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[]
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Items[]
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Blaze Rod |
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Water Bottle |
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Potions[]
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Potion of Regeneration |
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Name | Image | Causes | Description |
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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[]
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Name | Image | Creation | Drops | Note |
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Structures[]
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Name | Image | Generates | Chests | Mobs | Description |
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Village | Plains | Can generate blacksmith buildings with 1 chest | Villagers |
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Huge mushroom | Mushroom biomes | No | None |
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Ravine | Underground | No | None |
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Mineshaft | Underground | Chests are randomy scattered throughout the structure | Cave Spiders from spawners, other monsters from natural spawning |
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Nether Fortress | The Nether | No | Blazes from spawners, magma cubes and zombie pigmen |
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Stronghold | Underground | Chests can be found in multiple different types of rooms | Silverfish from spawners and infested blocks, other monsters from natural spawning |
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Obsidian platform | The End | No | None |
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Obsidian Pillar | The End | No | None |
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Exit Portal | The End | No | None |
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Biomes[]
An entirely new terrain generator has been added, containing numerous new Biomes:
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Swamp |
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River |
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Ocean |
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Frozen Ocean |
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Mushroom Island |
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Mushroom Island Shore |
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Gameplay[]
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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[]
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Enchantment | Max Level | Applicable Items | Notes |
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Unbreaking | III |
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Protection | IV |
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Blast Protection | IV |
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Fire Protection | IV |
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Projectile Protection | IV |
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Aqua Affinity | I |
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Respiration | III |
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Feather Falling | IV |
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Efficiency | V |
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Fortune | III |
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Silk Touch | I |
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Sharpness | V |
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Smite | V |
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Bane of Arthropods | V |
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Fire Aspect | II |
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Knockback | II |
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Looting | III |
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Achievements[]
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Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
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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
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DIAMONDS! | Acquire diamonds with your iron tools | Acquire Hardware | Pick up a diamond from the ground. | diamonds
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Enchanter | Use a book, obsidian and diamonds to construct an enchantment table | DIAMONDS! | Pick up an enchantment table from a crafting table output. | enchantments
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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
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Librarian | Build some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table | Enchanter | Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output. | bookcase
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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\
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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\
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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\
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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
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The End? | Locate the End | Into Fire | Enter an end portal. | theEnd
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The End. | Defeat the Ender Dragon | The End? | Enter the end exit portal. | theEnd2\
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