The next Minecraft Xbox 360 update - five features we're most looking forward to

A selection of highlights from PC versions 1.9 to 1.2.3

Minecraft Xbox 360 update 1.8.2 has had around a month to bed in. That's nothing in real time, but in Minecraft time, it's donkey's years. Bazillions of Strongholds have been uncovered and plundered, thousands of stupidly intricate worlds have been knocked together in Creative Mode, and eyes are already turning to the horizon and 4J's Twitter feed, hungry for the next link in the chain. Some people have even created bogus gameplay trailers. If you build it, they will come...

The developer is currently working on a bug fix update for version 1.8.2, and is keeping its lips tightly sealed on the subject of what lies beyond. Will 4J's next content drop bring us up to speed with update 1.2.3, or will the developer release something a shade more bespoke, mixing and matching features from different chapters of Minecraft PC history? What of custom texture packs and Xbox 360 exclusive features?

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You can read about some of the more exciting possibilities in our round-up of Minecraft Xbox 360 updates that will totally change the game. After another long voyage over the primordial waters of the Minecraft wiki, I've singled out a few more forthcoming features from the versions 1.9 (beta) to 1.2.3 (official) and resubmitted a few others for further consideration, below.

1. Enchantment

Together with the new experience system, enchanted weapons lend Minecraft combat a pungent whiff of actual structure. You'll create these potent artefacts at Enchanting Tables, which are comprised of Obsidian, Diamond and a book, providing you've cranked out sufficient XP by mining things, slaying things and smelting things. Examples of enchantments (which are randomly assigned depending on your level) include Respiration, which lets you spend longer underwater without suffocating, Fire Aspect, which sets the victim aflame, Fortune, which multiplies the items gained from mining blocks, and Punch, a bow skill which shoves enemies back.

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  1. Yeah i hope we get enchanting soon.That will mean they have to introduce the experience bar as well though,plus all the experience orbs from killing things etc.I think they ought to leave the end portal until later as i don't want the game to end,lol,and won't use it really straight away.Also that will mean Blazes which means they will have to introduce abandoned strongholds to the nether as that is were the Blaze spawners are.The villagers will be ok for a bit more life in the villages but will be a bit wasted until we get emeralds so that we can trade.

    I personally hope we get enchanting,desert temples,animal breeding,abandoned strongholds in the nether and some of the other stone block textures etc.

  2. only thing im looking forward to seeing is a bug fix because im bored of the constant crashing the last update caused

  3. That's weird i haven't had one crash or lock up since the update.Got a few sound bugs though and animals seem more in short supply than before.Also haven't been able to find a slime since the update either despite hearing them.

  4. I think we need bigger words, that would totally chance the gaming experience

  5. Floccinaucinihilipilification

    That's a bigger word.

  6. :lol: Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism that's a pretty big word as well one of the longest in the english dictionary i reckon. :wink:

  7. Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylseraspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucyllthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparagiglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphe ryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolyarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylasparty arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalyllethreonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreonarginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisolasparaginylgluaminylglutaminylserylprthreonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylaralanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylargiasparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutathreonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylphenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserythreonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine

    Can anyone beat that??? :)

  8. :lol: Is that a real word though ???.Plus if it is i hope you copied and pasted it. :wink:

  9. :lol: Is that a real word though ???.Plus if it is i hope you copied and pasted it. :wink:

    Copy and pasteing? What is this devilry! :wink:

  10. I have one word but I don't think this comment section is big enough.

  11. I tried to post the chemical name for titin, but apparently it had too few characters lol.

    Here's my replacement.

    Lopado­­temacho­­selacho­­galeo­­kranio­­leipsano­­drim­­hypo­­trimmato­­silphio­­parao­­melito­­katakechy­­meno­­kichl­­epi­­kossypho­­phatto­­perister­­alektryon­­opte­­kephallio­­kigklo­­peleio­­lagoio­­siraio­­baphe­­tragano­­pterygon

  12. :lol: It's a good job you didn't post it as the english languages longest word at one hundred and something thousand letters.That's even longer than some welsh plus trust it to be a chemical element i expected it to be something medical.

  13. since im a REAL fan of minecraft i have 1 question, when is this update coming out?

  14. can you enchant tools as well as weapons :?

  15. I know it is a few updates away, but I want slimes to appear in swamps. They are so hard to find underground, and I have a lot of inventions that use sticky pistons.

