Bedrock Edition guides/Holiday Update

Holiday Update
Edition

Bedrock Edition

Version(s)
◄ 1.7 releases1.9.0 ► 
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This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Holiday Update (Bedrock Edition 1.8.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Bedrock Edition 1.7.x releases.

Mobs

New

Name Image Habitat Drops Note
Cat
  • Stray cats can be found wandering in villages.
  • A single stray black cat can be found inside witch huts.
Panda Pandas spawn in bamboo forest biomes.
  • Pandas can spawn with either an aggressive, lazy, playful, weak or worried personality.
  • Pandas will eat bamboo, but can only be bred if there are at least eight bamboo blocks within five blocks of each panda.
  • Pandas will pick up and eat cake that is thrown to them.
  • Worried pandas will shake and cover their face during thunderstorms.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Ocelots Ocelots can no longer be tamed to get cats.
Phantom Phantoms will no longer swoop to attack a player if a cat is nearby.

Blocks

New

Name Image Obtaining Tool Required Uses
Bamboo
  • Can be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some loot chests.
  • Generating naturally in the world will come in the following updates.
  • Bamboo can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.
  • Bamboo will not break instantly when hit by any sword. Bamboo will break instantly when hit by a sword in JAVA edition only.
Scaffolding
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Bamboo +
String
Scaffolding can be broken with any tool as well as by hand. When broken all connected scaffolding will break as well.
  • Scaffolding is designed to be used for building in survival.
  • Standing in scaffolding and jumping will allow the player to climb, while sneaking will allow the player to descend through the scaffolding. If there is no block below the scaffolding block the player is on the player will not descend through the block.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Command block Now have the default name of "!" instead of "@".
Packed ice Can now be crafted with ice.
Shulker box Added a recipe for undyed shulker boxes.

Items

New

Name Image Obtaining Uses
Black dye
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Ink Sac or
Wither Rose
Invicon Ink Sac.png: Inventory sprite for Ink Sac in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ink Sac with description: Ink SacInvicon Wither Rose.png: Inventory sprite for Wither Rose in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Wither Rose with description: Wither Rose
Invicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black Dye
 Black dye is used in place of ink sacs as dye in all recipes.
Blue dye
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Lapis Lazuli or
Cornflower
Invicon Lapis Lazuli.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lapis Lazuli with description: Lapis LazuliInvicon Cornflower.png: Inventory sprite for Cornflower in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cornflower with description: Cornflower
Invicon Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Dye with description: Blue Dye
  • Blue dye is used in place of lapis lazuli as dye in all recipes.
Brown dye
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Cocoa Beans
Invicon Cocoa Beans.png: Inventory sprite for Cocoa Beans in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cocoa Beans with description: Cocoa Beans
Invicon Brown Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Dye with description: Brown Dye
 Brown dye is used in place of cocoa beans as dye in all recipes.
Crossbow
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Stick +
Iron Ingot +
String +
Tripwire Hook
Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon String.png: Inventory sprite for String in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to String with description: StringInvicon Tripwire Hook.png: Inventory sprite for Tripwire Hook in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tripwire Hook with description: Tripwire HookInvicon String.png: Inventory sprite for String in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to String with description: StringInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Crossbow.png: Inventory sprite for Crossbow in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crossbow with description: Crossbow
  • The crossbow is a ranged weapon that has a longer range, as well as being able to deal more damage than a bow.
  • Crossbows can fire fireworks, as well as arrows.
White Dye
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Bone Meal or
Lily of the Valley
Invicon Bone Meal.png: Inventory sprite for Bone Meal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bone Meal with description: Bone MealInvicon Lily of the Valley.png: Inventory sprite for Lily of the Valley in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lily of the Valley with description: Lily of the Valley
Invicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White Dye
 White dye is used in place of bone meal as dye in all recipes.
Spawn egg
(Cat, panda) 		Creative inventory Has the same function as other spawn egg.

Changed

Name Image Changed
Bone meal Bone meal are now used to craft white dye and growth in bamboo.
Bow The bow in the hotbar now shows an arrow when being drawn.
Cocoa beans Cocoa beans are now used to craft brown dye.
Firework rocket Can now be placed in the off-hand slot.
Green dye Name changed from Cactus Green to Green Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.
Ink sac Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye.
Lapis lazuli Lapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue dye.
Red dye Name changed from Rose Red to Red Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.
Yellow dye Name changed from Dandelion Yellow to Yellow Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.

Enchantments

New

Enchantment Max Level Applicable Items Notes
Multishot 1 Crossbow Fires three arrows while only consuming one. If an arrow hits, the other two vanish.
Piercing 4 Crossbow Allows arrows to pass through as many entities as the enchantment level.
Quick Charge 4 Crossbow Speeds up the charging of the crossbow.

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Top of the WorldPlace scaffolding to the world limit.Place a scaffolding at the world height limit.20Bronze
Where have you been?Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning.The gift must be picked up from the ground.20Bronze
ZoologistBreed two pandas with bamboo.—40Gold

See also

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Minecraft update guides
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