Bedrock Edition Preview 1.18.20.28

Preview 1.18.20.28
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Bedrock 1.18.20.28.png: Infobox image for Preview 1.18.20.28 the version in Minecraft
Edition

Bedrock Edition

Release date

Windows, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox: February 17, 2022

Internal version
Beta

Windows: 1.18.2027.0
Xbox One: 1.18.2027.70
Android: 1.18.20.27
Preview Windows: 1.18.2028.0
Xbox One: 1.18.2028.70
iOS, iPadOS: 1.18.20.28

Type

Preview

Preview for

1.18.30

Protocol version

491

Beta 1.18.20.27 (Windows, Android, Xbox) or Preview 1.18.20.28 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.30[a], released on February 17, 2022,[2] which balances the mob spawning in snowy taigas, brings parity in mobs' damage values and fixes armor, protection and damage calculation and several bugs.

Changes

Items

Boats

  • Spruce and dark oak boats now correctly use their updated item sprites.[3]

Mobs

Farm animals

Ranged attacks

  • Blaze fireballs, evoker's fang magic attack and shulker bullets now deal consistent damage across all difficulties.

Hoglins

  • Baby hoglins no longer attack players.

Magma cubes

  • Tiny magma cubes now do slightly more damage, from 2HP♥ to 3HP♥♥ on normal.

Skeletons

  • The melee "short-ranged" attack does slightly less damage, from 3HP♥♥ to 2HP♥ on normal.

Spiders

  • Now deal slightly less damage, from 3HP♥♥ to 2HP♥ on normal.

Untamed wolves

  • Now deal slightly more damage, from 3HP♥♥ to 4HP♥♥ on normal.

Zoglins

  • Baby zoglins now deal slightly less damage, from 1HP♥ to 0.5HP♥ × 0.25 (14 of a heart) on normal.

Command format

/placefeature

  • Temporarily removed.

Fixes

Gameplay

  • Fixed actor definition identifiers not being recognized if the item or block name contains "."
  • Damage is now calculated more accurately, we now properly calculate and store partial damage for larger damage.
  • Armor and protection reduction calculations have been made more accurate.
  • Ender dragon's magic breath attack now properly deals damage (MCPE-94317).
  • The player's position when rejoining a world will remain the same if they quit while in lava (MCPE-82480).
  • Players can now fly down through ladders and other climbable blocks such as vines in creative without stopping (MCPE-82480).
  • Fixed a bug where shield blocking animation stops playing smoothly after blocking once (MCPE-149838).

Graphical

  • Fixed a bug where "carrots_stage_3" texture filename was incorrect and did not show up in-game (MCPE-152175).

Mobs

  • Bees no longer become angry when beehives are destroyed by Silk Touch (MCPE-83550).

User Interface

  • Buttons in touch controls no longer get stuck in pressed state when players go outside of the button area (MCPE-151921).
  • Fixed an issue where text would display incorrectly on certain Android devices in the new UI (MCPE-151916).
  • Fixed a crashing issue that could occur when hovering over the search bar in the crafting menu when playing with a controller.

Marketplace

  • Coin Purchase Screen now includes “Coin Starter Bundles” for purchase on some platforms.
  • Game no longer hangs/crashes when clicking "View More".
  • Marketplace tags now fit in description section.
  • Download popup no longer flickers when closed.
  • Client now supports multiple player count tags in Marketplace pages.
  • Added warning popup on Marketplace pages when attempting to equip skin pack skin while character creator item is equipped.

Character Creator

  • Fixed an issue which caused some emotes to have unintended rotations when near the end of their animation (MCPE-134328).

Notes

  1. Bedrock Edition 1.18.20 is not a version of the game and its betas are instead part of 1.18.30.[1]

References

  1. 1.18.20 rolled into 1.18.30; CornerHard on Twitch - March 30, 2022
  2. "Minecraft Beta - 1.18.20.27 (Xbox / Windows / Android)" – feedback.minecraft.net, February 17, 2022.
  3. MCPE-152262 — resolved as "Fixed".

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