Bedrock Edition 1.19.80

1.19.80 is an upcoming minor update to with no set release date which will add more experimental features toggle and will bring more parity with Java Edition and fix bugs.

Command format

 * Block states
 * Provide auto-complete support for block states in commands.


 * Allows for query or change the player's camera or movement permissions as enabled or disabled:
 * For query the permission(s):
 * For change the permission(s):
 * For change the permission(s):


 * Added a new syntax for summoning entities facing at a target or to the specified coordinates:
 * For facing an entity:
 * For facing to the specified coordinates:
 * For facing to the specified coordinates:


 * Target selectors
 * Added the target selector argument, which allows for selection based on player permissions.

General

 * Experiments
 * Added the "Short Sneaking" experimental toggle.
 * Enables the ability to sneak under 1.5 blocks of height.


 * Options
 * Added "Glint Speed" and "Glint Strength" accessibility option for adjusting the speed and transparency of enchantment glints.
 * Added "New 'You Died' Screen (Experimental)" video option to disable/enable the new death screen.

Technical

 * Bedrock Editor
 * Added the bedrock editor, is currently available for keyboard/mouse on Windows PC Bedrock Preview builds.
 * It is an in-engine, multiblock editing experience focused on making it possible for creators of all skillsets to easily craft high-quality experiences.

Blocks

 * Fences
 * The ID's of  have now been split up into their own ID's.


 * Log
 * The ID's of the logs ( and  ) have now been split up into their own ID's.


 * Melon and Pumpkin
 * Can now grow in mud, podzol, rooted dirt, and muddy mangrove roots.


 * Pressure Plate
 * Changed the sound of the weighted pressure plates to match.


 * Sculk Sensor
 * game event now has a vibration frequency of 2 instead of 14.
 * is no longer considered a detectable vibration.
 * Reeling a fishing rod now emits  vibration.

Command format

 * , and
 * The block state arguments are now optional.

General

 * Death messages
 * Renamed and enchanted weapons are now displayed in respawn and chat windows with color when a player is killed by an entity using it.


 * Death screen
 * Has been revamped.


 * Controls
 * Added a header and title for the inventory tab in inventory screen while using Pocket UI.
 * Increased the spacing between headers in the settings screen to increase readability.
 * Touchpad scrolling now matches the operating system's scroll direction.

Items

 * Map
 * Mangrove, bamboo, and polished blackstone buttons are no longer visible.


 * Potions and Tipped Arrows
 * Changed the particle colors of the following potion effects:
 * Fire Resistance
 * Harming
 * Invisibility
 * Leaping
 * Night Vision
 * Poison
 * Slowness
 * Strength
 * Swiftness
 * Turtle Master
 * Water Breathing
 * Potions no longer have an enchantment glint due to it obscuring the color of the potion contents.

Mobs

 * Boat and Boat with Chest
 * Turtles can now enter.
 * Hoglins, polar bears, and spiders can no longer enter.


 * Panda
 * Slightly decreased collision box to match.


 * Polar Bear
 * Slightly increased collision box to match.


 * Villager
 * Now generate green particles when a successful trade is completed.

Technical

 * Recipes
 * Removed 'data' key to recipe json format.

Experimental
These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Short Sneaking", and "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.

Blocks

 * Cherry Leaves
 * A new type of leaves.
 * Have pink particles falling underneath.


 * Cherry Log
 * A new type of log, as well as a stripped variant.
 * Can be used to craft cherry woods and planks.
 * The stripped variant can be used to craft cherry hanging sign.


 * Cherry Planks
 * A new type of plank.
 * Can be used to craft cherry buttons, doors, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, slabs, stairs, and trapdoors.


 * Cherry Sapling
 * A new type of sapling.
 * Can be placed in flower pots.


 * Cherry Wood
 * A new type of wood, as well as a stripped variant.
 * Can be used to craft cherry planks.


