Bedrock Edition beta 1.17.0.54

Beta 1.17.0.54 is the third beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.17.0, released on May 6, 2021, which added infested deepslate and fixes bugs.

Blocks

 * Infested Deepslate
 * An infested variant of deepslate.
 * Spawn a silverfish when mined.
 * Infested Deepslate can be found in Extreme Hills biomes.

Technical

 * Volumes
 * Create volumes in your world: simply create a "volumes" folder in a saved world, and put JSON files in there - 1 JSON file per volume.
 * Currently, the player can attach a fog - minecraft or your own custom fog - to a volume. When the player enters the volume, the fog will take effect.

Blocks

 * Azalea Leaves and Flowering Azalea Leaves
 * Now drop themself when mined with Silk Touch tools.


 * Block of Copper
 * Are now crafted from 9 copper ingots, instead of 4.
 * Can now be crafted down into 9 Copper Ingots.


 * Block of Raw Metal
 * Tweaked the textures of raw iron blocks, raw copper blocks, and raw gold blocks.


 * Copper and Deepslate Copper Ore
 * Now drops 2–3 raw copper when mined, or more when using a tool enchanted with Fortune.


 * Pointed Dripstone
 * Stalactites now drip water a bit more often when filling Cauldrons.


 * Powder Snow
 * Dispensers can now dispense a Powder Snow Block using a Powder Snow Bucket.
 * Mining time of Powder Snow Block now matches mining time in Java Edition.


 * Rooted Dirt
 * Tiling Rooted Dirt turns does no longer instantly turn it into Farmland block.


 * Spore Blossom
 * Spore Blossom can no longer be waterlogged.

Items

 * Clock
 * The texture has been changed. The gold is now more vibrant and better matches other instances of gold in the Texture Update texture.


 * Compass
 * The texture has been changed. The iron is now more vibrant and better matches other instances of iron in the Texture Update texture.


 * Raw Metal
 * Tweaked the texture.

Mobs

 * Axolotl
 * Axolotls no longer play dead on land.


 * Goat
 * Added new sounds.
 * Added the screaming goats.
 * Increased chances of getting screamer goat by breeding screamer goat with non-screamer goat.


 * Piglin
 * Piglins now admire Deepslate Gold Ore, Raw Gold, and Block of Raw Gold.


 * Squid and Glow Squid
 * Now make a specific sound when they let ink out.

World generation

 * Mineshafts
 * Minecarts with Chests can also appear in Mineshafts at -y.


 * Stronghold
 * Strongholds will be more hidden in larger caves.

General

 * Title screen
 * The main menu background is now in an amethyst geode.
 * The new background however is not visible due to the beta resource packs being applied in all beta versions.

Fixes

 * Caves & Cliffs
 * Axolotl can no longer move on its own while playing dead
 * Skeletons no longer freeze when standing inside of Powder Snow, and will transform into strays after 45 seconds
 * Mobs can now pathfind properly on top of Powder Snow
 * Vanilla Parity: Powder Snow can no longer support Scaffolding
 * Players can no longer Jump on top of Powder Snow to avoid sinking
 * Copper now has correct graphical and sound effects when waxing/dewaxing
 * Old signs no longer glow when being dyed
 * Underside of leaves now render correctly when placed on top of Copper Slabs
 * Fixed an issue where first person offhand items were rendered when zooming in with the Spyglass
 * Spyglass is now part of the "Equipment" category in the Creative inventory


 * User Interface
 * Fixed controller cursor sensitivity scaling
 * Fixed a bug preventing users from reassigning key 'E' in "Keyboard & Mouse" settings


 * Commands
 * Fixed issue where Minecart with Command Block was not affected by the 'CommandBlocksEnabled' gamerule.