Features and Bug Fixes

Wild Update Features

• Wild Update features no longer require the experimental toggle to be enabled
• Added new Wild Update splash screen texts
• Added new Wild Update loading screen tips

Mangrove Swamp Biome

• Added Mangrove Swamp biome
• Added Mangrove Tree feature
• Added Mangrove Propagule base functionality
• Added Mangrove Roots and Muddy Mangrove Roots
• Added all the new Mangrove Wood Types

Mud

• Added Mud related block recipes
• Implemented Mud walking/sinking

Mud Block

• Added base Mud block functionality
• Added Mud block sounds
• Added Mud block renewability

Mud Brick Blocks

• Added Mud Brick block
• Added Mud Brick sounds
• Added Mud Brick Slab/Stair/Wall blocks

Packed Mud

• Added Packed Mud block

Allay

• Allay can now be leashed if it is already holding an item
• Allay can now be named by a Name Tag if it is already holding an item
• Allays now have initial sounds
• Allay now move slower when not attempting to follow its owner, and will only start following its owner from a further distance than before

Frog

• Frogs no longer croak while they are eating mobs

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where Wardens temporarily could miss noticing vibrations, and Allays could miss noticing that Note Blocks were being played
• Stop Warden from getting angry at itself and inanimate mobs
• The Darkness effect now has a black distance fog, similar to how the Blindness effect works
• Parrots now imitate the Warden
• The Warden has a new angry listening sound
• The Warden now has updated sounds and custom death and hurt sounds
• Allow Warden to preserve anger level towards despawned entities
• Fixed eroded Badlands biome placement error that caused it to fragment

Sculk Sensor

• Sculk Sensors can now detect a wider range of vibrations
• Sculk Sensors can now detect players sneaking on top of them
• Sculk Sensors cannot detect players shooting an arrow while sneaking anymore
• Sculk Sensors can now detect players falling in Lava
• Sculk Sensors can now detect players sneaking in Water
• Sculk Sensors can now detect landing projectiles
• Sculk Sensors can now detect containers being opened or closed
• Sculk Sensors can now detect Candles being placed, lit, or unlit
• Sculk Sensors can now detect players eating food or drinking potions
• Sculk Sensors can now detect Goat Horns being played
• Sculk Sensors can now detect Big Dripleaves changing their state

Accessibility Features

• There is now a Darkness effect strength slider in Settings that adjusts how dark the screen can get during the effect

Graphical

• Fixed a texture bug in the Warden’s bioluminescent texture where the right arm’s bottom face didn’t have bioluminescent colors
• Updated fog JSON schema to allow distance fog settings to use negative value as ‘fog_start’. Allowing nearby blocks to also be tinted with fog color
• Added adjustable fog effect that can expand or shrink over time. Users will get the sense of eyes adjusting when going into water

Mobile Touch Controls

• Block highlights will no longer stay if players lift their block breaking finger off the screen while still using a second finger to move around with non-classic touch controls
• Fixed issue where Boats were not controllable with new touch controls
• Fixed issue where players were not able to descend while on top of Scaffolding
• Removed inversion of movement when in front facing third-person camera

General

• Fixed a bug causing the Parrot’s head to always face the player while riding the player
• Fixed bug causing player to take fall damage after getting into a Bed while falling
• Fixed bug causing baby Llamas to fire llama spit from above their head
• Fixed a crash when loading a Behavior Pack with non-JSON object in entity components, component_groups, and “add”/”remove” events
• Fences and Walls no longer connect to Bells

Graphical

• Fixed a bug where the Trident, Bow, Spyglass, Crossbow, and Shield would not be visible when held by an Allay
• Fixed a bug where the Trident, Bow, Spyglass and Crossbow would not render when picked up by a Fox
• Mirrored the Spider’s left legs
• Mirrored the Wolf’s left ear and left legs
• Fixed a bug where the Brewing Stand’s arms textures did not touch the base
• Moved the Brewing Stand’s base UVs and updated the base texture
• Fixed the Brewing Stand’s arms rotation

Updated Block Textures

• Created a better transition between the End Portal Frame side texture and the End Stone
• Removed unused pixels in the End Rod texture
• Updated the Mycelium’s side texture to match other dirt-based textures

Graphics

• Fixed a bug where End Crystal beams would point far above their target blocks
• Fixed a bug causing z-fighting to occur on bottom of player’s head while wearing a Skull

Mobile Controls

• Fixed issue where the Invert Y Axis setting was not working correctly with touch controls

Wandering Trader

• The Wandering Trader no longer opens or closes doors
• The Wandering Trader now randomly moves around
• The Wandering Trader now matches Java Edition’s drinking sounds
• The Wandering Trader now has disappear/reappear sound effects when gaining/losing Invisibility
• The Wandering Trader can now be named with a Name Tag (this will not prevent it from despawning)

Stability and Performance

• Cleaned up leftover biome/block/light memory when leaving a world
• Fixed a crash that could occur when lightning hits a Lightning Rod in certain scenarios

