Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.13.0.9 changelog

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New Features:

• Added Wither Rose
• Added Suspicious Stew
• Item Frames can now be placed on the floor and ceiling! 
• Added the Brown Mooshroom
• Forged by lightning bolts!
• Added abandoned Villages
• Added the Light Block for mapmakers
• This supports auxiliary data from 0 to 15 for light level
• The invisible end rod (variant 6) is now auto-upgraded to the new light block
• Light blocks are supported via /give, /fill, and /setblock.
• Added successful Village Raid celebration 
• Added game credits
  • These can be viewed after defeating the Ender Dragon, and also through a new button found in the Settings menu
• New note block sounds!
• Added note block functionality for glowstone, haybale, block of emerald, pumpkin, soul sand, block of Iron, bone block, wool, packed ice, clay, and block of gold 

Changes:

• Squid can now spawn in rivers!
• Added Dead Coral Plants
• Updated and added new Note Block sounds
• Players are now 1.8 blocks tall (MCPE-31710)
• Villagers can now heal if they have bread in their inventory
• Added a "How to Play" section for Structure Blocks 

For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:

• New Data Driven Items:
  • Turtle Lightning interactions are now data driven
  • Pufferfish puffed states are now data driven 
  • Brewing Stand potion recipes are now data driven 
• Changed Breathable, RideTick, and Transformation systems to use ViewedEntityContext
• Added precompiled header targeting for ScriptAPI 
• Significantly increased the maximum “spawnRadius” distance

Fixes:

• Crashes/Performance
  • Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
  • The game no longer appears frozen after starting a world 
  • Improved world loading times 
  • Fixed crash from mismatched components/definitions from legacy actor updating 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to brew certain potions
  • Optimized terrain light calculation
  • Fixed a crash that could occur on low and mid-end Android devices
  • Fixed crash from missing component definition 
  • Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur after a guest tries to join a game through an invite 
  • The game no longer crashes when a split screen player picks up log blocks 
  • Fixed a crashing issue that affected certain worlds when approaching spawn (MCPE-46686)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after changing the File Storage location 
  • Running commands from a mine cart with command block no longer crashes the game 
  • Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when trying to double tap on an item in the Beacon UI 
  • Optimised FPS during gameplay on Xbox One
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when dispensing bone meal onto a one-high flower (MCPE-50760) 
  • Optimised the time taken to load mobs into the world
  • Fixed a crash that was sometimes occurring on some Android and iOS devices with lower memory

• General
  • The "We are being attacked!" and "I've got a bad feeling about this" achievements can now be unlocked (MCPE-45060)
  • Powered rails placed using /fill should now work correctly when powered by Redstone
  • Fixed a download loop after purchasing certain content packs 
  • Using /setblock on a piston base no longer leaves an invisible piston arm 
  • When you delete a global resource pack, it will now remove itself from the active stack 
  • The info at the top of the global resource pack screen will now fit correctly when using various language settings 
  • Tweaked the "Host and Player Options" section in the "How to Play" guide (MCPE-28976)
  • Cloned active mob spawners now have an animated mob when placed (MCPE-23106)
  • Fixed some instances of skin selections not saving and reverting to Steve or Alex (MCPE-32089)
  • Fixed the "Multiplayer Restricted Skin!" error message that would pops up when trying to join a world before the skin had loaded in (MCPE-48494)
  • Fixed an issue that was causing many small and empty Villages to be created when trying to expand an existing Village 
  • Fixed an infinite loading screen when opening the skin picker
  • Fixed a missing armor layer for "Tiny Footprints" Marketplace pack
  • Updated the "How to Play" section about taming cats (MCPE-43490) 

• Gameplay
  • Fire aspect swords no longer set Creative players on fire (MCPE-14036)
  • Players can now teleport on top of non-full or transparent blocks when eating a Chorus Fruit 
  • Endermen holding Red Sand no longer drop regular Sand when killed (MCPE-25926)
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the player from moving while sneaking on top of shulkers or boats (MCPE-44644)
  • Killing Cod, Salmon, Tropical Fish, and Pufferfish now drops XP
  • Boat paddling animation now matches Java and resynchronizes when paddling stops
  • Lightning now strikes less frequently (MCPE-38768)
  • The LT controller button can now be used to quickly equip or replace armor
  • Players are now able to use items like fishing rods while aiming at nearby mobs
  • Lightning from channelling trident now affects more than a single mob in a small area
  • The player no longer keeps on rowing when opening the inventory UI during boat rides (MCPE-36522)
  • Arrows now destroy armor stands properly (MCPE-47785)
  • Flowers no longer become invisible in flower pots (MCPE-40806)
  • Sneaking on Redstone Ore no longer triggers glow 
  • Breaking an extended piston in Creative no longer drops an item (MCPE-37492)
  • Drinking sound for milk and potions now plays correctly (MCPE-38340)
  • Mobs now drop armour and tools correctly (MCPE-48891)
  • Nether Wart now has a chance to drop more items when broken with Fortune tools (MCPE-31107)
  • Animal breeding cooldowns no longer reset after reloading the world
  • Explosions other than TNT now deal damage in water
  • Parrots can now be picked in creative using pickblock
  • Dispensers now place boats correctly
  • Anvils now take damage correctly after use 
  • Mobs can now enter into boats and minecarts correctly (MCPE-48596)
  • Buttons are now craftable from the recipe book 
  • Fixed player swimming state when exiting water
  • Area of effect clouds such as lingering potions now work correctly if world is set to 'Always Day' ( MCPE-39595)
  • Water being dispensed from a dispenser no longer breaks end portals and gateways
  • The Beacon block can now suffocate players and mobs like other opaque blocks (when being clipped into when using a minecart, for example)
  • The player respawn location now favours shallow water rather than deep water
  • Multiple Ender Dragons will no longer spawn in the End if the player dies or moves away (MCPE-37590)
  • Hoppers now pick up items from above correctly (MCPE-31393)
  • The Renewable Energy achievement will now unlock correctly (MCPE-39661)
  • Pillagers now spawn around Pillager Outposts more frequently (MCPE-43396)
  • Player movement speed is no longer slowed down after stepping onto a Shulker Box from certain blocks 
  • The "Where have you been?" Achievement now unlocks correctly on Android
  • Placing and breaking blocks from within a boat now works correctly 
  • Mobs no longer drop fully repaired items (MCPE-45953)
  • End Gateway Portals can no longer generate on the main Obsidian platform in the End
  • The locator map marker now points in the correct direction when riding a boat (MCPE-50512)
  • Falling snow layers no longer breaks blocks in Redstone contraptions (MCPE-49773)
  • Players now receive stored XP from furnaces correctly (MCPE-47324)
  • Maps are now drawn more quickly when exploring, meaning the "Map Room" achievement now unlocks more consistently (MCPE-27720) 

