PC: Minecraft 1.8.1 Now Live!

Credits
  • Ryan Holtz (TheMogMiner) and Michael Stoyke (Searge) are now mentioned in the credits
Gamerules
  • doTileDrops no longer affects entities
Jack o'Lanterns
Maps
  • Changed some colors
Mobs
  • No longer run from creepers
Performance
  • Various improvements
  • Many optimizations
Potion of Leaping
  • Can now be extended with redstone
Witch huts
  • Newly generated witch huts can spawn witches on Y 64 to 71
  • This allows for three spawning floors in witch farms
Options
  • Renamed "Multiplayer Settings" to "Chat Settings".
  • Off/fancy/fast clouds
  • Off/on entity shadows
  • Fast/fancy now only controls leaves and rain particles
Dropped items
  • Now rotate on fast graphics

Bugfixes

The new update is available in your Minecraft launcher. Simply select the new version, and you're good to go!