Bedrock Edition beta 1.8.0.8

Beta 1.8.0.8 is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.8.0, released on October 10, 2018, which adds some Village & Pillage features and fixes bugs.

Blocks

 * Bamboo
 * Can be found while fishing in jungles and appear in jungle temple and shipwreck chests.
 * Currently do not generate naturally in the world.


 * Scaffolding
 * A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo and string.
 * Climb by pressing the jump key and go down by pressing the sneak key.

Mobs

 * Pandas
 * Spawn in jungles.
 * Will seek out bamboo and cake items and eat them.
 * Can have different personalities: either normal, aggressive, lazy or playful.
 * Baby pandas will sometimes sneeze, making nearby pandas jump: when they sneeze, they have a chance to drop a slime ball.
 * Have a chance of spawning as a brown panda, which is very rare.
 * Sometimes roll and sit on hind legs.


 * Stray cats
 * Spawn in villages.
 * Can be tamed using fish.
 * Added seven new skins.

Command format

 * Added.
 * Added.


 * Ported from Java Edition.
 * Only the following particles are available (prefix is necessary) :
 * Only the following particles are available (prefix is necessary) :


 * Reloads all function files from all behavior packs.
 * Reloads all function files from all behavior packs.


 * Added prefix to separate vanilla entities and add-on entities.
 * Added prefix to separate vanilla entities and add-on entities.

Blocks

 * Command blocks
 * Now have the default name of "!" instead of "@".

Items

 * Camera
 * Re-added, but can only be spawned with an NBT editor.


 * Sticks
 * Can now be crafted from bamboo.

Mobs

 * NPC
 * Re-added, but can only be summoned using the command.


 * Ocelots
 * Are no longer tamable.
 * Players can now feed ocelots fish to gain their trust.


 * Phantoms
 * Are now afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around.


 * Skeleton horses and zombie horses
 * Foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg.


 * Tropical fish
 * Increased size.

World generation

 * Witch huts
 * Black cats now spawn in witch huts.

Gameplay

 * Fishing
 * Fishing loot has now been changed in jungles. When fishing in a jungle biome, the fish rewarded are now raw cod and raw salmon only.
 * Bamboo is now obtainable as a junk item when fishing in jungles.

Command format

 * Auto-complete
 * The auto-complete list for player mentions now work in slash commands.


 * The following rules can now be run in game without turning on cheats:
 * The following rules can now be run in game without turning on cheats:

General

 * Marketplace
 * The user can now send links to their favorite Marketplace content using the share button.


 * Menu screen
 * More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page.


 * Splash screen
 * Now has an animated loading bar.

Fixes

 * Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
 * Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs.
 * Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in.
 * Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile.
 * Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR.
 * Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish.
 * Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash.
 * Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature.
 * Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack.
 * Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks.
 * Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat.
 * Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation.
 * Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails.
 * Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs.
 * Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player.
 * Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken.
 * Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled.
 * Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken.
 * Players will now face forwards when entering a boat.
 * Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages.
 * Water now renders correctly when surrounded by barrier blocks.
 * Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse.
 * Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game.
 * Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices.
 * The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live.
 * Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming.
 * The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
 * Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position.
 * Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled.
 * Large slimes and magma cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size.
 * Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block.
 * Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated.
 * Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome.
 * Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should.
 * The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an iron golem.
 * Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels.
 * The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch.
 * The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly.
 * Players no longer fall through shulker boxes as they open.
 * Improved the loading time of various game files.
 * Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality.
 * Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10.
 * Added an underscore to frozen_river in the biomes_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries.
 * The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat.
 * Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer.
 * Potion of slow falling will now slow down elytra descent.
 * Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls.
 * Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted.
 * The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow.
 * Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area.
 * Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed.
 * Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labeled correctly on the Settings screen.
 * Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers.
 * Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
 * Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows.
 * Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps.
 * Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag.