Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.4.0 alpha

v0.4.0 alpha is a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on September 6 and 13, 2012. It adds notable features such as Minecraft:beds, Minecraft:trapdoors, Minecraft:creepers, new Minecraft:food, and Minecraft:farming items, as well as other changes and fixes.<ref name=":0">Template:Citation</ref> This update is also the first public release for Amazon's Fire devices.

Additions

Blocks

Template:Rewrite File:Red Bed (N) JE1.png File:Red Bed (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Beds

• Used to skip the night and set the player's spawn point.

File:Oak Trapdoor (D) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Trapdoors

• Used as a 1×1 barrier that can be opened by hand.
• Currently available only in creative inventory.

File:Stone Bricks JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone bricks

• Only available in Survival mode.

File:Grass BE1.png Minecraft:Grass

• Only obtainable through inventory editors.

Items

File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Flint and steel

• Used to ignite TNT.

File:Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1.png File:Stone Hoe JE1 BE1.png File:Iron Hoe JE1 BE1.png File:Golden Hoe JE1 BE1.png File:Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Hoes

• Used to till dirt and grass blocks into farmland.

Food-related items

• File:Apple JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Apples
  • Sometimes drops from oak leaves.
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Bread JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bread
  • Can be crafted with three wheat
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Mushroom Stew JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Mushroom stew
  • Can be crafted with one Minecraft:bowl, one Minecraft:brown mushroom and one Minecraft:red mushroom
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw beef
  • Obtained by killing Minecraft:cows
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Steak JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Steak
  • Obtained by smelting the raw beef in furnace
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Raw Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw chicken
  • Obtained by killing Minecraft:chickens
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Cooked Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cooked chicken
  • Obtained by smelting the raw chicken in furnace
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Raw Porkchop JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Raw porkchop
  • Obtained by killing Minecraft:pigs
  • Restores Template:Hp health.
• File:Cooked Porkchop JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Cooked porkchop
  • Obtained by smelting the raw porkchop in furnace
  • Restores Template:Hp health.

Miscellaneous

File:Wheat Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Wheat seeds

• Obtained by using a Minecraft:hoe on Minecraft:grass blocks.
• Used to put Minecraft:wheat crops on Minecraft:farmlands.

File:Egg JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Eggs

• Used as a throwable entity.
• Only obtainable through inventory editors.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Difficulty

• Peaceful difficulty option for Minecraft:Survival that has automatic health regeneration and doesn't spawn Minecraft:monsters.

Crafting

• Added crafting or smelting recipes for some block and items:

Changes

Blocks

File:Chest (S) BE1.png Minecraft:Chests

• Can now be crafted with eight wooden planks.
• Are now functional in Survival mode, and are able to store other items and blocks in them.

Minecraft:Farmland

• Changed texture from File:Farmland BE2.png to File:Farmland JE3 BE3.png.
• Now can be created by tilling a Minecraft:dirt or Minecraft:grass blocks by using Minecraft:hoe.

Minecraft:Fence gate

• Changed texture from File:Oak Fence Gate BE1.png to File:Oak Fence Gate JE2.png.

File:TNT JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:TNT

• Can now be crafted with five Minecraft:gunpowders and four Minecraft:sand.
• Now requires Minecraft:flint and steel to ignite.

Items

File:Snowball (inventory) BE1.png Minecraft:Snowballs

• Can now be thrown.

File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Gunpowder

• Can now be used to craft TNT.

File:Wheat JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Wheat

• Now obtainable via Minecraft:farming
• Can be used to craft Minecraft:bread.

File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Rose red

• Template:Version exclusive: is now obtainable by smelting Minecraft:red mushrooms.
• Can now be crafted into red Minecraft:wool.

File:Orange Dye (inventory) BE1.png Minecraft:Orange dye

• Can now be crafted with rose red and Minecraft:dandelion yellow.
• Can now be crafted into orange wool.

File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Lime dye

• Can now be crafted with cactus green and Minecraft:bone meal.
• Can now be crafted into lime wool.

