Bedrock Edition guides/1.9 releases

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in 1.9 release, which assumes at least some familiarity with the Bedrock Edition 1.8 release.

New
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 * Barrel Bell Blast Furnace Cartography Table Grindstone Smoker
 * Barrels and Cartography Tables can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use. Bells, Blast Furnaces, Grindstones, and Smokers can only be broken by a pickaxe. ||
 * Barrels and Cartography Tables can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace. The others have no functionality.
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.
 * Fletching Table
 * Fletching Table JE2 BE1.png ||
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.
 * Fletching Table
 * Fletching Table JE2 BE1.png ||
 * Fletching Table JE2 BE1.png ||

Cornflowers appear in Plains biomes while Lily of the Valley spawn in Forests.
 * Fletching Tables can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use. ||
 * Fletching Tables can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.
 * Cornflower and Lily of the Valley
 * Cornflower and Lily of the Valley
 * They can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, but they break instantly. ||
 * Cornflowers can be crafted into Blue Dye.
 * Lantern
 * Lanterns can only be broken by a pickaxe. ||
 * A new light source, emitting a light level of 15.
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.
 * Signs
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.
 * Signs
 * Signs


 * Signs can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use. ||
 * Introduced Birch, Spruce, Acacia, Jungle, and Dark Oak Sign.
 * Used as a form of communication, especially in map making.
 * Smithing Table
 * Smithing Table JE1 BE1.png ||
 * Smithing Table JE1 BE1.png ||


 * Smithing Tables can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use. ||
 * Can smelt 1.5 items per block and available in Experimental Gameplay.
 * Smooth Blocks
 * Smooth Blocks


 * These smooth blocks can only be broken by a pickaxe. ||
 * Purely for Decoration
 * Available through Experimental Gameplay.