Boss Update

The Boss Update is the name of the update for Pocket Edition, Windows 10 Edition, Gear VR Edition, and New Nintendo 3DS Edition that focused on adding bosses to the game, aside from the ender dragon.

On Pocket Edition, Windows 10 Edition, and Gear VR Edition, it released as alpha version v0.16.0 on October 21, 2016 for all platforms[1] aside from iOS, which released a few days later on October 25, 2016.[2] On New Nintendo 3DS Edition, it released as version 1.3.12 on January 30/31, 2018.

The official name for the update, the Boss Update, was revealed on August 29, 2016 in a blog post on the Mojang website.[3]