  16. can you enchant tools as well as weapons :?


    You can enchant a couple of tools like the pickaxe.It is mostly for weapons and armour although a couple of the enchantments are so that tools last ages.

  17. when is this update coming???

  18. can you enchant items like flint and steel, TNT, shears and rail track?

  19. I can't wait for potions

  20. The only things you can enchant on the pc one are pickaxe,axe,shovel and all weapons and armour.I can't see ours being any different.

  21. i hope that they change the crafting to what it is like on the PC version because it gets boring just tapping A. but then using the crafting from the PC version involves a little bit of skill as you will have to make the objects your self.

  22. when is the 1.9 coming out :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  23. :roll: i hope u inclode xp levle in up :lol: and new portols and spawning all anmils and mobs pleas 4g pleas im relly bord i relly thourt spawining was coming coming out in 1.8.2 :cry:

  24. i hope that they change the crafting to what it is like on the PC version because it gets boring just tapping A. but then using the crafting from the PC version involves a little bit of skill as you will have to make the objects your self.


    yea your right james

  25. New texer packs and if its ok to macke it real listic going toilet and being sick

  26. i think there shood be a relly realistic texer pack in 1.9
    :roll:

  27. ih

  28. I'm really looking forward to enchanting, villagers, breeding, and in creative when u can spawn any animal or mob you want. I really hope those things are high up on their list of things to add (:

  29. Did someone use that key to unlock the mental ward again?

  30. Yeah i hope we get enchanting soon.That will mean they have to introduce the experience bar as well though,plus all the experience orbs from killing things etc.I think they ought to leave the end portal until later as i don't want the game to end,lol,and won't use it really straight away.Also that will mean Blazes which means they will have to introduce abandoned strongholds to the nether as that is were the Blaze spawners are.The villagers will be ok for a bit more life in the villages but will be a bit wasted until we get emeralds so that we can trade.

    I personally hope we get enchanting,desert temples,animal breeding,abandoned strongholds in the nether and some of the other stone block textures etc.


    Alright, i'm gonna correct some stuff you got wrong. Yes we're OBVIOUSLY gonna get Experience and Experience Bar, after you beat the game you can still play your world so the game doesn't "end" at all, Abandoned Strongholds to the Nether? The hell is that? You mean Nether Fortresses?, also, we already have Stone Brick* textures, except just for one i think

  31. can you enchant items like flint and steel, TNT, shears and rail track?


    No, noob, why would you want to enchant TNT? You can only enchant armor, tools (Except for hoe) and bow

  32. You're so cool, I love how you put numbers in your name too.

  33. You're so cool, I love how you put numbers in your name too.

    You ever notice how the Minecraft threads read like they're from a different forum from everything else? :lol:

  34. Yeah, like arkham ayslums warden just allowed computers in the cells :P

  35. since im a REAL fan of minecraft i have 1 question, when is this update coming out?

    As opposed to all us fake fans? :roll:

  36. get the pixel art generator please

  37. I know there is probally an official reporting section for bugs but I have had difficulty finding one location to post that is not locked. I feel it is important for the creators of Minecraft to be aware of a bug that pretty much breaks the game as of the most recent patch. When two players (multiplayer offline) access a work bench they are able to create unlimited items in survivor mode as long as they have the material to create one item in a recipe. The recipe shows for both players that the material required is in inventory when in fact it is only in one player's inventory allowing the second player to complete the recipe even if they have no materials. This only works for the creation of one item but if both players rotate the crafting menu then return to the item they are trying to create the glitch repeats.

  38. can you enchant tools as well as weapons :?

    Yes.

  39. get the pixel art generator please

    Just build it yourself like everyone else. #LAZY

  40. I really hope that the villagers have the ability to trade on the Xbox version as they do on the PC...it would be annoying if 4J just added villagers that have no function a la PC version before the big update that brought in trading. I would love to see bigger maps as well because the Xbox map size is pretty small and it takes a LONG time to just get a random seed that has all the biomes in; it took me about 15 attempts and a few hours of trudging / sailing around various seeds in the most recent update on Xbox before I could find a seed with all of the new biomes and enough land-mass to make a decent world.

    Perhaps that could also be changed for Xbox specifically with a basic randomiser that tries to balance the smaller seeds you get in terms of how big and varied the biomes are as I had so many that were just ocean with a couple of small islands =/