Pocket Edition Alpha 0.15.0 build 1

Alpha 0.15.0 build 1

Type	Build
Release date	June 3, 2016
Build for	Alpha 0.15.0
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This article is about the Pocket Edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation).

Alpha 0.15.0 build 1 is the first build version released for Alpha 0.15.0, also known as the Friendly Update.

Additions

General

• Achievements for iOS and Android
  • Version exclusive: More achievements.
  • Is accessed from the home screen
• Online multiplayer with Xbox Live friends
• New UI for the main menu, shared with the Windows 10 Edition
• New UI for the skins menu, it has skin selection carousel that is similar to Console Edition

Gameplay

• Pig riding
  • Version exclusive: New sound when accelerates.
• Interact buttons
  • Boost, used when riding a pig with a carrot on a stick.
  • Name, used for name mobs using name tags.

Blocks

• Pistons and sticky pistons
  • Version exclusive: New animation; piston arm is visibly thicker at the bottom.
  • Version exclusive: Can push block entities such as chests.
  • Version exclusive: Block entities that stick to walls (such as levers) can now be placed on pistons or sticky pistons.
• Version exclusive: Observer
  • BUD Block

Items

• Raw mutton
  • Cooked mutton
• Fire charges
• Spawn eggs
  • Horse
    • Zombie horse
    • Skeleton horse
    • Mule
    • Donkey
  • Stray
  • Husk
  • Wither skeleton
• Name tags
• Leads
• Carrot on a stick
• Tipped arrows
  • Version exclusive: Made with potion cauldrons.
• Horse armor
  • Version exclusive: Leather horse armor
    • Can be dyed using a cauldron.
    • Can be crafted with leather.

Mobs

• Stray
• Husk
• Horse
  • Includes skeleton horse traps.
• Mule
• Donkey

World generation

• New taiga and zombie village types.
• Jungle temple

Changes

General

• Version exclusive: Experience bar is visible in Creative.
• Online play uses less bandwidth now.
• Note blocks are a lot louder now.

Items

• Shears
  • Now lose durability when breaking any kind of blocks.

Blocks

• Trapdoors
  • No longer require supporting blocks.
• Paintings
  • Now have sounds when placed and broken.

World Generation

• Savanna village
  • Now uses acacia wood instead of oak.