File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cactus green

• Can now be crafted into green wool.

File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Cyan dye

• Can now be crafted with cactus green and Minecraft:lapis lazuli.
• Can now be crafted into cyan wool.

File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Light blue dye

• Can now be crafted with bone meal and lapis lazuli.
• Can now be crafted into light blue wool.

File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Purple dye

• Can now be crafted with rose red and lapis lazuli.
• Can now be crafted into purple wool.

File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Magenta dye

• Can now be crafted with two rose red, lapis lazuli, and bone meal.
• Can now be crafted into magenta wool.

File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Pink dye

• Can now be crafted with rose red and bone meal.
• Can now be crafted into pink wool.

Mobs

• Limited the total number of any given Minecraft:mob type.
• Animal spawning (being worked on)Template:Info needed

File:Chicken JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Chickens

• Now drop Minecraft:raw chicken.

File:Cow JE4 BE1.png Minecraft:Cows

• Now drop Minecraft:raw beef.

File:Pig JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Pigs

• Now drop Minecraft:raw porkchops.

File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Zombies

• Now drop 0-1 Minecraft:feathers with chance 25℅ when upon death. Template:Info needed

File:Creeper JE3 BE1.png Minecraft:Creepers

• Now spawn naturally.

World generation

File:Oak BE6.png Minecraft:Oak trees

• Now generate with oak logs instead of spruce logs.

Gameplay

• Increased the length of the Minecraft:daylight cycle from 14,400 ticks (12 minutes) to 19,200 ticks (16 minutes).
• When using an item, the player’s movement speed is decreased.
• All targetable blocks are now instantly mineable in Creative mode.
  • Bedrock is also breakable, allowing for access to the Minecraft:void without external editing.

Minecraft:Creative inventory

• Additions:
  • File:Mossy Cobblestone JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:Moss stone
  • File:Oak Log (UD) BE1.png Oak wood
  • File:Redstone Ore JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Redstone ore
  • File:White Wool JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:White wool
  • File:Oak Trapdoor JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Trapdoor
  • File:Red Bed (item) JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bed
  • File:Chest (S) BE1.png Minecraft:Chest
  • File:TNT JE2 BE1.png Minecraft:TNT (Android only)<ref name="missing tnt">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-17</ref>
  • File:Wheat Seeds JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Wheat seeds
  • File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bone meal
  • File:Iron Hoe JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Iron hoe
  • File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Iron sword
• Removals:
  • File:Stone Shovel JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone shovel
  • File:Stone Pickaxe JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone pickaxe
  • File:Stone Axe JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone axe
  • File:Shears JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Shears
  • File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Stone sword

General

• The game no longer attempts to verify the player's license, allowing devices that do not own Minecraft in their respective app store to play the game.

Fixes

15 bugs fixed

• Monsters could spawn indoors.
• Added fall damage for clients.
• Players could hit each other far away.
• Incorrect Minecraft:bow rendering in third person view.
• Missing particles after critical Minecraft:arrows
• Minecraft:Stairs reverted to their basic blocks when destroyed
• Drawing the bow could destroy certain blocks (Minecraft:flowers, Minecraft:torches), or interact with blocks.
• The game crashes if the player is killed while having charging a bow.
• Connecting players could die in Creative mode.
• Spruce leaves sometimes use the Minecraft:crafting table texture on all sides when dropped as an item or held in the player's hand.
• Wrong crafting table size for Xperia Play
• Bow doesn't take damage when used.
• Non-dark brown Minecraft:tree trunks are now added back to the game (you may need to start a new world as host).
• Destroying a Minecraft:door could leave half a door.
• Spider death sound was missing on iOS.

Internal version

The internal version is 0.4.0(4005), and has a size of 5.32 MB.

J-version

File:Pocket Edition v0.4.0j alpha.png

The title screen of Pocket Edition a0.4.0j

v0.4.0j alpha<ref>Template:Bug</ref> was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.4.0(4000), and the size is 2.16 MB.

Videos

Trailer

A trailer for the update was released on September 6, 2012. Template:CV