Minecraft:Bedrock Edition guides/0.12 releases

Template:Infobox guide This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Template:BE 0.12.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Bedrock Edition 0.11.x releases.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Iron golem	File:Iron Golem JE1 BE1.png	Template:EnvLink Can be generated by placing 4 Minecraft:iron blocks and 1 Minecraft:pumpkin in a certain order.		Defend villages by attacking Minecraft:hostile mobs.
Minecraft:Snow golem	Template:Animate	Can be generated by placing 2 Minecraft:snow blocks and 1 Minecraft:pumpkin in a certain order.		Attacks hostile mobs by throwing snowballs at them. Is passive toward players.
Minecraft:Ocelot	File:Ocelot JE1 BE1.png File:Baby Ocelot JE1 BE1.png	Template:BiomeLink and its variants	N/A	Can be tamed with raw fish.
Minecraft:Zombie villager	Template:Animate	Minecraft:Zombies that are naturally generated or spawned by Minecraft:monster spawners have a 5% chance of becoming zombie villagers. When killed by a zombie, villager have a chance to become a zombie villager.		Villagers still retain their clothes and professions after being infected by zombies.
Minecraft:Blaze	File:Blaze JE1 BE1.png	Template:EnvLink		Spawn from spawners in nether fortresses. Can hover in the air. Launch fireballs that ignite any block, mob or player that is hit.
Minecraft:Wither skeleton	File:Wither Skeleton JE1 BE1.png	Template:EnvLink		Give players Wither effect when hitting them.
Minecraft:Charged creeper	File:Charged Creeper JE1 BE1.png	Creepers become charged when Minecraft:lightning hits them, usually during a Minecraft:thunderstorm.		Creates a far more powerful explosion than a normal creeper.

Changed

General		Burning creatures will make a "hissing" sound when the fire on them is extinguished. Mobs drop experience orbs when they die. Improved AI. Improved pathfinding within fences. Will seek water and seek shade when on fire. Now avoid lava.
Minecraft:Zombie	File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png File:Baby Zombie Revision 1.png	Zombies can wear armor or pick up items. Have a small chance of dropping their armor and weapon on death. Now able to destroy doors. Zombies killed by a Charged Creeper explosion drop a zombie head. Players can now be spotted from 40 blocks away.
Minecraft:Skeleton	File:Skeleton JE4 BE2.png	Skeletons can put on armor or pick up items. Archery accuracy improved. Have a small chance of dropping their armor and weapon on death. The skeletons generated in the Nether are Minecraft:wither skeletons. Skeletons killed by a Charged Creeper explosion drop a skeleton head. The sound of death becomes the same as Java version.
Minecraft:Creeper	File:Creeper JE3 BE1.png	Creepers are generated after being hit by lightning during thunderstorms. Creepers killed by a Charged Creeper explosion drop a creeper head. Stay away from Minecraft:ocelot (both wild and tamed varieties).
Minecraft:Enderman	File:Enderman BE.png	Now avoid water.
Minecraft:Slime	File:Slime JE2 BE1.png	Small particles (visual effects) will be generated when jumping. Now drop Minecraft:slime balls.
Minecraft:Magma cube	File:Magma Cube JE1 BE1.png	Now generates properly in the Nether. Drop Minecraft:magma cream when killed. Added particle effects when jumping.
Minecraft:Zombie pigman	File:Zombified Piglin JE3 BE2.png File:Baby Zombified Piglin JE2 BE1.png	Zombie pigman have become conditionally hostile. Zombie pigman will spawn in the Nether. Can put on armor or pick up items. Have a small chance of dropping their armor and weapon on death. Now drop Minecraft:gold nuggets. There is a chance to spawn with an enchanted sword.
Minecraft:Villager	Template:Animate	Now has the ability to open and close doors. Can now harvest crops. Can now be bred. When attacked by a player, angry particle effects will appear. Villagers killed by zombies now always convert to a zombie villager on hard difficulty. Minecraft:Zombie villagers can be healed using splash Minecraft:potion of Weakness and a Minecraft:golden apple.
Minecraft:Spider	File:Spider JE3 BE2.png	There were footsteps. Now drop spider eyes.
Minecraft:Ghast	File:Ghast JE1 BE1.gif	Now spawns in the Nether. Now drop Minecraft:ghast tears. Now makes a sound. Increased hitbox size.
Minecraft:Pig	File:Pig JE2 BE1.png File:Baby Pig JE1 BE1.png	Will now turn into a Minecraft:zombie pigman after being struck by lightning during thunderstorms.
Minecraft:Wolf	File:Tamed Wolf with Red Collar.png File:Baby Tamed Wolf.png	Tamed wolves will now attack the target after being attacked by a bow.
Minecraft:Silverfish	File:Silverfish JE1 BE1.gif	No more noise when walking.