 * Pink Petals
 * A new type of block, which generates naturally in cherry groves.
 * Renewable when applying a bone meal to an existing one or to the ground of cherry groves.
 * Similar to sea pickle, can be placed up to 4 in one dirt-related block.
 * Can be placed directional.
 * Can be crafted into a pink dye.


 * Suspicious Gravel
 * Looks like gravel, but rougher.
 * Affected by gravity, vanishes when landing.
 * Drops nothing when mined or moved, even if mining with silk touch.
 * Generates naturally in ocean ruins.
 * Brushing the suspicious gravel with a brush will extract objects.
 * Has 4 stages of extracting, will recover gradually when stop brushing.
 * Turns to regular gravel when extraction is done.
 * Only suspicious gravels with a valid archaeological loot table can extract an item.

Items

 * Smithing Templates
 * New item series for armor trimming and netherite upgrading, with twelve of them.
 * Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Netherite Upgrade
 * Armor Trim:
 * Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Coast Armor Trim
 * Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template JE2 BE2.png Dune Armor Trim
 * Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Eye Armor Trim
 * Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Rib Armor Trim
 * Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template JE2 BE2.png Sentry Armor Trim
 * Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Snout Armor Trim
 * Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Spire Armor Trim
 * Tide Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Tide Armor Trim
 * Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Vex Armor Trim
 * Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Ward Armor Trim
 * Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1 BE1.png Wild Armor Trim
 * They can be obtained randomly from chests generated in structures accordingly.
 * Exceptions:
 * While randomly generated in other rooms, a netherite upgrade smithing template is also guaranteed in every treasure room in a bastion remnant.
 * 1 eye armor trim is guaranteed in every stronghold library chest.
 * A single tide armor trim smithing template is sometimes dropped by elder guardians upon death.
 * Some armor trims are rarer.
 * The following common armor trims always generate 2 templates in a chest when found:
 * Dune
 * Coast
 * Wild
 * Sentry
 * Consumed when used to upgrade an item in the smithing table.
 * Can not be crafted directly, but can make a copy of them by crafting in crafting tables as following pattern:
 * 7 diamonds, shaped as iron ingots in cauldron crafting recipe.
 * 1 block of material that the template is made out of, placed in the center slot of the crafting grid.
 * 1 smithing template, placed in the remaining slot.

World generation

 * Cherry blossom trees
 * A new type of tree which can be grown from cherry saplings.
 * Occasionally generated with a bee nest.
 * Tree trunks fork or bend high up, and are then covered up in large, round canopies of cherry leaves.


 * Cherry Grove
 * A new biome which contains pretty cherry blossom trees.
 * Located in the mountains, like meadows.
 * Pigs, rabbits, sheeps, and bees can spawn here.

Blocks

 * Decorated Pot
 * Updated the neck of the model.
 * The pot's neck now clip with blocks.
 * Now uses the new and more complex block model.
 * No longer provides support for blocks wanting to attach to its side faces.
 * Is no longer stackable in the inventory.
 * Base recipe now shows up in the recipe book.
 * Particles is now based on the default side texture.


 * Piglin Head
 * Their ears now flap when the wearer is riding a vehicle.


 * Suspicious Sand
 * Now generates naturally in warm ocean ruins.
 * Is no longer waterloggable.
 * Now connects to Fence blocks.
 * Now turns into regular Sand after it's been destroyed with a Brush.
 * Now emits particles when broken by Pistons.
 * Fixed an issue that caused the item inside suspicious sand to flicker while brushing.

Items

 * Armor
 * Now can be visually customized with a variety of unique trims at the smithing table.
 * Purely visual with no gameplay benefits, and can only be applied to helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots.
 * All trim patterns are visually the same on an armor's item icon, but the color will still change based on the trim material.
 * The name of the trim pattern will be displayed on the item's tooltip.
 * Armor trim has 2 properties: pattern and material.
 * Pattern: Defined by the smithing template used to apply the trim, and represents the visual pattern of the trim.
 * Material: Defined by what ingredient is used to apply the trim, and represents the color of the trim.
 * Available ingredients:


 * Brush
 * Crafting recipe now uses a feather, copper ingot and stick in a vertical line.
 * Added a slight cooldown for particles and sounds.


