Minecraft 101 Blog

Minecraft 1.8: Ocean Monuments
Aug 9, 2014

The major adventure-related addition to Minecraft 1.8 will be Ocean Monuments.

Minecraft 1.8 teaser: New Fences and Doors
Aug 8, 2014

Minecraft version 1.8 is nearly here, so over the next few days I will post about some of the new features that 1.8 will bring us. First up: some new fences and doors!

Snapshot 14w03a
Jan 16, 2014

Today’s development snapshot brings mostly bugfixes, and a couple of minor changes to villages. There’s also some complicated stuff to do with command blocks that’s intended for people who make custom maps (certainly not a Minecraft 101 topic!) and some changes to player skins that will … oh wait, snapshot 14w03b is out already, with more things to do with skins … I think I’ll wait for this to settle down before writing any more!

Finally - bouncy beds!
Jan 10, 2014

Bouncy bed

Minecraft 1.8 previews begin
Jan 8, 2014

Mojang released the first preview snapshot for Minecraft 1.8 this week, with lots of new features!

Upcoming changes to trading system.
Jan 7, 2014

The Mojang boys are back to work after their holidays and working on Minecraft version 1.8. Jeb says he is working on changes to the trading systems, which I think will be very welcome!

Ultimate Build Guide
Jan 7, 2014

Taking a break from just reposting the good bits from Jeb’s Twitter stream, here’s something a little bit different. Spencer Austad got in touch to tell me about his Ultimate Minecraft Building Guide and it’s too good not to share.

Bouncy Blocks?
Dec 20, 2013

Another tweet from Jeb, showing another new block that might be in Minecraft 1.8!

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