Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.0.25

beta 1.18.0.25

Edition	Bedrock Edition
Type	Beta
Release date	Xbox, Windows, Android: November 4, 2021
Beta for	1.18.0
Protocol version	475
◄◄ 1.17.41 ◄ beta 1.18.0.24 beta 1.18.0.27 ► 1.18.1 ►►

Beta 1.18.0.25 is the sixth beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.0, released on November 4, 2021, which fixes bugs.

This version was reuploaded around a few hours later on Windows to fix the version having no RenderDragon rendering engine.

Changes

World Generation

Azalea trees

• Can now generate in shallow water.

Deep Warm Ocean

• No longer generate naturally.

Ocean ruins and Shipwrecks

• Now generate in lower frequency.

General

Android

• The game has temporarily been reverted from API 30 to API 29
• Now the players will lose their data if they uninstall Minecraft, unless checking the box indicating that want to keep the data.
  • This is due to Google's new API requirements.

User Interface

• Updated the "out of storage" message

Fixes

Gameplay

• Loading older worlds will no longer cause chunks to be empty (MCPE-98789).
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some music tracks from playing in the Nether (MCPE-146266).
• Fixed Leaf Blocks not remaining transparent when surrounded by partial blocks such as Buttons or Slabs (MCPE-139213, MCPE-53731).
• Fixed face culling of the block below a Leaf Block, fixing an x-ray effect.
• Fixed an issue where the Shield would get locked to the player's offhand slot in the inventory screen when opening the inventory screen while crouching (MCPE-146003).
• Fixed an issue with some Marketplace packs in beta builds spawning the player in the wrong location.
• Fixed a bug that could cause double chests to split and become unusable (MCPE-146983).

World Generation

• Frozen biomes no longer generate Ice pillars below Y=0 on worlds with updated chunks (MCPE-125128).
• Ocean ruins and shipwrecks are now generated in lower frequency (MCPE-143478).
• Azalea trees no longer generate underwater (MCPE-125919).
• Azalea trees can now generate in shallow water.
• Rooted Dirt can no longer generate without an Azalea tree (MCPE-140867).
• Vanilla Parity: Removed Deep Warm Ocean from biome placement (MCPE-147051).
• Fixed pillars of Dripstone that could previously be generated on the surface of the Overworld (MCPE-139877).
• Fixed an issue to prevent Small Dripleaf blocks from being placed inside Lava blocks.

Android

• Players with existing external storage will be migrated to the new location on start up. They can still play if migration fails by closing the results window (MCPE-144801, MCPE-144776, MCPE-144806).

Technical

• Fixed content error when Molang expression has no tokens to only fire when 'min_engine_version' is 1.17.40 or higher.