Minecraft:Bedrock Edition guides/Better Together Update

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Better Together Update (Bedrock Edition 1.2.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Discovery Update (Bedrock Edition 1.1.x releases).

Mobs

New

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Parrot		REDIRECT Template:BiomeLink	Template:ItemLink (1–2)	Passive creatures can be tamed using seeds. Has the ability to fly and occasionally rest on the ground. If there is music playing from a record player nearby, they will dance accordingly. Will dance even if they are on the player's shoulders. They will die after eating a Minecraft:cookie.

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
All Minecraft:mobs		Now avoids cactus, fire and lava. Adjusted the color it flashes when attacked. Increased stride stability when moving up stairs while riding certain creatures.
Mooshroom	File:Red Mooshroom JE2 BE1.png	Now only generates above Minecraft:mycelium.
Minecraft:Witch	File:Witch BE Revision 2.png	A potion of fire resistance will be drunk when standing on top of a magma block. There is now an 8.5% chance of dropping the potion you are taking when killed. Before this, they always dropped potions.
Skeleton, stray and zombie pigman		Now has a chance to spawn with enchanted tools and weapons.
Ender dragon	File:Ender Dragon.gif	Corresponding particles will now appear when stopping using dragon breath attack.
Sheep		Shorn sheep no longer drop Minecraft:wool when killed.
Adult polar bear	File:Polar Bear JE1 BE1.png	Panic now appears when on fire.
Minecraft:Villager	File:Farmer.png	Peasant villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 Minecraft:emerald. Observe new offers from villagers more quickly after trading is unlocked.
Minecraft:Horse	File:Black Horse Revision 4.gif	Eating or drinking something while riding a horse no longer slows the player down. Updated appearance. No longer opens its mouth when dropping a player or taking damage.
Donkey	File:Donkey JE4.png	Updated appearance. No longer opens its mouth when dropping a player or taking damage.
Mule	File:Mule JE4.png	Updated appearance.
Skeleton horse		Can now be saddled.
Snow golem		Snow golem's face is now only visible when clipped. Lingering water bottle now deals damage to it.
Ghast		Ghast fireball activates Nether portal when it hits it.
Blaze and Minecraft:enderman		Lingering water bottle now deals damage to it.
Cow	File:Cow JE4 BE1.png	Players will no longer drink the milk directly after milking the cow.

Blocks

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Minecraft:Banner			Can be mined with any tool, but Minecraft:axe is the fastest.	V-shaped and reversed-V shaped magenta flags with black stripes will generate naturally in end city. Can be used for decoration.
Minecraft:Jukebox	File:Jukebox JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any tool, but Minecraft:axe is the fastest.	Can be used to play music discs. Can use a funnel to insert records.
Coarse dirt	File:Coarse Dirt JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined using any tool, but Minecraft:shovel is the fastest.	Place saplings, sugar cane and mushrooms directly on the sand to grow under suitable conditions. Grass and Minecraft:mycelium cannot spread to coarse dirt. Use Minecraft:hoe on coarse dirt to turn it into soil.
Structure block		Can only be obtained via command.	Cannot be destroyed.	Is only available in Minecraft:Windows 10 Edition and has a 3D export mode that cannot be changed.

