Pocket Edition v0.6.0 alpha

v0.6.0 alpha

Edition	Pocket Edition
Release date	January 30, 2013
Protocol version	9
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v0.6.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on January 30, 2013. It added features, such as baby animals, clouds, new Nether-related blocks and items as well as other changes.

Android 2.1 and 2.2 are no longer supported in this version; v0.6.0 requires Android 2.3 or later. Users running Android 2.1 and 2.2 will only be able to play older versions of Pocket Edition.

Additions

Gameplay

• The sky and clouds (appearance varies between fast and slow devices).
• Improved D-pad.
  • Design is squared and not rounded.
  • When in flight mode, there is a "wing" icon on the jump button.

Blocks and items

Signs

Netherrack

Nether Bricks

Block of Quartz

Chiseled Quartz Block

• Creative only.

Pillar Quartz Block

• Creative only.

Cracked Stone Brick

• Creative only.

Mossy Stone Brick

• Creative only.

Version exclusive Stonecutter

Chiseled Sandstone

Smooth Sandstone

Stairs

• Nether Brick Stairs
  • Version exclusive: Does not block light.
• Sandstone Stairs
  • Version exclusive: Does not block light.
• Stone Brick Stairs
  • Version exclusive: Does not block light.
• Quartz Stairs
  • Version exclusive: Does not block light.

Slabs

• Sandstone Slab
• Stone Bricks Slab
• Slabs can now be placed in up position (needs testing on small screens)

Armor

• Applying process is similar to smelting: choose from armor on the left and see a preview of the player on the right.

Nether Brick

• Smelted from netherrack and crafted into nether bricks blocks).

Nether Quartz

Upside-down stairs, corner stairs

Sand and gravel

• Are affected by gravity.

Mobs

Baby animals

• Baby animals only spawn in new worlds.

Changes

Gameplay

• The fog and sky color now is blue instead of gray.
• When holding a slot in the hotbar, to toss an item out, the frame of the bar turns green as well.
• For some Android devices only: the way to go to the pause menu, is to use (◀) instead of (|=|).

Blocks and items

• Dyes can be crafted, except black (ink sacs) and brown (cocoa).
• Recipes for crafting slabs give 6 slabs instead of 3.
• Nether Reactor spawns Netherrack instead of obsidian at the Nether spire.
• The Nether Reactor now spawns more items.
• Melons can now be crafted with 9 melon slices.

Mobs

Old model for sheep

New model

• Sheep look different.
• Sheep can be colored with dyes.
• Cows drop leather.

Fixes

18 issues fixed

From released versions before 0.6.0

• MCPE-19 – Still no fix on Tablet (first Galaxy Tab Froyo firmware 2.2)
• MCPE-143 – Doors, trap doors and ladders does not drop correctly in survival when adjacent to destroyed blocks
• MCPE-356 – Blocks placed where ice was don't show up in multiplayer
• MCPE-406 – Drowning on water
• MCPE-526 – Other players can't see the hand shaking animation
• MCPE-581 – Two stone bricks in creative menu
• MCPE-591 – No description for Paintings or Glowstone
• MCPE-592 – Watermelons grow back nearly instantly
• MCPE-603 – Watermelon icon red background
• MCPE-612 – Melon seeds have pumpkin seed sprite
• MCPE-613 – Paintings deflect arrows
• MCPE-642 – Cactus can't grow on sand block near water
• MCPE-668 – Charging the bow breaks pictures
• MCPE-717 – 1 melon stem can produce 2-4 melons
• MCPE-722 – Torches when placed underwater do not drop
• MCPE-779 – Paintings cannot be destroyed with L button (Xperia Play)
• MCPE-883 – Wrong sugarcane drop from the reactor and creative mode
• MCPE-1162 – Pixel disappearing bug