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Quelle: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Upcoming_featuresThe Biome Update[2]
World Generation
Additions
- New Biomes[2]
- Clay Canyon (also known as Mesa) biome, jokingly referred to as "Disco Mountains".[3]
Composed of multiple colored hardened clay.
Dead bushes spawn in this biome.
- Redwood Forest biome.[4]
Contains 2x2 Spruce trees.
Will have a grass block variant known as Podzol.[5][6]
Currently obtained only by the silk touch enchantment.[7]
Contains dirt blocks that do not allow grass to grow.
They have a data value of 1.
Only obtainable with /give because there is no visual difference.[8][9]
Moss Stone "boulders" are scattered around in this biome.
Dead Bushes, Mushrooms, and Ferns spawn in this biome.
- A cliff technical biome.[10]
Main block is stone.
Like Steep hills, not completely vertical.
- Savannah biome.[11]
Curved Acacia-like Trees[12]
- Black Forest biome.[11]
Has extremely dense trees and leaves; dark and dangerous under the canopy even during the day.
Monsters will most likely be able to spawn during the day and the night.
- Birch Forest biome.[11]
Possibly new generated structures.[11]
Possibly a Skylands-like world type.[13]
Improvements & Changes- Changes to oceans.[14][15][16]
Oceans are smaller and take up much less of the map.[2]- Biomes have been put into four main categories.[2]
Snow-covered
Cold
Medium
Dry/warm- Biomes will attempt to avoid getting placed next to a biome that is too different to itself.[2]
- Most biomes have uncommon/rare variations.[2]
Non-snowy taiga variation.[11]- Spruce Trees will generate in Extreme Hills biomes or a variant of them. [17]
- Snow may now generate depending on Y level, with noise variation.[18]
Biome dependent.[19]
Gameplay- Improvements & Changes
- Changes to fishing mechanics.[20][21][22][23][24]
Can now find other items other than fish by fishing, including enchanted fishing rods, damaged fishing rods, name tags, Lilypads, or damaged boots.[25]
Up to 15 different items can be caught including new fish types.[25]
There are 3 piles of rewards: treasure, junk and fish.[26]
New enchantments that change your luck when fishing.
New fish type called Pufferfish[27]
Will poison you if eaten (or even kill you).[28]
Will be used to brew a water breathing potion.[29]- New particle effects.
Fishing now has many different particle effects. [25]
Falling now has particle effects.[30]- Redoing the achievements and statistics system.[31]
Will be per world/server.[32]- New scoreboard functions.[33][34][35][36]
Can now use statistics to create objectives; anything that statistics can track can be used as an objective (can also track achievements).
This is the reason why statistics/achievements were changed to be stored per world/server.- The /give command can now give items to players with custom names and lore [37]
It can also give enchanted items.- Obtainable Water Breathing Potion item [38]
Blocks & Items
Additions- New ground covers
Podzol
New grass variation
Only found in Redwood Forest Biomes
Grassless Dirt
Grass can not grow on it
Only obtainable through /give- New trees.[2]
Possibly Cherry Trees added by Patrick Geuder.[39][40]
They vary "seasonally" by having leaf blocks change color every fourth day for three minutes.[41]
Contain pink saplings.[42]
Curved Acacia-like Trees[43]- New Flowers
Sunflowers[44]
Typically face East.[45]
Can be grown, unlike Roses and Dandelions. [45]
What appears to be Lavender.[46]
Grown up to two blocks in height.
Pink Paeonias, called Paeonia.[47]
Several colors of Tulips.[47]- Two block tall grass.[46][48][49]
Improvements & Changes- Written Books can now be cloned the same way maps can, but by using Book and Quills instead of Empty Maps. [50]
- Can clone multiple copies of the same Written Book by putting more Book and Quills in the crafting grid.[51]
- Item Frames
Now drop the item inside them when punched, then drop themselves if they are punched when empty. [52]
Will display the name of the item they hold (if it is custom named) when looked at up close.[53]
Miscellaneous
Additions- Community Feature[54]
- The ability to select multiple resource packs at once.[55][56]
Resource packs at the top take precedence over those below.[57]
Allows for non-manual merging of textures from multiple packs, a sound pack and a different texture pack, etc.[58]
Improvements & Changes- Several lighting issues fixed.
A lot fewer "black spots" in the terrain generator.[59]
Torch bugs in strongholds and mineshafts have been fixed.[60][61]- Rewrite of several option screens.[62]
A completely new main options menu.[63]
A new "Select Resource Pack" menu.[55]
Rewrote Key Config.[64]
Function and sprint keys can be changed.
Smooth mouse, formerly available by pressing F8, will now use F4 by default.
The volume of in game music, Jukebox and Note Block music, hostile mobs, passive mobs, players, weather, blocks/environment, and the master volume can now all be modified separately.[65]- Changed the display item for the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative mode inventory from the Rose to the new Paeonia flower.[66]
Bug fixes:
MC-2915 - Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns "commands.generic.double.invalid"
MC-9547 - Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
MC-10257 - when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
MC-11280 - Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
MC-11518 - RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
MC-12450 - Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
MC-12452 - Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
MC-12454 - Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
MC-12541 - the letters for the 'off' setting on smooth lighting aren't capitalized
MC-16324 - "Reached end of stream" messages in Minecraft server terminal when client pings the server
MC-17090 - Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console rather than an error message "invalid color"
MC-26608 - /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong