Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.17.30.22 changelog

Posted: 18 August 2021

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• 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 aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions

It's time for another Bedrock Beta update! Please continue to send us your feedback in the threads at https://aka.ms/CavesCliffsFeedback, and search and report any new bugs you may encounter at https://bugs.mojang.com.

Experimental Features

Mobs

• Fixed incorrect position when dismounting at a negative world height (MCPE-136622)

Features and Bug Fixes

Cartographers

• Cartographers will now only give maps to undiscovered monuments (MCPE-29375)

Enchanting

• Enchanting Table's enchantment probability is now weighted (MCPE-101588)

Vanilla Parity

• Fixed Barrier Block hitbox missing when not holding a Barrier Block (MCPE-137646)
• Fixed Barrier Blocks not blocking projectiles (MCPE-137646)
• Fixed Barrier Blocks not blocking player interaction with blocks behind them
• Shulker Boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an item (MCPE-129470, MCPE-87877)
• Bows and Tridents are now held more similarly to Java Edition (MCPE-126717, MCPE-44418)
• Grass and water block tint colors are no longer slightly randomized with noise
• Abandoned villages are now far rarer, more closely matching the Java Edition (MCPE-71769)

Graphical

• Fixed a bug that could cause the Trident, Shield, and Crossbow to render incorrectly when an additional player is connected over the internet using a Marketplace skin (MCPE-118358)
• Fixed a bug which could cause the Spyglass to appear as if it's being thrown when using a custom skin (MCPE-127498)
• Fixed emissive light propagation in ray tracing mode by increasing irradiance cache sample size (MCPE-135157)
• The hotbar is no longer too dark when anti-aliasing is increased (MCPE-54213)
• The crosshair no longer flickers during multiplayer sessions (MCPE-123918)

Marketplace

• Replaced loading bars with new loading spinner in the Marketplace

User Interface

• Fixed the hotbar being misaligned with XP bar by 1 pixel (MCPE-46975)
• Using the touch interface, holding the output slot on the Stonecutter or Loom will now rapidly craft items (MCPE-128423)
• Fixed an incorrect popup when attempting to activate a pack with a missing dependency (MCPE-130978)
• Fixed translation issues for some keys containing upper case letters

Technical Updates

Commands

• Animations and events defined in Behavior Packs can now run commands that require cheats without the player enabling cheats (such as setting certain rules with the /gamerule command)

Potions

• "potion.prefix" and "potion..postfix" potion string resources have been renamed to "potion..name"
• Potion name string resources have been changed so there are separate "Splash" and "Lingering" string resources
• The old style of using "potion.prefix" and "potion.*.postfix" is still supported

User Interface

• Content warning message now informs the user of issues with their language file if the format is invalid