Bedrock Edition exclusive features

This is the list of features exclusive to Pocket Edition.

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 barrier world border
 * 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.


 * Huge mushrooms
 * Can be up to 13 blocks tall.
 * Will generate naturally in swamps.


 * Abandoned mine shafts
 * Will generate on the surface in mesa biomes.
 * Contains spider spawners rather than cave spider spawners.

Manufactured structures

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

Blocks & Items

 * 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 pass 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
 * Used to craft most rock-type blocks.
 * Used to free 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 Canes
 * 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
 * Data value 1 is the grassless dirt from 1.7.


 * Water
 * Is affected by smooth lighting.
 * Water in swamps has a different color.


 * Gold ore
 * Will generate at all Y levels in mesa biomes.


 * Pumpkin and melon seeds
 * Can be used to breed chickens.

Mobs

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


 * Zombie Pigmen
 * They are naturally hostile.


 * Chickens
 * Can be bred with pumpkin and melon seeds.

Terrain

 * 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 logs instead of wood planks.