Minecraft Bedrock Edition Beta & Preview 1.21.90.26

20th May 2025
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Posted: 20 May 2025

Information on Minecraft Preview and Beta:

  • These work-in-progress versions can be unstable and may not be representative of final version quality
  • Minecraft Preview is available on Xbox, PlayStation, Windows, and iOS devices. More information can be found at aka.ms/PreviewFAQ 
  • The beta is available on Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta  for detailed instructions

It’s time for another Beta & Preview! For the full list of changes and additions, browse the changelog below. And as always, we’re keen to get your feedback on these new features at feedback.minecraft.net  , and you can report any bugs at bugs.mojang.com .

Features and Bug Fixes

Ambient Weather Sounds

  • the_end_light_flash sound effect now triggers when the light flashes in The End dimension in Vibrant Visuals

Blocks

  • Fixed issue with Dried Ghast Block where replacing a Dried Ghast Block in the same location would keep the random tick of the old, removed block, causing it to age faster than expected
  • Beacon now renders from any loaded chunk in worlds versioned 1.21.90 and higher

Commands

  • The camera default command will now properly reset third person camera view offset values
  • The /controlscheme command no longer requires the “Experimental Creator Camera” toggle

Editor

  • Added ‘Export’ button for Vibrant Visuals Settings pane
  • Added a “Save & Exit” option to the Editor File menu
  • Added visibility persistence for scripted panes with unique ids
  • Added an action bar menu item for Deferred Lighting settings
  • Added missing toolips
  • Updated Fill to log a warning message (similar to Selection Tool) when attempting to Fill when no lines or points exist in the world
  • Updated the Block Picker Modal to use the currently selected block as the new block by default
  • Updated the size of the drop down action selector to be a bit wider
  • Updated structures list to more clearly indicate which item is selected
  • Updated Menu Bar items
  • Updated numerous strings for consistency and completeness
  • Updated setBrushshapeOffsets to no longer double the distance being offset for brushes
  • Update ‘RestrictSmartFillToSelection’ to false by default
  • Updated shortcuts for ‘Marquee’ mode in Selection tool
    • Left Mouse Button + SHIFT now creates a volume from the previous origin to the mouse click
    • Left Mouse Button + CTRL now adds a new 1x1x1 volume at mouse click
  • Updated Pan directions (still has an issue with smoothness)
  • Updated Paste Preview to default to ‘Face’ Target mode instead of ‘Block’
  • Updated Time of Day and Weather settings to persist when exiting and re-entering a Project
  • Updated UI Settings to be consolidated into a single Settings panel and removed its menu item
  • Updated clicking “Restore All Defaults” in the Keyboard Settings with changed keybinds no longer crashes the game in some builds
  • Updated the Line Tool to support undo/redo
  • Fixed a bug where banners did not copy specific colors or patterns, but copy the default color instead
  • Fixed a bug where the rotation of added blocks didn’t align with selected block for Extrude expand mode
  • Fixed flashing selected blocks when selecting different target positions using the smart fill tool
  • Fixed a bug that caused Cancel button in Block Picker to not work
  • Fixed an exception when switching modes to/from Crosshair
  • Fixed Void and Flat world images for create new project
  • Removed Disable Achievement screens for Editor

Gameplay

  • Fixed a bug where entities that should not be moving were moving slightly

General

  • Reenabling Overworld Chunk Blending which was disabled in the last preview

Graphical

  • Customized atmospherics, color grading, fog and lighting for the End, the Nether, the Overworld dimensions and a variety of biomes in Vibrant Visuals
    • Some issues exist with atmospherics in End and Nether dimensions.
  • Recalibrated all emissive values in MERS textures in Vibrant Visuals
  • Update shadow configurations for “Favors Performance” targets on all Xbox platforms in Vibrant Visuals mode
  • Update Volumetric configs for “Prefers Performance” targets on Xbox One and Xbox One X in Vibrant Visuals mode
  • Reduced ghosting of waterfalls from camera movement when volumetric fog is enabled in Vibrant Visuals. (MCPE-204062)
  • Reduced the intensity and speed of the caustics animation in Vibrant Visuals
  • The Night Vision effect now brightens the scene more consistantly across brightness settings with Vibrant Visuals enabled (MCPE-201809)
  • Volumetric fog no longer becomes suddenly bright when the player moves towards a block light in Vibrant Visuals (MCPE-201984)
  • The back faces of transparent items held in hand, like stained glass, are no longer visible in Vibrant Visuals
  • Clouds no longer have a pink or yellow tint, during sunrise and sunset respectively, in Vibrant Visuals
  • Fixed an issue where the screen would render black on Xclipse GPUs running Android 15 with Vibrant Visuals (MCPE-203972)
  • Increased emissive intensity and adjusted tone mapping parameters in Vibrant Visuals
  • Added henyey_greenstein_g settings to the fog json files.
    • New section henyey_greenstein_g allows specifying value for both air and water
    • Example:
{
    "format_version": "1.21.90",  
    "minecraft:fog_settings": {
        "description": {
            "identifier": "minecraft:test_henyey_greenstein_g"
        },
        "volumetric": {
            "henyey_greenstein_g": {
                "air": {
                    "henyey_greenstein_g": 0.5
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
  • Updated the clouds texture
  • Items equiped in off-hand will no longer be displaced when the game is paused. (MCPE-190716)
  • Fix inconsistent cloud rendering during split-screen gameplay (MCPE-188934)
  • Fixed an issue with 0 being incorrectly discarded on the g and a values of on_fire_color inside render controllers. This caused entities like the Ghast’s fireballs to be tinted green. (MCPE-218297)

