For a guide about all content in this release and the other releases of 0.5, see Bedrock Edition guides/0.5 releases.
v0.5.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on Android and iOS on November 15, 2012[1][2] and on an unknown date on Fire.[3] It added notable features, such as melons, paintings, glowstone, the Nether reactor as well as other changes and fixes.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Version exclusive: Nether reactor core
- Used to create a Nether reactor.
- Can be crafted with 3 diamonds and 6 iron ingots.
- Version exclusive: Glowing obsidian
- Light-emitting block that is created from the conversion of blocks that make up a Nether reactor.
- Drops regular obsidian when mined.
- A light-emitting block that can be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.
- A fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem.
- Are currently unobtainable.
- Are currently unobtainable.
- Cannot be written on.
- Used to store the inventory icon for grass blocks.
- Is not obtainable by normal means.
Items[]
- Can be used to grow melon plants.
- A food item that can be eaten by the player.
Mobs[]
- Undead, hostile mobs that spawn from nether reactors.
Non-mob entities[]
- Decorative entities that hang on walls.
Gameplay[]
- Version exclusive: Nether reactor
- Created by placing cobblestone and blocks of gold in a 3×3 area around a nether reactor core.
- On initialization, a nether spire generates around it. The blocks used for the reactor, excluding the core, are replaced with glowing obsidian over the next few seconds, starting with the cobblestone.
- After initialization, three zombie pigmen are spawned in, and a 45 second spawn cycle begins. The following items are able to spawn during this cycle:
- Once the spawn cycle ends, the time of day is set to night, and the reactor is replaced with a 3×3×3 box of obsidian containing the core.
- Version exclusive: Nether spire
- A huge structure consisting of obsidian that generates when a Nether reactor is activated.
- Holes form on the outside of it once the Nether reactor's spawn cycle ends.
- Slows the player down and prevents them from falling off of blocks.
- Currently only available on the Xperia PLAY gaming console.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Are now easier to get out of.
- Added a Leave Bed button that lets the player exit the bed.
- Version exclusive: Now restore health when slept in.
- Now turns back to dirt if the player or any mob falls onto it from 1 block or more.
- Can now be grown on sand.
- Are now able to spread.
- Can now only be generated or placed in areas with low light, making them significantly less common.
Items[]
- Is now obtainable in Survival mode via the nether reactor.
- Can be used to craft glowstone.
- Now restore 4 instead of 2 when eaten.
- Now restores 5 instead of 2 when eaten.
- Now restores 8 instead of 4 when eaten.
- Now restores 2 instead of 1 when eaten.
- Now restores 6 instead of 3 when eaten.
- Now restores 3 instead of 1 when eaten.
- Now restores 8 instead of 4 when eaten.
- Now restore 3 instead of 1 when eaten.
- Now restore 8 instead of 4 when eaten.
Mobs[]
- Version exclusive: Have new animations.
- Version exclusive: Have new animations.
Gameplay[]
- Distance fog
- Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.
- Version exclusive: is now displayed at the top-left of the screen instead of above the hotbar.
- The name of the selected item or block is now displayed over it.
Fixes[]
- 39 issues fixed
- From released versions before 0.5.0
- MCPE-1 – Trapdoors can't be crafted in survival
- MCPE-2 – No description at Smooth stone in crafting bench
- MCPE-4 – The player can't leave their bed when sleeping
- MCPE-6 – No explosion sound when Creepers explode
- MCPE-7 – Seeds drop below grass block when using hoe
- MCPE-11 – Survival bugs: Crop tiles survives farmland destroyed underneath them
- MCPE-14 – When destroying the top half of a bed in creative mode, it gives a bed back as a resource
- MCPE-17 – TNT, Flint and Steel and Stone Bricks aren't available in the creative mode inventory
- MCPE-18 – Grass block not available in Creative mode inventory
- MCPE-20 – Food not restoring the right number of hearts
- MCPE-23 – Door Duplication
- MCPE-27 – Not possible to activate peaceful mode
- MCPE-29 – Trapdoors can be placed on transparent blocks like flowers, saplings, glass, etc.
- MCPE-30 – Placing door on a farmland will create a floating half-door
- MCPE-34 – Xperia Play: The player can't eat or charge the bow
- MCPE-46 – Torch can be placed on side of fence
- MCPE-51 – Bed: Respawn at the wrong height?
- MCPE-57 – Multiplayer infinity bone meal
- MCPE-93 – Players sleeping in a bed can be pushed off the bed
- MCPE-105 – The player can't exit their bed with split touch controls
- MCPE-115 – Breaking block with torch on it
- MCPE-134 – Can't sleep with my bed like this(picture included)
- MCPE-160 – Lava can burn the player even if the lava is several blocks away
- MCPE-172 – Stone bricks: Missing description
- MCPE-189 – Missing Fence Sound Effect
- MCPE-190 – Farmland and other plants bug
- MCPE-216 – Steel and flint don't take damage
- MCPE-218 – Bed: Should sleep when pressing the bottom end
- MCPE-237 – Extra Feathers For Player 2
- MCPE-269 – Using an item can sometimes attack animal/player when not facing them
- MCPE-272 – Animals sometimes never respawn in a map
- MCPE-303 – Sleeping at the edge of the map causes the player to spawn really high in the sky after the player dies
- MCPE-345 – Torches Jumping off Fences
- MCPE-370 – Trapdoor placement bug
- MCPE-382 – Player 1 places torches on ground, but player 2 sees them on the wall
- MCPE-387 – Stuck when walking down side of fence when reaching closed gate
- MCPE-408 – Sugarcane is unable to be placed on sand
- MCPE-422 – Crash when loading saved world
- MCPE-491 – Disappearing trapdoors
J-version[]
v0.5.0j alpha was released on an unknown release date.[4] This was the last J-version of Pocket Edition.
Gallery[]
Development images[]
References[]
- ↑ Announced here: https://twitter.com/jbernhardsson/status/269075234374705152 and released on iOS (as shown by the block sounds) on the same day: https://youtu.be/rYrv_QSo2KU
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130128073657/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20121119021216/http://www.amazon.com:80/Mojang-Minecraft-Pocket-Edition/dp/B00992CF6W
- ↑ https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/minecraft-bedrock-support/1945286-my-mc-pe-is-stuck-on-0-5-0j-alpha