Bedrock Edition guides/Discovery Update
Discovery Update
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| ◄ Ender UpdateBetter Together Update ► | |
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the Changed in the Discovery Update (Bedrock Edition 1.1.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Ender Update (Bedrock Edition 1.0.x releases).
Mobs
New
| Name | Image | Habitat | Drops | Note |
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| Llama | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Spawn in mountains. | Provide a slightly less expensive item transport system. | |
| Illagers |
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Found in woodland mansions. |
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| Vex |
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Summoned by evokers. |
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| Librarian | ![]()
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Spawn in village. | N/A |
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Changed
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| Cave spider |
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Now attacks with poison time based on difficulty. |
| Zombie villager | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Now have the unique sounds that they do in Java Edition. |
| Shulker |
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Changed color palette. |
| Sheep |
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Changed color palette. |
Blocks
New
| Name | Image | Obtaining | Tool Required | Uses | ||||||||||||
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| Concrete |
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It is a block created when concrete powder touches water. | Can be obtained by any pickaxe. | Decoration. | ||||||||||||
| Concrete powder |
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Concrete powder can be mined by hand or any tool, but mining is fastest using a shovel. | Makes concrete. | ||||||||||||
| Glazed terracotta |
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Can only be mined with a pickaxe. | Decoration. | ||||||||||||
| Shulker boxes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Shulker boxes can be destroyed using any tool or with bare hands, but using a pickaxe is fastest. |
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| Frosted ice | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Spawns walking on water using shoes with Frost Walker. | Mining with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch will drop nothing, while destroying frost ice in other ways will turn it into water. | Breaks after a few seconds, allowing players to create temporarily bridges across water. | ||||||||||||
| Magma block |
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Naturally generated in the Nether. | Magma blocks can be mined with any kind of pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will not drop items. | Causes damage to non-nether creatures standing on top of it. | ||||||||||||
| Bone block | ![]() ![]()
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Occurs naturally as part of fossil. | Bone blocks can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop no items. | Can be used to store bone meal. | ||||||||||||
| Nether wart block |
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Nether wart blocks can be harvested using any tool or with bare hands. | 100% non-disassembly, therefore for decorative purposes only. | ||||||||||||
| Red nether bricks |
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Red nether bricks can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, nothing will be dropped. | Can be used as decoration. |
Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Bed | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Carpet | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Changed textures. |
| Cobweb |
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Cobweb can be disassembled into 9 string. |
| Terracotta | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| Melon |
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Using shears to destroy the melon will drop 9 melon slices. |
| Wool | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Changed textures and colors. |
Items
New
| Name | Image | Obtaining | Uses | ||||
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| Explorer map |
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Can be purchased from the cartographer villager. | Used to locate ocean monument and woodland mansion. | ||||
| Totem of undying |
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Dropped by evoker. | Provide rescue when the player's health is exhausted. | ||||
| Iron nugget |
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Can synthesize iron ingot. | ||||
| Spawn eggs | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Can only be obtained from the creative mode inventory or using commands. | Can generate corresponding creatures. |
Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Tools | Iron tools and gold tools can now be smelted into iron nuggets and gold nuggets respectively. | |
| Map |
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| Spawn eggs | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Updated textures for Husks, Shulkers, Silverfish, Wanderers and Zombie Horse spawn eggs. |
Non-mob entities
New
| Name | Image | Creation | Drops | Note |
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| Evocation fangs |
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Only spawn when summoned by an evoker. | N/A |
Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| Lead |
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Improved tether physics. |
Structures
New
| Name | Image | Generates | Chests | Mobs | Description |
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| Woodland mansion |
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Generate naturally in the dark forest biome. | Yes | Yes | Floors are oak planks instead of birch planks and do not generate flags. |
| Fossil | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Generates naturally underground in the desert and swamp biomes. | No | No | Made of bone blocks and coal ore. |
Changed
| Name | Image | Changed |
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| General | Changed world generation. Seeds containing preloaded structures such as ocean monument and igloo may spawn them in different places. | |
| Igloo |
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If the igloo is generated in the ice spike land, the bed inside will be a blue bed; if it is generated in the cold taiga, it will be a brown bed. |
Gameplay
New
| Name | Description |
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| Off-hand slot | Arrow and totem of undying can be placed. |
| Enchantment | |
| Game mode | New game mode: Adventure. |
Changed
| Name | Changed |
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| Health and hunger | The health bar and hunger bar are now above the experience bar. |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
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| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| Cheating Death | Use the Totem of Undying to cheat death | Have the Totem of Undying in your hand when you die. | 30 | Silver | |||
| Feeling Ill | Defeat an Evoker | — | 30 | Silver | |||
| Let It Go! | Using the Frost Walker boots, walk on at least 1 block on frozen water on a deep ocean | — | 20 | Bronze | |||
| Organizational Wizard | Name a Shulker Box with an Anvil | — | 30 | Bronze | |||
| So I Got That Going for Me | Lead a Caravan containing at least 5 Llamas | — | 20 | Bronze | |||
| Treasure Hunter | Acquire a map from a cartographer villager, then enter the revealed structure | Visit the structure indicated while the purchased map is in your main hand (hotbar). | 40 | Silver | |||

















































































































































































































































