Bedrock Edition Preview 1.18.30.27

This page covers a development version that has a critical issue under certain conditions.
 
Chunks below Y+0 can become corrupted.[1]
Preview 1.18.30.27
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Edition

Bedrock Edition

Release date

Windows, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox: March 16, 2022

Internal version
Beta

Windows: 1.18.3026.0
Xbox One: 1.18.3026.70
Android: 1.18.30.26
Preview Windows: 1.18.3027.0
Xbox One: 1.18.3027.70
iOS, iPadOS: 1.18.30.27

Type

Preview

Preview for

1.18.30

Protocol version

498

Beta 1.18.30.26 (Windows, Android, Xbox) or Preview 1.18.30.27 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the eighth beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.30, released on March 16, 2022,[2] which adds the copper horn behind experimental gameplay, and fixes bugs.

Changes

Blocks

Invisible Bedrock

  • Block ID changed from invisiblebedrock to invisible_bedrock.

Piston Heads

  • Block ID of Piston Head changed from pistonarmcollision to piston_arm_collision.
  • Block ID of Sticky Piston Head changed from stickypistonarmcollision to sticky_piston_arm_collision.

Moving Block

  • Block ID changed from movingblock to moving_block.

Items

Shields

  • Will now be disabled for 5 seconds if struck by a player or mob wielding an axe

Technical

General

  • Limited the number of elements in the crafting_tags field of the CraftingTableComponent to 64

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Vanilla Experiments" and "GameTest Framework" experimental toggle.

Additions

Items

Copper Horn

  • Crafted from a goat horn and copper ingots
  • Can play three different sounds, with additional sounds if the horn is crafted from a goat horn that is dropped by a screaming goat

World generation

Pillager Outpost

  • Goat horns and copper horns now spawn as loot in pillager outpost chests.

Changes

Items

Goat Horn

  • Can now be crafted into copper horns
  • Is now always dropped when a goat with at least one horn rams into stone, packed ice, iron ore, copper ore, emerald ore, or any wood log in the Overworld

Mobs

Goat

  • Now have a small chance of spawning with only one horn
    • Baby goats will always grow up to have two horns, however.

Technical

GameTest Framework

  • Added event leverActivate, which is activated when a lever is toggled
  • Added an optional argument to showParticles: bool = trueto function addEffect.

Fixes

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue where the hunger bar would not deplete on some Marketplace worlds (MCPE-152533)
  • Fixed Bad Omen effect not being applied after defeating a Pillager Captain (MCPE-152846)
  • Mob hurt and death sounds no longer overlap (MCPE-152852)
  • Knockback resistance now dampens the vertical lift received from the Iron Golem attack
  • Save Structure Blocks now correctly detect Corner Structure Blocks at negative Y levels (MCPE-151511)

Vanilla Parity

  • Nether Brick, Iron/Gold Nuggets, Red/Brown Mushroom Blocks, and Chorus Plant/Flower Blocks can no longer be used as fuel in Furnaces (MCPE-114216)
  • Camera now shakes the same way it does in Java Edition when the player receives damage (MCPE-118510)
  • Shields will now be disabled when being attacked by an axe.

Mobs

  • Fixed an issue where some large mobs in Marketplace maps could get stuck

User Interface

  • When using the new touch controls on mobile devices, the size of the thumbstick can now be adjusted with the Button Size slider in the settings screen
  • Fixed an issue in Pocket UI where items could be dropped unintentionally in blocks with custom UIs, and resized those screens to allow for dropping items on the sides instead
  • Improved contrast on multiple UI elements
  • Enabled the Behavior Packs tab in the new Create New World screen

Technical

  • Components
    • Fixed an issue in the Knockback goal where the incorrect owner was being passed into the filter evaluate function
  • Stability and Performance
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when loading entities in a chunk that contained entities pre-1.18.30.

References

  1. MCPE-153316
  2. "Minecraft Beta & Preview - 1.18.30.26/27" – Minecraft Feedback, March 16, 2022.

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