> WTF is that? I had read about ocean monuments in the update notes, and also something > about endermites (that last sounds ghastly).
It's an Ocean Monument. They're generated structures consisting of three types of new, 1.8-specific blocks: Prismarine, Prismarine Bricks, Dark Prismarine, and Sea Lanterns. There is also a chance that a monument will have a room with wet sponge blocks in it, which can be dried in a furnace to get a dry sponge block, and each monument has eight gold blocks at its center.
They contain two new types of hostile mobs: Guardians and Elder Guardians. They both have a ranged beam attack, and elder guardians will also cause the Mining Fatigue debuff, where you mine slower. Guardians will drop Prismarine Crystals and Prismarine Shards, which can be used to craft the four types of new blocks that comprise the new monuments.
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