Pocket Edition v0.16.0 alpha

Alpha 0.16.0
Edition	Pocket Edition
Official name	Boss Update
Planned release date	October 18, 2016

Alpha 0.16.0, the first release of The Boss Update, is an upcoming update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition which will be released on October 18, 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.
• New UI for creating, editing servers menu.
• New UI for world option menu.
• More options.
  • Version exclusive: Toggle Crouch
• Added warning before exit the game.

Commands

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

World Generation

• Ocean monuments

Blocks

• Sea Lantern
• Prismarine
• Wet Sponge
• Beacons

Items

• Prismarine Crystals
• Prismarine Shard
• Guardian Spawn Egg
• Nether Star
• Version exclusive: Potion of Decay
  • Version exclusive: Splash Potion of Decay
• Version exclusive: Arrow of Decay

Mobs

• Guardian
• Elder Guardian
  • Version exclusive: Doesn't have a spawn egg.
  • Version exclusive: Is considered a boss mob.
• Wither
  • Version exclusive: When its health reaches 50%, it spawns 3-4 Wither Skeletons.
    • Will not spawn in easy difficulty.
  • Version exclusive: New animation when created and killed.
  • Version exclusive: New sounds.

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.

• Cocoa beans
  • No longer has a crafting recipe.

Blocks

• Sponge
  • Readded to survival mode.
  • Now can absorb water.
  • Now uses PC 1.8 texture.
• Bed
  • Now have sound when placed.
• Furnace
  • Better description (Input , Fuel, Result) for devices that not use controller.
• Monster eggs
  • Added to the Creative inventory.
• Chest
  • Custom name no longer appear in GUI.

Mobs

• Squids
  • Version exclusive: Added new sounds.
• Wither Skeletons
  • Version exclusive: Now spawn when the wither's health is 50%
• Iron Golems
  • Version exclusive: Will now damage player in peaceful difficulty.
• Wolf
  • Version exclusive: Will now damage player in peaceful difficulty.

Planned additions

General

• Add-ons
• Importing and exporting worlds on Realms.
• Elder Guardian spawn egg

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