Pocket Edition v0.16.0 alpha

Alpha 0.16.0
Edition	Pocket Edition
Official name	Boss Update
Planned release date	?

Alpha 0.16.0, the first release of The Boss Update, is an upcoming update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition with no set release date.

More information regarding the update is expected to be revealed at MineCon 2016, which begins on September 24, 2016.

Additions

General

• Ability to customize keyboard controls.
• Added search tab to creative inventory (Win 10 only).
• Added mouse UI sensitivity slider in VR options (Win 10 Rift only).
• New UI for options menu.
• More options.
  • Version exclusive: Toggle Crouch
• Added warning before exit the game.

Commands

• /clearfixedinv – Version exclusive
• /clone
• /deop
• /execute
• /fill
• /gamemode
• /give
• /help (with alias /?)
• /kill
• /list
• /op
• /say
• /setblock
• /setfixedinvslot – Version exclusive
• /setworldspawn
• /spawnpoint
• /summon
• /tell (with aliases /msg, /w)
• /testforblocks
• /time
• /toggledownfall
• /tp (with alias /teleport)
• /testforblock
• /weather
• /wsserver – Version exclusive
• /xp

World Generation

• Ocean monuments

Blocks

• Sea Lantern
• Prismarine
• Wet Sponge
• File:Borderblockpe.png Border Block
  • A red block that has a block model similar to cobblestone wall.
  • Can only be broken using commands.
  • Invisible blocks possibly appear on top and bottom of the border block, and they are unbreakable.
    • Will break if the border block is broken.
  • Can be obtained using /give.
    • Obtained item doesn't do anything.
  • Can be placed using /setblock.
  • Red particles appear on top of the block and fly upwards.
• Version exclusive: Chalkboard
  • Has unused item form textures.
  • Is listed in autocomplete of /setblock as 2D Wooden Planks icon.
  • Can only be placed using /setblock. However, it says Block placed but actually nothing will be placed.

Items

• Prismarine Crystals
• Prismarine Shard
• Spawn Eggs
  • Guardian
• Version exclusive: NPC (Spawn egg doesn't work, can only be spawned using /summon command.)
• Version exclusive: Portfolio
  • Can be obtained using commands.
  • Has a GUI that doesn't do anything.

Mobs

• Guardian
• Elder Guardian
  • Version exclusive: Doesn't have a spawn egg.
  • Version exclusive: Is considered a boss mob.
• Version exclusive: NPC
  • Looks like a villager, currently doesn't do anything and can only be spawned with commands (/summon npc ~ ~ ~)

Changes

General

• Performance improvements.
• Skin picker no longer shows the silhouette of the skins behind it when choosing a custom skin.
• Tweaked mouse sensitivity for vertical vs. horizontal motion in UI in Rift (Win 10 Rift only).
• Increased maximum view distance for capable GPUs (Win10 and EDU only).
• Tweaked the clock texture so it has all the correct pixels
• Old world type option
  • Not shown anymore.
  • Old worlds created earlier still can be make infinite.

Items

• Bucket
  • New sound when using.

• Maps
  • Version exclusive: Now have different colors for different biomes.

• Grass Path
  • Added sounds when making.

• Camera
  • Now has a block form in inventory but placing it spawns the entity
  • Block can be placed with commands like /setblock and /fill (Block ID is minecraft:camera)
  • "Take Picture" button now works.

Blocks

• Sponge
  • Readded to survival mode.
  • Now can absorb water.
  • Now uses PC 1.8 texture.
• Bed
  • Now have sound when placed.

Mobs

• Squids
  • Version exclusive: Added new sounds.

Planned additions

Blocks

• Beacons

Items

• Nether Star

Mobs

• Wither

Planned changes

General

• Resource packs
  • Ability to edit every resource in the game
    • Possibly: This will allow things like the GUI to be re-textured in a resource pack.
  • UI for importing custom resource packs