Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.7.0 alpha

v0.7.0 alpha is a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on June 5, 2013.<ref name=tweet/> It adds notable features such as Pocket Edition Realms, Minecraft:buckets, Minecraft:cakes and Minecraft:spawn eggs, as well as other changes and fixes.

Additions

Blocks

File:Cake JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Cakes

• A food block that can be eaten by the player.
• Can be crafted with three milk buckets, two Minecraft:sugar, one Minecraft:egg, and three Minecraft:wheat.

Items

File:Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Buckets

• Can be crafted with iron ingots.
• Are used to carry water, lava, or milk.

File:Water Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Water bucket

• Places Minecraft:water.

File:Lava Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Lava bucket

• Places Minecraft:lava.

File:Milk Bucket JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Milk bucket

• Can be only obtained by using a bucket on a Minecraft:cow.
• Are used to craft cakes.

Minecraft:Spawn eggs

• Are used to spawn mobs directly.
• Cannot be obtained in Survival mode.
• Four type of spawn eggs, each spawning their respective mob:
  • File:Chicken Spawn Egg JE2 BE1.png Chicken
  • File:Sheep Spawn Egg JE2 BE1.png Sheep
  • File:Pig Spawn Egg JE2 BE1.png Pig
  • File:Cow Spawn Egg JE2 BE1.png Cow

File:Saddle JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Saddles

• Currently serve no purpose.
• Are not yet obtainable.

General

Pocket Realms (alpha stage)

• An official subscription-based Minecraft:server hosting service that allows players to create and manage their own private Minecraft servers.
• World creation enabled from June 10 onwards.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Only available on Android.

Minecraft:Chat

• Players can press the File:Chat button BE1.png button at the top-right of the screen to open the chat and talk with other players.

Smooth lighting

• Blends light levels across block faces and darkens corners using Template:W to add semi-realistic shadows and glowing from light sources.
• Can be toggled off in the options.

Minecraft:Settings

• D-pad size
  • Controls the size of the directional buttons as well as circle that appears when destroying blocks.
  • Is a slider that is set all the way right by default.
• View distance
  • Changes the render distance of the terrain.
  • Is currently limited to a slider with two settings.
  • The leftmost setting sets the render distance to two Minecraft:chunks, and the default rightmost setting sets it to four chunks.
• Beautiful skies
  • Toggles clouds and sky color.
  • Is on by default.
• Animated water
  • Toggles water, lava, and fire animations.
  • Is on by default.
• Smooth lighting
  • Toggles smooth lighting.
  • Is on by default.
• Hide GUI
  • Makes the Minecraft:heads-up display invisible when toggled on.
  • Is off by default.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Lava

• Now lights flammable blocks around it on fire.
• Now has a flowing animation.
  • Texture has been changed from File:Lava BE1.png to File:Lava JE12.png.

Items

File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Flint and steel

• Can now be used to set fires.

File:Egg JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Eggs

• Are now used to craft cakes.
• Throwing an egg has a chance of spawning an adult chicken.

Mobs

File:Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Chickens

• Adult chickens now lay Minecraft:eggs every 5–10 minutes.

General

File:TitleBG.png

New main menu background.

Minecraft:Main menu

• The background is now a blurred image of a Minecraft world instead of a dirt background.
• The version number and Mojang copyright are both now in the bottom-left instead of the top and the bottom-right respectively.
• The Join Game button has been removed.
• The options button has been moved to the bottom-right.
• The Start Game button has been renamed to the Play button.
• Added the Play on Realms button in the middle.
• Xperia Play variant removed.
• Can be navigated with the D-pad on Xperia Play.

Select world menu

• Redesigned.
• Xperia Play variant removed.
• Cannot be navigated with the Xperia Play controller.

Create world menu

• Redesigned.
• Xperia Play variant removed.
• Can be partially navigated with the D-pad on Xperia Play.

Minecraft:Pause menu

• Server visibility, sound, and third person view are no longer directly controlled from it.
• An Options button has been added to it.
• Cannot be navigated with the Xperia Play controller.

Minecraft:Settings

• Replaced Android GUI with one rendered in game.
• Now uses options.txt to store settings.
• Removed the Lower graphics quality toggle.
• Is now split into four subsections, with some of them being split into further subsections:
  • Game
    • Name
    • Difficulty
    • Third person view
    • Local server multiplayer
  • Controls
    • Sensitivity
    • Invert Y-Axis
    • Lefty
    • Play with touch
    • Split controls
    • D-Pad size
    • Feedback:
      • Destroy block (vibrate)
  • Graphics
    • View Distance
    • Fancy Graphics
    • Beautiful skies
    • Animated water
    • Experimental:
      • Smooth lighting
      • Hide GUI
  • Sound
    • Sound Volume
• Not all options are available on all devices.
• Cannot be navigated with the Xperia Play controller.

Minecraft:Inventory

• Connecting players inventory is now saved on server.
• Minecraft:Creative inventory
  • Additions:
    • Minecraft:Bucket
    • Minecraft:Water bucket
    • Minecraft:Lava bucket
    • Minecraft:Cake
    • Minecraft:Egg
    • Spawn chicken
    • Spawn cow
    • Spawn pig
    • Spawn sheep

Fixes

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• Fixed flowing lava depth not correctly updating in accordance with surrounding lava until receiving a random tick.
• Fixed lava being able to spread four blocks from its source instead of three in some cases.