Minecraft:Bedrock Edition guides/Overworld Update

Template:Infobox guide This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Minecraft:Overworld Update (Template:BE 0.14.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with Bedrock Edition 0.13.x releases.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Witch

File:Witch BE Revision 2.png

Witches can be generated in places where the Lightness level is less than or equal to 7. Minecraft:Villagers located within 3 blocks of Minecraft:Lightning will turn into witches.

Template:Drop Template:Drop Template:Drop Template:Drop Template:Drop Template:Drop Template:Drop Randomly select 0-2 items and drop 1-3 items each, with a maximum of 6 items dropped in total.

Use new sounds. There is a chance that the potion in hand will be dropped when killed by the player.

Changed

Minecraft:Baby zombie	File:Baby Zombie Revision 1.png	Has a 15% chance of trying to ride other creatures. If this event is triggered, the following creatures will be prioritized before attacking the player: Minecraft:Chicken Minecraft:Ocelot Minecraft:Wolf Minecraft:Zombie Minecraft:Cow Minecraft:Pig Minecraft:Sheep Minecraft:Spider
Minecraft:Blaze	File:Blaze BE2.png	Glows in the dark.
Minecraft:Creeper	Template:Animate	Got shorter (1.7 blocks tall instead of 1.8 blocks). The detection range for players wearing helmets is adjusted to 50% of the normal range. Explosions are more powerful and more consistent.
Minecraft:Enderman	File:Enderman BE.png	Drops blocks in hand when killed.
Minecraft:Ghast	File:Ghast JE1 BE1.gif	Ghast's eyes will flash.
Minecraft:Magma cube	File:Magma Cube JE1 BE1.png	Core will glow in the dark.
Minecraft:Villager	Template:Animate	Become taller (1.95 blocks tall instead of 1.8 blocks tall, baby mobs 0.975 blocks tall instead of 0.9 blocks tall). Will turn into a Minecraft:witch when struck by lightning. More diverse occupations.
Minecraft:Skeleton	File:Skeleton JE4 BE2.png	The detection range for players wearing the corresponding creature's Minecraft:head is adjusted to 50% of the normal range. Became taller (1.99 blocks higher instead of 1.95 blocks).
Minecraft:Zombie	File:Zombie JE2 BE1.png	The detection range for players wearing the corresponding creature's head is adjusted to 50% of the normal range.
Minecraft:Cow	File:Cow JE4 BE1.png File:Baby Cow JE1 BE1.png	Become taller (1.4 blocks tall instead of 1.3 blocks tall, baby creatures 0.7 blocks tall instead of 0.65 blocks tall).
Minecraft:Mooshroom	File:Red Mooshroom JE2 BE1.png File:Baby Red Mooshroom JE1 BE1.png	Become taller (1.4 blocks tall instead of 1.3 blocks tall, baby creatures 0.7 blocks tall instead of 0.65 blocks tall).
Minecraft:Squid	File:Squid JE1 BE1.png	Now has particle effects for bubbles. Got shorter (0.8 blocks longer instead of 0.95 blocks).
Minecraft:Wither skeleton	File:Wither Skeleton JE1 BE1.png	Got shorter (2.4 blocks tall instead of 2.535 blocks tall, 0.7 blocks wide instead of 0.72 blocks wide).
Minecraft:Iron golem	File:Iron Golem JE1 BE1.png	Got shorter (2.7 blocks tall instead of 2.9 blocks tall).
Minecraft:Wolf	Template:Animate	Became taller (0.85 blocks high instead of 0.8 blocks high).
Minecraft:Camera	File:Camera.png	Updated textures. No longer functional.

