Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.0.22

Beta 1.18.0.22 is the third beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.0, released on October 21, 2021, which adds new sculk blocks, introduces new music and fixes bugs.

Blocks

 * Sculk BE1.gif Sculk Block
 * Will generate in the mysterious new cave biome where the Warden lives, called the Deep Dark.
 * Has an animated texture.
 * Drops only experience when broken without Silk Touch.
 * Sculk blocks grow underneath a mob corpse around a sculk catalyst.


 * Sculk Catalyst.png Sculk Catalyst
 * Will generate in the Deep Dark.
 * Will spread Sculk blocks to wherever a nearby mob dies. The amount it spreads depends on the amount of experience the mob is meant to drop.
 * Sculk Catalyst Activate Minecraft Live.gif Blooms when activated.
 * Drops only experience when broken without Silk Touch.
 * Emits light.
 * Emits soul particles after a mob dies and grows sculk.


 * Sculk Vein BE1.gif Sculk Vein
 * Will generate in the Deep Dark.
 * Can be placed in a layer on top of blocks and in all directions, like glow lichen.
 * Has an animated texture.
 * Drops nothing when broken without Silk Touch.
 * Some have parts that are transparent, allowing the player to see the block it is on top of.


 * Sculk shrieker new.gif Sculk Shrieker
 * Generates in the Deep Dark.
 * Perhaps made of sculk and a bone-like material.
 * Has 2 soul-shaped patterns in the center.
 * Has the ability to 'shriek', emitting ring-like/sonic particles.
 * Will be activated by the sculk sensor.
 * When activated, gives players the Darkness effects.
 * If activated too many times, a warden will spawn.

Items

 * Music Disc
 * Added a new music disc from Lena Raine titled "otherside".
 * Can be found on rare occasions in stronghold corridor chests, or much more rarely in dungeon chests.

General

 * Experiments
 * Added new Vanilla Experiments toggle.
 * Will not be included in the main 1.18 release.


 * Music
 * Added new music to the Overworld (when playing in survival mode), distributed to the new biomes, and to the main menu.
 * By Lena Raine: "Stand Tall", "Left to Bloom", "One More Day", "Wending", "Infinite Amethyst" and "Ancestry":
 * "Stand Tall" plays in the snowy slopes, jagged peaks, frozen peaks and stony peaks biomes, as well as the menu screen.
 * "Left to Bloom" plays in the meadow and lush caves biomes, as well as the menu screen.
 * "One More Day" plays in the meadow, snowy slopes and lush caves biomes, as well as the menu screen.
 * "Wending" plays in the grove, jagged peaks, stony peaks and dripstone caves biomes, as well as the menu screen.
 * "Infinite Amethyst" plays in the grove and dripstone caves biomes, as well as the menu screen.
 * "Ancestry" is not present in the game files, but is present in the released Spotify playlist. This can be confirmed by looking inside the game's index file for 1.18.
 * By Kumi Tanioka ( 谷岡 久美 ): "Floating Dream", "Comforting Memories" and "An Ordinary Day":
 * "Floating Dream" plays in the jagged peaks and lush caves biomes.
 * "Comforting Memories" plays in the grove biome.
 * "An Ordinary Day" plays in the snowy slopes, dripstone caves and lush caves biomes.

Items

 * Goat Horn and Sculk Sensor
 * Are now behind the Vanilla Experiments toggle.

General

 * World type
 * Removed old world type from the world creation screen.
 * Existing world will still be playable, but will not be updated with 1.18 features.