Minecraft:Bedrock Edition guides/0.5.0

Template:Infobox guide This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Template:BE 0.5.0, which assumes at least some familiarity with Bedrock Edition 0.4.0.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Zombie pigman

File:Zombified Piglin BE1.png

Nether reactors

Template:Drop

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

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Nether reactor core	Template:Animate		Pickaxe	Used for creating nether reactors.
Minecraft:Glowing obsidian	File:Glowing Obsidian BE1.png	Created by nether reactors	Diamond pickaxe (drops normal obsidian)	Forms active nether reactors.
Minecraft:Glowstone	File:Glowstone JE2 BE1.png		Any	Emits light.
Minecraft:Melon	File:Melon JE1 BE1.png		Axe	Drops melon slices.
Minecraft:Melon stem	Template:Animate	Created by planting melon seeds on farmland	Any	Randomly grows melons on dirt next to it.
Minecraft:Sign	File:Oak Standing Sign (E) JE1 BE1.png	Unobtainable	Axe	Can have text written on it.
Minecraft:Cobweb	File:Cobweb JE1 BE1.png	Unobtainable	Sword	Slows entities that touch it.
Minecraft:Grass carried	File:Grass Block (item) BE3.png	Unobtainable	N/A	Technical block used for rendering grass blocks in the inventory.

Changed

Minecraft:Mushroom	Template:Animate	Can now spread. Can now only be placed in dark areas.
Minecraft:Sugar cane	File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png	Can now grow on sand.

Items

New

Minecraft:Melon seeds	File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png		Can be planted to grow melon stalks.
Minecraft:Melon slice	File:Melon Slice JE1 BE1.png	Drops from melon blocks and nether reactors	Restores 2 health.

Changed

Minecraft:Glowstone dust

File:Glowstone Dust JE1 BE1.png

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

Non-mob entities

New

Minecraft:Painting

File:Alban (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Aztec (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Aztec2 (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Bomb (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Kebab (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Plant (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Wasteland (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Courbet (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Pool (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Sea (texture) JE2 BE1.png File:Sunset (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Creebet (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Wanderer (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Graham (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Bust (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Match (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Skull and Roses (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Stage (texture) JE2 BE1.png File:Void (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Earth (texture) BE1.png File:Fire (texture) BE1.png File:Water (texture) BE1.png File:Wind (texture) BE1.png File:Fighters (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Donkey Kong (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Skeleton (painting texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Pointer (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Pigscene (texture) JE1 BE1.png File:Burning Skull (texture) JE2 BE1.png

Template:Drop

Decorative entities that hang on walls which come in 29 different variants.

Changed

Minecraft:Camera

File:Camera BE2.png

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

Structures

New

Minecraft:Nether reactor	File:Nether Reactor BE1.png	Wherever built	No	Zombie pigmen	Generates a nether spire when activated with flint and steel.
Minecraft:Nether spire	File:Nether Spire BE1.png	Around activated nether reactors	No	Zombie pigmen	Spawns items and zombie pigmen inside itself while active.

Gameplay

New

Minecraft:Sneaking

Added ability to sneak.

Changed

Distance Minecraft:fog	Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.
Minecraft:Health bar	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.