Bedrock Edition guides/0.5 releases

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Bedrock Edition 0.5.x releases, which assumes at least some familiarity with Bedrock Edition 0.4.x releases.

Blocks[]

New[]

Name	Image	Obtaining	Tool Required	Uses
Nether Reactor Core			Pickaxe	Used for creating nether reactors
Glowing Obsidian		Created by nether reactors	Diamond pickaxe (drops normal obsidian)	Forms active nether reactors
Glowstone		Ingredients Crafting recipe Glowstone Dust	Any	Emits light
Melon		Ingredients Crafting recipe Melon Slice	Axe	Drops melon slices
Melon Stem		Created by planting melon seeds on farmland	Any	Randomly grows melons on dirt next to it
Sign		Unobtainable	Axe	Can have text written on it
Cobweb		Unobtainable	Sword	Slows entities that touch it
Grass carried		Unobtainable	N/A	Technical block used for rendering grass blocks in the inventory

Changed[]

Name	Image	Changed
Mushroom		Can now spread. Can now only be placed in dark areas.
Sugar Cane		Can now grow on sand.

Items[]

New[]

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Melon Seeds		Ingredients Crafting recipe Melon Slice	Can be planted to grow melon stalks
Melon Slice		Drops from melon blocks and nether reactors	Restores 2 health
Glowstone Dust		Drops from glowstone and nether reactors	Used for crafting glowstone

Entities[]

New[]

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Note
Painting		Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Painting Stick + Any Wool	Painting	Decorative entities that hang on walls which come in 29 different variants.

Mobs[]

New[]

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops
Zombie Pigman		Nether reactors	Feather (0–1) Gold Ingot (0–1)

Structures[]

New[]

Name	Image	Generates	Chests	Mobs	Description
Nether Reactor		Wherever built	No	Zombie Pigmen	Generates a nether spire when activated with flint and steel
Nether Spire		Around activated nether reactors	No	Zombie Pigmen	Spawns items and zombie pigmen inside itself while active

Gameplay[]

New[]

Name	Description
Sneaking	Added ability to sneak