Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha
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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>https://web.archive.org/web/20121119021216/http://www.amazon.com:80/Mojang-Minecraft-Pocket-Edition/dp/B00992CF6W</ref> It adds notable features, such as Minecraft:melons, Minecraft:paintings, Minecraft:glowstone, the 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 Nether reactor core
- Used to create a Nether reactor.
- Can be crafted with 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
Template:Version exclusive: width=32x32 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.
- A fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem.
- Now Is not obtainable by normal means.
- Only obtainable through inventory editing.
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- Are currently unobtainable.
- Cannot be written on.
- Is only obtainable through inventory editing.
width=32x32 grass_carried
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- Used to store the inventory icon for grass blocks.
- Now is not obtainable by normal means.
Items
width=32x32 Melon seeds
- Can be used to grow melon plants.
width=32x32 Melon slices
- A food item that can be eaten by the player.
Mobs
width=51x51 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: Nether reactor
- Created by placing Minecraft:cobblestone and 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 zombie pigmen are spawned in, and a 45 second spawn cycle begins. The following items are able to spawn during this cycle:
- Glowstone dust
- Cacti
- Sugar cane
- Brown mushrooms
- Red mushrooms
- 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: 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 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
- 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.
- Now turns back to dirt if the player or any mob falls onto it from 1 block or more.
Sugar cane
- Can now be grown on sand.
- Are now able to spread.
- Can now only be generated or placed in areas with low light, making them significantly less common.
Grass block
- Inventory icon changed from File:Grass Block (item) BE2.png to File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png.
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Items
Glowstone dust
- Is now obtainable in Survival mode via the nether reactor.
- Can be used to craft glowstone.
- Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Mushroom stew
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Raw chicken
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Cooked chicken
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Raw beef
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
- Now restores Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Raw porkchops
- Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
width=40x40 Cooked porkchops
- Now restore Template:Hp instead of Template:Hp when eaten.
Mobs
- Are now invisible and use the player damage sound.
width=116x116 Minecraft:Zombies
- Template:Version exclusive: Have new animations.
width=125x125 Skeletons
- Template:Version exclusive: Have new animations.
Gameplay
Distance fog
- Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.
Health bar
- Template:Version exclusive: is now displayed at the top-left of the screen instead of above the hotbar.
Hotbar
- The name of the selected item or block is now displayed over it.
- Additions:
- Stone bricks
- Grass block
- Minecraft:Glowstone
- Nether reactor core
- Minecraft:Painting
- Minecraft:Melon
- Melon seeds
Fixes
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
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References
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