Items

  • The size of the Blaze and Breeze spawn eggs has been reduced to better match the mobs’ in-game size (MCPE-217634)
  • Fixed inconsistent pixels on the Pale Oak Boat and Pale Oak Boat with Chest items to match other boat items
  • The Green Harness item no longer uses the Gray Harness texture when Vibrant Visuals is enabled

Leashing Updates

Sounds

  • Leashing, unleashing, collecting leashed mobs, and leashing mobs to other mobs now play custom sounds
  • Fence knots now play a sound when destroyed, either by being punched or when all their leashed entities are gone (MCPE-68841)

Mobs

  • The visual size of the Happy Ghast has been slightly reduced to prevent z-fighting with water and other adjacent blocks
    • This change is purely visual and does not affect the Happy Ghast’s collision
  • Happy Ghast and Ghastlings no longer z-fight with adjacent blocks
  • Mobs and players no longer float above their rides (MCPE-172657)
  • Mobs’ and players’ legs are now positioned more horizontally when riding, reducing clipping into the ridden entity
  • Ghastlings are no longer rotated sideways when riding Boats or Chest Boats
  • Happy Ghast and Ghast shadows are no longer cast on their tentacles when Fancy Graphics are enabled
  • Ropes wrapping a Happy Ghast are now rendered when certain entities are attached to it and it is harnessed
  • Cows and Mooshrooms no longer render with four ropes when leashed to a Happy Ghast
  • The size of a harnessed Happy Ghast (including the harness) now matches that of an unharnessed one (MCPE-218740)
  • Happy Ghast now immediately loses its ability to collide with entities upon death
  • Ghasts can no longer spawn in areas that are too small, preventing suffocation on spawn
  • The Wandering Trader now properly hold leashes between its hands (MCPE-219598)
  • The Ghastling model is now slightly smaller than before and closer in size to its collision box, though the two still differ
    • The model is intentionally smaller than the collision to prevent z-fighting
    • This is intentionally not in parity with Java, which doesn’t require this workaround
  • Spiders and Cave Spiders can once again spawn with a Stray rider in cold biomes (MCPE-89549)
  • Spiders and Cave Spiders can once again spawn with a Wither Skeleton rider in the Nether (MCPE-89549)
  • Horses, Donkeys, and Mules can now be fed carrots to heal, grow, and improve their temper
  • Large entities attached by a Leash to the Happy Ghast now properly render with four leashes when using simple graphics

Music

  • Music will now fade normally when leaving a world if game pause is disabled. (MCPE-212932)

Projectiles

  • Projectiles now have a tolerance margin that changes over time (MCPE-201608)
    • Previously, all projectiles had a fixed 0.3 blocks tolerance margin added to the collision
    • Now, all projectiles start with no margin for the first two ticks of their flight
    • After that, the target margin will expand by 0.05 blocks per tick until it reaches the target margin of 0.3 blocks
    • This allows for more precise collision on targets close to the shooting player or entity, while still allowing for some collision leeway for targets further away

Realms

  • Realm owners can now choose to require members to opt into the Timeline in order to play on the Realm
    • To turn this feature on, go to Realms Stories –> Settings and enable “Require opt in to Timeline”
      • The feature can be turned on and off at will
    • While the feature is on, Realm members who have not opted in will remain members of the Realm, but will not be able to play until they opt in
      • If a Realm member who previously opted in chooses to opt out, they will not be able to play on the Realm until they opt in again
    • Realm owners will be able to play on the Realm regardless of whether they have opted in

