Bedrock Edition exclusive features

This is the list of features exclusive to Pocket Edition.

General

 * Zombie Pigmen are naturally hostile.

Graphics

 * The graphics are more vibrant and smoother than in PC.
 * Burning mobs emit large particles with fire's animation.
 * Shadows on entities move depending on the position of the sun.

World generation

 * Biomes that would exceed the 128-block height limit are shrunk to fit in.

Old world type

 * A finite, 256×256 world
 * Generates with a border made of Barriers
 * Was the only world type before 0.9.0
 * As of 0.9.0, it generates modern structures.

Villages

 * Wooden roads generate over bodies of water, if any.


 * The table tops are made of a brown carpet instead of a pressure plate as in other editions.
 * Blacksmith chests can have ink sacs and emeralds.
 * This makes villages the only sources of ink sacs and the easier alternative to emerald mining.

Trees

 * A tree has a chance to have vines growing around the trunk, making a "dying tree".
 * This includes trees grown from saplings.
 * Fallen Trees are present.
 * They are composed of a trunk lying on its side, sometimes with vines and mushrooms, and a stump two blocks away in the direction the rings are facing.

Far Lands



 * The infinite worlds generate Far Lands since 12,550,800ish mark on any axis, like prior to Beta 1.8.
 * However, the PE Far Lands generate different structures and biomes.

Stripe Lands

 * This is mostly a graphical glitch, however this area has distorted physics:
 * Players next to water are teleported into the Void.

Huge Mushrooms

 * Can be up to 13 blocks tall

Nether Reactor

 * A structure made of cobblestone, gold blocks and a Nether Reactor Core block.
 * Generates a huge netherrack "Nether Spire"
 * Spawns random items and Zombie Pigman while active.

Grass Block

 * Tilling it with a hoe can produce seeds.

Beetroot

 * Obtained by harvesting fully grown beetroot seeds.
 * Restores health

Beetroot Soup

 * Crafted with a bowl and 6 beetroots
 * Restores health

Beetroot Seeds

 * Can only be obtained by tilling grass blocks.
 * It has a 1 in 15 chance to pop out.
 * Used to grow beetroots

Barrier

 * Can act as an X-Ray machine
 * Projectiles can be thrown through it.
 * Leaves a shadow
 * Tagged as .name<
 * Looks like a sheet of stone in inventory

Jungle leaves

 * Opaque regardless of graphics settings

Nether Reactor Core

 * The main component of the Nether Reactor.
 * Crafted with 6 iron ingots and 3 diamonds.

Glowing Obsidian

 * Only generates when the Nether Reactor is activated. Upon activation, the blocks that make up the reactor turn into glowing obsidian, except for the core.
 * When the process ends, turns into regular obsidian.
 * Drops regular obsidian.

Stonecutter

 * Essentially a Crafting Table for rock-type blocks.
 * Used to free the room for the crafting table's recipes.
 * Crafted with 4 cobblestone in a 2×2 square.

Cocoa Beans

 * Cocoa beans can be crafted with an orange dye and an ink sac.

Sugar Cane

 * Can be fully grown with Bone Meal.

Pumpkins and Melons

 * Spawn more frequently

Powered Rails

 * Are always powered with lack of redstone circuits.

Monster Spawners

 * Are available in Creative mode.
 * Take slightly longer to mine than in PC.

Stone Bricks

 * Can be crafted with polished granite, diorite or andesite.

Grassless Dirt

 * Dirt data value 1 is the same as grassless dirt from 1.7.

Sheep

 * Color around their faces and patches when sheared correspond to their wool color.

Terrain

 * Abandoned mine shafts will generate on the surface in Mesa biomes.
 * Gold ores will be more common in Mesas, and will generate at all Y levels.
 * In layers 0-50, underworld structures may appear
 * The Far Biome will generate at the edge of finite worlds

Blocks and Items

 * The following revisions will be made to newly added boats:
 * They will require paddles to move.
 * They will be larger in size.
 * They may require 5 wood logs instead of wood planks.

Graphics

 * Water will have smooth lighting
 * Water in swamps will have different color