1.1, the first release of the Discovery Update[1], is an upcoming major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition with no set release date. The first beta build was released on March 31, 2017. [2]
Additions
Gameplay
World generation
- Woodland mansions
- Version exclusives: Mansion floors uses Oak Planks instead of Birch Planks, and banners do not generate
Blocks
Items
- Explorer maps (Not obtainable in survival in build 1 and build 2)
- Totem of undying
- Iron nugget
- Spawn eggs
- Llama, vindicator, evoker, vex.
Mobs
Game mode
Other
- Off-hand slot
- Only works with Arrows and Totems of Undying.
- Added a setting to toggle smooth lighting
Changes
World generation
- Changes in world generation. Seeds which contain pre-generated structures such as ocean monuments & igloos may generate those structures in different places.
- Version exclusive: White beds now generate in igloos
Blocks
- Texture is changed.
- Texture is changed.
- The uncolored block is now called "Terracotta"
- The colored blocks are now called, for instance, "Red Terracotta"
- Version exclusive: Can now be dyed in all 16 colors. Also when jumped upon, has a short bounce.
Items
- Maps are now numbered so you can tell which map is which
- Empty maps with compasses have been renamed to locator maps to distinguish between empty maps without compasses
- Enchanted golden apple now called Enchanted Apple
Mobs & Entities
- Now attacks with poison time based on difficulty.
- Improved lead rope physics.
Commands
CanPlaceOn&CanDestroyare now supported in the/replaceitemcommand/gamerule- New game rules:
dodaylightcycle,doentitydrops,dofiretick,domobspawning,domobloot,dotiledrops,doweathercycle,keepinventoryandmobgriefing
- New game rules:
/locatecommand will now find more structures
Other
- Iron and gold tools can now be smelted into iron nuggets and gold nuggets
- Dampened the vertical look speed when using a controller
- Improved navigation of the settings screen when using a controller
- The
button can now be used to clear the hotbar on the Creative inventory screen when using a controller - Improved controller input when selecting items on the Creative inventory screen
- New sleeping animation slowly lowers you into serene slumber
- Worlds will now show a screenshot in the main menu
- Eating animation can now be seen in third-person camera
Upcoming additions
Fixes
- Fixed a crash when importing certain resource packs
- Players can now see particles after other players fall from over three blocks high
- MCPE-19414 Leads no longer float above rabbits' heads
- Fixed special characters on signs being visible through walls
- Horses now make sounds when they jump!
- Fixed pressure plates and other Redstone items staying pressed when the player leaves the chunks
- Fixed Redstone that is placed below and beside a piston appear to connect to the piston
- Fixed Hoppers not pulling items from above if all slots were occupied
- The host and other players no longer get disconnected from the game session when the host minimizes the game (iOS only)
- MCPE-8332 Finally fixed the bug with MCPE not starting on some Android devices (Thank you, Tomas A!)
- MCPE-14019 Items shot from droppers and dispensers can now be picked up quickly
- Players can no longer place top slabs under them while standing on a bottom slab, preventing falling
- Fixed lava flowing too far in the Nether
- Shulkers will teleport away when placed on top of a piston
- Shulkers will no longer drop experience orbs after being killed using the
/killcommand - Fixed Shulkers that are spawned with a dispenser under a top slab
- Mobs can now see players through non-solid blocks. No more hiding from Creepers in sugar cane!
- Fixed some shading/shadow issues with some Android devices (Xoom/Tegra2, we're looking at you!)
- Fixed mob spawning so it is now modified by the number of players in the game and where they are located in proximity to other players
- Fixed some issues with hit detections against entities
- You can now use whisper-like commands (
/tell,/w,/message) on dead players - Maps can again be zoomed out in the crafting table
- Green arrows no longer appear on all framed maps
- Green arrows are no longer left on the map after it is removed from an item frame
- MCPE-19993 Splash/lingering potions can now go into brewing stands from a hopper
- Creepers no longer sometimes get stuck inflating when a player hits it & then moves back
- The End Rod will now be greyed out in the Pocket UI crafting table if the player is lacking the necessary ingredients
/stopsound&/playsoundnow name all players affected by those commands- Fixed an issue when attempting to activate "Wheel Turning" in VR options (VR only)
- Pressing the tab key now finishes the typed command properly (Rift only)
- MCPE-12281 Renamed blocks/containers now have their names changed in menus/inventory
- Fixed some crashes when importing Add-ons
- Smite enchantment now affects all undead mobs
- Mobs that are lifted up by Shulker projectiles will now be shown lifting up properly
- Breaking a Shulker projectile will now show the effect
- Starting a sign message with §§ will no longer make the text invisible
- MCPE-19299 Elytra will now lose durability in Survival multiplayer games
- MCPE-18872 Mooshrooms will now respawn on mushroom islands
- Experience orbs no longer splash when they fall in water
- Having one spawn egg in Peaceful Creative mode will no longer consume the egg
- Crops will no longer yield a fixed amount after harvesting
- Click MMB on a flower pot containing a flower will now select the flower
- Adjusted the color of several blocks on maps
- Maps created in [[the Nether]{ will now show red and gray patterns, not just gray
- Shulkers will no longer immediately attack when a player leaves cover
- Trees and giant mushrooms will no longer be missing blocks when spawned on the edge of a chunk
- The Wither will now play sound during its spawning animation
- MCPE-20357
/clearcommand now removes equipped armor - No more "crazy mouse" - sensitivity should be correct now