Saddles Updates

Removing Saddles and Equipment

  • Removing saddles, horse armor, harnesses, and carpets using shears now plays custom sounds

User Interface

  • Player Dots on the Locator Bar now move smoothly when there is a large distance between Players (MCPE-217551)
  • The Player Dot now correctly decreases to the smallest size for the stationary Player when another Player moves linearly away from them
  • The animated up and down arrows on the Locator Bar have been repositioned to be closer to the Player Dot
  • Closing an Anvil or an Enchanting Table now results in the Experience Bar being shown for 5 seconds instead of the Locator Bar
  • Fixed an issue where some on-screen UI elements would let the user interact with the world under them
  • While using the “Joystick & tap to interact” touch mode, the “Joystick Visibility Option” is now forced into “Visible Joystick” while using the player_relative_strafe or camera_relative_strafe control scheme
  • Storage settings page is now scrollable (MCPE-187962)
  • Fixed a bug where keyboard button hints would be shown on the death screen (MCPE-218652)

Vanilla Parity

Mobs

  • Boats are now able to be pulled out of water using a lead

Technical Updates

API

@minecraft/server

  • Added localizationKey read only property to Dimension, which is the key for localization of a dimension’s name used in language files.
  • Added EntityHungerComponent, EntitySaturationComponent, EntityExhaustionComponent that allows read and write access to Hunger, Saturation, and Exhaustion values on player objects
  • Added totalArmor and totalToughness read only properties to EntityEquippableComponent
  • BlockMovableComponent APIs have been added to beta
    • BlockMovableComponent::movementType
    • BlockMovableComponent::stickyType
  • Renamed CameraEaseOptions to just EaseOptions to for V2.0 scripting
  • Fixed a bug where the includeLiquidBlocks property on BlockRaycastOptions would not correctly result in hits on Flowing water
    This affects the following API methods in all versions:
    • entity.getBlockFromViewDirection, dimension.getBlockFromRay,
    • dimension.getBlockBelow & dimension.getBlockAbove.
  • Improved the naming used for the name property of several custom error classes
  • Block custom component event beforeOnPlayerPlace is now called when an item using replace_block_item is set to true for V2.0.0 and higher custom components
    • In 2.0.0, when using setCurrentValue of an EntityAttributeComponent, the desired value is checked against the effectiveMin and effectiveMax. If the value is out of bounds, an error is thrown.
  • Enabled Player.applyImpulse and Player.clearVelocity in beta, which no longer throw errors

@minecraft/server-admin

  • Updated transferPlayer to support NetherNet transfers. It now takes either a hostname/port combination or a NetherNet ID.

Dedicated Server

  • Exposed a new parameter for dedicated server to disallow usage of Vibrant Visuals while connected

Graphics, User Interface

  • Add warning pop-up for some android devices when switching to vibrant visuals graphics mode
  • Added a toggle to Video Settings to enable In Game Graphics Mode Switching. Enabling In Game Graphics Mode Switching may impact texture quality

GUI

  • Fixed a crash when adding or changing priority of resource packs in the Create New World screen

Molang

  • Added the query.is_riding_any_entity_of_type Molang query, which checks whether an entity is riding another entity of any specified type

Experimental Features

World Generation

  • Terrain Matching Jigsaw Template pools will no longer create floating islands
  • Namespaces can now be used in Template Pool element location and Jigsaw Block identifiers

Blocks

  • Added minecraft:movable component under the Upcoming Creator Features toggle. This allows for blocks to configure how they should react when moved by a piston
    • “movement_type” (Required): Specifies how the block should react when moved by a piston
      • “push_pull”: Will allow a block to be pushed by a piston/sticky piston and pulled by a sticky piston (e.g. Grass)
      • “push”: Will allow a block to be pushed by a piston/sticky piston (e.g. Glazed Terra Cotta)
      • “immovable”: Will not allow a block to be pushed or pulled by a piston/sticky piston (e.g. Bedrock)
      • “popped”: Will pop a block when pushed by a piston/sticky piston (e.g. Leaves)
    • “sticky” (Optional): Specifies how the block should handle adjacent blocks when moved by a piston
      • “none”: Default. Will not add any additional behavior
      • “same”: Will move adjacent blocks along with it when moved by a piston. It will not move different blocks with “sticky”: “same” (e.g. A Honey Block can move another Honey Block but not a Slime Block.)
        • NOTE: This field only works when used with “movement_type”: “push_pull”
          “format_version”: “1.21.90”,
          “minecraft:movable”: {
          “movement_type”: “push_pull”,
          “sticky”: “same”

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