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{{Infobox version
|vernum=0.9.0
|title=v0.9.0 alpha
|edition=Pocket Edition
|image=Pocket Edition 0.9.0.png
|date=July 10, 2014
|versioncode='''Android''': 
400900012 (armeabi-v7a-gb, 19) 
500900012 (armeabi-v7a-hc, 19) 
700900012 (x86, 19) 
'''iOS''': 
613932834
|clientdl=[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.9.0-armv7-hc.apk Original] 
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.9.0-armv7-gb.apk Gingerbread] 
[https://archive.org/download/MCPEAlpha/PE-a0.9.0-x86.apk x86]
|prevparent=v0.8.0 alpha
|prev=v0.8.2 alpha
|next=v0.9.1 alpha
|nextparent=v0.10.0 alpha
|devversions=
'''[[Minecraft::Category:Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha builds|Builds]]''' (12) 
([[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha/Development versions|View all]]) 
}}
{{relevant guide|Bedrock Edition guides/0.9 releases}}<onlyinclude>

'''v0.9.0 alpha''' is a major update to ''[[Minecraft:Pocket Edition|Minecraft: Pocket Edition]]'' that was released on July 10, 2014. It adds new blocks, mobs, generated structures, infinite worlds as well as other features, changes, and fixes.

== Additions ==
{{Additions table
|Monster Spawner
|End Portal Frame
|Emerald Ore
|Block of Emerald
|Terracotta
|White Terracotta
|Light Gray Terracotta
|Gray Terracotta
|Black Terracotta
|Brown Terracotta
|Red Terracotta
|Orange Terracotta
|Yellow Terracotta
|Lime Terracotta
|Green Terracotta
|Cyan Terracotta
|Light Blue Terracotta
|Blue Terracotta
|Purple Terracotta
|Magenta Terracotta
|Pink Terracotta
|Infested Cobblestone
|Infested Stone
|Infested Stone Bricks
|Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
|Infested Cracked Stone Bricks
|Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
|End Stone
|Red Sand
|Mycelium
|Podzol
|Packed Ice
|Coarse Dirt
|Granite
|Polished Granite
|Andesite
|Polished Andesite
|Diorite
|Polished Diorite
|Acacia Log
|Acacia Wood
|Acacia Planks
|Acacia Slab
|Acacia Stairs
|Acacia Leaves
|Acacia Sapling
|Dark Oak Log
|Dark Oak Wood
|Dark Oak Planks
|Dark Oak Slab
|Dark Oak Stairs
|Dark Oak Leaves
|Dark Oak Sapling
|Jungle Wood
|Jungle Sapling
|Blue Orchid
|Allium
|Azure Bluet
|Red Tulip
|Orange Tulip
|Pink Tulip
|White Tulip
|Oxeye Daisy
|Sunflower
|Lilac
|Rose Bush
|Peony
|Vines
|Lily Pad
|Cocoa Beans
|Tall Grass
|Large Fern
|Cookie
|Emerald
|Mooshroom Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Creeper Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Enderman Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Silverfish Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Skeleton Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Slime Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Spider Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Villager Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Zombie Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Zombie Pigman Spawn Egg Revision 2
|Wolf Spawn Egg Revision 2
}}

=== Blocks ===
'''[[Minecraft:Monster Spawner]]s'''
* Can hold several mobs
** [[Minecraft:Silverfish]]
** [[Minecraft:Spider]]
** [[Minecraft:Zombie]]
** [[Minecraft:Skeleton]]
* The type of mob spawner can be changed using a spawn egg
* Is available in the creative inventory

'''[[Minecraft:End Portal Frame]]'''
* Can be used as decorative block only
* Cannot be activated
'''[[Minecraft:Emerald Ore]]'''
* Can be mined with an [[Minecraft:Iron Pickaxe|Iron]] or better pickaxe

'''[[Minecraft:Block of Emerald]]'''
* Made with 9 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s

'''[[Minecraft:Hardened Clay]]'''
* Can be made by putting a normal [[Minecraft:Clay|Clay Block]] in a furnace

'''[[Minecraft:Stained Clay]]'''
* Available in all 16 colors

'''[[Minecraft:End Stone]]'''
* Only available in creative mode

'''[[Minecraft:Red Sand]]'''
* Generates naturally in Badlands. Can be smelted into glass

