Bedrock Edition guides/0.5 releases

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Bedrock Edition 0.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Bedrock Edition 0.4.x releases.

Blocks[]

New[]

Name

Image

Obtaining

Tool Required

Uses

Nether Reactor Core

Pickaxe

Used for creating nether reactors

Glowing Obsidian

Created by nether reactors

Diamond pickaxe (drops normal obsidian)

Forms active nether reactors

Glowstone

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glowstone Dust

Any

Emits light

Melon

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Melon Slice

Axe

Drops melon slices

Melon Stem

Created by planting melon seeds on farmland

Any

Randomly grows melons on dirt next to it

Sign

Unobtainable

Axe

Can have text written on it

Cobweb

Unobtainable

Sword

Slows entities that touch it

Grass carried

Unobtainable

N/A

Technical block used for rendering grass blocks in the inventory

Changed[]


Name	Image	Changed
Mushroom		Can now spread. Can now only be placed in dark areas.
Sugar Cane		Can now grow on sand.

Items[]

New[]

Name

Image

Obtaining

Uses

Melon Seeds

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Melon Slice

Can be planted to grow melon stalks

Melon Slice

Drops from melon blocks and nether reactors

Restores 2 health

Glowstone Dust

Drops from glowstone and nether reactors

Used for crafting glowstone

Entities[]

New[]

Name

Image

Habitat

Drops

Note

Painting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Painting	Stick + Any Wool

Painting

Decorative entities that hang on walls which come in 29 different variants.

Mobs[]

New[]


Name	Image	Habitat	Drops
Zombie Pigman		Nether reactors	Feather (0–1) Gold Ingot (0–1)

Structures[]

New[]

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Nether Reactor		Wherever built	No	Zombie Pigmen	Generates a nether spire when activated with flint and steel
Nether Spire		Around activated nether reactors	No	Zombie Pigmen	Spawns items and zombie pigmen inside itself while active

Gameplay[]

New[]

Name	Description
Sneaking	Added ability to sneak