User Interface

• Added appropriate messaging when there is no internet connection on Xbox devices

Vanilla Parity

Villagers

• Villagers will no longer begin sleeping while riding something near a Bed

Technical Updates

General

• Volume instances are now stored in the world, persisting between play sessions
• Limit path strings and loc ID strings in data-driven blocks to 256 characters
• Limit the length of crafting tag strings in CraftingTableComponent to 64 characters
• Limit the number of elements in the material_instancesfield of the BlockMaterialInstancesComponent to 64
• Limit the number of elements in the conditionsand block_filter fields of the BlockPlacementFieldComponent to 64
• Updated documentation for originand size fields of the minecraft:block_collision and minecraft:aim_collision components

Item Components

• Added new data-driven Item component minecraft:chargeable- Allows the item to be charged (like Apples or Bows) when the use action button is held on_complete – Trigger executed when the items use duration has been completed

Commands

• Reload command will now discover new function and script files

Dedicated Server

• Enable Windows Dedicated Server console to read UTF-16 encoded unicode input

Actors

• Added in check to prevent an actor that is a passenger from being ridden by the vehicle it is on preventing an infinite loop looking for the root vehicle

AI Goals

• Exposed new data parameter “can_sleep_while_riding” for “minecraft.behavior.sleep”. If set to false, the goal will not start if the mob is riding

Commands

• The ‘/spreadplayers’ command will now avoid more hazardous locations

Gameplay

• Fixed crashing issue on some Marketplace worlds

General

• Actor properties can now be applied to player entities. Updated network protocol version to support this

Mobs

• Entities that use KnockbackRoarGoal can once again properly use entity filters to determine damage

Molang

• Fixed a crash in query.variant related to thrown potions and invalid potion IDs

Experimental Features

GameTest Framework

• Fixed Date.now() to no longer truncate to a 32-bit integer

mojang-gametest module: Test

• Added function rotateVector- Rotates a vector relative to the GameTest structure rotation

mojang-minecraft module

• New property on Player: onScreenDisplay : ScreenDisplay – exposes a new interface to trigger on screen content
• ScreenDisplay Type
  • setTitle(title : String, options? : TitleDisplayOptions) – cause a title to show up on the player’s HUD, optionally specifying the subtitle and fade in, stay and fade out times
  • clearTitle() – clear title and subtitle
  • updateSubtitle(subtitle : String) – update the subtitle (but not the title)
  • setActionBar(text : String) – set the action bar text
• TitleDisplayOptions object
  • subtitle? : String – optional subtitle
  • fadeInSeconds : Int – number of seconds to fade in new title and subtitle
  • staySeconds : Int – number of seconds to have the title and subtitle stay on screen
  • fadeOutSeconds : Int – number of seconds to fade out title and subtitle

Support of dynamic properties that script can use to persist data per-World or per-Entity.  Note that properties must be registered using the propertyRegistry in the new WorldInitialize event

• DynamicPropertiesDefinition
  • Added function defineNumber(identifier: string): void- Defines a dynamic number property
  • Added function defineString(identifier: string, maxLength: number): void- Defines a dynamic string property
  • Added function defineBoolean(identifier: string): void- Defines a dynamic boolean property
  • Added event worldInitialize(worldInitializeEvent: WorldInitializeEvent)- Fires during world load and contains the property registry used for declaring dynamic properties
• PropertyRegistry
  • Added function registerEntityTypeDynamicProperties(propertiesDefinition: DynamicPropertiesDefinition, entityType: EntityType)- Registers dynamic property definitions for the given EntityType
  • Added function registerWorldDynamicProperties(propertiesDefinition: DynamicPropertiesDefinition)- Registers property definitions for the world
• World object/Entity object additions:
  • Added function setDynamicProperty(identifier: string, value: boolean | string | number)- Adds a dynamic property to the world/entity
  • Added function getDynamicProperty(identifier: string): boolean | string | number- Gets a dynamic property from the world/entity if it exists, otherwise returns undefined
  • Added function removeDynamicProperty(identifier: string): boolean- Removes a dynamic property value from the world/entity
• New events:
  • Added event events.projectileHit- Fires when a projectile hits a Block or Entity
  • Added event events.itemStartUseOn- Sent when the player first interacts with a block
  • Added event events.itemStopUseOn- Sent when fire if the block is successfully interacted with and the block has changed – such as when grass is turned to a path with a Shovel
  • Added event events.itemStartCharge– Sent when the player first starts using a charging/animated item
  • Added event events.itemCompleteCharge- Sent when the item has completed its charge action
  • Added event events.itemReleaseCharge- Sent when the user has finished using the item and released the build action
  • Added event events.itemStopCharge- Sent either when the player has finished an items use cycle or when the player has released the use action with the item
  • ItemStartUseOnEvent Added read only property buildBlockLocation- The result build block position. Useful for determining where a block was placed
  • Added member player?: Playerto the LeverActivate event – The player that activated the lever