Bedrock Edition exclusive features

This is the list of features that are available exclusively to Pocket Edition and Windows 10 Edition.

General

 * Achievements


 * Uses the achievements system instead of the newer advancements system


 * Add-ons
 * Used to change the way things look in-game.
 * Behavior pack, used to change behavior of entities.
 * Resource pack, have the same usage as with Java Edition, it can also be used to change entity models, but can not be used to change block models.
 * World templates can be used to import a world from outside.


 * Minecraft Marketplace
 * Minecraft Coins
 * Community creations


 * Mash-up packs


 * Mash-up packs are available:
 * Festive Mash-up 2016
 * Chinese Mythology
 * Fallout
 * Greek Mythology
 * Skyrim
 * Adventure Time
 * Other community mash-up packs


 * Skins
 * Have extra pixels on the skin model.
 * Skin packs are available:
 * Town Folk
 * City Folk
 * Halloween Costumes
 * Biome Settlers Pack 1
 * Holiday Skin Pack 2015
 * Journey To The West
 * Redstone Specialists
 * Story Mode Skin Pack
 * Biome Settlers Pack 2
 * Villain Skin Pack
 * Minecon 2016 Skin Pack
 * Camp Fire Tales
 * Festive Mash-up 2016
 * Strangers "Biome Settlers Pack 3"
 * Power Rangers Skin Pack
 * Chinese Mythology Skin Pack
 * Fallout Skin Pack
 * Greek Mythology Skin Pack
 * Skyrim Skin Pack
 * Other community skin packs


 * Texture Packs
 * Texture packs are available:
 * City Texture Pack
 * Plastic Texture Pack
 * Natural Texture Pack
 * Fantasy Texture Pack
 * Cartoon Texture Pack
 * Festive Mash-up 2016
 * Candy Texture Pack
 * Other community texture packs


 * World Templates
 * Redstone Mansion
 * Other community worlds


 * Options
 * Graphics
 * Anti-Aliasing (Windows 10)
 * Fancy Leaves (Windows 10)
 * Particle Render Distance (Windows 10)
 * Texel Anti-Aliasing (Windows 10)
 * Other
 * Lock/unlock day cycle
 * Make old worlds infinite


 * Particles
 * Some of the particles have a different name compared to Java Edition.
 * Exclusive particles:
 * , ink for squids.
 * , burning entities.


 * Sounds
 * Exclusive sounds for jumping on blocks.
 * Other exclusive sounds are listed on the Pocket Edition sound_definitions.json.

Commands

 * Has more game rules:
 * Has more game rules:


 * Sets the maximum number of players allowed to join a multiplayer game.
 * Sets the maximum number of players allowed to join a multiplayer game.


 * Transfers player to another server.
 * Transfers player to another server.


 * Used to connect to a WebSocket server which uses command messages to communicate with clients.
 * Used to connect to a WebSocket server which uses command messages to communicate with clients.

Splashes
There are many splashes exclusive to the Pocket Edition.

Graphics

 * Graphics are more vibrant and smoother than in Java Edition.
 * Burning mobs emit large particles with fire's animation.
 * At sunset and sunrise, clouds and ambient lighting will turn pink.
 * Water has smooth lighting.
 * The color of water in swamp biomes is a brownish dark-gray color, as opposed to darker blue in Java Edition.
 * Blocks that emit light, such as lit furnaces, lit redstone, glowstone or lava, have less shadows on their sides as normal blocks do.
 * Slabs, stairs, and farmland do not block light.
 * Suffocation animation is different.
 * Animation for entering a Nether portal is different.
 * Player burning animation is different.
 * Lava has a different animation when flowing.
 * Eating animation for animals when feeding them.
 * Some mobs only have an attack animation.
 * Zombie pigman and baby zombie pigman
 * Player sleeping animation is different.

World generation

 * Biomes
 * Biomes that would exceed the 128-block height are shrunk to fit in, although the maximum block height limit is 256.


