glass bottle on water or a cauldron.	Can be used to create potions.

Potions

New

Name	Obtaining	Effects
Awkward Potion	Ingredients Brewing recipe Nether Wart + Water Bottle	None
Mundane Potion	Ingredients Brewing recipe Redstone Dust + Water Bottle	None
Thick Potion	Ingredients Brewing recipe Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle	None
Potion of Healing	Ingredients Brewing recipe Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion	Instant Health
Potion of Fire Resistance	Ingredients Brewing recipe Magma Cream + Awkward Potion	Fire Resistance
Potion of Regeneration	Ingredients Brewing recipe Ghast Tear + Awkward Potion	Regeneration
Potion of Strength	Ingredients Brewing recipe Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion	Strength
Potion of Swiftness	Ingredients Brewing recipe Sugar + Awkward Potion	Swiftness
Potion of Poison	Ingredients Brewing recipe Spider Eye + Awkward Potion	Poison
Potion of Weakness	Ingredients Brewing recipe Fermented Spider Eye + Awkward Potion	Weakness
Potion of Harming	Ingredients Brewing recipe Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing	Instant Damage
Potion of Slowness	Ingredients Brewing recipe Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Swiftness	Slowness

Effects

New

Name	Image	Causes	Description
Speed		Potions of Swiftness	Increases Movement Speed
Slowness		Potions of Slowness	Decreases Movement Speed
Haste		None	Increases Mining Speed
Mining Fatigue		None	Decreases Mining Speed
Strength		Potions of Strength	Increases Attack Strength
Weakness		Potions of Weakness	Decreases Attack Strength
Jump Boost		None	Increases Jump Height
Nausea		None	Distorts the Screen
Regeneration		Potions of Regeneration, Golden Apples	Health increases over time
Poison		Potions of Poison	Health decreases over time
Resistance		None	Decreases damage taken
Fire Resistance		Potions of Fire Resistance	Provides immunity to fire and lava
Water Breathing		None	Provides immunity to drowning
Invisibility		None	Makes the subject invisible
Blindness		None	Decreases Vision
Night Vision		None	Increases Vision
Hunger		Rotten Flesh, Raw Chicken	Increases hunger loss rate
Instant Health		Potions of Healing	Health increases immediately
Instant Damage		Potions of Harming	Health decreases immediately

Non-mob entities

New

Name	Image	Creation	Drops	Note
Experience Orbs		Can be obtained by gathering experience orbs from defeating mobs and players.		Adds to the player's total experience when collected.
End Crystal		Generates on top of end pillars.		Creates a beam that heals the ender dragon.

Structures

New

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Village		Plains	Can generate blacksmith buildings with 1 chest	Villagers	Clusters of buildings made from oak wood and cobblestone connected by pathways.
Huge mushroom		Mushroom biomes	No	None	The giant forms of mushrooms.
Ravine		Underground	No	None	long and tall cracks of air that carve a large empty space into the earth.
Mineshaft		Underground	Chests are randomy scattered throughout the structure	Cave Spiders from spawners, other monsters from natural spawning	Maze-like tunnel systems filled with wooden supports and minecart rails.
Nether Fortress		The Nether	No	Blazes from spawners, magma cubes and zombie pigmen	Huge elevated netherbrick fortresses that spawn in the nether.
Stronghold		Underground	Chests can be found in multiple different types of rooms	Silverfish from spawners and infested blocks, other monsters from natural spawning	Large subterranean fortresses made from stone bricks and other materials. Contain portals to the End.
Obsidian platform		The End	No	None	Where players entering The End always spawn.
Obsidian Pillar		The End	No	None	Generate throughout the end's central island. Are capped by an End Crystal that heals the enderdragon.
Exit Portal		The End	No	None	The only way back to the Overworld without dying. Contains the Dragon Egg.

