Minecraft DLC Update Release Date on Consoles: Horses, Bats, and Other Items Revealed

By Arvin Donguines, Christian Post Contributor Monday, December 22, 2014

4J Studios rolled out this weekend a big update for all the console versions of their massively-popular sandbox game "Minecraft," Gamespot.com reported. The features are, on the other hand, already implemented in the PC version.

The new update will introduce a lot of additional features to the game including the ability to tame and ride horses. There's also an addition of new Mobs like wither, witches, bats, donkeys, etc.

Here's a complete list of the items and Mobs added, as posted in the official Minecraft website (via Game Spot).

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New Items:

•     Hardened Clay
•     Stained Clay
•     Block of Coal
•     Hay Bale
•     Activator Rail
•     Block of Redstone
•     Daylight Sensor
•     Dropper
•     Hopper
•     Minecart with Hopper
•     Minecart with TNT
•     Redstone Comparator
•     Weighted Pressure Plate
•     Beacon
•     Trapped Chest
•     Firework Rocket
•     Firework Star
•     Nether Star
•     Lead
•     Horse Armor
•     Name Tag
•     Horse Spawn Egg

New Mobs:

•     Wither
•     Wither Skeletons
•     Witches
•     Bats
•     Horses
•     Donkeys
•     Mules

Some of the other interesting changes implemented are as follows:

• Added Fireworks - Fireworks interface is accessible from the Crafting Table when you have the ingredients to craft a Firework Star or Firework Rocket.
• A Redstone signal describing the contents of Chests, Brewing Stands, Dispensers and Jukeboxes can be detected by placing a Redstone Comparator directly against them.
• You can only break blocks with the correct tools.
• Added lots of new sounds.
• Bonemeal no longer instantly grows everything to full size, and instead randomly grows in stages.
• Dispensers can face in any direction
• Mobs, items and projectiles can now pass through portals

Find the full list here.

Game Spot meanwhile wrote that the new update is already available for Microsoft's Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles and PlayStation platforms in Europe.

For North American PS players, 4J Studios announced that the update is still being tested and news would eventually roll out "early this week."