 * Desert Temple
 * If generated in a ravine or river, the temple's floor will be replaced by the bottom of the ground in a ravine or river, rather than just one block from a TNT shape.
 * Loot chest include book.


 * Dungeon
 * Loot chest can contain book.


 * End city
 * Doesn't generate banners due to the lack of banners.
 * Doesn't generate end city wall


 * Far lands


 * The infinite worlds generate Far Lands since X/Z: ±12,550,821, like prior to Beta 1.8 on Java Edition.
 * However, the PE Far Lands generate different structures and biomes.
 * The Stripe Lands are mostly a graphical glitch, however this area has distorted physics:
 * Players next to water are teleported into the Void.
 * Starts to generate at X/Z: ±16,777,216 and continues until the game's limits.


 * Witch Hut
 * Cauldron is filled by a random potion.
 * Chance of splash potion not reduced.
 * 1/2 or 2/3 of the cauldron is filled with a potion.


 * Woodland Mansions
 * Mansion floors use Oak Planks instead of Birch Planks. Coarse dirt, and banners do not generate.

Gameplay

 * Brewing
 * Doesn't require blaze powder.


 * Drowning
 * Players can drown when suffocated into a solid block or in lava.

Blocks

 * Bed
 * Brown and White bed generate in igloo.
 * Coloured bed can be re-dyed rather than just white bed.
 * Appear in 2D model in inventory.


 * Cactus
 * Uproots when a sign is placed next to it.


 * Cauldron
 * Water color can be changed by adding dyes.
 * Colors can be mixed.
 * Can be used to dye items (like leather armor).
 * Can store potions.
 * Will make an explosion sound (not a real explosion) if potions are mixed, and the potions will disappear.
 * Potions inside cauldron creates potion particles.
 * Potion in cauldron can be used to make a tipped arrow.


 * Chest
 * Are directional; regular chests won't connect to form a large chest if they are facing different directions.
 * Chests can be placed next to a large chest horizontally, which they can't do on other versions of Minecraft.
 * Generates naturally inside large houses in a village which contain farm loot.
 * Will close and can't be opened when any mobs or player stand on it.


 * Cobblestone Walls
 * In inventory, they show as two connected walls.


 * Cobweb
 * Can generate at the top side of the building in a zombie village.
 * Putting a cobweb in a crafting table will convert to 9 strings.


 * Diorite, Granite, Andesite, Polished Andesite, Granite and Diorite.
 * Can be used to craft stone slab.
 * Can be used to craft redstone comparator and redstone repeater.


 * Enchantment Table
 * Gives off a light level of 12.


 * Flowers
 * Using bone meal on a one-block-high flower will cause dandelions or poppies to grow around it.
 * Rose Bush and Peony have a different and darker texture.


 * Glowing Obsidian
 * Can only be obtained through inventory editing.
 * Glows at light level 12.
 * Can only be mined using a iron or diamond pickaxe with Silk Touch enchantment.
 * If mined without a iron or diamond pickaxe, it will drop nothing.
 * If mined with a iron or diamond pickaxe without Silk Touch enchantment, it will drop normal obsidian.


 * Grassless Dirt
 * Data value 1 is the grassless dirt from 1.7, acts as a temporary replacement for coarse dirt.


 * Ice
 * Opaque regardless of graphics settings.
 * Generate naturally in place of water in farm at ice plains village and cold taiga village.
 * Packed ice replace normal ice position in igloo.


 * Invisible Bedrock
 * Projectiles can pass through it.
 * Leaves a shadow.
 * Looks like a sheet of stone in inventory.


 * Item Frame
 * Uses  instead of.
 * Cannot share the same block with a transparent block.
 * Cannot share the same block space with other item frames.


 * Lava
 * Is possible to drown in.


 * Leaves
 * In snowy biomes, such as cold taiga, leaves appear frost covered when snowing.
 * Jungle Leaves
 * Opaque regardless of graphics settings.


 * Melon block
 * Breaking a melon with shears will produce the full 9 slices of melon.


 * Monster Spawners
 * Take slightly longer to mine than in Java Edition.
 * Available in Creative mode.


