Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.21.40.22 changelog

Posted: 18th September 2024

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 a new Minecraft Preview and Beta! You'll be excited to know that bundles can now be dyed; enable the bundles experiment to test this out!  We’d love your feedback as always, so please let us know what you think at https://aka.ms/mcbundlesfeedback, and report any bugs at bugs.mojang.com.

Experimental Features

Items

• The Bundle can now be dyed 16 different colors using Dyes

Features and Bug Fixes

Android

• Fixed double input when using analog triggers on certain gamepads (MCPE-175113)

Gameplay

• Players getting killed by the Mace's Smash Attack now get the correct death message (MCPE-185952)
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from respawning correctly (MCPE-186324)
• TNT explosions no longer reset momentum of other falling Primed TNTs. This should fix any issues that were occurring with TNT cannons (MCPE-181055)

Mob

• The Breeze can no longer jump away from a player if it is on top of a Honey Block (MCPE-176991)
• Zombified Piglins spawned by a Nether Portal now have 15-second cooldown before it can use the Portal

Mobs

• Jump Boost now increases how high a Breeze can jump (MCPE-176922)
• Fixed issue with Minecarts stopping unexpectedly and then only being pushable in one direction (MCPE-185643)
• Updated the rules under which Bats spawn in the world:
  • Bats can now spawn at any height, provided the area is covered and sufficiently dark
  • Bats must spawn on one of the following blocks: Stone, Granite, Diorite, Andesite, Tuff, or Deepslate
  • As a result, Bats may now happen to spawn above the surface

Realms

• Added a new Realm Event. Can you find out what it is?

User Interface

• Single-tap to destroy now works with joystick/crosshair controls in Creative mode, without causing blocks to glitch (MCPE-181789)
• Fixed a bug where Realms invite links could overflow past their text boxes
• Items no longer get stuck in crafting grid after dropping an identical item from the recipe screen (MCPE-73593)
• Fixed an issue where the new Bed screen wouldn't be narrated fully in certain scenarios (Preview only)
• Fixed a bug where the experimental Bed screen was missing an overlay when screen animations were disabled (Preview only) (MCPE-184090)
• Take From Bundle functionality now takes precedence over Clear Hotbar when an item in a Bundle is selected using gamepad (MCPE-186359)
• Inventory screen no longer shows item categories in tooltips unless the recipe book search screen is actually visible (MCPE-128464)
• When using the Swap Jump and Sneak option with touch controls, sneak button no longer flickers when you press close to it (MCPE-159557)

Vanilla Parity

• Identical Lodestone Compass items now stack up to 64, matching Java Edition (MCPE-109595)

Technical Updates

API

• Fixed some cases when the entityRemove World event would sometimes not be triggered
• Moved getRedstonePower from beta to 1.15.0

Blocks

• Updated the Jigsaw Block
  • Fixed a bug where block data would not be saved when pressing "Done" (MCPE-181405)
  • Updated the Jigsaw Block UI
  • Added Selection Priority and Placement Priority fields

Camera

• The minecraft:follow_orbit preset is no longer behind the experimental toggle

Components

• Moved the "minecraft:redstone_conductivity" component out of the Upcoming Creator Features experiment for format_versions 1.21.30 and above

Entity Components

• The "behavior.jump_around_target" can no longer be used by an Entity on top of a Honey Block (MCPE-176991)
• Jump Boost now increases how high an Entity can jump when using "behavior.jump_around_target" (MCPE-176922)
• Wind Charges now use the minecraft:explode component instead of minecraft:wind_burst.
• Expanded minecraft:explode with the following new fields:
  • damage_scaling: A scale factor applied to the explosion's damage to entities. A value of 0 prevents the explosion from dealing any damage. Negative values cause the explosion to heal entities instead
  • toggles_blocks: If true, the explosion will toggle blocks in the explosion radius
  • knockback_scaling: A scale factor applied to the knockback force caused by the explosion
  • particle_effect: The name of the particle effect to use. The accepted strings are wind_burst or breeze_wind_burst. All other inputs will use the default explosion particles
  • sound_effect: The name of the sound effect played when the explosion triggers
  • negates_fall_damage: Defines whether the explosion should apply fall damage negation to Players above the point of collision
  • allow_underwater: If true, the explosion will affect blocks and entities underwater

