Bedrock Edition unused features

This page is about features that were added to Pocket Edition, but have no actual use or are simply placeholders for new features.

Glowing obsidian
Being a part of the nether reactor, glowing obsidian blocks were also removed in 0.12.1. It emitted a soft red glow at light level 12, and dropped a single obsidian when broken with a diamond pickaxe. It can only be obtained using inventory editors or Silk Touch.

info_reserved6
info_reserved6 is an unused block present in Pocket Edition. It acted as a placeholder block for Fire between Alpha 0.3.3 and Alpha 0.6.1, due to a bug in fire spreading mechanics that caused fire to spread to any block. In-game, the block is referred to as ".name". The block looks like a gray stained clay. In, fire was returned with fixed spreading mechanics, replacing it. Its data value, however, changed to ID 255. Currently, it can only be obtained through inventory editing.

Nether reactor core
The functionality of the Nether Reactor was removed in Pocket Edition 0.12.1. However, the reactor core block still exists in game, and can be obtained through inventory editing or by retaining it from previous worlds before the update. It now drops its ingredients (unless mined with Silk Touch), allowing players to recover them.

Paintings
There are four 2×2 tile paintings with no clear purpose or use. Using IDA and the Android libminecraftpe.so file, it has been found that the paintings are referenced from the game code, particularly in the “Motive::getAllMotivesAsList(void)" method (get all paintings), but the “Painting::setRandomMotive(int)" method excludes them as possibilities for a random painting. Artist and purpose of these paintings are both unknown.

Stonecutter
The Stonecutter is a Pocket Edition exclusive block which is unobtainable in survival and only used for decorative purposes. The stonecutter is only available via creative mode. It is unobtainable in survival, and only exists in survival worlds where one existed prior to Alpha 0.13.0.

Update Game Block
The Update Game Block is a placeholder block present in Pocket Edition. It is placed in the world when the game cannot recognize an ID as an existing block, and thus is normally unobtainable outside of inventory editing. Its data value representsit as "ate!upd" block.

History
Pocket Edition/未使用の要素 Неиспользуемый контент (карманное издание)