Minecraft:Bedrock Edition guides/Boss Update

Template:Infobox guide This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Boss Update (Template:BE 0.16.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Friendly Update (Bedrock Edition 0.15.x releases).

Mobs

New

Guardian	File:Guardian Revision 1.png	Naturally generated in underwater temples.	Guardians always drop when dying: Template:Drop Guardians have a chance to drop additional items: Template:Drop Template:Drop In addition, the guardian has a 2.5% chance of dropping an additional fish.	Attacks squid and players with a beam. When on land it flops around but remains hostile. The player will also get damaged with a thorns-like effect if it damages the guardian while their spikes are deployed (as if it's being prickled).
Elder guardian	File:Elder Guardian Revision 1.png	Naturally generated in underwater temples.	Elder Guardians always drop when dying: Template:Drop Template:Drop Elder Guardians have a chance to drop additional items: Template:Drop Template:Drop In addition, the Elder Guardian has a 2.5% chance of dropping an additional fish.	Is recognized as a Boss creature. Only 3 will be generated for each underwater temple. Will give nearby players the Mining Fatigue III effect.
Minecraft:Wither	File:Wither JE1 BE1.png	Place 4 soul sand in a T shape and place 3 wither skeleton skulls on top of it to create it (pictured below).		New boss creature. Spawns 3-4 wither skeletons when health drops to 50%. Does not spawn on Easy difficulty. Has new animations when crafting and being killed. New sounds.

Changed

Minecraft:Husk	File:Husk JE1 BE1.png File:Baby Husk JE1 BE1.png	Added new sound effects.
Stray	File:Stray BE1.png	Added new sound effects.
Creeper	File:Creeper JE3 BE1.png	Added idle sound effects.
Squid	File:Squid JE1 BE1.png File:Squid JE1 BE1.png	Added new sound effects.
Wither skeleton	File:Wither Skeleton JE3 BE2.png	Spawns when the wither's health drops to 50%.
Iron golem	File:Iron Golem JE1 BE1.png	Will damage players on Peaceful difficulty.
Minecraft:Wolf	Template:Animate	Will damage players on Peaceful difficulty.

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Beacon	File:Beacon JE4 BE1.png		Can be mined directly with tools or by hand.	Beacons can be activated by building pyramids of mineral blocks. Adding iron ingots, gold ingots, diamonds and emeralds to the beacon can activate buffs and give the player some positive status effects.
Sea lantern	File:Sea Lantern JE1.gif	Naturally generated in underwater temples.	Only tools enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch can obtain the block itself, otherwise 2-3 prismarine crystals will be dropped.	Will emit brightness level 15.
Minecraft:Prismarine, dark prismarine and prismarine bricks	File:Prismarine JE1 BE1.gif File:Prismarine Bricks JE1 BE1.png File:Dark Prismarine JE1 BE1.png	Naturally generated in underwater temples.	All types of prismarine can be mined with any pickaxe. Will not drop if mined without a pickaxe.	Architecture or decoration.
Wet sponge	File:Wet Sponge JE1 BE1.png	Naturally generated in underwater temples. The sponge will become a wet sponge after absorbing water.	Can be mined with bare hands and will drop itself.	Can be dried using a furnace.

Changed

Minecraft:Sponge	File:Sponge JE2 BE2.png	Rejoined survival mode. Can absorb water. Changed to Java Edition 1.8 textures.
Minecraft:Bed	File:Red Bed (N) JE1.png	New sound effects when placed.
Minecraft:Furnace	File:Furnace (S) JE2 BE1.png	Better descriptions for devices that don't use controllers (inputs, fuels and products).
Monster egg	Template:Animate	Added to Minecraft:creative inventory.
Minecraft:Chest	File:Chest.gif File:Large Chest.gif	Custom names no longer appear in the GUI.
Grass path	File:Dirt Path JE1 BE1.png	Added production sound effects.

Items

New

Prismarine crystals	File:Prismarine Crystals JE1 BE1.png	Dropped by killing guardian or mining sea lantern.	Used to craft sea lantern.
Prismarine shard	File:Prismarine Shard JE1 BE1.png	Dropped by killing guardian or elder guardian.	Used to synthesize dark prismarine, Minecraft:prismarine, prismarine brick and Prismarine Lamp.
New mob spawn eggs	File:Guardian Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png File:Elder Guardian Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png	Obtained from Minecraft:creative inventory.	Used to generate the corresponding Minecraft:mob.
Nether star	File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif	Obtained by killing the wither.	Used to synthesize Minecraft:beacon.
Minecraft:Potion of Decay and splash Decay potion	File:Potion of Decay BE1.png File:Splash Potion of Decay BE1.png	Generates in Minecraft:cauldron in swamp hut.	Deals Template:Hp damage every second, causing a total of Template:Hp damage.
Arrow of Decay	File:Arrow of Decay BE1.png	Obtained from a cauldron containing a potion.	Deals Template:Hp damage every second, causing a total of Template:Hp damage.

Changed

Minecraft:Bucket	File:Bucket JE1 BE1.png	New sound effects when used.
Minecraft:Map	File:Map (item) JE1 BE1.png	Different biomes have different colors.
Minecraft:Clock	File:Clock JE2 BE2.gif	Adjust the texture of the clock to correct all erroneous pixels.
Cocoa beans	File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png	Removed the original synthesis recipe.

Non-mob entities

Changed

Minecraft:Minecart	Minecart JE3 BE1.png	Players can no longer destroy the minecart they are sitting on.
Minecraft:Camera	File:Camera.png	Was completely removed, it now exists only in the Minecraft:Minecraft Education.

Structures

New

Ocean monument

File:Ocean monument.png

Generate naturally in the deep ocean biome.

No

Yes

Contains 8 gold nugget and sponge rooms. Guardians and elder guardians will be generated as guards.

Gameplay

New

Achievements

Added more achievements.Template:Info needed

See also

pt:Guias da Edição Bedrock/Boss Update zh:携带版指南/Boss更新