PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- Joining the beta will replace your game with a work-in-progress version of Minecraft
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you’re previewing the beta
- Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game, so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
- Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
- The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions
- Minecraft Preview players may receive a slightly different version number, but the fixes and features here should be the same. More information can be found here: ms/PreviewFAQ.
It’s time for another update, and here’s a list of what is new in this week’s Beta! As always please search and report any bugs you may find at bugs.mojang.com.
Experimental Features
Frog Spawn
- Frog Spawn is no longer invisible when seen from below
- Frogs and Turtles can now be tempted vertically
Froglight
- Froglight blocks are no longer randomly rotated, and have gained new textures (MCPE-151514)
Goat Horn
- A sound now plays when a Horn breaks off a Goat
- An animation is now shown when using the Goat Horn in both 1st and 3rd person views (MCPE-104158)
Non-Experimental Features and Bug Fixes
Gameplay
- Removed water from the extra-block when placing an Amethyst cluster (MCPE-148394)
- Reverted fix for Coral Fan pathing
- Please note – This revert is a temporary change while we consider the feedback given by players, and overall gameplay balance
- Tweaked hunger depletion rate to better match Java Edition (MCPE-56031)
- Players can now properly lose hunger when sprinting or swimming
- Players lose significantly less hunger when jumping
- Exhaustion rates can now be tweaked in Behaviour Packs
Mobs
- Fixed an issue where entities were not protected from fire damage by Fire Resistance effect
- Mobs that are riding a boat, for example, can no longer use JumpToBlockGoal (MCPE-150750)
User Interface
- Crouch (sneak) state is now reset when player dies to avoid getting stuck in crouch state after respawning
- The Resource Packs tab in the new Create New World screen is now available
Vanilla Parity
Villagers
- Fishermen Boat trades now change wood type based on Villager biome type
- Clerics now offer Glowstone instead of Glowstone Dust
- Weaponsmith enchanted Iron Sword trade moved to Novice
- Armorer Diamond trade moved to Journeyman
Commands
- Using /playanimation command now updates paper doll and inventory character (MCPE-137353)
Technical Updates
Add-Ons and Script Engine
- Using biome-specific vanilla fog settings as default when overriding fog settings
Commands
- Title commands fired before a client was done joining will now show instead of being ignored
Graphical
- Fixed a case where ray tracing resources would be destroyed prematurely on level exit from an RTX-enabled world
Experimental Technical
- Volume definitions are now stored and read from Behavior Packs instead of being part of the level directory
GameTest Framework
- BlockInventoryComponent
- Fixed accessing items in a double chest crashing/being inconsistent
- Added nameTagproperty
- Added idproperty
- Added MinecraftDimensionTypeswith constants for built-in dimension IDs
- Added spawnItemto spawn an ItemStack in the dimension
- Exposed the following components for Entities:
- minecraft:can_climb
- minecraft:can_fly
- minecraft:can_power_jump
- minecraft:fire_immune
- minecraft:floats_in_liquid
- minecraft:is_dyable
- minecraft:is_baby
- minecraft:is_charged
- minecraft:is_chested
- minecraft:is_hidden_when_invisible
- minecraft:is_ignited
- minecraft:is_illager_captain
- minecraft:is_saddled
- minecraft:is_shaking
- minecraft:is_sheared
- minecraft:is_stackable
- minecraft:is_stunned
- minecraft:is_tamed
- minecraft:wants_jockey
