Discovery Update
Discovery Update expanded exploration, building, and community-made content. It arrived as Pocket Edition 1.1.0, on June 1, 2017.
World Generation
Woodland Mansions
Mansions introduced a large exploration destination filled with Illagers. Explorer Maps helped players locate distant structures, making trading a route toward an expedition rather than only a source of supplies.
Mobs and Rewards
Totem of Undying
Evokers and Vindicators added hostile encounters, with Evokers supplying Totems of Undying. Llamas introduced caravans and Chest-equipped pack animals for carrying expedition supplies.
Shulker Boxes preserved their contents when broken, turning Shulker Shells into portable storage. Dye colors helped organize equipment and building materials.
Blocks and Building
Concrete Powder and Concrete supplied solid-color materials, while Glazed Terracotta introduced directional patterns. These additions broadened the building palette alongside the exploration features.
Marketplace
The built-in Marketplace provided access to community-made worlds, skins, and other supported content. It became an important part of the Pocket-to-Bedrock ecosystem rather than a new Survival mechanic.
Platform History
Pocket Edition received 1.1.0 on June 1, 2017. New Nintendo 3DS Edition’s Discovery Update followed as 1.9.19 on January 15–16, 2019, its final feature update. The editions therefore share the named feature milestone while retaining different release dates.
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