Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.70.22


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Windows, Xbox: 1.21.7022.0 | ||||||
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Beta 1.21.70.22 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 1.21.70.22 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the second beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.21.70, released on February 5, 2025,[1] which adds new chicken variants, cacti flowers, short and tall dry grass, and fixes bugs.
Changes
General
UI
- Screen Safe Area Settings: Disables Horizontal and Vertical Screen Position sliders if the Safe area is set to 100%
- Stops Screen Position from displaying -0.0 due to a rounding error.
- Long splash texts on the start screen will break into two lines to be more readable.
- The invite button on the pause screen is moved up a bit and now has an icon.
- Scaled and moved the title logo to make room for the friends drawer button.
- Added new loading tips for creative mode.
- The Player Permissions screen has been upgraded to the new Ore UI, bringing a fresh look and a more intuitive and user friendly experience.

"Friends Drawer Improvements" .
- Players can now also find the Friends Drawer in the Main Menu and Game Menu, in addition to the Play Screen, in the top right of the screen.
Technical
API
- Component
minecraft:fluidContainerhas been renamed tominecraft:fluid_containerin V2.
Commands
- Moved the
place featureandplace featurerulesubcommands out of the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
Components
- Added the
minecraft:is_collidablecomponent- This component allows other mobs to have vertical and horizontal collisions with the component's owner.
- For a collision to occur, both mobs must have a
minecraft:collision_boxcomponent. - This component can only be used on mobs and enables collisions exclusively between mobs.
- For a collision to occur, both mobs must have a
- Please note that this type of collision is unreliable for moving mobs.
- It is recommended to use this component only in scenarios where the mob remains stationary.
- Collidable behavior is closely related to stackable behavior.
- While the
minecraft:is_collidablecomponent governs how other mobs interact with the component's owner, theminecraft:is_stackablecomponent describes how an entity interacts with others of its own kind.
- While the
- This component allows other mobs to have vertical and horizontal collisions with the component's owner.
- The
entity_sensorcomponent now has two additional fields:y_offset, applies a vertical offset to the entity's position when calculating distances to other entities.find_players_only, restricts the search to Players only, affecting all subsensors.
- Added the
minecraft:body_rotation_axis_alignedcomponent, that causes the entity's body to automatically rotate to align with the nearest cardinal direction based on its current facing direction.- Combining this with the
minecraft:body_rotation_blockedcomponent will cause the entity to align to the nearest cardinal direction and remain fixed in that orientation, regardless of future changes in its facing direction.
- Combining this with the
Entity Components
- Added
on_spawntrigger tospawn_chanceonhitsub-component, triggered on the newly spawned entity with other set to the owning entity. - Added
particle_item_namemap toparticle_on_hitonhitsub-component, maps an item name to an actor filter to determine what the name of the item used in the particle should be. Falls back to the name of the entity itself as before.
Goals
minecraft:behavior.float_wanderAI goal will now restrict mobs to their home position if they have theminecraft:homecomponent.
Mobs
- Added maximum value of
100000000.0and minimum value of-100000000.0tominecraft:collision_boxcomponent.
Network Protocol
- Added
ActorFlags::COLLIDABLE. - Added
ActorFlags::BODY_ROTATION_AXIS_ALIGNED.
Sounds
- Sound effects found in animations and animation controllers can now include an optional
locatorfield similar to particle effects allowing them to originate from the locator on the entity rather than the origin.
Experimental
These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs" and "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggles.
Additions
Blocks
- A new type of flower which has a chance of generating on cactuses in deserts and badlands.
- Can be placed on cactus blocks or any block which has center support at the top of the block.
- Has a chance of growing on cactus blocks.
- If a cactus is one or two blocks high the flower has a 10% chance to grow instead of the cactus getting higher.
- If a cactus is three blocks or higher the flower has a 25% chance to grow.
- Cactus flowers will only grow if they have space on all four sides.
- Can be used in the composter.
- Can be used to craft 1 pink dye.
- Is one block high.
- Generates in the desert and badlands.
- Can be placed on types of sand, terracotta and dirt blocks like the dead bush.
- Can be bone mealed.
- Using bone meal on short dry grass grows it into a tall dry grass.
- Can be used in the composter.
- Sheep can eat short dry grass to regrow its wool.
- Can be used as fuel for smelting.
- Is one block high.
