Bedrock Edition 1.21.80 is a minor update to 1.21, released on May 6, 2025. It contains experimental features for Chase the Skies.
Additions[]
Gameplay[]
- Locator Bar
- A new feature for the HUD that overrides in place of the XP bar.
- Only works in multiplayer mode.
- Only available under "Locator Bar" experimental toggle.
- Vibrant Visuals
- A new graphics mode that adds water shaders, specular highlights, emissive textures, and directional lighting and shadows.
- Affects the graphical appearance, and has no effect on gameplay.
- Only supports on high-end devices.
- Mojang also promised to optimize Vibrant Visuals so it could run on low-end devices.[citation needed]
- Only available under "Vibrant Visuals" experimental toggle.
- Flat world presets
- Added an ability to choose different flat world presets when creating a flat world.
- Comes with 8 presets:
- Classic Flat
- Tunnelers' Dream
- Water World
- Overworld
- Snowy Kingdom
- Bottomless Pit
- Desert
- Redstone Ready
- Prior to this update, it was only exclusive to Java Edition.
Blocks[]
- Dried Ghast
- Can be found at soul sand valleys in the Nether.
- Can be crafted using a soul sand and 8 ghast tears.
- Turns into a ghastling when soaked in water over time.
- Has 4 stages:
- Dried (default)
- Partially hydrated (stage 1)
- Mostly hydrated (stage 2)
- Hydrated (stage 3)
- Only available under "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle.
Mobs[]
- Ghastling
- Happy Ghast
- Spawns after a ghastling grows up (either over time or feeding with Snowballs).
- Can also be spawned using its spawn egg.
- Passive version of Ghast.
- Can be ridable up to 4 players using a Harness.
- Can also stand on top of them (with or without harnesses), like normal blocks.
- Only available under "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle.
- Spawns after a ghastling grows up (either over time or feeding with Snowballs).
Items[]
- Happy Ghast Spawn Egg
- Can be used to spawn happy ghasts directly.
- There is also a chance of spawning a ghastling directly when spawned using a spawn egg.
- Only available under "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle.
- Can be used to spawn happy ghasts directly.
- Harness
- Can be crafted using 3 leathers, 2 glass blocks, and a matching wool color.
- Can be used to ride or stand on happy ghasts.
- Comes with 16 colored variants.
- Only available under "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle.