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Beta 1.17.20.22 is the third beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.17.30, released on July 14, 2021,[1][2] which made mob spawning changes behind experimental toggle, and fixes bugs.

Changes[]

Blocks[]

Light Block
  • Light blocks now reveal a particle when the player is holding the item.
    • Unlike in Java Edition, the respective item texture is used as the particle instead of four yellow stars.

Mobs[]

Axolotls
  • Axolotls now spawn only where there's a stone block less than 10 blocks below the spawning space.

General[]

Beta 1.17.20

Difference of the old logo and the new logo of the loading screen.

User Interface
  • Slightly changed the Minecraft logo on the loading screen and main menu (before Beta panorama loaded).

Technical[]

Commands
  • Target selectors ry and rym now support wrapping around north
Spawning
  • Similar to the spawns_on_block_filter, the spawns_above_block_filter specifies a list of blocks and a distance.
    • The mob can then spawn only if the nearest block within the specified distance below the desired spawnpoint is in that list (water and air not included).

Experimental[]

These changes are accessible by enabling the "Caves & Cliffs" and "Enable GameTest Framework" experimental toggle.

Blocks[]

Glow Lichen
  • Can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64.

Mobs[]

Axolotl
  • Now only spawn in lush caves.
  • Can now spawn below Y=0 to Y=-64.
Glow Squid
  • Can now spawn below Y=0 to Y=-64.
Goat
General
  • Hostile mobs will only spawn in areas where the light level is equal 0.
    • This change only affects block-light and not sky-light.[3]

World generation[]

Dripstone Cluster
  • Can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64.
Dripstone Caves and Lush Caves biome
  • Can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64.

Technical[]

GameTest Framework
  • Renamed BlockTypes class to MinecraftBlockTypes
  • Renamed Effects class to MinecraftEffectTypes
  • Renamed Items class to MinecraftItemTypes
  • Events
    • Added read-only property currentTick to tick event - Returns the current server tick
    • Renamed event createEntity to entityCreate
    • Renamed event addEffect to effectAdd
    • Renamed event activatePiston to pistonActivate
    • Renamed event beforeActivatePiston to beforePistonActivate
    • Renamed event explodeBlock to blockExplode
    • Renamed event changeWeather to weatherChange

Fixes[]

Stability and performance
  • Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
Blocks
  • Amethyst cluster block can no longer be placed on grass path.
  • Corrected deepslate lapis lazuli ore block name from deepslate lapis ore (MCPE-123605).
  • Dispensers now remove bubble columns when removing water (MCPE-56462).
  • Sea pickles now change light depending on being in water or not (MCPE-131642).
  • Snow layers are now melted by light from torches, etc. (MCPE-131272).
  • Vanilla parity: falling gravity blocks will no longer break when landing on certain blocks (MCPE-20109).
Gameplay
  • Vanilla parity: using bone meal on moss blocks now also replaces tuff blocks (MCPE-125922).
  • Vanilla parity: fixed light block not being displayed correctly when being held (MCPE-123249).
  • Fixed held items not disappearing visually to other players after a player dies when the keep inventory gamerule is enabled (MCPE-64235).
  • Nether portals placed between chunks no longer break when leaving the Nether (MCPE-74333).
  • Shears now correctly cut vines and glow lichen faster (MCPE-123139).
  • Weeping and twisting vines now grow correctly after the player breaks them (MCPE-90932).
Graphical
  • Adjusted padding for HD textures in mipmaps level 1 in texture atlas to fix texture bleeding.
  • Half of the enchantment table book doesn't render dark anymore (MCPE-106627).
  • Blocks moved by a piston are no longer white while moving (MCPE-66250).
Mobs
  • Axolotl spawns only when there is stone up to 10 blocks under them, and not in bubble columns.
  • Armor stands now drop equipped items when destroyed by fire or lava (MCPE-94603).
  • Limited the maximum number of phantom mobs that can spawn (MCPE-106557).
  • Goats now play their "impact 3" sound (MCPE-127757).
User interface
  • Recipe book crafting estimates no longer differ from the actual results.
  • Experimental warning message is no longer displayed inconsistently when loading beta worlds.
  • Cursor items no longer count towards recipe ingredient in recipe book.
  • Selected recipe is now deselected when the player runs out of ingredients.
  • Non-craftable recipes no longer displayed in recipe book when search mechanism is used.
  • Nether blocks now appear in the crafting grid if any other ingredient is unavailable.
  • Fixed a wireless network connection error message that appeared when players were connected via a wired network.
  • Fixed various spelling errors in character creator.
  • Hover of widget buttons were showing corrupted appearance before full load was complete.
  • Fixed a legibility issue with some Japanese font characters.
  • Riding an animal now displays the correct tooltip term when played on a non-touch screen.
Technical
  • Killing a custom mob with an unknown loot table entry type will no longer cause a crash, and will now throw a content error (MCPE-129006).
  • Rabbit with initialEvent specified now scales properly to adult rabbit size (MCPE-76643).

References[]

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