Bedrock Edition guides/0.12 releases

0.12 releases
Edition	Bedrock Edition
Released versions
v0.12.0 v0.12.0.1 v0.12.1 v0.12.2 v0.12.3
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Bedrock Edition 0.12.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with 0.11.x releases.

Creature

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Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Iron Golem		Village Can be generated by placing 4 Iron Blocks and 1 Pumpkin in a certain order.	Iron Ingot (3–5) Poppy (0–2)
Snow Golem		Can be generated by placing 2 Snow blocks and 1 pumpkin in a certain order.	Snowball (0–15)
Ocelot	File:Baby Ocelot JE1 BE1.png	Jungle and its variants		Can be tamed with raw fish.
Zombie Villager		Zombies that are naturally generated or spawned by Monster Spawners have a 5% chance of becoming zombie villagers. When zombies and their variants kill a villager, the villager will have a chance to become a zombie villager.	Rotten Flesh (0–2) Iron Ingot (0–1) Carrot (0–1) Potato (0–1)	Villagers still retain their clothes and professions after being infected by zombies.
Blaze		Nether Fortress	Blaze Rod (0–1)
Wither Skeleton	File:Wither Skeleton JE1 BE1.png	Nether Fortress	Bone (0–2) Coal (33.3%) Wither Skeleton Skull (2.5% or when killed by a Charged Creeper) Stone Sword (8.5%)
Charged Creeper		Creepers will spawn when Lightning hits them during a thunderstorm.	Gunpowder (0–2) Creeper Head (When killed by a Charged Creeper)

Changes

Name	Image	Changed
General		Burning creatures will make a "hissing" sound when the fire on them is extinguished. Mobs drop experience orbs when they die. Improved AI. Improved pathfinding within fences. Will seek water and seek shade when on fire. Now avoids lava.
zombie	File:Zombie JE1 BE1.png File:Baby Zombie JE1 BE1.png	Zombies can wear armor or pick up items. Zombies have a chance to drop armor and weapons, but the probability is very small. Now able to destroy doors. A Charged Creeper will drop its head when killed. Players can now be spotted from 40 meters away. Now drops Iron Ingots.
Skeleton		Skeletons can put on armor or pick up items. Archery accuracy improved. Skeletons have a chance to drop armor and weapons, but the probability is very small. The skeletons generated in the Nether are Wither Skeletons. A Charged Creeper will drop its head when killed. The sound of death becomes the same as Java version.
Creeper		Creepers are generated after being hit by lightning during thunderstorms. A Charged Creeper will drop its head when killed. Stay away from Ocelot (both wild and tamed varieties).
Enderman	File:Enderman BE1.png	Now avoids water.
Slime	File:Slime JE3 BE1.png	Small particles (visual effects) will be generated when slimes jump. Now drops Slimeballs.
Magma Cube	File:Magma Cube JE1 BE1.png	Now generates properly in the Nether. Drops Magma Cream when killed. Added particle effects when jumping.
Zombie Pigman		Zombie pigmen have become conditionally hostile. Zombie pigmen will spawn in the Nether. Can put on armor or pick up items. There is now a chance to drop armor and weapons, but the probability is very small. Now drops Gold Nuggets. There is a chance to spawn with an enchanted sword.
Villager		Now has the ability to open and close doors. Can now harvest crops. Can now be bred. When attacked by a player, angry particle effects will appear. Killing by a zombie on Hard difficulty now always results in a zombie villager. Zombie Villagers can be healed with Splash Potion and Golden Apples of weakness.
Spider		There were footsteps. Now drops Spider Eyes.
Ghast		Now generates in the Nether. Now drops Ghast Tears. Now makes a sound. Increased hitbox size.
Pig		Will now turn into zombie pigmen after being struck by lightning during thunderstorms.
Wolf		Tamed wolves will now attack the target after being attacked by a bow.
silverfish		No more noise when walking.

