Beta 1.18.20.27 (Windows, Android, Xbox) or Preview 1.18.20.28 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.30[a], released on February 17, 2022,[2] which balances the mob spawning in snowy taigas, brings parity in mobs' damage values and fixes armor, protection and damage calculation and several bugs.
Changes[]
Items[]
Spruce and dark oak boats now correctly use their updated item sprites.[3]
Mobs[]
- Farm animals
- Ranged attacks
- Blaze fireballs, evoker's fang magic attack and shulker bullets now deal consistent damage across all difficulties.
- Baby hoglins no longer attack players.
- Tiny magma cubes now do slightly more damage, from 2
to 3
on normal.
- The melee "short-ranged" attack does slightly less damage, from 3

to 2
on normal.
- Now deal slightly less damage, from 3

to 2
on normal.
- Untamed wolves
- Now deal slightly more damage, from 3

to 4
on normal.
- Baby zoglins now deal slightly less damage, from 1
to 0.5
× 0.25 (1⁄4 of a heart) on normal.
Command format[]
- Temporarily removed.
Fixes[]
- Gameplay
- Fixed actor definition identifiers not being recognized if the item or block name contains "."
- Damage is now calculated more accurately, we now properly calculate and store partial damage for larger damage.
- Armor and protection reduction calculations have been made more accurate.
- Ender dragon's magic breath attack now properly deals damage (MCPE-94317).
- The player's position when rejoining a world will remain the same if they quit while in lava (MCPE-82480).
- Players can now fly down through ladders and other climbable blocks such as vines in creative without stopping (MCPE-82480).
- Fixed a bug where shield blocking animation stops playing smoothly after blocking once (MCPE-149838).
- Graphical
- Fixed a bug where "carrots_stage_3" texture filename was incorrect and did not show up in-game (MCPE-152175).
- Mobs
- Bees no longer become angry when beehives are destroyed by Silk Touch (MCPE-83550).
- User Interface
- Buttons in touch controls no longer get stuck in pressed state when players go outside of the button area (MCPE-151921).
- Fixed an issue where text would display incorrectly on certain Android devices in the new UI (MCPE-151916).
- Fixed a crashing issue that could occur when hovering over the search bar in the crafting menu when playing with a controller.
- Marketplace
- Coin Purchase Screen now includes “Coin Starter Bundles” for purchase on some platforms.
- Game no longer hangs/crashes when clicking "View More".
- Marketplace tags now fit in description section.
- Download popup no longer flickers when closed.
- Client now supports multiple player count tags in Marketplace pages.
- Added warning popup on Marketplace pages when attempting to equip skin pack skin while character creator item is equipped.
- Fixed an issue which caused some emotes to have unintended rotations when near the end of their animation (MCPE-134328).
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.18.20 rolled into 1.18.30; CornerHard on Twitch - March 30, 2022
- ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.18.20.27 (Xbox / Windows / Android)" – feedback.minecraft.net, February 17, 2022.
- ↑ MCPE-152262 — resolved as "Fixed".