Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.3.3 alpha

v0.3.3 alpha is a minor update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on August 9, 2012.<ref name="mojang">Template:Cite</ref> It added notable features such as new mobs (Minecraft:spiders, Minecraft:creeper and Minecraft:skeletons), new items, as well as other changes and fixes.

Additions

Items

width=32x32 Minecraft:Bow

• A ranged weapon that fires Minecraft:arrows.
• Can be crafted with Minecraft:sticks and Minecraft:string.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Flint

• Occasionally drops from Minecraft:gravel.
• Can be used to craft Minecraft:arrows.

Mobs

width=57x57 Minecraft:Skeletons

• Undead hostile mobs equipped with a Minecraft:bow.
• Drop 0–2 Minecraft:bones and 0–2 Minecraft:arrows when they die.

width=50x50 Minecraft:Spiders

• Neutral mobs that have the ability to climb walls.
• Drop 0–2 Minecraft:string when they die.
• The eyes of spiders don't glow.

width=61x61 Minecraft:Creeper

• Currently does not spawn naturally.
• Hostile mobs that silently approach the Minecraft:player and Minecraft:explode.
• Drop 0–2 Minecraft:gunpowder when they die.

Changes

Blocks

width=32x32 Minecraft:Lava

• No longer creates fire.

Items

width=32x32 Minecraft:Arrows

• Now serves as ammunition for Minecraft:bows.
• Can now be crafted with Minecraft:flint, a Minecraft:stick, and a Minecraft:feather.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Bones

• Can now be crafted into Minecraft:bone meal.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Bone meal

• Can now be used to grow flowers and roses on grass blocks.
• Can now be used on saplings to make them instantly grow into their respective tree type.

width=32x32 Minecraft:String

• Can now be used to craft bows.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Feathers

• Can now be used to craft arrows.

width=32x32 width=32x32 width=32x32 width=32x32 Wooden Minecraft:tools

• Durability has been increased from 11 uses to 60 uses.

Mobs

width=38x38 Minecraft:Chickens

• Now drop 0–2 feathers when they die.

Non-mob entities

width=32x32 Minecraft:Dropped items

• Decay time extended to 5 minutes.

Gameplay

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The difference between light levels before and after this update.

Minecraft:Light

• Increased overall brightness.

Minecraft:Fall damage

• A bone breakingTemplate:Info needed sound is played after falling from large enough heights.

width=239x239 Minecraft:Hotbar

• The minimum number of inventory slots has been increased to 6 for all devices.

Minecraft:Durability

• Hitting mobs now counts as 1 use for swords and 2 uses for axes, pickaxes, and shovels.

Minecraft:Creative inventory

• Additions:
  • Minecraft:Bow
  • Minecraft:Clay
  • Minecraft:Snow block
  • Minecraft:Oak sapling
  • Minecraft:Spruce sapling
  • Minecraft:Birch sapling

Fixes

19 bugs fixed

• Minecraft:Fire's spreading mechanics have been disabled as a temporary fix for a bug where fire would spread throughout an entire world after a single flammable block had been set aflame by Minecraft:lava.
• The Minecraft:furnace, Minecraft:block of iron, Minecraft:lapis lazuli block, Minecraft:block of gold, and Minecraft:block of diamond crafting recipes have been corrected.
• Fixed furnace crash bug.
• Sapling/leaves fixes.
• Crafting doors now requires a crafting table.
• Minecraft:Torches can now be placed on fences.
• Minecraft:Dandelion yellow dye no longer appears as an egg in MATTIS or the hotbar.
• A bug where cactus and door placed next to each other would remove the bottom door block (and top one if a 2 level cactus).
• Attempting to mine Minecraft:invisible bedrock no longer produces breaking particles.
• Minecraft:Stairs now block light.
• Some sounds that are missing can now be heard: cow hurt sound, the sound when you break glass/ice.
• A bug where Minecraft:fence gate would not appear in the user’s hand but in the world.
• If the player stands on a slab and creates another one, the player falls through both slabs.
• Swords (and other tools) now take damage from attacking mobs.
• Golden tools are no longer more resistant than wooden tools.
• The rear end texture is upside down on some animals.
• The D-pad on iPad no longer/rarely intersects with the item slots.
• A block's placement rules are no longer ignored if the block is placed on/in water, lava, fire, or snow layers.
• Blocks placed on snow are no longer duplicated in multiplayer.

J-version

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The title screen of Pocket Edition a0.3.3j

v0.3.3j alpha was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.3.3(3030), and has a size of 2.06 MB.