Bedrock Edition 1.20.0

1.20.0 is an upcoming major update to set to release sometime in 2023. The update was announced at Minecraft Live 2022 on October 15, 2022. Currently, Mojang has not given any known name to it.

Blocks

 * Block of Bamboo.png Block of Bamboo
 * New log-like block.
 * Block of bamboo can be crafted from 9 bamboo and can be stripped like other wood logs.
 * Bamboo planks crafted from block of bamboo yield only 2 planks compared to 4 for wood logs.


 * Bamboo Planks.png Bamboo Planks
 * Crafted from block of bamboo.
 * Can be used to craft respective buttons, doors, fences, fence gates, pressure plates, signs, slabs, stairs, and trapdoors.
 * Can be used to craft bamboo rafts and bamboo raft with chests.
 * Can be used to craft wooden blocks or items, (eg. chest)


 * Bamboo Mosaic.png Bamboo Mosaic
 * A variant exclusive to the bamboo plank set.
 * Crafted by arranging 2 bamboo slabs in a vertical strip.
 * Can be used to craft respective stairs and slabs variant.


 * Cherry Leaves (pre-release).pngy Leaves
 * Generated in cherry trees.
 * A decorative block.


 * Cherry Log (pre-release).pngy Log
 * Generated as a part of cherry trees, which are located in cherry blossoms.
 * Can be crafted into cherry planks and wood.
 * Has a stripped variant as well.


 * Cherry Planks.png Cherry Planks
 * Crafted from cherry logs.
 * Can be used to craft respective Cherry Button.png buttons, doors, Cherry Fence (EW).png fences, Cherry Fence Gate.png fence gates, pressure plates, signs, Cherry Slab.png slabs, Cherry Stairs.png stairs, and trapdoors.
 * Can be used to craft cherry boats and cherry boat with chests.
 * Can be used to craft wooden blocks or items, (eg. chest)


 * Cherry Sapling (pre-release).pngy Sapling
 * A new type of sapling which grows into a cherry tree when planted.
 * Drops underneath cherry leaves.
 * Can break off a fully grown one and plant it to grow a cherry tree.
 * Potted Cherry Sapling (pre-release).png Can be placed in flower pots.


 * Cherry Flower
 * Found in cherry blossoms.


 * Chiseled Bookshelf.png Chiseled Bookshelf
 * Can store up to six books, enchanted books, or books and quills.
 * Books in chiseled bookshelves can be added or removed from any slot by targeting the specific slot.
 * Books are directly added and removed, so there is no interface.
 * Can be used with a redstone comparator to detect the last slot that was interacted with.
 * Can be used with a hopper and dropper.


 * Hanging Sign.png Hanging signs
 * A more expensive version of normal signs, which can be crafted with 2 chains and 6 stripped logs, resulting 6 of them.
 * Has a total of 10 wood variants: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, crimson, warped, and bamboo.
 * Can be hung up in the following ways:
 * Underneath a block that can provide support in the center, like a full block or a fence.
 * When the hanging sign is placed underneath a full block, the chains will be on parallel sides of the sign. Signs in this configuration can be placed in 4 cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)
 * When the hanging sign is placed underneath a non-full block, such as a fence, or when placed while sneaking, the chains will take on an upside-down v-shape. Signs in this configuration can be placed in 16 different angles.
 * Attached to the solid side of a block.
 * Attached to the side or underneath another hanging sign.
 * Cannot be placed directly on the ground without support from the side or above.
 * However, hanging signs that have a horizontal bar will not pop when the supporting block is removed.
 * If it is hanging off the side of a block and that block is broken, it will remain hanging in the air. But if it is hanging underneath of a block and that block is broken, it will also break immediately.
 * Unlike regular signs, the space available for text is much smaller.
 * Text can be dyed and tinted with glow ink sacs to make text glow.


 * Piglin Head.png Piglin Head
 * Piglins will now drop their heads when killed by a charged creeper.
 * The piglin head will flap its ears when powered by redstone, or when worn by a player while walking.


 * Sniffer Egg
 * Can be found in suspicious sand.
 * Hatches into a baby sniffer.


 * Can be grown from ancient seeds.
 * Can be grown from ancient seeds.


 * Unknown Pot 3.png Terracotta Pottery
 * Unknown Pot.png Unknown Pot 2.png These are currently known to have four different patterns on their sides. (Human, Skeleton, Bow, Diamond)
 * Can be crafted from four pottery shards.