'''[[Minecraft:Mycelium]]'''
* Generates naturally on [[Minecraft:Mushroom Island]]

'''[[Minecraft:Podzol]]'''
* Generates naturally in [[Minecraft:Mega Taiga]]

'''[[Minecraft:Packed Ice]]'''
* Naturally generated in [[Minecraft:Ice Spikes]]

'''[[Minecraft:Grassless Dirt]]'''
* Generates naturally in [[Minecraft:Savanna]] and Giant Taiga

'''[[Minecraft:Granite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Polished Granite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Andesite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Polished Andesite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Diorite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Polished Diorite]]'''
* A building material. Can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]

'''[[Minecraft:Acacia Log|Acacia wood]], [[Minecraft:Jungle Wood|bark]], [[Minecraft:Acacia Planks|planks]], [[Minecraft:Acacia Slab|slabs]], [[Minecraft:Acacia Stairs|stairs]], [[Minecraft:Acacia Leaves|leaves]] and [[Minecraft:Acacia Sapling|sapling]]'''
* Decorative block

'''[[Minecraft:Dark Oak Log|Dark Oak wood]], [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Wood|bark]], [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Planks|planks]], [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Slab|slabs]], [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Stairs|stairs]], [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Leaves|leaves]] and [[Minecraft:Dark Oak Sapling|sapling]]'''
* Decorative block

'''[[Minecraft:Jungle Sapling]]'''
* Grow into the [[Minecraft:jungle tree]]

'''[[Minecraft:Poppy]]'''
* Replaces the [[Minecraft:Rose]] (at the time, exclusive to MCPE)

'''[[Minecraft:Blue Orchid]], [[Minecraft:Allium]], [[Minecraft:Azure Bluet]], [[Minecraft:Oxeye Daisy]], [[Minecraft:Sunflower]], [[Minecraft:Lilac]], [[Minecraft:Rose Bush]], [[Minecraft:Peony]]'''
* Generates on grass in various biomes

'''[[Minecraft:Tulip]]'''
* Available in all 4 colors

'''[[Minecraft:Vines]]'''
* Generates as part of a dying tree
* Generate naturally in [[Minecraft:Jungle]] and [[Minecraft:Swamp]].

'''[[Minecraft:Lily Pad]]s'''
* Generate naturally in swamps

'''[[Minecraft:Cocoa Pod]]s'''
* Generate naturally in jungles

'''[[Minecraft:Double Tallgrass]]'''
* Will be generated naturally
* Can be generated by using [[Minecraft:Bone Meal]] on [[Minecraft:Grass]]

'''[[Minecraft:Large Fern]]'''
* Will be generated naturally
* Can be generated by using bone meal on [[Minecraft:fern]]

=== Items ===
'''[[Minecraft:Cookie]]s'''
* Restores {{hp|1}}

'''[[Minecraft:Emerald]]'''
* Obtanied by mining an [[Minecraft:emerald ore]] block

'''[[Minecraft:Spawn Egg]]s<ref>https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/minecraft-pocket-edition/id479516143?mt=8</ref>'''
* Added [[Minecraft:Mooshroom]], [[Minecraft:Creeper]], [[Minecraft:Enderman]], [[Minecraft:Silverfish]], [[Minecraft:Skeleton]], [[Minecraft:Slime]], [[Minecraft:Spider]], [[Minecraft:Villager]], [[Minecraft:Zombie]], [[Minecraft:Zombie Pigman]] and [[Minecraft:Wolf]] spawn eggs.

=== Mobs ===
'''[[Minecraft:Endermen]]'''
* Do not drop [[Minecraft:Ender pearl]]s

'''[[Minecraft:Villager]]s'''
* Cannot open [[Minecraft:door]]s or [[Minecraft:trade]] yet.

'''[[Minecraft:Slime]]s'''
* Do not drop [[Minecraft:slimeball]]s.

'''[[Minecraft:Wolves]]'''
* Can be tamed using a [[Minecraft:bone]].

'''[[Minecraft:Silverfish]]'''
* Changed AI.

