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{{Infobox version
| title = v0.5.0 alpha
| vernum = 0.5.0
| edition = Pocket Edition
| image = Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha in game.jpg
| image2 = Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha.png
| date = '''Android, iOS''': November 15, 2012 '''Fire''': Unknown
| versioncode = '''Android''': 
5000 (0.5.0j, armeabi-v7a) 
5004 (0.5.0, x86) 
5005 (0.5.0, armeabi-v7a) 
5008 (0.5.0, x86 reupload) 
'''iOS''': 
11823423
| clientdl = [https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.5.0-armv7.apk Original] 
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.5.0j.apk J-version] 
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.5.0-1-x86.apk Original (x86)] 
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.5.0-2-x86.apk Reupload (x86)] 
Amazon Appstore client unavailable
| prevparent = v0.4.0 alpha
| prev = v0.4.0 alpha rev 2
| nextparent = v0.6.0 alpha
}}
{{relevant guide|Bedrock Edition guides/0.5.0}}<onlyinclude>

'''v0.5.0 alpha''' is a major update to ''[[Minecraft:Pocket Edition|Minecraft: Pocket Edition]]'' that was released on Android and iOS on November 15, 2012<ref>Announced here: https://twitter.com/jbernhardsson/status/269075234374705152 and released on iOS (as shown by the block sounds) on the same day: https://youtu.be/rYrv_QSo2KU</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130128073657/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe</ref> and on an unknown date on Fire.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121119021216/http://www.amazon.com:80/Mojang-Minecraft-Pocket-Edition/dp/B00992CF6W</ref> It adds notable features, such as [[Minecraft:melon]]s, [[Minecraft:painting]]s, [[Minecraft:glowstone]], the [[Minecraft:Nether reactor]] as well as other changes and fixes. This is the final version released in 2012.

This is the last version to support Android 2.1 and 2.2.

== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Nether Reactor Core
|Initialized Nether Reactor Core
|Finished Nether Reactor Core
|Glowing Obsidian
|Glowstone
|Melon
|Cobweb
|Oak Sign
|Melon Seeds
|Melon Slice
|Painting
|Painting Albanian
|Painting de_aztec
|Painting de_aztec
|Painting Target Successfully Bombed
|Painting Kebab med tre pepperoni
|Painting Paradisträd
|Painting Wasteland
|Painting Wanderer
|Painting Bonjour Monsieur Courbet
|Painting Fighters
|Painting The Pool
|Painting Seaside
|Painting sunset_dense
|Painting Bust
|Painting Match
|Painting Pointer
|Painting Skull and Roses
|Painting The Stage Is Set
|Painting The void
|Painting Graham
|Painting Creebet
|Painting Kong
|Painting Mortal Coil
|Painting Pigscene
|Painting Earth
|Painting Fire
|Painting Water
|Painting Wind
}}

=== Blocks ===
'''{{Version exclusive}}: [[File:Nether Reactor Core BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Nether reactor core]]'''
* Used to create a Nether reactor.
* Can be crafted with 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
'''{{Version exclusive}}: [[File:Glowing Obsidian BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Glowing obsidian]]'''
* Light-emitting block that is created from the conversion of blocks that make up a Nether reactor.
* Drops regular obsidian when mined.
'''[[File:Glowstone JE2 BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Glowstone]]'''
* A light-emitting block that can be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.
'''[[File:Melon JE1 BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Melon]]s'''
* A fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem.
'''[[File:Cobweb JE1 BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]s'''
* Now Is not obtainable by normal means.
* Only obtainable through inventory editing.
'''[[File:Oak Sign (0) JE2.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Sign]]s'''
* Are currently unobtainable.
* Cannot be written on.
* Is only obtainable through inventory editing.
'''[[File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png|width=32x32]] <samp>[[Minecraft:grass_carried]]</samp>'''
* Used to store the inventory icon for [[Minecraft:grass block]]s.
* Now is not obtainable by normal means.

=== Items ===
'''[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Melon seeds]]'''
* Can be used to grow melon plants.
'''[[File:Melon Slice JE1 BE1.png|width=32x32]] [[Minecraft:Melon slice]]s'''
* A food item that can be eaten by the player.

=== Mobs ===
'''[[File:Zombified Piglin BE1.png|width=51x51]] [[Minecraft:Zombie pigmen]]'''
* Undead, hostile mobs that spawn from nether reactors.
* Missing the top of their head layer.

