MCPE 0.15.0: New Arrow Types and Release Date

Developers of the mobile version Minecraft Pocket Edition are starting to share more news before the beta of 0.15.0.

Let's start with fresh and very interesting news from Jason Major, which will please many MC:PE players. In update 0.15.0, we can expect new types of arrows that appeared in the PC version 1.9. It's worth noting that Jason additionally wrote:

"Hooray! Finally, I can reveal the main reason we added the cauldron in MC:PE 0.14. They will appear in 0.15.".

Thus, the game will definitely have effect arrows, but in the PC version there is also a spectral arrow that highlights entities through blocks. Whether it will be added is unknown.

Also, Shoghi conducted a poll about a new feature. If skeletons burn in the sun, then when they shoot, their arrows will catch fire. You can vote "yes" if you like the idea.

What do you think about Skeletons on fire shooting fire arrows (that set you on fire?).— Shoghi Cervantes (@shoghicp) May 31, 2016.

Many players were also expecting the new version yesterday, but that didn't happen again. Shoghi wrote that they are not going to release 0.15.0 in May. Perhaps the developers want to add as much new content as possible, rather than just being lazy, as some think.

We are not going to release the 0.15 this month (May). Also Soon(TM) = https://t.co/Q8PBMN4obg— Shoghi Cervantes (@shoghicp) May 31, 2016.

So expect the release of 0.15.0 no earlier than the middle of this month (June). Just be patient =)

Here's the list of changes in 0.15.0 for now:

• Riding pigs
  • New interactive button: "Speed".
    • Appears when the player, riding a pig, holds a carrot on a stick.
• Pistons and sticky pistons with new animation
  • Exclusive to Pocket Edition: changed animation — the piston "arm" at the base will be noticeably thicker than at the end.
  • Exclusive to Pocket Edition: will be able to move entity blocks such as chests.
  • Exclusive to Pocket Edition: blocks like torches, levers, etc., can be placed on them.
• Resource packs and textures
• Horses, skeleton horses, zombie horses, and the wither (possibly)
• Trading with villagers
• Anti-aliasing
• Raw mutton
• Horse spawn egg
• Name tag
• Lead
• Fire charge (as an item)
• Carrot on a stick
• Taiga village generation
• Jungle temple
• Possibly new biomes
• Realms
• Worlds with height of 256 blocks
• New mobs: Stray and Husk
• New block: Observer

Tommy wrote the following message on his Twitter:

@Marc_IRL omg omg 0.15 / 5 confirmed!— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) June 1, 2016.

What could 0.15 / 5 mean? Most likely, the update is half ready for release or will come out on June 5. There are many speculations, but we don't have an exact answer yet =)

Tommy and other developers started "messing" with players by posting various "jokes" about the release of 0.15, but in the end Tommy wrote on his Twitter that beta 0.15.0 will be released this week!