Bedrock Edition guides/Overworld Update

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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Overworld Update (Bedrock Edition 0.14.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with 0.13.x releases.

Creature[]

NEW CONTENT[]

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Witch	File:Witch BE2.png	Witches can be generated in places where the Overworld Lightness level is less than or equal to 7. Villagers located within 3 blocks of Lightning will turn into witches.	Glass Bottle (12.5%) Glowstone dust (12.5%) Gunpowder (12.5%) Redstone (12.5%) Spider Eye (12.5%) Sugar (12.5%) Stick (25%) Randomly select 0-2 items and drop 1-3 items each, with a maximum of 6 items dropped in total.	Use new sounds. There is a chance that the potion in hand will be dropped when killed by the player.

Changes[]

Name	Image	Changed
Young Zombie	File:Baby Zombie JE1 BE1.png	Version exclusive has a 15% chance of trying to ride other creatures. If this event is triggered, the following creatures will be prioritized before attacking the player: Adult Chicken Adult Ocelot Adult Wolf Adult Zombie Cow pig Sheep spider
Blaze		Version exclusive glows in the dark.
Creeper		Got shorter (1.7 blocks tall instead of 1.8 blocks). The detection range for players wearing helmets is adjusted to 50% of the normal range. Explosions are more powerful and more consistent.
Enderman	File:Enderman BE1.png	Drops blocks in hand when killed.
Ghost		Version exclusive's eyes will flash.
Magma Cube	File:Magma Cube JE1 BE1.png	Version exclusive core will glow in the dark.
Villager		Become taller (1.95 blocks tall instead of 1.8 blocks tall, baby mobs 0.975 blocks tall instead of 0.9 blocks tall). Will turn into a Witch when struck by lightning. More diverse occupations.
Skeleton		The detection range for players wearing the corresponding Head is adjusted to 50% of the normal range. Became taller (1.99 blocks higher instead of 1.95 blocks).
zombie	File:Zombie JE1 BE1.png	The detection range for players wearing the corresponding creature's head is adjusted to 50% of the normal range.
Cow		Become taller (1.4 blocks tall instead of 1.3 blocks tall, baby creatures 0.7 blocks tall instead of 0.65 blocks tall).
Mooshroom	File:Mooshroom JE2 BE1.png File:Baby Mooshroom JE1 BE1.png	Become taller (1.4 blocks tall instead of 1.3 blocks tall, baby creatures 0.7 blocks tall instead of 0.65 blocks tall).
Squid		Version exclusive now has particle effects for bubbles. Got shorter (0.8 blocks longer instead of 0.95 blocks).
Wither Skeleton	File:Wither Skeleton JE1 BE1.png	Got shorter (2.4 blocks tall instead of 2.535 blocks tall, 0.7 blocks wide instead of 0.72 blocks wide).
Iron Golem		Got shorter (2.7 blocks tall instead of 2.9 blocks tall).
Wolf		Became taller (0.85 blocks high instead of 0.8 blocks high).

Block[]

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Name

Image

Obtaining

Tool Required

Uses

Redstone Comparator

File:Active Redstone Comparator JE2 BE1.pngFile:Subtracting Redstone Comparator JE2 BE1.pngFile:Active Subtracting Redstone Comparator JE2 BE1.png

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Torch + Nether Quartz + Stone

Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.

Maintain signal strength, compare signal strength, difference signal strength or detect block status.

Dispenser

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Cobblestone + Bow + Redstone Dust		The enchantment attached to the bow will not affect the crafted launcher.

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Used to launch items or projectiles.

Big Trapped Chest

File:Trapped Double Chest.gif

Two trapped chests placed side by side will now turn into a large trapped chest.

Can be destroyed with any tool or with bare hands, but an ax is the fastest.

Can be used as an item container to store items or as a redstone component.

Hopper

File:Hopper JE2 BE1.png

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot + Chest

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Used to collect items.

Thrower

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cobblestone + Redstone Dust

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Used for throwing items.

Redstone Repeater

File:Redstone Repeater Delay 3 JE2 BE1.pngFile:Active Redstone Repeater Delay 3 JE2 BE1.png

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Torch + Redstone Dust + Stone

Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.