Graphical

• Starting with base game version 1.21.40, built-in biomes_client.json files will no longer be loaded. That file from other packs will continue to be loaded. Water and fog settings are now in individual client_biome.json files in resource packs. When both biomes_client.json and the individual client_biome.json file specify competing values, the loaded biomes_client.json from creator content will have priority

Blocks

• Fixed a bug where old block IDs were incorrectly overwriting data of new block IDs from blocks.json format_version 1.21.20 or higher (MCPE-186255)
• Updated references to old block names in behavior pack color recipe files
• Updated references to old block names in behavior pack feature files
• Updated references to old block names in biome definition files

Technical Experimental Updates

Add-Ons and Script Engine

• Add support for custom items with the "minecraft:block_placer" item component to use the referenced "block" as the icon for the item
  • If the "minecraft:icon" component is specified, it will override the "block" icon
  • Requires the "Upcoming Creator Features" toggle. Must use item json version 1.21.40 or higher

API

• Moved PlayerInteractWithBlockBeforeEvent and PlayerInteractWithBlockAfterEvent from beta to 1.15.0
• Moved PlayerInteractWithEntityBeforeEvent and PlayerInteractWithEntityAfterEvent from beta to 1.15.0
• Added enum PlatformType export enum PlatformType { Console = 'Console', Desktop = 'Desktop', Mobile = 'Mobile', } Class ScriptClientSystemInfo
  • Added field platformType
  • Added field maxRenderDistance

Camera

• Added camera relative movement to the "New Third Person Presets" experimental toggle
  • Camera relative movement is enabled on any camera that inherits from minecraft:follow_orbit and sets align_camera_and_target_forward to false

Graphical

• Updated some JSON schemas for Deferred Technical Preview resource packs. Creators must update their packs to the new format. Documentation on the Creator Learning Portal will be updated accordingly
  • Split up the contents of lighting/global.json into 3 files: lighting/global.json, point_lights/global.json and pbr/global.json. They contain directional lights + emissive desaturation, point light colors and MERS fallbacks respectively
  • The schema for lighting/global.json is now wrapped in a new "minecraft:lighting_settings" object and also requires a "description" object with an "identifier" string to act as a unique name for your settings. The "format_version" field has also been modified to require a string as opposed to an array of integers, and must use a version of "1.21.40"
  • The filepath for atmospheric scattering files has been relocated to atmospherics/atmospherics.json
  • The schema for atmospherics/atmospherics.json is now wrapped in a new "minecraft:atmosphere_settings" object and also requires a "description" object with an "identifier" string to act as a unique name for your settings. It also requires a "format_version" string, which must be a version of "1.21.40"
  • The schema for color_grading/color_grading.json now requires a "format_version" string, which must be a version of "1.21.40"
  • The schema for water/water.json now requires a "format_version" string, which must be a version of "1.21.40"

"lighting/global.json"
{
	"minecraft:lighting_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"description": {
			"identifier": string
		},
		"directional_lights": {
			"sun": {
				"illuminance": float,
				"color": RGB color
			},
			"moon": {
				"illuminance": float,
				"color": RGB color
			},
			"orbital_offset_degrees": float
		},
		"emissive": {
			"desaturation": float
		}
	}
}
"point_lights/global.json"
{
	"minecraft:point_light_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"colors": {
			"minecraft:block_name": RGB color,
			...
		}
	}
}
"pbr/global.json"
{
	"minecraft:pbr_fallback_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"blocks": {
			"global_metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface": RGBA color
		},
		"actors": {
			"global_metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface": RGBA color
		},
		"particles": {
			"global_metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface": RGBA color
		},
		"items": {
			"global_metalness_emissive_roughness_subsurface": RGBA color
		}
	}
}
"atmospherics/atmospherics.json"
{
	"minecraft:atmosphere_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"description": {
			"identifier": string
		},
		...
	}
}
"color_grading/color_grading.json"
{
	"minecraft:color_grading_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"description": {
			"identifier": string
		},
		...
	}
}
"water/water.json"
{
	"minecraft:water_settings": {
		"format_version": "1.21.40",
		"description": {
			"identifier": string
		},
		...
	}
}

Molang

Added query.client_max_render_distance. It returns the max render distance in chunks of the current client. Available on the Client (Resource Packs) only