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Anvil	Template:Animate		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Repair, combine and rename items, keeping/merging Minecraft:enchantments.
Minecraft:Brewing stand	File:Brewing Stand (empty) JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Brew Minecraft:potions.
Minecraft:Head	File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png File:Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png File:Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png File:Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png	Minecraft:Wither skeleton has a 2.5% chance of dropping a Wither Skeleton head when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Each level of Minecraft:Looting enchantment can increase the drop probability by 1%, up to 5.5% of Looting III. Minecraft:Skeleton, Minecraft:wither skeleton, Minecraft:zombie and Minecraft:creeper will also drop corresponding creature heads when killed by a Minecraft:charged creeper explosion. Player heads cannot be obtained as drops.	Can be mined with any tool and drop itself.	Decoration.
Minecraft:Flower pot	Template:Animate		Can be mined with any tool and drop itself.	Decoration.
Minecraft:Soul sand	File:Soul Sand JE1 BE1.png	Generates below the lower bound Y=65.	Can be mined with any tool or with bare hands, but a shovel is fastest.	Plant Minecraft:nether wart.
Minecraft:Nether brick fence	File:Nether Brick Fence (EW) JE1.pngTemplate:Verify	Generate naturally in Minecraft:nether fortress.	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Building material.
Minecraft:Nether brick stairs	File:Nether Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Building material.
Minecraft:Nether quartz ore	File:Nether Quartz Ore JE1 BE1.png	Generate naturally in the Nether.	Only drops as a block when mined with a Minecraft:Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, otherwise drops Minecraft:nether quartz.	Source of nether quartz.

Changed

Minecraft:Nether reactor core	Template:Animate	Cannot be crafted. Removed from crafting menu and creative mode inventory. Can only be obtained by editing the inventory. Drops 3 Minecraft:diamonds and 6 Minecraft:iron ingots when broken. No longer functional.
Minecraft:Furnace	Template:Animate	Center the names of smelted items.
Minecraft:Snow	Template:Animate	Snow usually forms in multiple layers during snowfall. Snow is affected by gravity.
Crops	Destroying crops will always drop seeds.
Minecraft:Lava	File:Lava BE2.gif	Is brighter than Minecraft:Java Edition. Now prevents mobs from taking fall damage. Now flows up to a radius of 8 in the Nether, matching the Minecraft:Java Edition.
Minecraft:Water	Template:Animate	Improved the effect of climbing up water while leaning against a wall. Breaking blocks underwater is harder.
Minecraft:Door	File:Oak Door JE4 BE3.png	Can be stacked up to 64. 6 Minecraft:planks can be crafted into 3 doors.
Minecraft:Packed ice	File:Packed Ice JE1 BE2.png	Texture updated to match the Minecraft:Java Edition.
Minecraft:Quartz pillar	Template:Animate	Can now be placed horizontally.
Minecraft:Dead bush	File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png	Drops 0-2 Minecraft:sticks when destroyed without Minecraft:shears.
Minecraft:End portal frame	Template:Animate	Will face the player when placed.
Minecraft:Trapdoor	File:Oak Trapdoor JE1 BE1.png	Can be placed on the top or bottom of the block.
Minecraft:Ladder	File:Ladder (S) JE2 BE1.png	Can now be placed while sneaking.

Items

New

Minecraft:Glass bottle	File:Glass Bottle JE1 BE1.png		Can be filled with water and turned into a Minecraft:water bottle.
Minecraft:Water bottle	File:Water Bottle JE1 BE1.png	Obtained by using a glass bottle on water or a cauldron.	Can be used to create potions.
Minecraft:Golden carrot	File:Golden Carrot JE3 BE1.png		Hold down the Template:Control key in the hotkey bar to eat golden carrots. Each one will restore Template:Hunger and 14.4 hunger saturation. Used to brew night vision potion.
Minecraft:Nether wart	File:Nether Wart (item) JE2 BE1.png	Generate naturally in a Minecraft:Nether fortress.	Used to brew Minecraft:awkward potions.
Minecraft:Glistering melon slice	File:Glistering Melon Slice JE1 BE1.png	Used to brew Minecraft:potion of Healing.	Used to craft Healing potions.
Minecraft:Golden apple	File:Golden Apple JE1 BE1.png	Generates naturally in chests in Minecraft:dungeons and Minecraft:nether fortresses.	Hold down the Template:Control key in the hotkey bar to eat golden apples. Each one will restore Template:Hunger and 9.6 hunger saturation, giving 2 minutes of Minecraft:Absorption I and 5 seconds of Minecraft:Regeneration II.
Minecraft:Enchanted golden apple	File:Enchanted Golden Apple JE1 BE1.gif	Generates naturally in chests in Minecraft:dungeons.	Hold down the Template:Control key in the hotkey bar to eat enchanted golden apples. Each enchanted golden apple restores Template:Hunger and 9.6 hunger saturation, giving the player 2 minutes of Minecraft:Absorption I, 30 seconds of Minecraft:Regeneration V, 5 minutes of Minecraft:Fire Resistance I and 5 minutes of Minecraft:Resistance I.
Minecraft:Rabbit's foot	File:Rabbit's Foot JE2 BE1.png	Only available in creative mode.	Used to brew jumping potions.
Minecraft:Blaze rod	File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png	Dropped by Minecraft:blazes.	Used to craft Minecraft:blaze powder and Minecraft:brewing stands. Can be used as Minecraft:fuel to smelt 12 items.
Minecraft:Blaze powder	File:Blaze Powder JE2 BE1.png		Used to craft Minecraft:magma cream. Used to brew Minecraft:potion of Strength.
Minecraft:Ghast tear	File:Ghast Tear JE1 BE1.png	Dropped by Minecraft:Ghasts.	Used to brew Minecraft:potion of Regeneration.
Minecraft:Spider eye	File:Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png	Dropped by Minecraft:spiders.	Used to brew highly toxic potions. Hold down the Template:Control key in the hotkey bar to eat spider eyes. Each spider eye will restore Template:Hunger and 3.2 hunger saturation, giving the player 4 seconds of Minecraft:Poison I effect.
Minecraft:Fermented spider eye	File:Fermented Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png		Used to brew Minecraft:potion of Invisibility, Minecraft:potion of Harming, Minecraft:potion of Slowness and Minecraft:potion of Weakness.
Minecraft:Poisonous potato	File:Poisonous Potato JE1 BE1.png	There is a chance that potato crops will drop after being harvested.	Press and hold the Template:Control key in the hotkey bar to eat poisonous potatoes. Each poisonous potato restores Template:Hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation, and has a 60% probability of giving the player 4 seconds of Minecraft:Poison I effect.

