Bedrock Edition exclusive features

This is the list of features that are available exclusively to the Bedrock 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.


 * Block Selection
 * Has two block selection there are Highlighted color and show block outline


 * How to Play/play screen


 * Loading screen with tips


 * UI
 * Have two UI there are Pocket UI and Classic UI
 * Pocket UI uses the MATTIS crafting system


 * 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
 * Fancy Leaves
 * Particle Render Distance
 * Texel Anti-Aliasing
 * Other
 * Lock/unlock day cycle
 * Make old worlds infinite


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


 * Sounds
 * Exclusive sounds for jumping on blocks.
 * Other exclusive sounds are listed on the Bedrock 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.


 * Replace the functionality of spawn chunk in java edition
 * Replace the functionality of spawn chunk in java edition


 * 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.


 * Command Format


 * A user interface layer to easily set the teleport, time and weather commands.
 * /tp
 * ^ used for coordinates relative to the direction the player is facing.
 * facing mode to make the target entity face a specified location/entity upon teleportation.
 * fishing_hook is also selectable in commands now.
 * /detect is now its own separate command.

Splashes
There are many splashes exclusive to the Bedrock 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.
 * Explosion particles are more pixelated

World generation

 * 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.


 * End city
 * 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.
 * Terrain will be completely ocean with very deep water until Bedrock layer.
 * Generated structure can still generate, with tall foundation.
 * Exceptions are Jungle Temple, Desert Well, Woodland Mansion, Dungeon, and Abandoned Mineshaft.
 * Igloos will generate at ocean floor.


 * Huge mushrooms
 * Will generate naturally in swamps.


 * Igloo
 * The beds in the igloo are white, magenta or brown, depending on the biome, never red.
 * Polished diorite replace position of polished andesite.
 * Generate with packed ice instead of ice.
 * If generate in stripe lands, it will generate underwater at bedrock layer on the ocean floor, cutting some bedrock arround it and replace bottom bedrock at y 0 by stone brick.
 * oddly, the bed is magenta, instead of white and brown as if generate in ice plains and cold taiga


 * Old world type
 * Finite, 256x128x256 world.
 * Generates with a barrier world border.
 * NPC village and desert well are the only Buildings which can generate in this world type.
 * village variants is are only Plains and Desert.
 * Grass, tall grass, fern and large fern are generated less.
 * Can be extended with the "make infinite" button.
 * Nether portal can't be activated.
 * End portal can't be activated.


 * Stronghold
 * Library room's chandelier uses oak fence instead of birch fence.
 * Prison room doesn't generate an iron door or a stone button.
 * Has larger chance to generate under village wells to easily detect without an eye of ender, even when the eye of ender has been added.
 * Number of strongholds able to generate per world is random instead of 128 per world
 * 3 Stronghold generate in a ring centered at 0,0 and other strongholds generate randomly around the world.


 * Superflat world type
 * Called Flat.
 * Classic preset only, cannot be customized.
 * Has no villages.


 * Villages
 * Blacksmith chests can have ink sacs and emeralds.
 * Acacia logs don't replace cobblestone in savanna villages.
 * Churches and blacksmith buildings in desert villages generate using sandstone instead of cobblestone.
 * Village paths ignore the condition block that replaced it, so grass path can replace most blocks rather than just grass.
 * 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.

Blocks

 * Bed
 * Brown bed generate in igloo generated in taiga, White bed generated in ice plains igloo and magenta bed generate in igloo generated in stripe land at far lands.
 * Appear in 2D model in inventory.


 * Beacon
 * The light only takes the color of the highest stained glass and colors can’t be mixed


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


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * Ice
 * Packed ice replaces normal ice position in igloo.


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


 * Leaves
 * In snowy biomes, such as cold taiga, leaves appear frost covered when snowing.


 * 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.


 * 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 Bedrock Edition have some blocks that cannot be detected when they receive a block update.
 * 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.


 * Glass Pane, Stained Glass Pane and Iron Bars
 * Have different inventory icon


 * 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.


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


 * Update Game Block
 * Block obtained from inventory editing.
 * Can be mined with bare hands (similar to dirt).


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

Items

 * Beds
 * Have the original bed item texture.


 * Book and Quill
 * Can hold two pages at the same screen
 * Edit button to change the words per page


 * 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.


 * 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.
 * Player heads appear on maps


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


 * 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 during Halloween


 * Blazes
 * Glow in the dark.


 * Boats
 * Emits smoke when destroyed.


 * 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 Bedrock 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.


 * Endermite
 * Attack Endermen without provocation.
 * Have walking sounds.


 * 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 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.
 * Spawn only in ocean biomes.
 * Have exclusive sounds when spawning, diving underwater, and dying.


 * 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.


 * Witch
 * Attack Snow Golems and Iron Golems without provocation.


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


 * 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 villagers that spawn inside igloo basements are farmer zombie villagers instead of priest zombie villagers.

Achievements
Some achievements are only available in Bedrock Edition.

History
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