Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.30.20

beta 1.18.30.20

Edition	Bedrock Edition
Type	Beta
Release date	Xbox, Windows, Android, iOS/iPadOS: March 3, 2022
Beta for	1.18.30
Protocol version	495
◄◄ 1.18.12 ◄ beta 1.18.20.29 beta 1.18.30.22 ► 1.18.31 ►►

Beta 1.18.30.20 (Xbox, Windows, Android) or Preview 1.18.30.21 (iOS/iPadOS, Xbox, Windows) is the sixth beta/preview for Bedrock Edition 1.18.30, released on March 3, 2022, which makes changes to the sculk shrieker, nerfs armor protection and fixes bugs.

Changes

Items

Armor

• Added armor toughness to minimize the effects of the new armor penetration mechanics.
  • Diamond armor and netherite armor now have a toughness value of 2 and 3 respectively.
  • Netherite armor will now reduce more damage than diamond armor.
• Tweaked armor reduction calculation to account for toughness.
• Armor protects less due to the new penetration system, armor points count for less as the attack strength increases: each 2 done by the attack reduces the effective defense points by 1 (), but not below 20% of the armor points. Each armor point now defends 0.8% to 4% instead of always 4%.
• Lowered the amount of knockback resistance granted by netherite armor. Each armor piece gives 10% of knockback reduction instead of 22.5%, so a full set reduces 40% of knockback instead of 90%.

Gameplay

Enchanting

• Protection now reduce damage from negative status effects like poison or wither.
• Protection enchantments have been nerfed to match Java Edition. A full set of armor with Protection IV is not sufficient for a maximum amount of protection.

Technical

General

• Removed preventsjumpingcomponent from data-driven blocks

Graphics

• Testing RenderDragon on all Android, iOS, and iPadOS devices

JumpToBlock Behavior

• JumpToBlock behavior is now correctly affected by JumpBoost mob effect (MCPE-137432)

Block Components

• Fixed a case where experimental BlockCollisionComponents did not allow partial specification

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Wild Update" and "GameTest Framework" experimental toggle.

Changes

Blocks

Sculk Shrieker

• Now listens to the tendril clicking of the sculk sensor.
• The threat level that causes the warden to spawn (to be added in a future beta/preview) will now be decreased over time.

Technical

GameTest Framework

• BlockExplodeEvent
  • Removed property destroyedBlockPermutation
• World additions for music management:
  • queueMusic(trackName : string, musicOptions : MusicOptions)
  • playMusic(trackName : string, musicOptions : MusicOptions)
  • stopMusic()
• Added MusicOptions JS class with volume, fadeSeconds and loop properties
• Added event entityHurt(entityHurtEvent: EntityHurtEvent, options?: EntityEventOptions), which fires when an entity takes damage
• Removed 'Minecraft' and 'GameTest' imports
  • mojang-minecraft and mojang-gametest are now used.

Fixes

Stability and Performance

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay.
• Fixed possible crashes on Android when suspending or resuming the app.

Gameplay

• Vertical field of view is no longer halved in horizontal split screen, making items such as book & quill easier to view when playing in split screen.
• Tweaked surrounding terrain for structures such as villages during world generation (MCPE-145659).
• TNT no longer disappears when ignited with the 'TNT Explodes' game rule disabled and the 'Fire Spreads' game rule enabled (MCPE-82485).
• Gravity affected blocks now fall on top snow when placed above it instead of hovering over it (MCPE-151407).

Vanilla Parity

• Players flying in Creative mode are no longer pushed by liquid current (MCPE-84592).
• Farmer villagers can now use bone meal on crops and can turn excess seeds into bone meal at their composter (MCPE-74079).
• Protection enchantment now properly works on most damage types (MCPE-40651).
• Fixed a desync issue that could sometimes cause health to regenerate only visually.
• Landing on a stalagmite is now properly considered fall damage (MCPE-151192).
• Fixed some issues in where damage invulnerability wasn't properly being applied.
• Fixed an issue where the Protection enchantments mitigated too much damage. This has been changed to match Java Edition (MCPE-113191).
• Absorption hearts no longer stay yellow while under the Wither effect (MCPE-131852).
• Lowered the amount of knockback resistance granted by netherite armor (MCPE-109408).
• Punching deals less damage now, to better match the Java Edition (MCPE-152713).

Graphical

• Fixed a bug in the glow squid's texture where the glow map in the alpha channel was incorrect, causing patches of non-glowing texture to be seen (MCPE-117507).
• Fixed the crosshair disappearing when Outline Selection for blocks is disabled.
• Players that are on fire now render fire in front of the player on the inventory screen regardless of in-game camera perspective (MCPE-147777).
• Fixed a highlight effect on leather armor appearing on paperdolls (MCPE-75321).

Items

• Bucket of tropical fish no longer displays the incorrect name after catching a fish.

Marketplace

• The skin equip warning prompt once again appears when equipping a skin from a product page.

Mobs

• The ravager now targets and attacks the wandering trader (MCPE-44606).
• Mobs spawned from a dispenser are now persistent (MCPE-110521).
• Shulkers no longer like to occupy the same block as another shulker (MCPE-43972).
• Shulkers now prioritize attaching to neighboring block faces before trying to teleport away.
• Shulkers now stay attached to the current attached blockface if it is valid, instead of switching to upright position.

User Interface

• Fixed text in certain languages not being correctly rendered in the new Create New World screen (MCPE-151948).

Villagers

• Cartographers now always unlock Woodland Explorer Map trade (MCPE-152725).

Commands

• Correct error output is now displayed when attempting to use the /loot spawn command passing in the position of an unloaded area and there is 0 loot to drop.
• Added /loot command insert loot and insert kill overload.
• Title commands fired before a client was done joining will now show instead of being ignored.