Changed

Minecraft:Boat	Template:Animate	A new icon has been designed for the boat item. Now shows paddles on the item sprite. Boats can now be made of different wood types.
Minecraft:Food		Players who eat food will restore their hunger points, but their health points will not be restored immediately.
Pufferfish	File:Pufferfish (item) JE2 BE1.png	Now creates the following status effects Template:EffectLink IV (1:00) Template:EffectLink III (0:15) Template:EffectLink (0:15)
Minecraft:Rotten flesh	File:Rotten Flesh JE2 BE1.png	Due to the addition of hunger, they now give the player the status effect Template:EffectLink instead of Template:EffectLink in 0.11.0.
Minecraft:Beetroot	File:Beetroot JE1 BE1.png	Beet seeds can now be obtained from village farms. Beet seeds can no longer be obtained by hoeing.
Seeds	File:Wheat Seeds JE1 BE1.png	Seeds can no longer be obtained by hoeing.
Minecraft:Book	File:Book JE1 BE1.png	Now crafted using leather.
Minecraft:Spawn egg	File:Chicken Spawn Egg JE2 BE1.png	Creatures spawned from renamed monster eggs will have the same name as the spawn egg, and their names will appear in the death message after death. Zombie spawn eggs now have a chance to spawn zombie villagers.
Minecraft:Sword	Template:Animate	Can no longer be used to break blocks in creative mode.
Minecraft:Magma cream	File:Magma Cream JE2 BE1.png	Can now be crafted.

Potions

New

Template:ItemLink		None
Template:ItemLink		None
Template:ItemLink		None
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Instant Health
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Fire Resistance
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Regeneration
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Strength
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Speed
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Poison
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Weakness
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Instant Damage
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Slowness
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Night Vision
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Invisibility
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Jump Boost
Template:ItemLink		Minecraft:Water Breathing
Template:ItemLink		Is a variant of Minecraft:potions that can be thrown.

Structures

New

Minecraft:Nether	File:Nether Wastes.png	New dimensions.	Yes	Yes	Same as Java version, unlimited size.
Minecraft:Nether portal	File:Nether portal (animated).png	Man-made	No	No	Used to enter or leave the Nether. The maximum size can be built to 23×23 grids. All items previously obtained through Minecraft:Nether reactor can now be obtained through their respective normal channels.
Minecraft:Nether Fortress	File:Nether Fortress.png	Minecraft:The Nether	Yes	Yes	Huge elevated netherbrick fortresses that spawn in the Nether.

Changed

Minecraft:Village

Template:Animate

Now generates with only one type of wheat + one other crop instead of all one type of crop. Now generates with beetroot. Now spawns Minecraft:iron golems.

Gameplay

New

Minecraft:Particle	angryVillager largeexplode hugeexplode blockdust slime enchantementtable droplet snowshovel
Minecraft:Hunger	Eating no longer directly restores Minecraft:HP.
Minecraft:Weather	Added rain, snow and thunderstorm weather.
Minecraft:Sprint	Activate by double-clicking the arrow keys.
Minecraft:Stealth	A new sneak button is added to switch the stealth state. Before this, an Xperia PLAY device was needed to switch.
Minecraft:Brewing	Added a complete brewing system.
Minecraft:Difficulty	Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard
Minecraft:Item repair	Use Minecraft:Anvil to perform.
Animation	Added animation when switching items in the shortcut bar.

Changed

Minecraft:Control	Flight controls are now slightly smaller. Slight delay when jumping in tight spaces. Players can now place blocks underneath them while sneaking. Hand movement animation will be shown every time a block is clicked, not just when placing the block.
Minecraft:Chat	Players can now chat while sleeping on Minecraft:bed. Moved the pause and chat buttons to the middle position at the top of the screen.