Biomes

An entirely new terrain generator has been added, containing numerous new Biomes:

New

Name	Image	Description	Structures
Forest		Very similar to beta forests	Oak trees Birch trees
Plains		Larger than before	Villages
Desert		Larger than before	Cacti
Swamp		A flat biome with vine-covered trees and large shallow lakes	Oak trees
Extreme Hills		A biome with bluish grass and very tall mountains	Oak trees
Taiga		A snowy forest with spruce trees	Spruce trees
Ice Plains		Similar to plains, but snowy	Oak trees
Ice Mountains		Similar to extreme hills, but snowy	Oak trees
River		A long and thin canal of water
Frozen River		The snowy variant of rivers
Ocean		Replaces old oceans (generated structures). Deeper and vaster than before. Floor is now made up of sand, dirt, and clay. Clay is now more commonly found due to this.
Frozen Ocean		The snowy variant of oceans
Mushroom Island		A rare biome often found on islands in the ocean, covered in mycelium and giant mushrooms	Huge mushrooms
Mushroom Island Shore		The flat shores of mushroom islands	Huge mushrooms
The End		A new dimension containing the ender dragon	Obsidian platform Obsidian pillar Exit portal

Gameplay

New

Name	Description
Creative Mode	A new gamemode in which the player can fly, cannot take damage, can break any block instantly, and has an inventory containing an infinite supply of most blocks and items.
Flying	A new ability available in creative mode, activated by double-tapping the jump key.
Sprinting	Double-tapping the forward key allows you to move faster at the cost of losing hunger.
Hunger	Food no longer instantly heals, but instead fills up a hunger bar. Sprinting and regenerating health drains hunger.
Experience	Killing mobs gives you experience points which can be used in enchanting.
Enchanting	Using an enchanting table you can spend experience points to apply enchantments to items.
Brewing	Using a brewing stand you can brew ingredients into water bottles to create potions.

Enchantments

New

Enchantment	Max Level	Applicable Items	Notes
Unbreaking	III		Increases item durability.
Protection	IV		Decreases incoming damage.
Blast Protection	IV		Decreases incoming explosion damage.
Fire Protection	IV		Decreases incoming fire damage.
Projectile Protection	IV		Decreases incoming projectile damage.
Aqua Affinity	I		Increases underwater mining rate.
Respiration	III		Increases underwater breathing time.
Feather Falling	IV		Decreases incoming fall damage.
Efficiency	V		Increases Mining Speed.
Fortune	III		Increases item drops from blocks.
Silk Touch	I		Allows certain blocks to drop themselves instead of their normal drops.
Sharpness	V		Increases damage.
Smite	V		Increases damage against undead mobs.
Bane of Arthropods	V		Increases damage against arthropod mobs.
Fire Aspect	II		Lights enemies on fire.
Knockback	II		Increases knockback.
Looting	III		Increases item drops from mobs.

Achievements

New

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Sniper Duel	Kill a skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters	Monster Hunter	Use a launched arrow to kill a skeleton, wither skeleton, or a stray from 50 or more blocks away, horizontally.	snipeSkeleton
	DIAMONDS!	Acquire diamonds with your iron tools	Acquire Hardware	Pick up a diamond from the ground.	diamonds
	Enchanter	Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table	DIAMONDS!	Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output.	enchantments
	Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit	Enchanter	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	overkill
	Librarian	Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table	Enchanter	Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output.	bookcase
	We Need to Go Deeper\Into The Nether	Build a portal to the Nether	DIAMONDS!\Acquire Hardware	Enter a nether portal, and be teleported to the opposite dimension.\Light a nether portal.	portal\
	Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	We Need to Go Deeper\Into The Nether	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	ghast\
	Into Fire	Relieve a Blaze of its rod	We Need to Go Deeper\Into The Nether	Pick up a blaze rod from the ground.	blazeRod\
	Local Brewery	Brew a potion	Into Fire	Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies.	potion
	The End?	Locate the End	Into Fire	Enter an end portal.	theEnd
	The End.	Defeat the Ender Dragon	The End?	Enter the end exit portal.	theEnd2\