Block

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Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
anvil		Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Iron + Iron Ingot	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	RepairItems, renames and combinations Charms.
Brewing Stand	File:Brewing Stand JE1 BE1.png	Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Rod + Cobblestone	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.	Brew potion.
Head		Wither Skeleton has a 2.5% chance of dropping a Wither Skeleton head when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Each level of Looting enchantment can increase the drop probability by 1%, up to 5.5% of Looting III. Skeleton, Wither Skeleton, Zombie and Creeper will also drop corresponding creature heads when killed by a Charged Creeper. Player heads cannot be obtained as drops.	Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	decorate.
Flower Pot	File:Potted Dandelion JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Red Mushroom JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Brown Mushroom JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Oak Sapling JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Birch Sapling JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Spruce Sapling JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Jungle Sapling JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Cactus JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Fern JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Allium JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Azure Bluet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Oxeye Daisy JE1 BE1 .pngFile:Potted Blue Orchid JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Poppy JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Red Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Orange Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted White Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Pink Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Acacia SaplingJE1 BE1.pngFile:Potted Dark Oak Sapling JE1 BE1.png	Ingredients Crafting recipe Brick	Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.	decorate.
Soul Sand		Generates below the lower bound Y=65.	Can be broken with any tool or with bare hands, but a shovel is fastest.	Plant nether warts.
Nether Brick Fence		Generate naturally in Nether Fortress. Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks 6	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.
Nether Brick Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks 6	Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.
Nether Quartz Ore		Generate naturally in the Nether.	Can only be collected with a pickaxe enchanted with Precision Collection, otherwise it will only drop Nether Quartz.

Changes

Name	Image	Changed
Nether Reactor Core		Cannot be crafted. Removed from crafting menu and creative mode inventory. Still drops when broken (3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots). Can only be obtained by editing the inventory. No longer functional.
furnace		Center the names of smelted items.
Snow		Version exclusiveSnow usually forms in multiple layers during snowfall. Version exclusiveSnow is affected by gravity.
Crops		Destroying crops will always drop seeds.
Lava		Version exclusive is brighter. Now prevents mobs from taking fall damage. In the Nether, flow is the same as in Java Edition, with a radius of 8 blocks.
Water	File:Water JE2 BE2.png	Improved the effect of climbing up water while leaning against a wall. Breaking blocks underwater is harder.
door		Can be stacked up to 64 pieces. 6 wooden boards can be combined into 3 doors.
ice floe		Got new textures.
quartz column	File:Quartz Pillar Axis X Revision 1.pngFile:Quartz Pillar Axis Z Revision 1.png	Can now be placed horizontally.
Withered Bush		When destroyed without scissors, 0-2 Wooden Sticks will be dropped when destroyed anywhere.
End portal frame		Will face the player when placed.
Trapdoor		Can be placed on the top or bottom of the block.
ladder		Can now be placed while sneaking.