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
Item frame		From items to entities. REDIRECT Template:Info needed
Brewing stand		Blaze powder is now required to power brewing stands.
Minecraft:Beacon	File:Beacon JE4 BE1.png	Light beams will now change color when passing through stained glass or stained glass panes. The color of the light beam will only use the color of the highest layer of stained glass and will not be mixed.
Minecraft:Ice	File:Ice BE5.png	Is now transparent.
Stained glass and stained glass pane		Now have their own textures and can be obtained through normal means. Changed the inventory icons of glass pane and stained glass pane. Single glass pane or stained glass pane are now columnar.
Minecraft:Observer	File:Observer BE2.png	Updated the texture of Minecraft:observer so that the observer will now flash red when outputting a redstone signal. Now able to detect updates to more blocks. Increased the strength of the redstone pulse output by the observer, and no longer has two pulses when the piston expands and retracts once.
Minecraft:Bricks, nether bricks and clay block	File:Bricks JE4 BE2.pngFile:Nether Bricks BE2.pngFile:Clay JE1 BE1.png	Renamed to better distinguish it from other items.
Iron bars	File:Iron Bars.png	Individual iron railings are now columnar. Changed the inventory icon of iron railings.
Minecraft:Bed		A message will appear when trying to sleep too far from Minecraft:bed. A dyed Minecraft:bed can no longer be dyed with the same dye. Text chat with controller and touch screen can now be opened while sleeping.
Minecraft:Trapdoor		Trapdoors will open directly when placed next to an active signal source.
Sandstone stairs	File:Sandstone Slab JE2 BE2.png	Sandstone stairs now have a cracked texture at the bottom.
Minecraft:Mycelium	File:Mycelium JE1 BE1.png	Mycelium no longer turns to dirt when a giant mushroom is on top of it.
Minecraft:Fence	{{ #vardefine: verifyedition | }}<verify for {{#var:verifyedition}}></verify for {{#var:verifyedition}}>{{ #vardefine: verifyedition | }}	Blocks can now be placed on top of fences with leads attached to them.
Shulker boxes		When crafting a shulker box, it outputs an undyed variant instead of purple, resulting in 17 colors.
Minecraft:Piston		Can now push arrows.
Minecraft:Diorite, Minecraft:andesite and Minecraft:granite	File:Diorite JE1 BE1.pngFile:Andesite JE1 BE1.pngFile:Granite JE1 BE1.png	Can no longer be used to replace stone crafting recipes.
Monster spawner	File:Spawner BE1.png	Only 4 monsters can be spawned at a time now.
Emerald ore	File:Emerald Ore JE2 BE1.png	Can no longer be mined with a stone pickaxe.
Minecraft:Sign		No longer flammable.
Hay bale		Reduced damage from falling on hay bales.

Items

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Armor stand	File:Armor Stand (item) JE1 BE1.png		Used to place items and armor that need to be displayed. Can hold items without commands. Several postures can be switched through sneaking and interaction (right click by default). Redstone signals can also change posture.
Book and quill	File:Book and Quill JE1 BE1.png		Used for writing content and can be saved as a book. Two pages can be displayed on the same screen. Has an edit button to modify the text on each page.
Firework star	File:Firework Star JE1 BE1.png		Used to make firework rockets and determine the color, effect and shape of the fireworks rocket.
Firework rockets	File:Firework Rocket JE1 BE1.png		Can be fired in any direction, depending on the orientation of the emitter.
Music disc		Can be obtained from chests in dungeon or woodland mansion. After creeper is shot by skeleton, it will randomly drop an additional music record.	You can put in record player to play music.
Parrot, zombie villager spawn eggs	File:Parrot Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png File:Zombie Villager Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png	Creative mode inventory	Used to spawn parrot and zombie villager.

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
All items		Items can now pass upward through solid blocks, allowing for a 3×3 item lift.
Minecraft:Bucket	File:Bucket JE1 BE1.png	Only one iron barrel can now be placed in the furnace at a time.
Minecraft:Map	File:Map (item) JE1 BE1.png	The player's head will appear on the map. Locator maps now track the owner's location regardless of their dimension. Empty maps can now be combined with a compass in an anvil to create a locator map. Renaming maps and increasing map size in Anvil now only costs experience levels. Maps and locator maps can now be obtained via /give.
Leash	File:Lead JE1 BE1.png	Right click to release the leash. There is now a sound when placing leashes.

Non-mob Entities

Changed

Name	Image	Changed
Minecraft:Arrow	File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png	Arrows will vibrate when they collide with blocks.

Gameplay

Changed

Name	Changed
Creative mode	Pressing REDIRECT Template:Keys Template:Redr in the creative mode inventory will place an item into Minecraft:inventory instead of a group. Pressing REDIRECT Template:Keys Template:Redr will drop the entire group; pressing REDIRECT Template:Keys Template:Redr will clear the shortcut bar in creative mode.
Minecraft:Inventory	3 new buttons for classic UI: "Inventory only", "Inventory and recipe book" and "Recipe book only". Add a switch to the recipe book to switch to full-screen creative mode Minecraft:inventory.
Spawn	Increased the spawn rate of friendly mobs, making them easier to spot.

See also

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