'''[[Minecraft:Mooshrooms]]'''

=== World generation ===
Port of Minecraft Java Edition world generation as of [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8]], allowing for new generated structures and biomes
* '''[[Minecraft:Generated structures]]:'''
** [[Minecraft:Village]]s
*** Houses have brown carpet tables, instead of [[Minecraft:pressure plate]] tables.
** [[Minecraft:Cave]]s
** [[Minecraft:Lava#Natural occurrence|Lava pools]]
** [[Minecraft:River]]s
** [[Minecraft:Mineshaft]]s
*** Includes spider spawners rather than cave spider spawners due to lack of poison effects<ref name="spiders">{{tweet|jeb|465804639645237248|Done porting mineshafts to MC:PE. Spawning normal spiders for now, as we don't have poison effects in MC:PE yet.|12 May 2014}}</ref>
** [[Minecraft:Huge Mushroom]]s
*** Can be up to 13 blocks tall<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/MCPE/comments/288c1n/are_there_supposed_to_be_super_tall_mushrooms/</ref>
** [[Minecraft:Forest rock]]s
** [[Minecraft:Stronghold]]s
*** Hard to find as [[Minecraft:Eyes of Ender]] have not yet been implemented.
*** Has increased chance to spawn under villages.
** Ice patch
** [[Minecraft:Ice spike]]
** [[Minecraft:Dungeon]]s
** [[Minecraft:Desert well]]
**'''[[Minecraft:Tree]]s:'''
***[[Minecraft:Jungle tree]] (small and large)
***[[Minecraft:Dark oak tree]]
***[[Minecraft:Acacia tree]]
*** [[Minecraft:Fallen tree]]s
*** [[Minecraft:Spruce|2×2 spruce trees]]
*** [[Minecraft:Oak tree]]s (swamp variant with vines and large oak variants)
** '''Naturally generated blocks''' (blocks that already existed in the game, but now spawn naturally):
*** [[Minecraft:Tall Grass]]
*** [[Minecraft:Dead Bush]]es
*** [[Minecraft:Fern]]s
*** [[Minecraft:Mossy Cobblestone]]
*** [[Minecraft:Jungle Log|Jungle Wood]]
*** [[Minecraft:Jungle Leaves]]
*** [[Minecraft:Melon|Melons]]
*** [[Minecraft:Pumpkin]]s
*** Structure specific
**** [[Minecraft:Stone Bricks]]
**** [[Minecraft:Cracked Stone Bricks]]
**** [[Minecraft:Mossy Stone Bricks]]
**** [[Minecraft:Stone Bricks Stairs]]
**** [[Minecraft:Stone Slab]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Iron Bars]]
**** [[Minecraft:Torch]]es
**** [[Minecraft:Rail]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Powered Rail]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Oak Wood Planks]]
**** [[Minecraft:Fence]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Chest]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Cobblestone]]
**** [[Minecraft:Glass Pane]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Cobblestone Stairs]]
**** [[Minecraft:Oak Stairs]]
**** [[Minecraft:Bookshelves]]
**** [[Minecraft:Black Wool]]
**** [[Minecraft:Brown Carpet]]
**** [[Minecraft:Farmland]]
**** [[Minecraft:Carrot]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Wheat|Wheat Crops]]
**** [[Minecraft:Potato]]es
**** [[Minecraft:Furnace]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Crafting Table]]s
**** [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]
* '''[[Minecraft:Biome]]s:'''
** All biomes as of [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2]]. Those that exceed the [[Minecraft:Altitude#Pocket Edition|128-block height limit]] are shrunk to fit in it.
*** Jungles
*** Mesa
*** Roofed Forests
*** Savannas
*** Extreme Hills
*** Mushroom Islands
*** Flower Forest
*** Mega Taiga
*** Mega Spruce Taiga
*** Swampland
*** Deep ocean

=== Gameplay ===
'''Hotbar'''
* Interact button
** Located above the hotbar.
** Current actions:
*** Ignite button for creepers
*** Shear button for sheep
*** Milk button for cows
*** Tame button to tame animals.