Items

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Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Glass bottle		Ingredients Crafting recipe Glass 3	Can be filled with water and turned into a water bottle.
Potion	File:Potion of Water Breathing JE1 BE1 .png	Obtained by brewing at Brewing Stand.	After using , the player will obtain the corresponding status effect.
Splash Potion		Obtained by adding Gunpowder to the potion at the brewing stand.	It can be thrown through Use. When it lands, it will apply corresponding status effects to surrounding creatures.
Golden Carrot		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Carrot	Hold down the Use key in the hotkey bar to eat golden carrots. Each golden carrot will restore 6 () hunger and 14.4 saturation. Used to brew night vision potion.
Nether wart	File:Nether Wart (item) JE1 BE1.png	Generate naturally in Nether Fortress.	Used to brew crude potions.
Flashing watermelon slices		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Nugget + Melon Slice	Used to brew healing potions.
Golden Apple		Ingredients Crafting recipe Gold Ingot + Apple Generates naturally in chests in Dungeons and Fortresses.	Hold down the use key in the hotkey bar to eat golden apples. Each golden apple will restore 4 () hunger and 9.6 saturation to the player. 2 minutes of Damage AbsorptionI effect and 5 seconds of Health RegenerationII effect.
Enchanted Golden Apple		Ingredients Crafting recipe Block of Gold + Apple Generates naturally in chests in Dungeon and.	Hold down the Use key in the hotkey bar to eat enchanted golden apples. Each enchanted golden apple restores 4 () hunger and 9.6 saturation, giving the player 2 minutes of damage absorption I Effect, 30 seconds of life recovery V effect, 5 minutes of Fire ResistanceI effect and 5 minutes of Resistance IncreaseI effect.
Rabbit's Foot		Only available in creative mode.	Used to brew jumping potions.
Blaze Rod		Dropped by Blaze.	Used to synthesize blaze powder and brewing stand. Can be used as fuel to smelt 12 items.
Blaze Powder		Ingredients Crafting recipe Blaze Rod 2	Used to synthesize Magma Cream. Used to brew strength potions.
Ghast Tear		Dropped by Ghast.	Used to brew regeneration potions.
Spider Eyes		Dropped by Spider.	Used to brew highly toxic potions. Hold down the Use key in the hotkey bar to eat spider eyes. Each spider eye will restore 2 () hunger and 3.2 saturation, giving the player 4 seconds of Poison I effect.
Fermented Spider Eyes		Ingredients Crafting recipe Brown Mushroom + Sugar + Spider Eye	Used to brew invisibility, damage, slowness and weakness potions.
Poison Potato		There is a chance that ripe potatoes will drop after being harvested.	Press and hold the Use key in the hotkey bar to eat poisonous potatoes. Each poisonous potato restores 2 () hunger and 1.2 saturation, and has a 60% probability of giving the player 4 seconds of [ [Poisoning]]I effect.

Changes

Name	Image	Changed
ship		A new icon has been designed for the item ship. Now includes the item paddle. Boats made of different wood plank textures come in different colors.
Food		Players who eat food will restore their hunger points, but their health points will not be restored immediately.
Pufferfish	File:Pufferfish JE2 BE1.png	Now creates the following status effects Poison IV (1:00) Hunger III (0:15) Nausea (0:15)
Rotten Flesh	File:Rotten Flesh JE1 BE1.png	Due to the addition of hunger, they now give the player the status effect Hunger instead of Poison in 0.11.0.
Beetroot		Beet seeds can now be obtained from village farms. Beet seeds can no longer be obtained by hoeing.
seed		Seeds can no longer be obtained by hoeing.
Book		Now crafted using leather.
Spawn Egg		Creatures spawned from renamed monster eggs will have the same name as the spawn egg, and their names will appear in the death message after death. Zombie spawn eggs now have a chance to spawn zombie villagers.
Sword		Can no longer be used to break blocks in creative mode.
Magma Cream	File:Magma Cream JE1 BE1.png	Can now be crafted.

Structure

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Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Nether		New dimensions.	yes	yes	Same as Java version, unlimited size.
Nether portal		Man-made	no	no	Used to enter or leave the Nether. The maximum size can be built to 23×23 grids. All items previously obtained through Nether Reactor can now be obtained through their respective normal channels.
Nether Fortress		the-nether	yes	yes

Changes

Name	Image	Changed
Village		Now generates with only one type of wheat + one other crop instead of all one type of crop. Now generates with Beet. Now spawns iron golems.

Game Content

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Name	Description
particle	angryVillager largeexplode hugeexplode blockdust slime enchantementtable droplet snowshovel
hunger	Eating no longer directly restores HP.
Weather	Added rain, snow and thunderstorm weather.
Sprint	Activate by double-clicking the arrow keys.
Stealth	A new sneak button is added to switch the stealth state. Before this, an Xperia PLAY device was needed to switch.
Brewing	Added a complete brewing system.
Difficulty	Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard
Item Repair	Use Anvil to perform.
Animation	Added animation when switching items in the shortcut bar.

Changes

Name	Change
Control	Flight controls are now slightly smaller. Slight delay when jumping in tight spaces. Players can now place blocks underneath them while sneaking. Hand movement animation will be shown every time a block is clicked, not just when placing the block.
Chat	Players can now chat while sleeping on bed. Moved the pause and chat buttons to the middle position at the top of the screen.