Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.0.24

Beta 1.18.0.24 is the fifth beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.0, released on October 27, 2021, which added a warning message when opening up an old world, and fixes bugs.

General

 * World Selection
 * Added a warning when opening up and updating an old world, with a backup world option.
 * When enabled, it creates a new copy of the world.

Fixes

 * Blocks
 * Players can once again continuously place water, lava, and Powder Snow by holding down the 'Place' button.
 * Light blocks no longer support blocks that need support, e.g. Beds and Paintings.


 * Mineshaft
 * Mineshaft pillars should no longer generate in lava.
 * Mineshafts will not generate Dirt floors anymore.
 * Mineshafts now use Log Blocks for creating support pillars.


 * Gameplay
 * Fixed a problem that caused certain worlds to increase in size, causing high RAM usage.
 * Fixed shallow water turning brighter when aimed while holding a Small Drip Leaf.
 * Tall flowers will now drop only one item when broken by water placed in the upper half of the flower.
 * Fixed an issue where terrain could be seen through.
 * Education Features: NPCs no longer have idle sounds.
 * Chorus Fruit now works correctly at negative Y coordinates.


 * Items
 * Adjusted the smoothness of movement for Primed TNT, Lingering Potions, Splash Potions, and Bottle o' Enchanting when far from players.
 * Multiple Education Edition items no longer show the "craftingScreen.tab.none" tooltip.
 * All ground vegetation can now be placed on Mycelium.


 * Mobs
 * Increased the chances of Axolotl naturally spawning in Lush Caves.
 * Fish now attempt to avoid Axolotls.
 * Magma Cubes are now correctly aggressive towards Iron Golems and Slimes are no longer aggressive towards Snow Golems.
 * Phantoms should now be able to free themselves after getting stuck when trying to pathfind into mountains.


 * World Generation
 * Ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with Java Edition.
 * Gravel can now correctly replace Deepslate during world generation.
 * Gold Ore in Badlands biomes are no longer generating in too large of quantities.
 * Lava sources are no longer generated in Frozen Ocean biomes.
 * Deepslate Copper Ore variant is now correctly generating in the world.
 * Updated naming for new Caves & Cliffs mountain biomes to better match between Bedrock and Java Edition.


 * User Interface
 * Fixes the rendering of the icons in text, making the colors not distorted.


 * Technical
 * Fixed mobs default summonability when not specified in JSON.
 * Improved performance in 'RangedAttackGoal' for mobs that do not move.