• Mobs
  • Entity hit and collision boxes no longer exist during mob death animations (MCPE-9999)
  • Wither Skeletons are no longer affected by the Wither Effect (MCPE-46317)
  • Foxes now sleep and find cover during thunderstorms
  • Mobs and entities are no longer slowed when walking one block above ice
  • Baby zombies are now able to ride zombie pigmen (MCPE-20163)
  • The Wither no longer runs away from the player after being spawned 
  • Fixed the held sword position for Vex mobs
  • The Phantom wing flapping animation is faster now (MCPE-42935)
  • Endermen are correctly affected by invisibility effect when applied (MCPE-44492)
  • Parrots can now fly over fences and walls
  • Drowned on land now attack based on brightness levels rather than time of day 
  • Mobs standing on slabs are no longer immune to sunlight damage after reloading the world (MCPE-32822)
  • Witches no longer spawn in 1.8 high gaps (MCPE-45935)
  • Cured Zombie Villagers now keep their trade level
  • Zombies no longer become stuck on doors when pathfinding
  • The parrot dancing animation is the correct speed now (MCPE-48356)
  • Jockeys no longer get stuck trying to move to unreachable mounts 

• Blocks
  • Barrier blocks no longer stop grass growth
  • Farmland blocks now prevent grass growing underneath  

• Items
  • Turtle Egg items now have the same 2D icon as Java 
  • Leaves collected with silk touch now stack correctly (MCPE-32347)
  • Trapdoor items now have the correct inventory icon textures (MCPE-44214)
  • Six-sided wood block variants can now be smelted or used as furnace fuel 
  • Grass Path block is no longer missing from the creative inventory
  • Items dropped from breaking blocks underwater now show bubbles
  • Damaged Elytra now have their own texture
  • Fixed an issue that prevented certain items not being suggested in the recipe book correctly 
  • Items cooked on the campfire now stack together correctly (MCPE-47684) 

• Graphical
  • The paperdoll model now properly reloads animations when the app suspends and resumes 
  • The player model is now visible again while sleeping on a bed 
  • Improved the texture for the stonecutter with non-fancy graphics (MCPE-42487)
  • Fixed shield block animation in third person view
  • Iron bars no longer lose some of their textures when surrounded by other bars (MCPE-47324)
  • Fixed the smooth player sneaking animation (MCPE-49586)
  • The screen now fades to black when sleeping in a bed
  • Leads rendered in the structure block UI will no longer stretch really far away
  • Added correct hue to the Ender Dragon's death animation 

• User Interface
  • Fixed incorrect tooltip text showing for various potions 
  • Keyboard inputs now work correctly when the game loads out of window focus
  • Fixed HUD positioning after sleeping on VR immersive mode 
  • Fixed the "Open Chat" message for touch screen devices 
  • Flight controls will no longer show when sleeping in a bed in creative (MCPE-44928) 

• Commands
  • Pistons with data values 6 and 7 can no longer be placed using slash commands (MCPE-21558)
  • Using the /clear @p item now clears correctly auxiliary values 
  • Players can no longer use the /spawnpoint command in the Nether dimension
  • Using the /replaceitem command now works correctly with Barrels (MCPE-48184)
  • The /clear command now works correctly with damageable items 
  • Running the "/clear" command message now shows correct amount of items removed (MCPE-34750)
  • Carpet is now removed correctly when using the "/clear" command 

• Add-Ons and Script Engine
  • Fixed the death override event firing twice when leaving world from the death screen
  • Fixed `minecraft:scale` component failing to scale certain Actor models
  • Running the "tick_world" component now removes ticking areas correctly and consistently 
  • Fixed double damage events being sent when mobs are hurt by non-magic
  • Behaviour Pack animations now run correctly when set
  • Timer component now works on projectiles
  • "minecraft:spell_effects" no longer trigger a second time incorrectly
  • Fixed player entity components that were not getting added
  • Added stone slab aliases to allow backwards compatibility on Marketplace maps