The 0.9.0 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is the mobile version’s biggest update yet, is out today on Android and iOS. It’s quite the game changer.
Minecraft PE’s last update landed in December, so there was (and is) a lot of hype surrounding 0.9.0. It even has its own Twitter hashtag. And with good reason! The single biggest change is the introduction of infinite worlds—whereas Pocket Edition maps were limited to a 256-by-256 block size before, now, like on the PC version, they stretch for as far as you can explore. (Though there might be certain issues if you go too far.)
Apart from that, 0.9.0 also
adds a bunch of content already present in the PC version, like mobs, terrain generation features, and biomes. Here’s Mojang’s “huge” list of changes:
New features
Unlimited worlds!
New culling algorithm
New culling of clouds
Tile entities are saved differently
New falling mechanics for gravel and sand
New insta ticking of water and lava
New blocks
Podzol
Mycelium
Huge mushroom blocks
Cocoa
End portal frame
Double plants
More stairs/slabs for new wood types
New log types (savanna tree and dark oak)
New leafs (savanna tree)
Monster egg
Stained clay
Waterlily
New flowers
Red sand
Hardened clay
End stone
Granite
Diorite
Andesite
Emerald block
Emerald ore
New leveldb based saving format
New entity handling
New crafting screen
Remade network code (mostly the same packages but new system).
New interact button (to make the game easier for new players)
New mobs
Slimes
Endermen
Wolves
Mooshrooms
Silverfish
New and updated biomes
Deserts
Extreme hills
Forests
Redwood taiga
Roofed forests
Frozen
Jungle
Savanna
Mesa
Mushroom island
Taiga
Deep ocean
Swamps
New world feature generation
Sand
Boulders
Ice patch
Ice spike
Spike
Lake
Double plants
Ground bushes
Fancy oaks
Jungle tree
Mega jungle tree
Mega pine tree
Savanna tree
Swamp tree
Huge mushroom
Tallgrass
Waterlily
Vines
Melons
Pumpkin
Dead bush
Monster rooms
Desert well
Fallen logs
Emerald ore
Tweaks to caves
Lava at the bottom of caves
Caves in desert and mesa
Strongholds
Villages
Villagers
Abandoned mine shafts
Flat world generation
Limited world generation
“New” mob spawning
Updated light generation
Grass color for different biomes
Foliage color for different biomes
Water color for swamps
New AI
Spiders
New leaf rendering
Added more spawn eggs in Creative Mode
Added immersive mode for Android
Added drip particles for water and lava
Updated create world screen
Tweaks and bug fixes
Correct name for stairs, slabs and spawn eggs
Beds no longer gives full health in normal difficulty
Smooth lighting added for:
Beds
Fences
Walls
Cobwebs
Chests
Leaves
Smooth lighting removed for:
Glowstone
Glass
Jack ‘o’ lanterns
Improved performance of TNT
Prettier clouds
The fog is darker underground
“Huge” indeed.
If you haven’t had a chance to try mobile Minecraft yet, it’s as good a time as ever with this new patch. You can grab Pocket Edition
here for iOS, and here for Android.
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