'''[[Minecraft:Render distance]]'''
* Ability to set it to 512-block (32 chunks)
** Available for certain supported devices only

'''Advanced World Options'''
* Option to select the world's type
** [[Minecraft:Old]]
*** 256×256
** [[Minecraft:Superflat|Flat]]
*** Infinite and by default generates with the Classic Superflat and can only be changed by editing the options.txt file.<ref>{{tweet|tomcc|479177777103769600|Hey modders, what about sand flatworlds? Hint- this is a thing in the next build: 'game_flatworldlayers:[7, 12,12,12]'|18 Jun 2014}}</ref>
** Infinite
*** Reliable playing size is 65,536×65,536 (+32,767 to -32,767)
*** After going past ±32,767, [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition distance effects|distance effects]] start to take appear.<ref>{{reddit|sub=Minecraft|27pae1|pocket_edition_090_snapshot/ci3sj7v}}</ref> The "jitteriness" gradually increases when the distance from the center is increased every power of 2, as well as frequency of crashes and other glitches such as distorted block models.
*** Eventually, natural phenomena such as the [[Minecraft:Stripe Lands]] and [[Minecraft:Far Lands]] occur, making it impossible to continue without using 3rd party tools. <ref>{{reddit|sub=MCPE|27woze|welcome_to_the_mcpe_farlands}}</ref><ref>{{reddit|sub=Minecraft|27yjjx|z_900k_i_broke_water}}</ref><ref>{{reddit|sub=MCPE|280337|i_found_the_edge_far_lands_in_mcpe}}</ref>

'''[[Minecraft:Mobs#Tameable|Taming]]'''

'''[[Minecraft:Zombie siege]]s'''

'''[[Minecraft:Particles]]'''
* <code>dripWater</code>
* <code>dripLava</code>

== Changes ==
=== Blocks ===
'''[[Minecraft:Bed]]'''
* No longer restores health

'''[[Minecraft:Birch Log|Birch]], [[Minecraft:Spruce Log|Spruce]] and [[Minecraft:Jungle Log|Jungle Wood]]'''
* Now have separate textures

'''[[Minecraft:Carpets]]'''
* Obtainable in survival mode

'''[[Minecraft:Gravel]]'''
* No longer falls from spawn

'''[[Minecraft:Jungle Leaves]]'''
* Now permanently opaque

'''[[Minecraft:Jungle Planks|Jungle Wood Planks]]'''
* Can now be crafted

'''[[Minecraft:Lava]] and [[Minecraft:Water]]'''
* Now insta-tick

'''[[Minecraft:Leaves]]'''
* New rendering

=== Items ===
'''[[Minecraft:Gray dye]] and [[Minecraft:light gray dye]]'''
* Can now be obtained in survival

* [[Minecraft:Saddle]]s
* Can now generate in village blacksmith chests

'''[[Minecraft:Snow]]'''
* Now is craftable

=== Non-mob entities ===
'''[[Minecraft:TNT]] [[Minecraft:explosion]]'''
* Improved performance

=== World generation ===
'''[[Minecraft:Tree#Cold-en oak trees|Cold-en oak trees]]'''
* No longer generate in maps with the new terrain.

'''[[Minecraft:Oak trees]] '''
* Generate with different heights and structures.

'''Old terrain '''
* Removed for [[Minecraft:Old]] world type

'''[[Minecraft:Gravel Beaches]]'''
* Removed

'''[[Minecraft:Frozen Oceans]] '''
* No longer generate naturally.

=== Gameplay ===
'''Smooth lighting '''
* Added for:
** [[Minecraft:Bed]]s
** [[Minecraft:Fence]]s
** [[Minecraft:Cobblestone Wall]]s
** [[Minecraft:Cobweb]]
** [[Minecraft:Chest]]s
** [[Minecraft:Leaves]]
* Removed for:
** [[Minecraft:Glowstone]]
** [[Minecraft:Glass]]
** [[Minecraft:Jack o'Lantern]]s
** [[Minecraft:Redstone Ore|Lit Redstone Ore]]

=== General ===
'''[[Minecraft:Clouds]]'''
* New culling of clouds.
* The fog is darker underground.

'''Textures'''
* Support for biome-tinted blocks

'''World list'''
* Now displays the storage size of each world.

'''Crafting screen'''
* New organized layout for the crafting screen
** Only shows craftable recipes.

'''Survival inventory '''
* New layout

'''View distance'''
* Now varies from device

=== Mobs ===
'''All mobs'''
* New spawning algorithm
* Lighter color when the mobs are hurt

'''Passive mobs '''
* Now spawn in little groups
* Can spawn naturally in creative mode

'''[[Minecraft:Zombie]]s'''
* Mechanics changed
* When damaged, zombies have a low chance to spawn more zombies.

