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Bedrock Edition guides/Better Together Update
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"footer": "<span padding:0 .4em;\">[[bedrock Edition guides/Discovery Update|◄ Discovery Update]]</span><span padding:0 .4em;\">[[bedrock Edition guides/Update Aquatic (Phase One) |Update Aquatic (Phase One) ►]]</span>"
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Better Together Update (Bedrock Edition 1.2.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Discovery Update (Bedrock Edition 1.1.x releases).
Mobs
New
Name
Image
Habitat
Drops
Note
Parrot
Passive creatures can be tamed using seeds .
Has the ability to fly and occasionally rest on the ground.
If there is music playing from a jukebox nearby, they will dance accordingly.
Will dance even if they are on the player's shoulders.
They will die after eating a cookie .
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
All mobs
Now avoids cactus, fire and lava.
Adjusted the color it flashes when attacked.
Increased stride stability when moving up stairs while riding certain creatures.
Mooshroom
Now only generates above mycelium .
Witch
A potion of fire resistance will be drunk when standing on top of a magma block .
There is now an 8.5% chance of dropping the potion it was taking when killed. Before this, they always dropped potions.
Skeleton , stray and zombie pigman
Now has a chance to spawn with enchanted tools and weapons.
Ender dragon
Corresponding particles will now appear when stopping using dragon breath attack.
Sheep
Shorn sheep no longer drop wool when killed.
Adult polar bear
Panic now appears when on fire.
Villager
Peasant villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald .
Observe new offers from villagers more quickly after trading is unlocked.
Horse
Eating or drinking something while riding a horse no longer slows the player down.
Updated appearance.
No longer opens its mouth when dropping a player or taking damage.
Donkey
Updated appearance.
No longer opens its mouth when dropping a player or taking damage.
Mule
Updated appearance.
Skeleton horse
Can now be saddled.
Snow golem
Ghast
Ghast fireball activates Nether portal when it hits it.
Blaze and enderman
Lingering water bottle now deals damage to it.
Cow
Players will no longer drink the milk directly after milking the cow.
Blocks
New
Name
Image
Obtaining
Tool Required
Uses
Banner
Can be mined with any tool, but axe is the fastest.
V-shaped and reversed-V shaped magenta flags with black stripes will generate naturally in end city .
Can be used for decoration.
Jukebox
Can be mined with any tool, but axe is the fastest.
Can be used to play music discs .
Can use a funnel to insert records.
Coarse dirt
Can be mined using any tool, but shovel is the fastest.
Structure block
Can only be obtained via command.
Cannot be destroyed.
Is only available in Windows 10 Edition and has a 3D export mode that cannot be changed.
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
Item frame
From items to entities. [more information needed ]
Brewing stand
Blaze powder is now required to power brewing stands.
Beacon
Light beams will now change color when passing through stained glass or stained glass panes.
The color of the light beam will only use the color of the highest layer of stained glass and will not be mixed.
Ice
Is now transparent.
Stained glass and stained glass pane
Observer
Updated the texture of observer so that the observer will now flash red when outputting a redstone signal.
Now able to detect updates to more blocks.
Increased the strength of the redstone pulse output by the observer, and no longer has two pulses when the piston expands and retracts once.
Bricks , nether bricks and clay block
Renamed to better distinguish it from other items.
Iron bars
Individual iron railings are now columnar.
Changed the inventory icon of iron railings.
Bed
A message will appear when trying to sleep too far from bed .
A dyed bed can no longer be dyed with the same dye.
Text chat with controller and touch screen can now be opened while sleeping.
Trapdoor
Trapdoors will open directly when placed next to an active signal source.
Sandstone stairs
Sandstone stairs now have a cracked texture at the bottom.
Mycelium
Mycelium no longer turns to dirt when a giant mushroom is on top of it.
Fence
[verify ]
Blocks can now be placed on top of fences with leads attached to them.
Shulker boxes
When crafting a shulker box, it outputs an undyed variant instead of purple, resulting in 17 colors.
Piston
Can now push arrows .
Diorite , andesite and granite
Can no longer be used to replace stone crafting recipes.
Monster spawner
Only 4 monsters can be spawned at a time now.
Emerald ore
Can no longer be mined with a stone pickaxe.
Sign
No longer flammable.
Hay bale
Reduced damage from falling on hay bales.
Items
New
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
All items
Items can now pass upward through solid blocks, allowing for a 3×3 item lift.
Bucket
Only one iron barrel can now be placed in the furnace at a time.
Map
The player's head will appear on the map.
Locator maps now track the owner's location regardless of their dimension.
Empty maps can now be combined with a compass in an anvil to create a locator map.
Renaming maps and increasing map size in Anvil now only costs experience levels.
Maps and locator maps can now be obtained via /give.
Leash
Right click to release the leash.
There is now a sound when placing leashes.
Non-mob Entities
Changed
Name
Image
Changed
Arrow
Arrows will vibrate when they collide with blocks.
Gameplay
Changed
Name
Changed
Creative mode
Pressing A in the creative mode inventory will place an item into inventory instead of a group. Pressing Y will drop the entire group; pressing X will clear the shortcut bar in creative mode.
Inventory
3 new buttons for classic UI: "Inventory only", "Inventory and recipe book" and "Recipe book only".
Add a switch to the recipe book to switch to full-screen creative mode inventory .
Spawn
Increased the spawn rate of friendly mobs, making them easier to spot.
See also
Sources