Pocket Edition's most recent update, 0.16, is out in the world now, and brings with it a ton of new features. New bosses - the Wither, the Elder Guardian - new buildings, commands, and so much more.
Of particular interest is the new add-ons system: how does it work? How can you make add-ons of your own, right this very minute? As luck would have it, Jared and Jason have come up with a quick demonstration of messing about with add-ons, by doing a step-by-step of turning a villager into a skeleton-like bodyguard for the player. Neat!
This is only one tiny part of what is possible with the new add-ons system. What will you try to create next?
Curious what else comes with 0.16? Read on!
CHANGELOG
General
- Ability to customize keyboard controls.
- Added search tab to creative inventory (Win 10 only).
- Added mouse UI sensitivity slider in VR options (Win 10 Rift only).
- New UI for options menu.
- New UI for creating and editing servers menu.
- New UI for world option menu.
- More options.
- Version exclusive: Toggle Crouch
- Added warning before exiting the game.
Commands
World Generation
Blocks
- Sea Lantern
- Prismarine
- Wet Sponge
- Beacons
- Version exclusive: Opaque
Items
- Prismarine Crystals
- Prismarine Shard
- Guardian Spawn Egg
- Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
- Nether Star
- Version exclusive: Potion of Decay
- Version exclusive: Splash Potion of Decay
- Version exclusive: Arrow of Decay
Mobs
- Guardian
- Elder Guardian
- Version exclusive: Is considered a boss mob.[1]
- Wither
- Version exclusive: When its health reaches 50%, it spawns 3-4 Wither Skeletons.
- Will not spawn in easy difficulty.
- Version exclusive: New animation when created and killed.
- Version exclusive: New sounds.
- Version exclusive: When its health reaches 50%, it spawns 3-4 Wither Skeletons.
Changes
General
- Performance improvements.
- Skin picker no longer shows the silhouette of the skins behind it when choosing a custom skin.
- Tweaked mouse sensitivity for vertical vs. horizontal motion in UI in Rift (Win 10 Rift only).
- Increased maximum view distance for capable GPUs (Win10 and EDU only).
- Tweaked the clock texture so it has all the correct pixels.
Items
- Bucket
- New sound when using.
- Maps
- Version exclusive: Now have different colors for different biomes.
- Grass Path
- Added sounds when making.
- Cocoa beans
- No longer has a crafting recipe.
Blocks
- Sponge
- Readded to survival mode.
- Now can absorb water.
- Now uses PC 1.8 texture.
- Bed
- Now have a sound when placed.
- Furnace
- Better description (Input , Fuel, Result) for devices that do not use a controller.
- Monster eggs
- Added to the Creative inventory.
- Chest
- Custom name no longer appears in GUI.
Mobs
- Husk
- Add new sounds.
- Stray
- Add new sounds.
- Squids
- Version exclusive: Added new sounds.
- Wither Skeletons
- Version exclusive: Now spawn when the wither's health is 50%
- Iron Golems
- Version exclusive: Will now damage player in peaceful difficulty.
- Wolf
- Version exclusive: Will now damage player in peaceful difficulty.
BUGFIXES
- MCPE-5272 – Empty buckets can´t collect water when underwater (Creative only)
- MCPE-7848 – Grass does not grow on dirt under fences or cobblestone walls
- MCPE-8212 – Arrows bounce off tamed dogs but not tamed cats
- MCPE-8424 – When breaking a block in front of me, it breaks the one I'm on.
- MCPE-9096 – Cannot place beds on top half slabs anymore
- MCPE-9669 – Creative inventory Mundane potion duplicate bug
- MCPE-9846 – Mobs wearing armor drop that armor 100% of the time
- MCPE-10077 – Incorrect sounds on beds
- MCPE-10353 – Some keyboard keys are dead
- MCPE-11013 – Autojump allows you to jump over fences and cobblestone walls
- MCPE-11214 – Player can go through solid block walls and fences using a boat
- MCPE-11241 – Moving fuel into the furnace draws units from the first stack touched instead of from the one you tap
- MCPE-11583 – Milking a cow (or mooshroom) with a single bucket (or bowl) immediately consumes the milk (or stew, if the player is hunger)
- MCPE-11796 – Nether Wart only drops one Wart when broken
- MCPE-12196 – Water renders and unloads oddly behind clouds
- MCPE-12279 – Lever, buttons, redstone, etc can not be placed on monster spawner
- MCPE-12467 – Nether mobs can die in any bodies of lava
- MCPE-12922 – Water is invisible when you reload the world
- MCPE-13304 – Double Flower Duplication Bug
- MCPE-13421 – Wolves can be fed with raw and cooked fish
- MCPE-13640 – Maps blink red when player take damages
- MCPE-13802 – Clocks in item frames have extra pixels
- MCPE-13891 – Hoppers suck item entities only one at a time
- MCPE-13966 – Mobs do not drop spawned equipment
- MCPE-14142 – Strange font behavior (width, size...)
- MCPE-14250 – Beds don't make sounds when placing them
- MCPE-14487 – All mobs take knock back damage from splash potion of harming II
- MCPE-14514 – Creepers are mute when attacked
- MCPE-14521 – Undead/Passive mobs still alive when get hit by tipped arrows of healing/harming
- MCPE-14525 – Horses show open button before fully tamed
- MCPE-14526 – Horse is unrideable while tied to fence and ride button is shown
- MCPE-14529 – Boats placed halfway inside a wall shake violently
- MCPE-14691 – Skins not showing up in skins area
- MCPE-14761 – Doors act as tools
- MCPE-14776 – Holding Flint and Steel when focusing on a Creeper doesn't show ignite button
- MCPE-14801 – Furnace texture bug
- MCPE-14971 – Skeleton Horses & Zombie Horses Bug
- MCPE-15034 – Villagers get stuck facing 90°
- MCPE-15052 – Breaking ice creates water source block in the Nether
- MCPE-15086 – Baby horses don't show feed button
- MCPE-15268 – Blocks are blinking on piston
- MCPE-15586 – The void below bedrock is a bottomless pit
- MCPE-15696 – Lead turn red when the leashed mob getting hit
- MCPE-15981 – Armor take damage when we break blocks with them
- MCPE-15983 – Using A Bed Whilst Riding A Horse / Boat etc. Does Not Dismount Player
- MCPE-16009 – Trying to tame horse while holding saddle bug.
- MCPE-16160 – Mobs don't burn in sunlight while on soul sand.
- MCPE-16283 – Redstone torch burn/turn off when placed on the side of a piston
- MCPE-16292 – Wither Skeletons and Blazes Do Not Spawn Again in Nether Fortresses
- MCPE-16417 – Inception achievement not unlocking
- MCPE-16529 – Chest UI is not accessible when mounted on a pig, boat or minecart.
- MCPE-16743 – Items on the ground are facing the opposite direction
- MCPE-16863 – Minecarts and their variants always despawn when they are in motion and the game crashes