'''[[Minecraft:Spider]]s'''
* Now spawn from leaves
* Animation is twice as fast.

'''[[Minecraft:Creeper]]s'''
* Now walk faster.
* No longer float two pixels off the ground.

'''Other'''
* The [[Minecraft:options.txt]] file now reads the render distance as raw blocks.<ref>{{tweet|tomcc|427838605957275648|@aurisrimo in 0.9, options.txt contains the raw distance in blocks (ie. 256), feel free to experiment & destroy your battery life :D|27 Jan 2014}}</ref>
* Support for immersive mode (hides the on-screen navigation bar) for devices running Android 4.4 or higher.
* New LevelDB based saving format.
* New entity handling.
* Remade network code (mostly the same packages but new system).
* Tile entities are saved differently.
* New culling algorithm.
* Removed the [[Minecraft:camera]] entity
* Updated light generation
* No more client-side messages when a player joins
* "Edit" and "New" buttons no longer appear on the world select menu if "Play with touch" is disabled, making it impossible to create worlds without enabling the option.
* The Xperia Play touchpad can no longer be used to control the camera and [[Minecraft:crouch]]. Instead, it is used to move.
* In flight mode, the Xperia Play D-pad up and down buttons are always used to control the altitude, rather than only while the cross button is pressed.
** This requires to use the touchpad to move forwards and backwards during flight.
* Pause menu options on the Xperia Play can be selected with the D-pad and interacted with by pressing the cross button, though the selected option is not highlighted.

== Fixes ==
'''6 bugs fixed'''

'''From released versions before 0.9.0'''
* Mipmapping makes fire look like a big orange blob<ref>{{tweet|tomcc|425274565556584448|that’s actually true, will look into it :)|20 Jan 2014}}</ref>
* Minecart in multiplayer problems<ref>{{tweet|johan|422684282776481792|I will work on them for the next version. :)|13 Jan 2014}}</ref>
* Glitched name and description for [[Minecraft:baked potato]]es
* Crafting [[Minecraft:sign]]s only giving one unit
* Different wood types convert to same inside furnaces
* Fixed an item duplication glitch that could occur if the game crashed or if the player exited out of ''Minecraft'' without saving the world.</onlyinclude>

== Videos ==
=== Trailer ===
A trailer for the update was released on July 4, 2014.
{{CV|vNXtyRNQH-Y|Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.9.0 Teaser}}

== Gallery ==
=== Store images ===
These screenshots were uploaded to store pages on update release.
==== Tablet ====
<gallery>
v0.9.0 Wolfs.png
v0.9.0 Village.png
v0.9.0 Cave.png
v0.9.0 Mountain.png
</gallery>
==== Phone ====
<gallery>
v0.9.0 Wolfs phone.png
v0.9.0 Village phone.png
v0.9.0 Cave phone.png
v0.9.0 Mountain phone.png
</gallery>
=== Development screenshots ===
<gallery>
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development grass blocks.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development trees.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development biome color transitions.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development biomes.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development world generator.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development profiler.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development immersive mode.png
Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha build 1 Development dripping liquid.png
MCPE Heatmap.png
MCPE Weirdness.png
MCPE Caves.jpg
MCPE Polygons.jpg
V0.9.0 alpha build 1.jpg
V0.9.0 alpha build 1 2.jpg
V0.9.0 alpha build 1 3.png
Pocket Edition Superflat.jpg
Really Big Pocket Edition Cave.png
Monster Infested Pocket Edition Cave.jpg
Everything is Pink.png
MCPE New Biomes.png
MCPE Grass Color.jpg
MCPE Savanna.jpg
Stripe Lands Dev Screenshot.png
Fallen Tree Dev Screenshot.png
MCPE Mega Taiga.png
MCPE Create a World.png
MCPE World Border.png
MCPE Tiny World.png
MCPE Taiga.png
VillagePE.jpg
Multicolored Grass.png
mcpe_wolf.png
Jeb Pocket Edition Villager.jpg
Jeb Pocket Edition Mooshroom.jpg
Jeb Pocket Edition Village.jpg
Jeb Pocket Edition Stronghold.jpg
Jeb Pocket Edition End Portal.jpg
Jeb Pocket Edition Spawner.jpg
Vertical Monitor Setup.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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