Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.60.25

Preview 1.21.60.25
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Edition

Bedrock Edition

Release date

January 8, 2025

Server version

1.21.60.25 1.21.60.26

Editor version

0.8.4

Build version

30228059

Internal version

Windows, Xbox: 1.21.6025.0
Android, iOS, iPadOS: 1.21.60.25

Version code

Android:
952106025 (armeabi-v7a, 34)
962106025 (x86, 34)
972106025 (arm64-v8a, 34)
982106025 (x86_64, 34)

Type

Preview

Preview for

1.21.60

Downloads

Server
Windows
Linux

Protocol version

776

Beta 1.21.60.25 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 1.21.60.25 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.21.60, released on January 8, 2025,[1] which fixes bugs. This is the first beta/Preview released in 2025.

Changes

Blocks

Creaking Heart

  • Now has an additional state for when it is in a valid configuration but unable to spawn a creaking due to it being daytime.

Eyeblossoms

  • Now open when the moon starts rising, and close when the moon has completely set.

Iron Bars, Block of Iron, Iron Trapdoors, Iron Doors and Heavy Weighted Pressure Plates

  • Now make iron sounds when you mine, break, place and walk on them.

Pale Oak Leaves and Pale Oak Sapling

  • The map color has been updated to better match their actual in-game color.

Mobs

Creakings

  • They now emit vibrations when swaying after being hit.
  • Creakings spawned by a creaking heart can now be nametagged, preventing them from despawning during the day.
    • Destroying their creaking heart will still cause them to crumble.
    • Hitting a nametagged creaking during the day will result in a particle trail, but no resin.
  • The creaking can now spawn when the moon starts rising, and crumbles when the moon has completely set.

General

UI

  • It is now possible to scroll through the friends tab with text-to-speech enabled and cross-play disabled.
  • The achievements disabled crossed bottle icon is now a blocked icon.

World generation

Pale Garden

  • Pale gardens now generate more frequently and are overall larger.
  • Woodland mansions can now generate in pale gardens.

Technical

API

  • Added enum InvalidArgumentErrorType that adds extra context to the type of invalid argument error.
  • Added property type to InvalidArgumentError for checking the type of argument error.

Biomes

  • Add creature spawn probability JSON component for spawning related experiments.

Blocks

  • Removed content log error: 'Block needs both a geometry and material instances component'.

Commands

  • /wsserver command disabled by default. Enable in General Settings.
  • Websocket encryption default enabled for all platforms.

Components

  • Added min_looked_at_duration field to minecraft:looked_at component to specify how long a stare has to be maintained before the target and cooldown logic is set.
  • The strider now makes use of the minecraft:movement_sound_distance_offset component for its movement sound distance offset.
  • Two values on the minecraft:storage_item component have been split off into separate components:
    • max_weight_limit has been moved to the new minecraft:storage_weight_limit component.
    • weight_in_storage_item has been moved to the new minecraft:storage_weight_modifier component.

Dedicated Server

  • The movement mode authority chosen settings will now be displayed in the command window on dedicated server launch.

Graphics

  • Added support minecraft:foliage_appearance and minecraft:grass_appearance components in client_biome JSON files to control color or palette selection for foliage and grass rendering.

Items

  • Removed "Upcoming Creator Feature" toggle requirement for minecraft:block_placer item component.
  • Migrated ItemData from StartGamePacket into ItemRegistryPacket (renamed from ItemComponentPacket).

Stability and Performance

  • Removed redundant biome data from chunks and improved World Template generation stability.
  • Made changes to add up to 4% CPU performance improvement on Switch.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Drop 1 2025", "Aim Assist", and "Beta APIs" experimental toggles.

Additions

Mobs

Pig

Gameplay

Particles

  • All leaves blocks now emit falling leaf particles. Cherry leaves and pale oak leaves already emitted falling leaf particles before this update. They will continue to work like they did before.

Technical

API

  • Added script bindings to beta for the experimental Aim Assist feature.
    • class AimAssistCategory
    • class AimAssistCategorySettings
    • class AimAssistPreset
    • class AimAssistPresetSettings
    • class AimAssistRegistry
    • enum AimAssistTargetMode
    • interface PlayerAimAssistSettings
    • class PlayerAimAssist
    • method Player.getAimAssist to modify a player's aim-assist settings
    • method World.getAimAssist to add aim-assist presets and categories.