 * Suspicious Sand (preview).png Suspicious Sand
 * Can be found near desert temples.
 * Drops random objects including pottery shards and sniffer eggs when dusted with a brush.

Items

 * Ancient Seeds.png Ancient Seeds
 * Can be dug out of the ground by the sniffer.
 * Can be planted on the ground to grow new plants.


 * Brush (pre-release 2).png Brush
 * Used to shovel the suspicious sand.
 * Crafted with copper usage.


 * Pottery Shard (human).png Pottery Shard (bow).png Pottery Shards
 * An item found by using a brush on suspicious sand.
 * There are currently 4 known varieties; skeleton, player, diamond, and bow.


 * Smithing Templates
 * New item series for armor trimming and netherite upgrading, have 12 of them.
 * Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png Netherite Upgrade
 * Armor Trim:
 * Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Coast Armor Trim
 * Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Dune Armor Trim
 * Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Eye Armor Trim
 * Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Rib Armor Trim
 * Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Sentry Armor Trim
 * Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Snout Armor Trim
 * Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Spire Armor Trim
 * Tide Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Tide Armor Trim
 * Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Vex Armor Trim
 * Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Ward Armor Trim
 * Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template.png Wild Armor Trim
 * They can be obtained randomly from chests generated in structures accordingly.
 * Exceptions:
 * With randomly generated in other rooms, 2 Netherite Upgrades are also guaranteed in every Treasure Room in Bastion Remnant.
 * Tide Armor Trim dropped sometimes by elder guardians upon death.
 * Some armor trims are rarer.
 * 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.


 * Spawn Eggs
 * Camel Spawn Egg JE2 BE2.png Camel spawn egg

Mobs

 * Camel.png Camels
 * A rideable entity, which can be equipped with a saddle and ridden by two players.
 * Have health points.
 * Spawn naturally in desert villages.
 * Can be bred with cactus, and will follow players holding a cactus on hand.
 * Mobs that are 2 blocks tall and lower cannot reach the player (except spiders) when the player is riding it, due to its height.
 * Can walk over 1.5 block tall obstacles (such as fences and blocks with a slab on top).
 * Will randomly sit down.
 * While sitting, it is difficult to convince them to move.
 * Can either walk slowly or sprint quickly.
 * Can also dash forward (if the player uses the jump key while riding it) but will lose stamina for a while.
 * When it loses stamina, it cannot sprint or dash again for a few seconds.
 * A dash can extend more than 10 blocks when executed perfectly.


 * SnifferPixel.png
 * Won the mob vote during Minecraft Live 2022.
 * An ancient mob that is hatched from sniffer eggs, which can be found in chests in underwater ruins. Upon hatching, the sniffer can find ancient seeds, which can be used to grow new types of decorative plants.
 * Can be bred unknowingly according to the minecraft launcher mob vote descriptive section for the sniffer.

Entities

 * Bamboo Raft.png Raft
 * A new type of boat, crafted with bamboo planks.
 * Can be used to craft a variant with a chest.
 * Raft is higher than boat.

World generation

 * Cherry Blossom
 * A new mountain biome that has cherry blossom trees.
 * Pigs, sheep, and bees can spawn here.


 * Cherry Blossom Tree
 * New type of tree variant that is found in cherry blossoms
 * The concept was proposed in 2013 by Patrick Geuder, but was ultimately not added at the time.

Blocks

 * Note Block
 * When placing a mob head on a note block, that note block will now play one of the ambient sounds of that mob when played by a player or powered by redstone.


 * Head
 * They can be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking now.


 * Player Head
 * Now can contain a NBT tag.
 * Must be a resource location for a valid sound event.
 * When present, this determines the sound a note block makes when the head is placed on top of it.

Items

 * Armors
 * Now can be visually customized with a variety of unique trims at the smithing table, including leather armors.
 * Purely visual with no gameplay benefits, and can only be applied to helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots.
 * 12,326,391 color combinations are available by combining dyed leather armor with armor trim.
 * 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, 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 used to apply the trim, and represents the color of the trim.
 * Available ingredients:
 * Amethyst Shard
 * Copper Ingot
 * Diamond
 * Emerald
 * Gold Ingot
 * Iron Ingot
 * Lapis Lazuli
 * Nether Quartz
 * Netherite Ingot
 * Redstone Dust

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.