 * Moss Stone
 * Can be found in a zombie village, (a village that spawns zombie villagers instead of normal villagers).


 * Nether Brick
 * Has a brighter texture.


 * Nether Reactor Core
 * Can only be obtained using inventory editing.
 * Can only be mined using pickaxe with Silk Touch enchantment.
 * If mined using a pickaxe without Silk Touch enchantment, it will drop 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.


 * Observer
 * Unlike in Java Edition, observers in Pocket Edition have some blocks that cannot be detected when they receive a block update.
 * Uses the original observer texture which was later changed in Java Edition (1.11).
 * Can't detect redstone update.


 * Obsidian
 * Requires 6.5 seconds to mine instead of 9.4.


 * Piston and Sticky Piston
 * Requires 1 tick to retract instead of retracting instantly as they do on other versions of Minecraft.
 * Have a thick, broader neck.
 * Can push block entities such as chests and dispensers.
 * Will break sign.
 * When powered with a 1-tick pulse, a sticky piston will not leave the block it is pushing in front.
 * Takes longer time to extend.
 * When depowered while extending, pistons will continue to extend and then retract.
 * Quasi-connectivity (BUD powering) does not exist.


 * Podzol
 * Block ID 243, rather than ID 3 with data value 2.


 * Purpur Pillar
 * Can be used to craft purpur slab, and stairs.


 * Redstone Dust
 * When placed, it has a + shape instead of • even if it is not connected to another redstone component.
 * Does not have quasi-connectivity, meaning many contraptions for the Java Edition have to be altered.
 * Connects to pistons.


 * reserved6
 * Can only be obtained through inventory editing.


 * Sign
 * Can be used to safely demolish cacti by clicking on the side of it.


 * Snow layers
 * Are affected by gravity.
 * Melts gradually in snowless biomes (except in extreme hills).
 * Called "Top Snow" in the inventory.
 * Can be placed inside 1-block tall' plants.


 * Stained Glass
 * Uses regular glass texture.
 * Renders through other stained glass blocks of the same color.


 * Stonecutter
 * Available in creative mode, used for decoration only.


 * Sugar Canes
 * Can be fully grown with bone meal.


 * Update Game Block
 * Block obtained from inventory editing.
 * Functions identically to the missing texture block.
 * Can be mined with bare hands (similar to dirt).


 * Water
 * Is affected by smooth lighting.
 * has a gradient.

Items

 * Armor
 * Leather armor dyed in cauldron, instead of the crafting grid.


 * Beds
 * Have the original bed item texture.


 * Boats
 * Crafting recipe includes a Wooden Shovel.


 * Book
 * Books can generate in Dungeon and Desert Temple chests.
 * Clownfish and Pufferfish
 * Cannot be used to tame ocelots.


 * Enchanted Golden Apple
 * Called "Enchanted Apple" in inventory.


 * Empty Map
 * Can be crafted using nine paper in addition to the recipe used in other versions of the game.
 * An empty map can be used to clone a map in the anvil as well as in the crafting table.
 * Empty maps with compasses have been renamed to Locator Map, to distinguish between empty maps without compasses.


 * Elytra
 * Called "Elytra Wings" in inventory.


 * Leather Horse Armor
 * Can be dyed using a cauldron.
 * Can be crafted using 7 leather in the shape of an "H".


 * Hoe
 * Wooden hoe can be found inside chest in large house at ice plains and cold taiga village.


 * Lingering Potion
 * Lingering Potion of Decay.
 * Applies Wither II effect with a duration of 0.10 sec.


 * Map
 * Does not show the player's position until a compass is added using an anvil or a crafting table(when using classic UI).
 * Has different color in different Biomes.
 * Zooming out is done using an anvil. Additionally, zooming out can also be done in a crafting table when using classic UI.
 * If a map placed in an item frame is cloned, the location of the map placed in the item frame appears as a green marker whereas the location of the player appears as a white marker when the cloned map is viewed.


 * Minecart with Command Block
 * Has a repeating command block in it instead of impulse command block.


