This is a introduction to the new 1.8. There are alot of bug fixes and there are some new bugs. A few of these items have unique features which ill be explaining. I'll also be explaining the simple items too.So Lets begin!

Simple items

        There are alot of simple items that have been added for building porpouses. Most of them were just put off and rememberd in this update. A few of these items are the doors. they come in all types now! that includes dark oak door, acacia door, birch door, and the spruce door. They all are simply different textured doors. They're all crafted the same as normal doors just with the specified wood.
               When crafted, you now get 3 doors instead of one. meaning doors now stack! Also there is a new iron trapdoor, crafted like a wood one just with iron, and works like a iron door.Very useful for traps or for nicer houses.
         The next few items include the fences and fencegates. They also come in all types, and same with the fencegate. They still havent added iton fences and iron fencegates yet though.
          Another few items include the banners. They come in all colors of wool. They are just a fun item and the flag sways in the air. It could be used like the flag in capture the flag. New minigame! This item can be used to make very style-ish banners. What I mean by that is that if you put a banner in the crafting table and put a black dye nest to it, the banner will look different!
          Also, The game has introduced 3 new types of stone. They Come in both un-polished and polished forms. These items include Granite, Polished Granite, Andesite, Polished andesite, Diorite, and Polished Diorite,. These have no special benifites, Just another building material.These items are found underground. They are as rare as gravel. To make the polished forms of these stones, Grab a crafting table, and put 4 of the stone in the table in a square formation and you get 4 of the polished form. 
        Another few building materials include the Prismarine blocks. They come in Dark Prismarie, Prismarie Bricks, And The Prismarie. These items come from the dungeon and is crafted with the shards which come from a new mob. There is a new Sea lanturn which is another item that comes from the prismarie section. The sea lantern acts as a lamp.It also comes with a cool animation which you can find out yourself!
      The last few items that are used for building include the red sandstone. There was red sand but you never really used it for much. So now you have red sandstone, Red sandstone stairs, red sandstone slabs, chisled red sandstone, and smooth red sandstone.

Mobs

4 new mobs were added to the game. Well 3 mobs and 1 passive mob. The first mob is the Guardian. It protects the new temple Called the underwater dungeon. And it drops the materials for the prismarie and sea lantern items, and fish. It shoots lazer beams at you and does 2.5 hearts on easy! It has 24 health I think. I might be wrong, but if I am, please tell me. On rare occasions, A Elder guardian will spawn. This mob has the same way of attacking, With 40 health, and has 2 more defence. Also, I could never forget the new endermite mob. These mobs spawn somewhat rarely when a enderman dies, or teleports, and has a silverfish-like way of appearance, and look. These are spawnable, and, they attack only on easy mode and up. The passive creature is the rabbit. they roam in your world and drops a few items. That includes. Rabbits foot,(used for the new leaping potion), Raw rabbit(A new food which gives you 1 hunger and 3 cooked), and the rabbits hide (used for the new rabbit soup). So thats the animal/mobs!

Unique items

There are a few unique items. They include the leaping potion, the armour stand, and the slime block. The armour stand alows you to put any armour on it. the leaping potion just gives jump boost. and the last item is the slime block. It alows you to constantly jump for a little without stopping. like a trampoline.


Thats the 1.8 items! and thank you.