- MCPE-19004 Ender Dragon's ender charge attack now has correct sound
- Cracking animation & particles now display correctly in multiplayer
- Fixed a start-up crash on some Android devices
- Player markers on a map no longer turn black and are left on the map after another player disconnects
- You no longer lose all your text to the right if you move your text cursor to the middle of the text box and press enter
- MCPE-14022 Covering a roof of a spawn chamber with half-slabs no longer severely reduces the mob spawn rate
- Items can again be pushed under an upper half-slab
- Virtual keyboard is now available in single player (Gear VR only)
- Fixed a crash when feeding adult animals to breed them with only one food item in a stack
- Feeding a tamed wolf will now restore the correct amount of health, depending on the type of meat used
- Dates of save games are now the proper format of "day/month/year" for Dutch language settings
- Polar bears no longer deal damage on Peaceful
- Donkeys and mules can no longer be tempted with food until they are tamed
- Lava buckets that are in a furnace's fuel slot will no longer turn into a water bucket when a wet sponge has finished drying
- Players no longer suffocate when the
drowingdamagegamerule is disabled - Various mobs inside monster spawners will no longer be huge
- Fixed texture issues on anvils
- Fixed a graphical glitch when sand is falling
- FoV will now increase while sprinting and flying when FoV is set to max setting
- Fixed large oak trees spawning with birch wood
- Iron Golems will no longer attack a player after they are killed by the Iron Golem
- Particles now appear behind arrows when seeing another player shoot arrows
- Shearing a Mooshroom that is attached to a lead will no longer remove the lead
- Chicken jockeys will now walk with the speed of a baby zombie
- Mobs spinning in a monster spawner will no longer stutter
- Blazes will now stop burning after they stop targeting a player
- Blazes now perform melee attacks with the right damage
- Skeleton horses and zombie horses now drop the proper amount of bones or rotten flesh
- The panoramic image view for mash-up packs in the store can now be scrolled using a controller
- Farmland and crops are now destroyed when players jump on them
- Fixed the vignette at the edges of the screen in The End
- Items thrown by players no longer carry the player's momentum
- Conditional/Unconditional setting for Command Blocks will now copy when using Ctrl+MMB
- Fixed textures on the bottom of lead knots
- MCPE-19849 Fixed the height view distance when Beautiful Skies is enabled
- High-jumping horses will no longer take damage when they jump and land from the same height
- Mobs can no longer spawn on top of slabs
- Fixed a crash when interacting with skulls
- Mobs from the overworld will no longer spawn in The End
- MCPE-19633 Fixed falling blocks breaking and duplicating when falling onto pistons
- Armor Items are now equipped to mobs when dispensed
- Several Redstone components like buttons and levers can be now placed on top of fences and walls
- Color gradients of grass blocks no longer appear as large-square patterns
- MCPE-19575 Rails can no longer be duplicated using sticky pistons
- MCPE-20315 Fixed resource packs failing to import if there are colors in the name of the pack
- MCPE-11279 MCPE-10077 MCPE-10079 MCPE-11555 MCPE-16940 Fixed sounds with a variety of items
- Rain will no longer fill cauldrons with the last potion it was filled with
- MCPE-17582 Boats can now be broken when occupied by a horse
- Skulls will no longer be invisible when spawned with the
/fillcommand - Using the
/time querycommand now returns more descriptive messages - Fixed the consistency of death messages for all players when falling into the void
- The progress of brewing stands will now copy when using Ctrl+MMB
- Enchanted golden apples are now called "Enchanted Apples"
- Executing an unfinished command now updates the chat with 'invalid command syntax' message
- Items can now be enchanted with the Unbreaking effect using the
/enchantcommand - An error message now appears when using the
/replaceitemcommand with non-existent slot number or exceeds an item stack's boundaries - Only the appropriate armor can be placed in each armor slot using the
/replaceitemcommand - Horses can no longer be equipped with any item in the saddle slot by using the
/replaceitemcommand - The correct error message is now shown for import failures of a non-ZIP Add-On files
- Sugar cane can once again be planted on podzol blocks
- The elder guardian's special attack to inflict mining fatigue will now play sound
- Baby Zombies, Baby Zombie Villagers, Baby Zombie Pigmen and Endermites will now attack players standing in fence corners
- Fixed Zombie villager transformation rate depending on difficulty
- Saplings that grow into trees will no longer replace other blocks with leaves
- The Wither's shield will now block all projectiles
- Fixed recipes containing charcoal that could not be selected in the Pocket UI when using a controller and coal was also in the player's inventory
- When using the
/replaceitemcommand, all chat messages after the command is executed will display the proper item name - Ice and packed ice are now properly destroyed in Creative mode
- MCPE-18471 Beacon beams now appear through clouds
- Mobs will no longer get stuck and spin around on top of chests
- MCPE-20460 Using the
/givecommand with a damage value will now give the item the right durability - The error message for too much power used in the
/effectcommand now shows the amount of power, not time - Fixed items received from the
/replaceitemcommand, when executed after/clear, not being visible until the inventory was opened - The jump button will no longer disappear from the touch pad when pressing Fly Up and Fly Down buttons
- Fixed the throwing rate of snowballs to be consistent with the host of a game session
- Command blocks will now show all lines in the Previous Output field
- Fixed players having no sound when joining an Xbox Live game