 * Mob Heads
 * Item appears 2D instead of blocks.


 * Potion
 * Potion of Decay.
 * Applies Wither II effect with a duration of 0.40 sec.


 * Splash Potion
 * Splash Potion of Decay.
 * Applies Wither II with a duration of 0.30 sec.


 * Steak
 * Called "Cooked Beef" in inventory.


 * Tipped Arrows
 * Made by using an arrow in a cauldron filled with a potion.
 * Arrow of Decay.
 * Has black pixelated texture.
 * Applies Wither II effect with duration of 0.05 sec.

Mobs & Entities

 * All feedable mobs
 * When feeding them, particle effects corresponding to food will appear.


 * All undead mobs
 * Have no chance to spawn wearing pumpkin and jack-o-lantern when Halloween.


 * Baby zombies and baby husk
 * They have a 15% chance to want to be a jockey. If they want to be a jockey, upon nearing the player, villager or golem they will check for one of the following to mount prior to attacking:
 * Cave Spider
 * Become hostitle regardless of light level.
 * Adult chicken
 * Cow
 * Horse, Donkey, and Mule
 * Become unrideable and is under baby husk or baby zombie's control.
 * Adult husk
 * Mooshroom
 * Still can be sheared, but will make baby zombie or baby husk dismount.
 * Adult ocelot
 * Becomes difficult to attack the player due to ocelot running away, and is slightly slower because the ocelot has the baby zombie's or baby husk speed. Still can be tamed. If the ocelot is tamed the baby zombie or baby husk will dismount.
 * Pig
 * Becomes unrideable and is under the control of the baby husk or baby zombie.
 * Polar Bear
 * Becomes hostile but won't anger other polar bears.
 * Sheep
 * Can still be dyed.
 * Skeleton Horse
 * Becomes unrideable. When struck by lightning, the Skeleton Horse will not turn into a group of Skeleton Horsemen. If already containing a horseman, skeleton will be under baby zombie's or baby husk control.
 * Spider
 * Become hostitle regardless of light level.
 * Adult wolf
 * Becomes hostile and can't be tamed, but won't anger another wolves.
 * Adult zombie
 * Still can burn in sunlight.
 * Zombie Horse
 * Becomes unrideable. Under baby husk or baby zombie's control.
 * Adult zombie pigman
 * Becomes hostile, but won't anger other pigmen.
 * Adult zombie villager
 * Still can burn in sunlight and still can be cured; if it is cured the baby zombie or baby husk will dismount.

If a mob that a baby zombie or husk is riding dies or despawns, the baby zombie or husk will try to become a jockey again.


 * Blazes
 * Glow in the dark.


 * Boats
 * Emits smoke when destroyed.
 * Can be controlled by mobs riding them.


 * Cave Spider
 * Has a 1% chance of spawning as a Spider Jockey.
 * If in the Nether, they have a 1% chance of spawning as a wither jockey.
 * This makes it more dangerous, because if the player is attacked, the player will get the Poison effect from the cave spider and the Wither effect from the wither skeleton.
 * If an abandoned mineshaft generates in a snowy biome with a cave spider spawner in view of the sky, cave spiders have a chance to spawn as a cave spider jockey with a stray instead of a skeleton.


 * Chicken Jockey
 * Doesn't have a zombie villager variant (a baby zombie villager riding an adult chicken).
 * Ordinary chicken jockeys (a baby zombie riding an adult chicken) or husk chicken jockeys (baby husk riding adult chicken) will not spawn as a jockey, but have a 15% chance to want to be a jockey when trying to attack a player, villager, or golem.
 * Normal chicken jockeys have a higher chance to spawn in Pocket Edition because a baby zombie has 15% chance to want to be a jockey rather than the 5% chance to spawn as one in Java Edition.
 * If the adult chicken that the baby zombie or husk is riding dies or despawns, the baby zombie will not attack the player and will run to the nearest mob that can be ridden to be a jockey again rather than continue attack the player, villager, or golem as on other versions of Minecraft.