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Redstone comparator	File:Redstone Comparator JE2 BE1.png		Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	Maintain signal strength, compare signal strength, difference signal strength or detect block status.
Minecraft:Dispenser	Template:Animate		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Used to launch items or projectiles.
Minecraft:Trapped chest	File:Trapped Large Chest.gif	Two trapped chests placed side by side will now turn into a large trapped chest.	Can be destroyed with any tool or with bare hands, but an ax is the fastest.	Can be used as an item container to store items or as a Minecraft:redstone component.
Minecraft:Hopper	File:Hopper (D) JE2.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Used to collect items.
Minecraft:Dropper	Template:Animate		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Used for throwing items.
Minecraft:Redstone repeater	Template:Animate		Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	Used to "relay" the redstone signal and amplify, prevent the signal from flowing backwards, or "latch" the signal state.
Minecraft:Item frame	File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png		Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	Used to place items or blocks in it for display.
Minecraft:Cauldron	File:Cauldron BE1.png	Each Minecraft:swamp hut will generate an empty cauldron, and the generated cauldron will be filled with a random potion or splash potion.	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Can fill buckets with full cauldrons. Adds dye to dye the internal water. Colors can be mixed. Can dye items (such as leather armor). Can use Minecraft:water bottle to add water to Minecraft:cauldron. Can store potions. The potion will make an explosive sound when mixed, but will not explode.
Red sandstone, cut red sandstone and carved red sandstone	File:Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png File:Cut Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png File:Chiseled Red Sandstone JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Red sandstone can be synthesized into red sandstone stairs and red sandstone steps.
Red sandstone stairs	File:Red Sandstone Stairs JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Sprinting when going up stairs can increase the climbing speed, but it will also consume a lot of Minecraft:saturation energy.
Red sandstone slab	File:Red Sandstone Slab JE1 BE1.png		Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Can be used to craft carved red sandstone.
Minecraft:Slime block	File:Slime Block BE1.png		Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	Used for bouncing, transporting items, moving via pistons, or crafting Minecraft:slime balls.

Changed

Minecraft:Large fern	File:Large Fern.png	Generates in all biomes of the world.
Minecraft:Trapped chest	File:Trapped Chest.gif	Two trapped chests will merge into a large trapped chest when placed adjacent to each other.
Minecraft:Pumpkin and Minecraft:mob heads	File:Carved Pumpkin JE1 BE1.png	Players can wear it.
Double layer flower	Template:Animate	When using Minecraft:bone meal on it, the corresponding item will drop.
Small flower	Template:Animate	The hitbox for flowers and similar blocks is no longer a block.
Minecraft:Snow	Template:Animate	When destroyed by Minecraft:shovel, it will drop Minecraft:snowball. Rendering is now faster.
Minecraft:Carpet	Template:Animate	Rendering is now faster.
Minecraft:Slabs	Template:Animate	Rendering is now faster.
Minecraft:Nether bricks	File:Nether Bricks BE2.png	Got brighter textures.
Minecraft:Lava	File:Lava BE2.gif	There are new animations.

Items

New

Minecraft:Map	Template:Animate		Used to view explored terrain or display player position.
Minecraft:Ender pearl	File:Ender Pearl JE2 BE1.png	Currently only available through editing inventory.	Used for transmission.

Changed

Leather armor

Template:Animate

100% dyeable.

Structures

New

Minecraft:Swamp hut

File:Swamp hut JE1 BE1.png

No

Yes

Cauldron contains random potions.

Changed

Minecraft:Mineshaft	Template:Animate	Now spawns minecarts with chests instead of chests.
Minecraft:Village	Template:Animate	Increased the ratio of the number of doors to the number of Minecraft:villagers in the village.
Minecraft:Forest rock	File:Forest rock.png	The moss boulders generated in giant taiga are now more rounded.
Minecraft:Huge mushroom	Template:Animate	Giant mushrooms no longer spawn in water.

Gameplay

Changed

Minecraft:Creative mode	Added survival mode tab. Minecraft:Chest, Minecraft:anvil, Minecraft:furnace, Minecraft:dispenser, Minecraft:dropper, Minecraft:brewing stand, Minecraft:enchantment table and Minecraft:hopper can interact with creative mode players. It is now possible to pick up 64 items by throwing them in Minecraft:creative mode.
Minecraft:Texture	Organized texture files. Updated texture and language buttons. Looks more like the Windows 10 version of the button.
Minecraft:Sound	Changed the sounds of jumping into and swimming in water.
Animation	New player burning animation. New entry animation.