Experimental Features

Recipe Unlocking

• Command line auto-complete has been added for recipe unlocking. Useful when you want to see what recipes you can unlock.
• The order of command inputs was changed to be the same as on Java Edition.
• You’ll get a confirmations message when unlocking recipes with a command. It’ll inform you if the command worked…or not.
• Notification sound updated on Bedrock. Thanks for the feedback! You told us the Java swoosh sound was better for the unlocking notification. And you are right. So, we changed it.
• The duration of recipe notifications is now calculated based on how many recipes got unlocked

Features and Bug Fixes

Blocks

• Fixed a bug that caused players to not be able to crawl under Slabs when standing on Top Snow
• Top Snow is now in parity with Java Edition and each layer has a different height

Audio

• Missing Thorns damage sound has been added, and is played when appropriate
• Anvils now emit the proper sounds when broken, stepped on, fallen onto, etc.
• Skeletons and Drowned now play sounds when firing Arrows and Tridents, respectively
• Trident Channeling sound is now played when entities are hit
• Empty Maps now emit the appropriate sound when players draw them
• Nether Portals now emit the Glass breaking sound when their Obsidian frame is broken
• Loyalty Tridents returning to players now play their sound at the player’s position
• Big Dripleaf Blocks now play the correct sound when their tilt is reset
• Conduits now play their deactivation sound when deactivated
• Respawn Anchor Blocks now correctly play their ambient sounds

Parity

• Falling blocks will now break when falling onto a boat
• Wandering Trader now also trades Cherry Saplings
• Updated the camera interpolation rate when crawling to match Java Edition

Commands

• Entities no longer disappear when they are teleported to saved chunks near the edge of the player’s render distance

Gameplay

• The third-person camera will no longer clip through terrain when near Water or Lava
• Fixed Creative Mode players not being ignited when standing in fire
• The player no longer gets forced into sneak or crawl in Spectator Mode
• The player now gets forced out of sneak/crawl when riding
• The player no longer gets forced into sneak or crawl during the Riptide animation
• Players should no longer accidentally trigger crawling when they shouldn’t
• Fixed some scenarios where crawling was not correctly being triggered on the server
• Entering flight mode in Creative Mode will now correctly cancel Elytra gliding
• Fixed a crash when entering a world with a corrupted saved chunk
• Pick Blocking a Decorated Pot will now produce the correct hover hint in the inventory

Graphical

• Transparent blocks viewed through an End Portal will no longer be visible nor flicker
• Fixed bottom face of portal effect so its color and transparency match the other faces
• Cherry Leaf blocks will now generate particle effects at a relatively large distance based on system performance

Items

• Suspicious Stew no longer shows up in the Creative inventory (a recent unintended change caused it to appear there)

Mobs

• Fixed an issue with gliding with Elytra and switching to Creative flight
• Villagers killed by players no longer drop items held in their hands
• Zombified Villagers now show correct professions when infected

Mobile Touch Control Settings

• Changed Joystick Visibility option to a dropdown menu
• Changed Sneak option to a dropdown menu

User Interface

• Moved “Sync Old Worlds” button to the Settings/Storage screen

Input

• Improved mouse input to be more responsive when used on Xbox

Technical Updates

Add-Ons and Script Engine

• Render controllers without textures will now result in a content error and be ignored
• Added support for the “allow_random_seed” option in world template manifests
• AmethystCluster blocks use state “minecraft:block_face” instead of “facing_direction“. “minecraft:block_face” uses string values (“down”, “up”, “north”, “south”, “east”, “west”)
• Slab blocks use state “minecraft:vertical_half” instead of “top_slot_bit“. “minecraft:vertical_half” uses string values (“bottom”, “top”)

Editor

Additional fixes this week to the general Editor experience:

• Fixed a bug where number slider thumbs in the tool panes were extending beyond the boundaries of the pane.
• Fixed a bug where clicking on the selected tool in the tool rail was not re-opening the closed tool pane.
• Fixed an issue where structure void, light, and barrier blocks were only visible when the player was holding them – now they’re always visible in the Editor.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player’s body to not rotate in third-person view when the simulation is paused.
• Improved logging and moved operation chat notifications to the log panel.
• Fixed selection gizmo visibility when there is no active selection. Previously, when there was no selection volume, selection arrow gizmos were being rendered at the world origin (0,0,0).
• The selected theme will now be correctly applied to external links in the Help tab of the Quick Start panel.
• Removed the non-functional hamburger menu button from the Quick Panel tabs.

Items

• Released the “minecraft:hand_equipped” item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Deprecate “minecraft:creative_category” component in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Creative group and command visibility can now be set in the “description” field in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Renamed the “minecraft:foil” item component to “minecraft:glint” and released it out of experimental in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Changed fire enchant duration used on projectiles from a ShooterItemComponent to match vanilla behavior
• Released the “minecraft:use_duration” item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Released the “minecraft:stacked_by_data” item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.20 and higher

Networking

• Linux dedicated server: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is now the minimum supported version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is no longer supported

Sounds

• Sound definitions now accept both float and integer values for min_distance and max_distance – please set sound_definitions.json “format_version” parameter equal to or greater than 1.20.20 to use this functionality

Experimental Technical Features

API

• Converted “set_block_property” to “set_block_state” for custom blocks
• Added defineVectorto DynamicPropertiesDefinition
• EntityEquipmentInventoryComponent
  • Implemented slot validation for setEquipment, which now returns a boolean indicating whether the item can be equipped to the specified slot
  • EntityEquipmentInventoryComponentis currently limited to Players only. However, we hope to reintroduce this component for mobs in a future update
    • Moved getDay to 1.4.0
    • Moved getTimeOfDay to 1.4.0
    • Moved setTimeOfDay(timeOfDay: number | TimeOfDay) to 1.4.0
    • Moved getAbsoluteTime to 1.4.0
    • Moved setAbsoluteTime(absoluteTime: number) to 1.4.0
  • Moved TimeOfDay to 1.4.0
    • Added length restrictions to setLore– Up to 20 lines with up to 50 characters per line
    • Moved function setLoreto 1.4.0
    • Moved function getLoreto 1.4.0
    • Moved class SystemAfterEventsto 1.4.0
    • Moved class ScriptEventCommandMessageAfterEventto 1.4.0
  • Moved player onScreenDisplay to 1.4.0
  • Moved titleDisplayOptions to 1.4.0
  • Moved screenDisplay to 1.4.0

Commands

• Released command /scriptevent out of experimental

Items

• Fixed issue where items with the “minecraft:wearable” component would be duplicating when equipping by using the item
• Items with the “minecraft:wearable” component in non-weapon slots can no longer be stacked
• Removed the “minecraft:ignores_permission” component
• Removed the “minecraft:mirrored_art” component
• Moved the “protection” field from “minecraft:armor” component to “minecraft:wearable” component in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Deprecate “minecraft:armor” component in json formats 1.20.20 and higher
• Removed nonfunctional and redundant slot options from “minecraft:wearable” component, ie. mainhand, hotbar, inventory, enderchest, and equippable
• Items with the “minecraft:wearable” component using the “weapon.offhand” slot will no longer equip when item is used in hotbar
• Equipping custom wearable items trigger generic equip sound
• Custom items with “minecraft:wearable” component can now be equipped by clicking and dragging in inventory or shift-clicking

User Interface

• Display a message when the players presses the camera perspective change button but a particular perspective is already set via the camera command