=== Non-mob entities ===
'''[[File:Wasteland.png|width=45x45]] [[Minecraft:Painting]]s'''
* Decorative entities that hang on walls.

=== Gameplay ===
'''{{Version exclusive}}: [[Minecraft:Nether reactor]]'''
* Created by placing [[Minecraft:cobblestone]] and [[Minecraft:blocks of gold]] in a 3×3 area around a nether reactor core.
* On initialization, a nether spire generates around it. The blocks used for the reactor, excluding the core, are replaced with glowing obsidian over the next few seconds, starting with the cobblestone.
* After initialization, three [[Minecraft:zombie pigmen]] are spawned in, and a 45 second spawn cycle begins. The following items are able to spawn during this cycle:
** [[Minecraft:Glowstone dust]]
** [[Minecraft:Cacti]]
** [[Minecraft:Sugar cane]]
** [[Minecraft:Brown mushroom]]s
** [[Minecraft:Red mushroom]]s
** [[Minecraft:Melon seeds]]
** [[Minecraft:Arrow]]s
** [[Minecraft:Bone]]s
** [[Minecraft:Book]]s
** [[Minecraft:Bow]]s
** [[Minecraft:Bowl]]s
** [[Minecraft:Door]]s
** [[Minecraft:Feather]]s
** [[Minecraft:Painting]]s
** [[Minecraft:Bed]]s
* Once the spawn cycle ends, the time of day is set to night, and the reactor is replaced with a 3×3×3 box of obsidian containing the core.
'''{{Version exclusive}}: [[Minecraft:Nether spire]]'''
* A huge structure consisting of obsidian that generates when a Nether reactor is activated.
* Holes form on the outside of it once the Nether reactor's spawn cycle ends.
'''[[File:Sneaking Steve.png|width=55x55]] [[Minecraft:Sneaking]]'''
* Slows the player down and prevents them from falling off of blocks.
* Currently only available on the Xperia PLAY gaming console.

=== General ===
* A new x86 compile have been added for Android in order to utilize full performance & capabilities of x86 processors used by certain Android devices, notably some pre-2016 Asus phones and tablets.<ref>The x86 compile can be downloaded with the download list above.</ref>

== Changes ==

=== Blocks ===
'''[[Minecraft:Bed]]s'''
* Are now easier to get out of.
** [[File:Leave Bed 0.5.0.png|45px]] Added a ''Leave Bed'' button that lets the player exit the bed.
* {{Version exclusive}}: Now restore health when slept in.
'''[[Minecraft:Farmland]]'''
* Now turns back to dirt if the player or any mob falls onto it from 1 block or more.
'''[[Minecraft:Sugar cane]] '''
* Can now be grown on sand.
'''[[Minecraft:Mushroom]]s'''
* Are now able to spread.
* Can now only be generated or placed in areas with low light, making them significantly less common.
'''[[Minecraft:Grass block]]'''
* Inventory icon changed from [[File:Grass Block (item) BE2.png|32px]] to [[File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png|32px]].

=== Items ===
'''[[Minecraft:Glowstone dust]]'''
* Is now obtainable in Survival mode via the nether reactor.
* Can be used to craft glowstone.
[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Apple]]s'''
* Now restore {{hp|4}} instead of {{hp|2}} when eaten.
[[File:Bread JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Bread]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|5}} instead of {{hp|2}} when eaten.
[[File:Mushroom Stew JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Mushroom stew]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|8}} instead of {{hp|4}} when eaten.
[[File:Raw Chicken JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Raw chicken]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|2}} instead of {{hp|1}} when eaten.
[[File:Cooked Chicken JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Cooked chicken]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|6}} instead of {{hp|3}} when eaten.
[[File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Raw beef]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|3}} instead of {{hp|1}} when eaten.
[[File:Steak JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Steak]]'''
* Now restores {{hp|8}} instead of {{hp|4}} when eaten.
[[File:Raw Porkchop JE1 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Raw porkchop]]s'''
* Now restore {{hp|3}} instead of {{hp|1}} when eaten.
[[File:Cooked Porkchop JE2 BE1.png|width=40x40]] '''[[Minecraft:Cooked porkchop]]s'''
* Now restore {{hp|8}} instead of {{hp|4}} when eaten.

