Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha

v0.5.0 alpha is a major update to 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>Version 0.4.0 as of November 19, 2012.</ref><ref>Version 0.5.0 as of November 30, 2012.</ref> It adds notable features, such as Minecraft:melons, Minecraft:paintings, 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

Blocks

Template:Version exclusive: width=32x32 Minecraft:Nether reactor core

• Used to create a Nether reactor.
• Can be crafted with 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.

Template:Version exclusive: 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.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Glowstone

• A light-emitting block that can be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Melons

• A fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Cobwebs

• Now Is not obtainable by normal means.
• Only obtainable through inventory editing.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Signs

• Are currently unobtainable.
• Cannot be written on.
• Is only obtainable through inventory editing.

width=32x32 Minecraft:grass_carried

• Used to store the inventory icon for Minecraft:grass blocks.
• Now is not obtainable by normal means.

Items

width=32x32 Minecraft:Melon seeds

• Can be used to grow melon plants.

width=32x32 Minecraft:Melon slices

• A food item that can be eaten by the player.

Mobs

width=51x51 Minecraft:Zombie pigmen

• Undead, hostile mobs that spawn from nether reactors.
• Missing the top of their head layer.

Non-mob entities

width=45x45 Minecraft:Paintings

• Decorative entities that hang on walls.

Gameplay

Template: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 mushrooms
  • Minecraft:Red mushrooms
  • Minecraft:Melon seeds
  • Minecraft:Arrows
  • Minecraft:Bones
  • Minecraft:Books
  • Minecraft:Bows
  • Minecraft:Bowls
  • Minecraft:Doors
  • Minecraft:Feathers
  • Minecraft:Paintings
  • Minecraft:Beds
• 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.

Template: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.

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:Beds

• Are now easier to get out of.
  • File:Leave Bed 0.5.0.png Added a Leave Bed button that lets the player exit the bed.
• Template: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:Mushrooms

• 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 to File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png.

Items

Minecraft:Glowstone dust

• Is now obtainable in Survival mode via the nether reactor.
• Can be used to craft glowstone.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Apples

• Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Bread

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Mushroom stew

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Raw chicken

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Cooked chicken

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Raw beef

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Steak

• Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Raw porkchops

• Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

width=40x40 Minecraft:Cooked porkchops

• Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.

Mobs

Minecraft:Cameras

• Are now invisible and use the player Minecraft:damage sound.

width=116x116 Minecraft:Zombies

• Template:Version exclusive: Have new animations.

width=125x125 Minecraft:Skeletons

• Template:Version exclusive: Have new animations.

Gameplay

Distance Minecraft:fog

• Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.

Minecraft:Health bar

• Template: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

J-version

v0.5.0j alpha was released on an unknown release date.<ref>Template:Link</ref> This was the last J-version of Pocket Edition.

Gallery

Development images

• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development paintings.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development zombie pigman.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development nether reactor.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development glowstone.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development mushroom spreading.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development melons.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development zombie pigmen.png
• File:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha Development fog.png