Pocket Edition v0.3.3 alpha

v0.3.3 alpha was a minor update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on August 9, 2012. It added notable features such as new mobs (spiders and skeletons), new items, as well as other changes and fixes.
== Additions ==
=== Items ===
; Bow
* A ranged weapon that fires arrows.
* Can be crafted with sticks and strings.
; Flint
* Occasionally drops from gravel.
* Can be used to craft arrows.
=== Mobs ===
; Skeletons
* Undead hostile mobs equipped with a bow.
* Drop 0–2 bones and 0–2 arrows when they die.
; Spiders
* Neutral mobs that have the ability to climb walls.
* Drop 0–2 string when they die.
; Creeper
* Currently does not spawn naturally.
* Hostile mobs that silently approach the player and explode.
* Drop 0–2 gunpowder when they die.
== Changes ==
=== Items ===
; Arrows
* Now serves as ammunition for bows.
* Can now be crafted with flint, a stick, and a feather.
; Bones
* Can now be crafted into bone meal.
; Bone meal
* Can now be used to grow flowers and roses on grass blocks.
* Can now be used on saplings to make them instantly grow into their respective tree type.
; String
* Can now be used to craft bows.
; Feathers
* Can now be used to craft arrows.
; Wooden tools
* Durability has been increased from 11 uses to 60 uses.
=== Mobs ===
; Chickens
* Now drop 0–2 feathers when they die.
=== Non-mob entities ===
; Dropped items
* Decay time extended to 5 minutes.
=== Gameplay ===
; Light
* Increased overall brightness.
; Fall damage
* A bone breaking sound is played after falling from large enough heights.
; Hotbar
* The minimum number of inventory slots has been increased to 6 for all devices.
; Durability
* Hitting mobs now counts as 1 use for swords and 2 uses for axes, pickaxes, and shovels.
; Creative inventory
* Additions:
** Bow
** Clay
** Snow block
** Oak sapling
** Spruce sapling
** Birch sapling
== Fixes ==
19 bugs fixed
* Removed fire, fixing a bug where fire would spread throughout an entire world after a single flammable block had been set aflame by lava.
** Fire was replaced by .name<, to stop fire from spreading. It is only obtainable through inventory editing.
* The furnace, block of iron, lapis lazuli block, block of gold, and block of diamond crafting recipes have been corrected.
* Fixed furnace crash bug.
* Sapling/leaves fixes.
* Crafting doors now requires a crafting table.
* Torches can now be placed on fences.
* Dandelion yellow dye no longer appears as an egg in MATTIS or the hotbar.
* A bug where cactus and door placed next to each other would remove the bottom door block (and top one if a 2 level cactus).
* Attempting to mine invisible bedrock no longer produces breaking particles.
* Stairs now block light.
* Some sounds that are missing can now be heard: cow hurt sound, the sound when you break glass/ice.
* A bug where fence gate would not appear in the user’s hand but in the world.
* If the player stands on a slab and creates another one, the player falls through both slabs.
* Swords (and other tools) now take damage from attacking mobs.
* Golden tools are no longer more resistant than wooden tools.
* The rear end texture is upside down on some animals.
* The D-pad on iPad no longer/rarely intersects with the item slots.
* Sugar cane can no longer be placed in water.
* Blocks placed on snow are no longer duplicated in multiplayer.
== Internal Version ==
The internal version is 0.3.3(3035), and has a size of 4.71 MB.
== J-version ==
v0.3.3j alpha was released on Google Play on an unknown release date. The internal version is 0.3.3(3030), and has a size of 2.06 MB.
== References ==
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