=== Mobs ===
'''[[Minecraft:Camera]]s'''
* Are now invisible and use the player [[Minecraft:damage]] sound.
[[File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png|width=116x116]] '''[[Minecraft:Zombie]]s'''
* {{Version exclusive}}: Have new animations.
[[File:Skeleton JE4 BE2.png|width=125x125]] '''[[Minecraft:Skeleton]]s'''
* {{Version exclusive}}: Have new animations.

=== Gameplay ===
'''Distance [[Minecraft:fog]]'''
* Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.
'''[[Minecraft:Health bar]]'''
* {{Version exclusive}}: is now displayed at the top-left of the screen instead of above the hotbar.
'''[[Minecraft:Hotbar]]'''
* The name of the selected item or block is now displayed over it.
'''[[Minecraft:Creative inventory]]'''
* Additions:
** [[Minecraft:Stone bricks]]
** [[Minecraft:Grass block]]
** [[Minecraft:Glowstone]]
** [[Minecraft:Nether reactor core]]
** [[Minecraft:Painting]]
** [[Minecraft:Melon]]
** [[Minecraft:Melon seeds]]

== Fixes ==
{{Fixes|project=MCPE|fixedin=0.5.0
|;From released versions before 0.5.0
|PE-1|Trapdoors can't be crafted in survival
|PE-2|No description at Smooth stone in crafting bench
|PE-4|The player can't leave their bed when sleeping
|PE-6|No explosion sound when creeper explodes
|PE-7|Seeds drop below grass block when using hoe
|PE-11|Survival bugs: Crop tiles survives farmland destroyed underneath them
|PE-14|When destroying the top half of a bed in creative mode, it give a bed back as a resource
|PE-17|TNT, Flint and Steel and Stone Bricks aren't available in the creative mode inventory
|PE-18|Grass block not available in Creative mode inventory
|PE-20|Food not restoring the right number of hearts
|PE-23|Door Duplication
|PE-27|Not possible to activate peaceful mode
|PE-29|Trapdoors can be placed on transparent blocks like flowers, saplings, glass etc.
|PE-30|Placing door on a farmland will create a floating half-door
|PE-34|Xperia Play: The player can't eat or charge the bow
|PE-46|Torch can be placed on side of fence
|PE-51|Bed: Respawn at the wrong height?
|PE-57|Multiplayer infinity bone meal
|PE-93|Players sleeping in a bed can be pushed off the bed
|PE-105|The player can't exit their bed with split touch controls
|PE-115|Breaking block with torch on it
|PE-134|Can't sleep with my bed like this(picture included)
|PE-160|lava burns character when lava is several blocks away
|PE-172|Stone bricks: Missing description
|PE-189|Missing Fence Sound Effect
|PE-190|Farmland and other plants bug
|PE-216|Steel and flint don't take damage
|PE-218|Bed: Should sleep when pressing the bottom end
|PE-237|Extra Feathers For Player 2
|PE-269|Using an item can sometimes attack animal/player when not facing them
|PE-272|Animals sometimes never respawn in a map
|PE-303|Sleeping at the edge of the map causes the player to spawn really high in the sky after the player dies
|PE-345|Torches Jumping off Fences
|PE-370|Trapdoor placement bug
|PE-382|Player 1 places torches on ground, but player 2 sees them on the wall
|PE-387|Stuck when walking down side of fence when reaching closed gate
|PE-408|Sugarcane is unable to be placed on sand
|PE-422|Crash when loading saved world
|PE-491|Disappearing trapdoors
}}</onlyinclude>

== J-version ==
'''v0.5.0j alpha''' was released on an unknown release date.<ref>{{link|url=https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/minecraft-bedrock-support/1945286-my-mc-pe-is-stuck-on-0-5-0j-alpha|title=My MC:PE is stuck on 0.5.0j alpha|website=Minecraft Forum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718142705/https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/minecraft-bedrock-support/1945286-my-mc-pe-is-stuck-on-0-5-0j-alpha}}</ref> This was the last J-version of Pocket Edition.

== Gallery ==
===Development images===
<gallery>
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development paintings.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development zombie pigman.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development nether reactor.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development glowstone.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development mushroom spreading.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development melons.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development zombie pigmen.png
Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development fog.png
</gallery>

== References ==
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