Used to "relay" the redstone signal and amplify, prevent the signal from flowing backwards, or "latch" the signal state.

Item Frame

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Leather

Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.

Used to place items or blocks in it for display.

cauldron

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot

Each Swamp Hut will generate an empty cauldron, and the generated cauldron will be filled with a random potion or splash potion.

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Can fill buckets with full cauldrons.
Version exclusive adds dye to dye the internal water.
- Colors can be mixed.
Version exclusive can dye items (such as leather armor).
Version exclusive can use water bottle to add water to cauldron.
Version exclusive can store potions.
- The potion will make an explosive sound when mixed, but will not explode.

Red Sandstone, cut red sandstone and carved red sandstone

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Red Sandstone	Red Sand
Cut Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone	4
Chiseled Red Sandstone	Red Sandstone Slab

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Red sandstone can be synthesized into red sandstone stairs and red sandstone steps.

Red Sandstone Stairs

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Red Sandstone	4

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Sprinting when going up stairs can increase the climbing speed, but it will also consume a lot of Saturation energy.

Red Sandstone Steps

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Red Sandstone	6

Can be mined with any kind of pickaxe, otherwise no items will be dropped.

Can be used to craft carved red sandstone.

Slime Block

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Slimeball

Can be broken with any tool and drop itself.

Used for bouncing, transporting items, moving via pistons, or crafting Slimeballs.

Changes[]

Name	Image	Changed
Large fern		Generates in all biomes of the world.
Trapped Chest		Two trapped chests will merge into a large trapped chest when placed adjacent to each other.
Pumpkin and Head		Players can wear it.
Double layer花	File:Lilac JE1 BE1.pngFile:Rose Bush JE1 BE1.pngFile:Peony JE1 BE1.png	When using Bone Meal on it, the corresponding item will drop.
花	File:Poppy JE1 BE1.pngFile:Blue Orchid JE1 BE1.pngFile:Allium JE1 BE1.pngFile:Azure Bluet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Red Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Orange Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:White Tulip JE1 BE1. pngFile:Pink Tulip JE1 BE1.pngFile:Oxeye Daisy JE1 BE1.pngFile:Lilac JE1 BE1.pngFile:Rose Bush JE1 BE1.pngFile:Peony JE1 BE1.png	The hitbox for flowers and similar blocks is no longer a block.
Snow		When destroyed by Shovel, it will drop Snowball. Rendering is now faster.
Carpet	File:White Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Orange Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Magenta Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Light Blue Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Yellow Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Lime Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Pink Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Gray Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Light Gray Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Cyan Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Purple Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Blue Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Brown Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Green Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Red Carpet JE1 BE1.pngFile:Black Carpet JE1 BE1.png	Rendering is now faster.
stairs	File:Quartz Slab JE1 BE1.png	Rendering is now faster.
Nether Bricks		Got brighter textures.
Lava		There are new animations.
camera		Updated textures. No longer functional.

Items[]

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Name

Image

Obtaining

Uses

Map

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper

Used to view explored terrain or display player position.

Ender Pearl

File:Ender Pearl JE1 BE1.png

Currently only available through editing inventory.

Used for transmission.

Changes[]

Name	Image	Changed
Leather Armor		100% dyeable.

Structure[]

NEW CONTENT[]

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Swamp Hut	File:Swamp Hut.png	Swamp Swamp Hills	no	yes	Version exclusive cauldron contains random potions.

Changes[]

Name	Appearance	Change
Abandoned Mineshaft	File:Badland mineshaft.png	Now spawns transport minecarts instead of chests.
Village		Increased the ratio of the number of doors to the number of villagers in the village.
mossy boulders	File:Mossy Cobblestone Boulder.png	The moss boulders generated in Giant Taiga are now more rounded.
Giant Mushroom		Giant mushrooms no longer spawn in water.

Game Content[]

Changes[]

Name	Change
Creative Mode	Added survival mode tab. chest, anvil, furnace, thrower, launcher, brewing stand, enchanting table and Hopper can interact with creative mode players. It is now possible to pick up 64 items by throwing them in Creative Mode.
Texture	Organized texture files. Updated texture and language buttons. Looks more like the Windows 10 version of the button.
voice	Changed the sounds of jumping into and swimming in water.
Animation	Version exclusive New player burning animation Version exclusive new entry animation