Pocket Edition v0.5.0 alpha

v0.5.0 alpha is a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on Android and iOS on November 15, 2012 and on an unknown date on Fire. It adds notable features, such as melons, paintings, glowstone, the Nether reactor as well as other changes and fixes. This is the final version released in 2012.

v0.5.0 alpha

Edition	Pocket Edition
Release date	Android, iOS: November 15, 2012 Fire: Unknown
Downloads	Original J-version Original (x86) Reupload (x86) Amazon Appstore client unavailable
Protocol version	8
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This is the last version to support Android 2.1 and 2.2.

Additions

v0.5.0 alpha block and item 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.

Glowstone

• A light-emitting block that can be crafted with 4 glowstone dust.

Melons

• A fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem.

Cobwebs

• Are currently unobtainable.
• Only obtainable trough inventory editors

Signs

• Are currently unobtainable.
• Cannot be written on.
• Is only obtainable trough inventory editors

grass_carried

• Used to store the inventory icon for grass blocks.
• Is not obtainable by normal means.

Items

Melon seeds

• Can be used to grow melon plants.

Melon slices

• A food item that can be eaten by the player.

Mobs

Zombie pigmen

• Undead, hostile mobs that spawn from nether reactors.
• Missing the top of their head layer.

Non-mob entities

Paintings

• 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:
  • Glowstone dust
  • Cacti
  • Sugar cane
  • Brown mushrooms
  • Red mushrooms
  • Melon seeds
  • Arrows
  • Bones
  • Books
  • Bows
  • Bowls
  • Doors
  • Feathers
  • Paintings
  • Beds
• 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.

Sneaking

• Slows the player down and prevents them from falling off of blocks.
• Currently only available on the Xperia PLAY gaming console.

General

• A new x86 compile have been added for Android in order to utilize full performance & capabilities of x86 processors used by certain Android devices, notably some pre-2016 Asus phones and tablets.

Changes

Blocks

Beds

• 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.

Farmland

• Now turns back to dirt if the player or any mob falls onto it from 1 block or more.

Sugar cane

• Can now be grown on sand.

Mushrooms

• Are now able to spread.
• Can now only be generated or placed in areas with low light, making them significantly less common.

Grass block

• Inventory icon changed from to .

Items

Glowstone dust

• Is now obtainable in Survival mode via the nether reactor.
• Can be used to craft glowstone.

Apples

• Now restore 4HP instead of 2HP when eaten.

Bread

• Now restores 5HP instead of 2HP when eaten.

Mushroom stew

• Now restores 8HP instead of 4HP when eaten.

Raw chicken

• Now restores 2HP instead of 1HP when eaten.

Cooked chicken

• Now restores 6HP instead of 3HP when eaten.

Raw beef

• Now restores 3HP instead of 1HP when eaten.

Steak

• Now restores 8HP instead of 4HP when eaten.

Raw porkchops

• Now restore 3HP instead of 1HP when eaten.

Cooked porkchops

• Now restore 8HP instead of 4HP when eaten.

Mobs

Cameras

• Are now invisible and use the player damage sound.

Zombies

• Version exclusive: Have new animations.

Skeletons

• Version exclusive: Have new animations.

Gameplay

Distance fog

• Now covers 10% of the render distance instead of 50%.

Health bar

• Version exclusive: is now displayed at the top-left of the screen instead of above the hotbar.

Hotbar

• The name of the selected item or block is now displayed over it.

Creative inventory

• Additions:
  • Stone bricks
  • Grass block
  • Glowstone
  • Nether reactor core
  • Painting
  • Melon
  • Melon seeds

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 creeper explodes
• 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 give 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 burns character when 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. This was the last J-version of Pocket Edition.

Gallery

Development images

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