Beta 1.15.0.51 is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.0,[a] released on February 12, 2020,[2] which adds several features from Java Edition and Minecraft Education and fixes bugs.
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Allow and Deny blocks
- Can be obtained by
/give
again.
- Border blocks
- Can be obtained by
/give
again.
Items[]
- Can be crafted by tipping arrow to cauldron filled by potion of Slowness IV.
- Can be brewed by adding glowstone dust to regular lingering potion of slowness.
- Can be brewed by adding glowstone dust to regular potion of slowness.
- Can be brewed by adding glowstone dust to regular splash potion of slowness.
Gameplay[]
- Added Curse of Binding.
- Hidden base code added. Currently can only be activated by external programs or add-ons.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- The beam color can now be mixed with several different stained glass colors.
- Now give Conduit Power to nearby players in rain.
- No longer require a fully repaired bow to be crafted.
- Can now be placed without supporting blocks underneath.
- Potted plants can now be removed from the pot by tapping/clicking on it.
- Changed the inventory icon to match Java Edition.
- Added detect button for save mode.
- Functionality is no longer only available behind Experimental Gameplay.
- Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same Y-level have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.
- Now drops itself when mined with a Silk Touch shovel.
Items[]
- Dropped items now turn into a 3D model and spin.
Mobs[]
- Improved spawn rates.
- Dialog and changeable skins have been readded.
- Now spawn on blocks they are supposed to. (MCPE-47596)
- Now semi-puff when a player approaches, and fully puff when a player is very nearby.
- Now spawn in forest and giant tree taiga biomes. (MCPE-49792)
World generation[]
General[]
- Player in dressing room now has animations.
- Added new cape.
- Changed the particles of the eye of ender to match Java Edition.
- Changed the particles of Bad Omen from tan to green to match Java Edition.
- Map making and add-ons
- Most attack goals are now data-driven.
- Added new documentation for new behavior fields.
- Most slime and swim goals are now data-driven.
- Added new documentation for new behavior fields.
- Tree generation is now data-driven.
- Wither skull attacks are now data-driven.
Fixes[]
- Crashes
- Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking 'Read More' on certain resource pack screens.
- Fixed an issue with invisible shulker boxes which could cause a crash when trying to open or break them. (MCPE-55894)
- Fixed a crash that could happen when dispensing bone meal into a grass block. (MCPE-53033)
- Fixed a crash caused by fire spreading to beehives.
- Accessibility
- Fixed a bug that could cause the narrator to read text twice on Xbox One.
- Gameplay
- Added the missing text for locked maps in the cartography table. (MCPE-58527)
- Players can transition from swimming to running on land more smoothly now.
- Casting a fishing rod whilst running no longer slows the player down. (MCPE-56199)
- The 'Sound the Alarm' achievement is now only triggered by hostile mobs and not players.
- The player's hitbox is now correctly reset when unequipping elytra mid-flight.
- The correct amount of berries can now consistently be collected from sweet berry bushes. (MCPE-47160)
- Using shift/sneak will now allow the player to move downwards correctly when swimming.
- Fixed the respawn location so that players no longer wake up with their head in a block after sleeping.
- The raid bar will now appear correctly when returning to an active raid from another dimension.
- Fixed a bug that would prevent redstone power from passing through barrels after reloading a world. (MCPE-46742)
- Falling blocks (such as sand) will no longer break when falling onto retracted pistons. (MCPE-20109)
- TNT no longer drops as an item when exploded.
- Fixed trapdoor collision shape. (MCPE-13451)
- Prevented elytra gliding rotations on the player when in first person view (MCPE-53092)
- Explosions can now deal damage in water
- Flying with elytra at high speeds no longer causes sound to become jittery. (MCPE-19945, MCPE-52931)
- Mobs are now damaged and items are destroyed when on top of cactus blocks. (MCPE-14303)
- Mobs
- Increased Iron Golem spawn rate and modified spawn rules. (MCPE-47157)
- Fixed the jumping animation of tamed horses.
- Fixed Blaze path-finding and navigation. (MCPE-45469)
- Fixed a bug that allowed ghasts to exist when the difficulty was set to Peaceful. (MCPE-53383)
- Fixed an issue that was preventing pillager captains from being hostile. (MCPE-44987)
- Fixed an issue that was allowing fish to spawn in flowing water above ice blocks.
- Small mobs will no longer get trapped in gaps created by stair blocks.
- Villagers no longer run around inside their houses when being raided.
- Mobs no longer start shaking when entering minecarts.
- Guardians and elder guardians will no longer float in the air as they try and reach water. (MCPE-33641)
- Tweaked squid spawn rate and cap.
- Drowned can no longer drop tridents without having them equipped. (MCPE-32731)
- Fixed a bug that prevented cats from sleeping on a bed with the player
- Snow golems can now try and shoot snowballs at mobs when it is behind a fence block (MCPE-24840)
- Fixed a bug that allowed zombie villagers to break iron doors. (MCPE-43725)
- Sitting mobs will no longer slide around and breed. (MCPE-62160)
- Items
- Unloaded crossbows no longer display the incorrect icon in inventory. (MCPE-53545)
- Graphical
- Stopped offhand shield animation and bow animation from playing at the same time. (MCPE-41262)
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the cubemap from rendering correctly on Xbox One consoles.
- Items held by baby foxes now render correctly. (MCPE-52885)
- Stained glass now has the correct colors on maps. (MCPE-25702)
- Enchanted elytra will now show the enchanted glow when equipped. (MCPE-23020)
- User interface
- Fixed a bug that could sometimes prevent the loading screen tips from showing correctly
- Entities and blocks are now shown consistently in the structure block's preview.
- The tooltip for leaving a boat is now consistent across platforms.
- The "grow" controller tooltip will now show when pointing bone meal at grass block or blocks underwater.
- Commands
- Updated the grammar in the
/scoreboard
command description to make it consistent with other commands. - Instant effects now use ticks instead of seconds when used with the
/effect
command. (MCPE-43393)
- Add-ons
- Implemented a fix to ensure the player's mount updates all riders to ensure consistent smooth rotation for all riders.
- The
delayed_attack
behavior no longer causes mobs to freeze when they lose their target. - Item tags can now be toggled in the UI using
/gamerule showtags
. - The
on_unleash
event is now triggered correctly when unleashing from a fence. - The 'Create New World' button text is now using the global color component.
- Character creator
- Fixed an issue that could cause the wings costume piece to disappear with certain hairstyles.
- Fixed the default player model to overcome some texture issues that could be seen when choosing different heights and sizes in the character creator.
- Various user interface fixes.
- The Achievements screen can now be viewed through the character creator dressing room.