 * Chickens
 * Baby forms can spawn naturally.


 * Creeper
 * Has a smaller explosion area, but the explosive damage is the same as in Java Edition.


 * Elder Guardians
 * Is considered a boss mob.


 * Evoker
 * Can utilize the door.


 * Fishing Rod
 * Has a cubic bobber.


 * Ghasts
 * Have glowing eyes.


 * Iron Golem
 * Iron Golem spawn egg can only obtained through inventory editing.
 * Can damage Player on any difficulty including Peaceful.


 * Leash Knot
 * Has a better physics


 * Magma cubes
 * Cores glow in the dark.


 * Minecart with Command Block
 * Has a repeating command block in it instead of impulse command block.


 * Pigs
 * Have changed sound when accelerates.
 * Piglets can spawn naturally.


 * Rabbit
 * Has an exclusive texture.


 * Sheep
 * Color around their faces and patches when sheared correspond to their wool color.
 * Baby sheep can spawn naturally.


 * Shulker
 * Its shell can be dyed by using dyes.


 * Skeleton
 * If holding item besides a bow, skeleton do not use a melee attack, but instead attack the player with arrows as if the skeleton were using bow.


 * Snow Golems
 * Will not die in a jungle biome.
 * Snow Golem spawn egg can only obtained through inventory editing.


 * Spider Jockey
 * Has more variants:
 * Spider Jockey: Skeleton riding Spider (ordinary spider jockey).
 * Wither Jockey: Wither Skeleton riding Spider.
 * Stray Spider Jockey: Stray riding Spider.
 * Cave Spider Jockey: Skeleton riding Cave Spider.
 * Wither Cave Spider Jockey: Wither skeleton riding Cave Spider.
 * Can only spawn using cave spider spawn egg in the nether, due to the cave spider having a 1% chance to become a cave spider jockey and skeleton having a 80% chance become wither skeleton.
 * Stray Cave Spider Jockey: Stray riding Cave Spider.
 * Baby zombie Spider Jockey: Baby zombie riding Spider.
 * Has 15% chance to mount spider when try attacking villager, player or golem.
 * Baby husk Spider Jockey: Baby husk riding Spider.
 * Has 15% chance to mount spider when try to attack villager, player, or golem.
 * Baby zombie Cave Spider Jockey: Baby zombie riding Cave Spider.
 * Has 15% chance to mount cave spider when try to attack villager, player, or golem.
 * Baby husk Cave Spider Jockey: Baby husk riding Cave Spider.
 * Has 15% chance to mount cave spider when try to attack villager, player, or golem.


 * Squids
 * Spawns version exclusive baby squids.
 * Produces a black cloud of "ink" particles when attacked.
 * Have bubbling particles.
 * Spawns only in ocean biomes.
 * Have exclusive sounds when spawning, diving underwater, and dying.
 * Move rapidly and swim deeper when attacked.


 * Villager
 * The generic villager (Green Robed Villager) or nitwit villager are unused.
 * While opening the trading GUI will trigger an emerald to appear above the villager's head.


 * Wither
 * When its health reaches 50% it will spawn 3 - 4 Wither skeletons around itself.
 * New animation when created and killed.
 * New sounds.
 * HP is instead of.
 * will prioritize to attack mob or player that have highest attack damage that can deal to it.


 * Wolves
 * Puppies can spawn naturally.
 * Can hurt player on Peaceful difficulty.


 * Zombie and Husk
 * Have no chance to spawn naturally as chicken jockey, because baby zombies have different behavior than in Java Edition.


 * Zombie Villager
 * Zombie villagers wearing armor or holding tools or weapons can't spawn naturally and can only be spawned using mob editing.
 * Does not have a chicken jockey variant (baby zombie villager riding chicken).
 * Zombie villager spawn egg can only be obtained through inventory editing.
 * Zombie villagers that spawn inside igloo basements are farmer zombie villagers instead of priest zombie villagers.

Achievements
Some achievements are only available in Pocket Edition.

History
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