Introduction: 6 Things You May Not Know About Minecraft Bedrock Edition

By EverythingNow
About: I have been a Minecrafter for probably close to eight years. I enjoy building houses and towns. In real life, I am a proud pet parent to four rubber bands, three craft sticks, three pipe cleaners, five shells …

I haven't posted on Instructables in a little while now, so I thought that as a return I would write about a few really neat things that you can do in Minecraft Bedrock Edition, although you may or may not have been aware of.

Most articles and videos I see on this topic are for Java Edition only, so when I would try them out for myself I would be a bit disappointed. Unfortunately there aren't as many glitches in Bedrock Edition, for example, we don't have half beds or half doors, and we can't build on the roof of the Nether, not even with addons.

However, there are still several very fun features in Bedrock Edition that I'm sure you'll enjoy using in your worlds. I haven't listed very many here but I plan to write another Instructable with more "secret features" in the future. So, read on to find out some amazing things you can do in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Step 1: Nearly Any Mob Can Dance

I'm starting off the Instructable with probably my favorite feature ever in Minecraft: the ability to make nearly any mob dance (in creative mode only).

Sometimes, when you are exploring the Nether, you probably come across piglins and hoglins fighting each other. When the piglin successfully kills the hoglin, the piglin has a 10% chance of doing a "victory dance", where he bops his head and moves his arms around. However, using a simple command, it's possible to make almost any mob do the "victory dance".

First, you need to obtain a command block by going into chat and typing in this command:

/give @p command_block

If that didn't work then you need to ensure that you're in creative mode and that you have permission to use operator commands.

Once you have your command block, place it on the ground and tap on it to open the command menu.

Set the block type to "repeat", then enter the following command in the textbox:

playanimation @e[name=Dancer] animation.piglin.celebrate_hunt_special r 1

After typing in the command, place down an anvil and name a name tag "Dancer", with a capital D and without the quotation marks.

Go find any mob that has a head and arms, such as a wither skeleton, and name him using the name tag. Be sure the mob is not too far away from the command block or else this trick won't work.

Crouch and place a lever on top of the command block and activate it. The mob should now begin doing the "victory dance".

Step 2: Invisible Light Source

Sometimes, in Creative Mode, I might build a statue or pixel art or something like that, only to find that it doesn't look as good at night as it does during the day due to it not being illuminated. It's always an option to use torches and glowstone, but that usually takes away the beauty of the statue. For reasons such as this, the Light Block is a very useful item.

To obtain the Light Block, open chat and type in the following command:

/give @p light_block 1 15

If that didn't work then you need to ensure that you're in creative mode and that you have permission to use operator commands.

Also, note that the "15" in the command indicates the amount of light that the Light Block will emit. 15 is the highest possible brightness level for a Light Block, but you can use a lower number for dimmer light depending on your build's illumination needs. 0 is the lowest possible number, and it emits no light at all, so I recommend using at least 1 here.

Now that you have your light block, you can place it down in a dark area, such as a cave or the surface at night, and it should light up the area around it similar to a torch or glowstone. However, if you switch to holding a different item in your hand, the light block will turn completely invisible as seen in the image above, while still emitting light. You can also walk directly through the light block as if there was nothing there, unlike glowstone and froglights.

Step 3: Infinite Flowers

So far I've only covered features available in Creative Mode of Minecraft, but this next one is possible and useful in Survival Mode.

If you apply bonemeal to a few certain kinds of flowers, it will immediately drop more of that particular type of flower, meaning you can easily obtain all the flowers you will ever need from just one flower. Infinite flowers means infinite dyes, and infinite dyes can be very useful for making colored concrete, concrete powder, and coloring the messages on signs. Dyes can also be applied to sheep, allowing you to obtain colored wool. You can also just display the flowers around your base to add a bit of decoration.

This method works with rose bushes, lilacs, peonies, sunflowers, and the new cherry blossom petals, AKA pink petals.

You can also do this on Java Edition as well.

However, if you need a large amount of flowers, I recommend building a skeleton grinder or a zero-tick kelp bonemeal farm. I plan to write an Instructable for a zero-tick kelp farm sometime in the near future, so keep an eye out!

Step 4: Ender Dragon Spawn Egg

The new 1.20 update added several exciting things to the game such as cherry blossom trees, camels, a new world creation screen, and the ability to build with bamboo. However, Mojang also gave us a way to easily spawn the Ender Dragon, Minecraft's main boss mob. And no, I don't mean via the /summon command, I mean that there is actually a spawn egg for the dragon.

To obtain the spawn egg, enter the following command in chat:

/give @p ender_dragon_spawn_egg

If that didn't work then you need to ensure that you're in creative mode and that you have permission to use operator commands.

Now that you have the spawn egg you can easily summon as many dragons as you want to, just keep in mind that they might cause a lot of destruction in your world if you have Mob Griefing enabled. Another thing, if your dragons appear to be flying away, they are probably flying to the 0, 0 coordinates, so I recommend not spawning the dragons too far away from there.

It's also possible to obtain a Wither spawn egg by typing in this command in chat instead:

/give @p wither_spawn_egg

But I highly discourage spawning a lot of Withers in a world that you've worked hard on, as the Wither can cause even more destruction than the Ender Dragon. And even if you disable Mob Griefing, the Wither will still kill any and all mobs it can find.


Step 5: Holding Firework Rockets in Your Offhand

I'm sure that every Bedrock Edition player has felt major disappointment or even anger when they see Minecraft Java Edition YouTubers holding torches and food in their offhand, then the player tries that and it doesn't work. Believe me, I know how it feels. I've fallen for that type of clickbait a million times throughout my years of playing Minecraft.

However, it is possible to hold a few items in your offhand in Bedrock Edition. We all know that you can hold totems, maps, and shields in your offhand, but you can also hold firework rockets.

The only problem is that you can't even use them to boost your elytra, meaning this feature is quite useless. The only thing it's good for is if you are running low on inventory space.

Step 6: Balloons

You probably think I am using some kind of weird addon in the images above, but believe me, that is 100% vanilla Minecraft. That's right, in Minecraft Bedrock Edition, there is a secret craft for balloons. Read on to learn how to make one.

The first thing you need to do is create a new world with the Education Edition option enabled. You can also enable Education Edition on an existing world, which will also create a non-Education backup copy of your world as well. Activating this feature will give you access to the blocks and items required to craft the balloons. You must also be in Creative Mode.

After loading in your world, open your inventory and grab a workstation called the Compound Creator and place it down. You can use the Compound Creator to craft latex, a necessary ingredient for the balloon.

To make the latex, place 5 carbon blocks and 8 hydrogen blocks side-by-side in the Compound Creator's grid as seen in the first picture.

To craft the balloon itself, open a crafting table and arrange 6 latex, one lead, one helium block, and one dye of your choice in the pattern seen in Picture #2.

If you did that right you should now have a balloon. Balloons can't be placed on the ground, but they can be tied to a fence post or to any leashable mob, such as a cow or chicken. Tying a balloon to a mob will cause the mob to rapidly float up into the sky and never come back, while untying a balloon from a fence post will cause the balloon to do the same. Balloons also pop whenever they come into contact with a block.