Changes

Blocks

Lodestone

  • Lodestone is now crafted from 1 iron ingot surrounded by 8 chiseled stone blocks
Ingredients Crafting recipe
Chiseled Stone Bricks +
Iron Ingot
Invicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone BricksInvicon Chiseled Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Chiseled Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chiseled Stone Bricks with description: Chiseled Stone Bricks
Invicon Lodestone.png: Inventory sprite for Lodestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lodestone with description: Lodestone
  • The crafting recipe unlocks when the player obtains an iron ingot or a lodestone.
  • Lodestones can now be found as loot at ruined portals in the Overworld or Nether.

Technical

Aim Assist

  • Aim assist will now only allow interactions within player's interact distance.
  • Aim assist can now properly detect entities have hitbox partially inside detection area.

API

  • RegistrationBuilder.structureLocation method in @minecraft/server-gametest:
    • Added optional argument structureDimension: DimensionTye string to specify which dimension the gametest should spawn in. If not provided, it will default to whichever dimension the test is ran from.
  • system.scriptEvent() no longer returns ScriptEventMessageSizeError but instead an InvalidArgumentError for the message size exceeding 2048 characters in size in Beta.
  • Removed ScriptEventMessageSizeError from Beta.
  • Moved CameraTargetOptions from beta to v1.16.0.

Camera

  • Block and entity targeting of Aim assist will now apply to touch control modes: 'Joystick & tap to interact' and 'D-Pad & tap to interact'.

Experimental

  • Removed the Creator Cameras: Focus Target Camera experimental toggle

Gameplay

  • Focus Target Camera now displays a command output error when trying to target an entity when not on a free camera or custom camera that inherits from free camera.
  • Focus Target Camera vertical_rotation_limits are now in world space. 0 degrees is straight down, 90 degrees is horizontal and 180 degrees is straight up. The limits for the values are [0, 180] inclusive.

User Interface

  • Added full support and fixes for some input glyph replacement strings. This is to make them work across all the platforms (PC, Consoles, Mobile).
  • These are the values fixed:
    • :_input_key.forward:
    • :_input_key.back:
    • :_input_key.left:
    • :_input_key.right:
    • :_input_key.inventory:
    • :_input_key.use:
    • :_input_key.chat:
    • :_input_key.attack:
    • :_input_key.sprint:
  • The icons for these strings are updated in diverse areas of the game that support contextual glyphs, such as: signs, signed books, tags, chat, commands.
  • Also, as improvement, replacement of these values depends on the interaction/control mode when using touch as input mode. These modes are Joystick & tap to interact, D-Pad & tap to interact, and Joystick & aim crosshair.

Fixes

25 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.21.60

  • MCPE-19129 – Can't use items while looking at iron door or trapdoor without "sneaking"
  • MCPE-23544 – Endermen attack without being looked at
  • MCPE-91436 – Zombie villagers can spawn from zombie spawners
  • MCPE-125864 – Damage from magma doesn’t have fire damage sound
  • MCPE-157125 – Non-player entities teleport to Y 500+ to 32767 height when transported from the End to the Overworld
  • MCPE-180467:_input_key.attack: and :_input_key.use: show "Unassigned" on touchscreen
  • MCPE-186591 – Custom skin set to slim model changes to classic/wide model after restarting the game
  • MCPE-187368 – Creakings cannot spawn on a single layer of top snow
  • MCPE-187564 – Single dark oak and pale oak saplings accept bone meal despite not being able to grow
  • MCPE-188001 – All vines sound like regular vines instead of having unique sounds
  • MCPE-188102 – Game crashes in a specific world due to a bundle in the player's inventory
  • MCPE-188824 – Darkened border appears at ground level in flat world
  • MCPE-188842 – Screen edges darken upon loading into a world
  • MCPE-189691 – Game pause feature is no longer available

From the previous development version

  • MCPE-188809 – Top texture of block is not rendered when a monster spawner or barrier is placed on top at Y=64
  • MCPE-189121 – Leaves and vines have the wrong colors

Other

  • Crafter with no BlockActor data no longer produce a crash.
  • Big dripleaf blocks can no longer be placed on top of pale moss blocks.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when destroying a creaking heart.
  • Pistons, sticky pistons, droppers, and dispensers now show up in the recipe book again when crafting.
  • Entity loot tables with a spawn egg that omits the actor ID will no longer drop an invalid spawn egg when destroyed via the minecraft:instant_despawn component.
  • Fixed issue where the text of the purchase button on the old Realms product description page can swap between "Subscribe Now ..." and "Start Free Trial".
  • Users can now access Realms Stories of Realms they are a part of even when multiplayer access is disabled in the account's privacy settings.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented the user from exiting edit world when choosing play on Realm button and canceling the sign-in process.
  • Fixed issue where No more entities assert failure occurred when flying through biomes during a storm.

References

  1. "Minecraft Beta & Preview - 1.21.60.25" – Minecraft Feedback, January 8, 2025.

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