 * Pottery Shard
 * Updated archer pottery shard texture.

Mobs

 * Camel
 * Now stop dashing when entering a rideable entity.


 * Frogs
 * Frogs born in the cherry grove biome are now the temperate variant instead of the cold variant.

Gameplay

 * Smithing Table functionality
 * Redesigned: it is now a workstation for physical equipment upgrades and modifications.
 * Added a slot used by smithing templates to the left of the old 2 slots.
 * Smithing templates define what type of upgrade that will be making to equipment.
 * It specifies both what type of items that can upgrade, and which ingredients are valid to customize the upgrade.
 * Netherite equipment crafting now also requires a netherite upgrade smithing template.


 * Sneaking
 * Player’s hitbox height now reduces to 1.5 blocks while sneaking.
 * Sneaking will automatically be initiated while stuck in a gap of less than 1.8 blocks.
 * Sneaking now requires enough space to stand in order to exit sneaking.
 * Players will transition from swimming to sneaking if they are unable to stand up but would be able to sneak.

World generation

 * Ocean Ruins
 * Now includes suspicious sand and suspicious gravel.

Fixes

 * Gameplay
 * Fixed the player moving in the wrong direction after exiting a container screen while using a gamepad.
 * Players can no longer sneak while flying.
 * Fixed an issue where unnecessary black boxes appeared in VR while around partial blocks.
 * Fixed animation transition between swimming and walking.
 * Fixed a bug where command blocks could cause actors within a level chunk to freeze.
 * The health boost effect will no longer fully replenish the player's health after the effect runs out.


 * General
 * Fixed ambient cave sounds to no longer play when the player enters or loads into the end.
 * Cooking Chorus Fruit in a Furnace will now generate experience.
 * Nether portals can now replace blocks other than just air when being generated. This includes blocks such as grass and snow layers.
 * Light blocks can no longer have their light levels changed in survival or adventure modes.
 * Campfire sounds are now louder and more clear.
 * Nylium blocks are now grouped with Netherrack in the creative inventory.
 * Flowers are once again displayed immediately when placed inside a flower pot.


 * Graphical
 * Fixed the issue where multiple light sources (such as torches) were incorrectly emitting white light in RTX.
 * Boots do not z-fight anymore when worn by player.
 * The "leg" and "belt" parts of leggings do not z-fight anymore when worn by player.
 * Capes no longer flash red when getting damaged.
 * Fixed a visible gap in Hopper model.
 * Fixed alignment of the output slot of crafting table.
 * Halved the default visibility of the glint on enchanted items, which can now be modified in the accessibility settings.


 * Stability and Performance
 * Fixed a bug where invalid banner patterns were causing players in render distance to crash.


 * Touch controls
 * Fixed an issue where items could get stuck in the crafting table when using touch input.
 * If the player is underwater and auto-jump is enabled, as they approach a block that is 1 level higher than the current level, they will rise. This also allows auto-jumping out of water onto land.


 * Marketplace
 * In the map WDW Magic Kingdom, the carts on the Big Thunder Mountain, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Space Mountain rides now properly align with the invisible Minecart they are attached to.


 * Mobs
 * Mobs no longer play the player eat sound when fed breeding materials.


 * Commands
 * Fixed an issue where the paste button in the command block UI would remember extra presses from failed pastes.
 * Armor stands now vanish with no sound effects when killed with the command.
 * Removed the character limit for scoreboard objective names and objective display names.


 * User Interface
 * Feedback button on the pause menu will now prompt the user with a modal before redirecting to the browser.