- Generates in the desert and badlands.
- Can be placed on types of sand, terracotta and dirt blocks like the dead bush.
- Can be bone mealed.
- Using bone meal on tall dry grass places a neighbouring short dry grass next to the block if possible.
- Can be used in the composter.
- Sheep can eat tall dry grass to regrow its wool.
- Can be used as fuel for smelting.
Items
- A variant of the egg laid by the cold chicken variant.
- Spawns the cold chicken variant when hatched.
- A variant of the egg laid by the warm chicken variant.
- Spawns the warm chicken variant when hatched.
Mobs
- New Chicken variants have been added.
Temperate Chicken: The pre-existing chicken variant.
- Spawns by default where the cold and warm chicken variants do not spawn.
Cold Chicken: A variant that spawns in the following biomes:
Warm Chicken: A variant that spawns in the following biomes:
- Rotated the torso 90°.[2]
Technical
API
World- Added
getDifficulty(): Difficultymethod tobeta. This method gets the worlds current game difficulty. - Added
setDifficulty(difficulty: Difficulty): voidmethod tobeta. This method sets the worlds current game difficulty.
- Added
ActionFormData- Added method
header(text: minecraftserver.RawMessage): ActionFormData;. It adds a header into the form. - Added method
label(text: minecraftserver.RawMessage): ActionFormData;. It adds a label into the form.
- Added method
ModalFormData- Added method
header(text: minecraftserver.RawMessage): ModalFormData;. It adds a header into the form. - Added method
label(text: minecraftserver.RawMessage): ModalFormData;. It adds a label into the form.
- Added method
- Added new script module
@minecraft/diagnosticsversion1.0.0-beta. This module is dedicated server only for now and allows script modules to connect their script packs to Sentry. This enables remote error tracking and monitoring for script packs.
Changes
Blocks
- Added ambient sounds to the firefly bush that will play when the moon is visible to the block.
- Leaf litter can now be placed on any block which provides center support.
- Changed leaf litter map colour to be brown.
Mobs
Animal Variants
- Applied the warm and cold animal variant tags to all appropriate biomes, so that animals spawned in these biomes by spawn eggs or commands are an appropriate variant even if they still do not spawn in the biome naturally
- Cold farm animal biomes:
Deep Frozen Ocean
Frozen Ocean
Frozen Peaks
Frozen River
Grove
Ice Spikes
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Beach
Snowy Plains
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
The End
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Dark
Stony Peaks
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Technical
General
- In Server Authoritative movement, the Player will not constantly bop up and down if flying state change during small loss of connection with the server.
- Removing experimental files
cold_taiga,cold_taiga_hills, andcold_taiga_mutatedfrom behavior packs. These files were only loaded with the custom biomes experiment enabled, and this change does not remove the biomes themselves.
Fixes
From released versions before 1.21.70
- MCPE-147815 – Spaces before the command prevent the command from being executed
- MCPE-186358 – Minecraft Encyclopedia uses outdated info/wording (English)
- MCPE-187461 – The phrase "Chat e Comandos" on Minecraft is starting with small letter
- MCPE-188401 – Blocks with
item_specific_speedscannot be destroyed - MCPE-188795 – Riptide does not go as far vertically as previously.
- MCPE-189895 – dropper or dispenser may not work every 4gt, even though it is activated by a 4gt frequency signal
From the previous development version
- MCPE-190210 – New items added in 1.21.70.20 preview have extra spaces in their names
- MCPE-190215 – Some cross models have Z-fighting with their old models
- MCPE-190217 – Unable to access world with non marketplace type activated packs
- MCPE-190222 – Bush has a light level of 2
- MCPE-190227 – Placeholder text is shown when importing and exporting a world
- MCPE-190248 – Firefly Bush item texture is different from Java Edition
Other
- Fixed Leaf Litter step sound being in the block audio category not player.
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes happen when entities with an excessively large hitbox entered liquid.
- Fixed placement of Jigsaw structures that contain blocks with
minecraft:tickcomponent. - Fixed a bug that caused water to render through the bottom of boats in the Deferred Technical Preview.
- Fixed a bug that caused weather (rain, snow, etc...) to appear brighter than it should be at night in the Deferred Technical Preview.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft Beta & Preview - 1.21.70.22" – Minecraft Feedback, February 5, 2025.
- ↑ MCPE-190396