Pocket Edition v0.3.0 alpha

v0.3.0 alpha

Edition	Pocket Edition
Release date	Android: April 23, 2012 iOS: April 24, 2012
Downloads	Google Play: Original Reupload 1 Reupload 2 J-version
Protocol version	4
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v0.3.0 alpha is a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on April 23, 2012 and April 24, 2012. It adds notable features, such as crafting, new mobs, blocks, items, and tools as well as other changes and fixes.

This version was not playable, as the pre-reupload had a bug where it caused a crash upon launch. This was fixed in the first reupload. It was later reuploaded again that day to add more inventory space and a smaller GUI as well fixing an icon bug.

Additions

v0.3.0 alpha block and item additions

Blocks

Crafting table

• Allows the player to craft a larger variety of blocks and items.
• Can be crafted with wooden planks.

Brick slabs

• The half-height version of bricks.
• Has a crafting recipe, but is not yet obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material.

Brick stairs

• The brick variant of stairs.
• Has a crafting recipe, but is not yet obtainable in Survival mode due to infinite stacks only counting as one of a material.

Items

Dandelion yellow

• Used to craft yellow wool.
• Can be crafted with dandelions.

Coal

• Obtained by mining coal ore with a pickaxe.
• Can be used to craft torches.

Lapis lazuli

• Obtained by mining lapis lazuli ore with a stone pickaxe.
• Can be used to craft blue wool.

Unobtainable

• Bone meal
• Cactus green
• Charcoal
  • Can be used to craft torches.
• Cocoa beans
• Cyan dye
• Gray dye
• Ink sac
• Light blue dye
• Light gray dye
• Lime dye
• Magenta dye
• Orange dye
• Pink dye
• Purple dye
• Rose red

Mobs

Cows

• A common passive mob.
• Does not drop anything when it dies.

Chickens

• A common passive mob.
• Does not drop anything when it dies.

Gameplay

• New sound effects
• New inventory

Crafting

• How the player makes blocks and items.
• Crafting menu can be accessed by either tapping the "Craft" button on the upper-left of the inventory, or by tapping on a crafting table.
• Version exclusive: uses the Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system.

Durability

• Most tools, excluding shears, now have a limited number of uses based on their tier.
  • Wooden tools have 11 uses, and stone tools have 132 uses.
  • For most tools, breaking any block counts as 1 use.
    • For swords, this counts as 2 uses.
  • Hitting a mob currently counts as 0 uses.

Changes

Mobs

Cameras

• Are now obtainable via an inventory editor.

Blocks

Coal ore

• Now drops coal when mined with any pickaxe.

Iron ore

• Now drops itself when mined with a stone pickaxe.

Lapis lazuli ore

• Now drops 4–8 lapis lazuli when mined with a stone pickaxe.

Snow blocks

• Can now be crafted with snowballs.
• Now drop snowballs when broken.

Snow layers

• Now drop snowballs when destroyed with a shovel.

Sugar cane

• Now drops its item form when broken.

Items

Wooden axes, pickaxes, shovels, and swords

• Can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.

Books

• Are now used to craft bookshelves.
• Can now be crafted with paper.

Bowls

• Can now be crafted with wooden planks.

Paper

• Is now used to craft books.
• Can now be crafted with sugar cane.

Snowballs

• Can now be used to craft snow blocks.

Sticks

• Are now used to craft wooden and stone tools, ladders, torches, fences, and fence gates.
• Can now be crafted with wooden planks.

Sugar

• Can now be crafted with sugar cane.

Gameplay

Survival

• All items now need to be gathered, except shears, bricks, and glass.
• The player no longer starts out with the following items in infinite stacks:
  • Stone shovel
  • Stone pickaxe
  • Stone axe
  • Stone sword
  • Ladder
  • Torch
  • Wooden door
  • Fence
  • Fence gate
  • Wooden planks
  • Wooden stairs
  • Cobblestone stairs
  • Stone slab
  • 13 of the 16 colored wool blocks (excluding white, magenta, and orange)
  • Leaves
  • Bookshelves
• Survival inventory
  • The inventory slots has been reduced from 45 to 36.
  • Items that have to be gathered are no longer shown in the inventory if the player does not have any of the item.
  • Items not in an infinite stack can be thrown by the player and removed from their inventory by tapping and holding on the hotbar slot of the item they want to throw for two seconds.

Creative inventory

• Additions:
  • Brick stairs
  • Wooden slab
  • Brick slab
  • Orange wool
  • Magenta wool
  • Crafting table

Revisions

As stated, there are three revisions of this version. The internal versions for the builds are as follows:

• 0.3.0(3005), at 6.03 MB
• 0.3.0(3006), at 6.01 MB
• 0.3.0(3007), at 6.06 MB

J-version

The title screen of Pocket Edition a0.3.0j

v0.3.0j alpha was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.3.0(3003), and has a size of 1.84 MB.