Cool things in the new Minecraft patch

Not due until August but still a lot of new features are being added. Here are just some.

Full details can be found here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/edstonehelper/comments/p6lol/planned_for_the_next_update

World Generation

• Made sub-biome type mountains like Desert Hills or Ice Mountains taller - Screenshot
• Made cocoa beans appear on some small jungle trees - Screenshot
• Added optional starting chest on non-hardcore worlds
  
  • Screenshot
  • Contents: wooden & stone tools, bread, apples, logs, planks and sticks
• Added large biomes world type, increasing biome sizes immensely
• Added desert-specific villages
  
  • Screenshot
• Added desert temples
  
  • Screenshots
  • Built out of various kinds of sandstone and wool
  • Include hidden chest room and TNT trap, with loot including rotten flesh, bones, iron ingots and gold ingots, diamonds and emeralds
• Added jungle temples
  
  • Screenshots
  • Built out of various kinds of cobblestone
  • Contain multiple tripwire traps triggering dispensers filled with arrows
  • Loot chests include bones, rotten flesh, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds and emeralds
• Added emerald ore
  
  • Only generates in Extreme Hills biomes
  • Occurs up to 8 times per chunk in veins of 1
  • Generates between layers 4 and 31, inclusive