14 DAY TRIAL // 4J Studios has finally released patch 1.8.2 for Minecraft on the Xbox 360 console, bringing some long-awaited features, like the Creative mode or the Superflat world type.
Minecraft for Xbox 360 appeared on the Xbox Live Arcade this spring and, since then, it has broken sales records and has sold millions of copies.
Developer 4J Studios, which ported the original title made by Mojang onto the console, has since released a variety of major updates, bringing more and more new features.
Now, patch 1.8.2 for Minecraft XBLA has just been released via Xbox Live and it’s quite an important one, as it includes the long-awaited Creative mode, as well as a variety of improvements and bug fixes.
Check out the full list of things packed into update 1.8.2 for Minecraft on Xbox 360 below.
- Creative Mode - Superflat world type - Hunger - NPC Villages, Abandoned Mineshafts, Strongholds and Ravines - 12 Music Discs - Updated mob sounds - Changed sounds for when player is damaged and minor changes to hostile/Passive mobs - Passive mobs will randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs (such as Cows) - Pig has 3D snout - Death messages - Message appears saying who and how the player died - Mining speed changes - Time taken to mine ores has been reduced, such as Redstone - Sugar Cane can now be placed on sand - Chest has opening and closing animation - User-placed leaf blocks no longer decay - Skeletons hold full size bow - Shears can now collect Tall Grass and Vines - Exclusive Superflat option for the Nether - Option to turn clouds off - Large changes to Xbox 360 tutorial mode - Bonus chest world option - Option to turn PVP off - Option to turn fire spread off - Option to make TNT not detonate - Option to trust players (to op players)
New Combat Mechanics
- Chargeable bows - Critical hits - Sprinting - Players can parry with a sword - Ability to change the name of your world save - Chain Armor - Pressure Plates can now be placed on fences
New mobs
- Endermen - Cave spiders - Silverfish
New Food and Items
- Apples - Raw Chicken - Cooked Chicken - Raw Beef - Steak - Melons - Melon seeds - Rotten Flesh - Cobwebs - Fence Gate - Iron bars - Glass pane - Stone Brick - Stone Brick Stairs - Stone Brick Slabs - Brick Stairs - Brick Slabs - Pumpkin Seed - Vines - Pumpkins and Melons grow from stems much faster, and do not require farmland around the stem to grow on - Sponges(Creative only)
New biomes
- Swamp biome - Ocean biome - Ocean floor now consists of Clay, sand and dirt, this makes clay easier to find - Mountain biome - River - Rivers flow through/in between biomes
Bug fixes
- Fix for duplication glitch. - Fix for aspect ratio of things in hand when in splitscreen mode. - Fix for issue with player data not saving (player starting world with no items they had when they saved. - Fix for redstone tiles burning out when they shouldn't. - Fixed issue with Minecart with Furnace not being able to move another Minecart - Fixed particle code for flipped 3rd person view.
You can check out a video with Minecraft for Xbox 360 patch 1.8.2 below and download the update via Xbox Live.
