News - BETA: BEDROCK 1.16.0.59 & 1.16.0.60 (XBOX ONE / WINDOWS 10 / ANDROID)

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BETA: BEDROCK 1.16.0.59 & 1.16.0.60 (XBOX ONE / WINDOWS 10 / ANDROID)

Remember that only those on Xbox One / Windows 10 / and Android may participate in the Beta builds.  You will not be able to join Realms or non-beta players worlds and you will not be able to open worlds opened in the Beta in earlier/current stable builds of Bedrock.

Crashes and Stability  

• Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to stack different types of slab (MCPE-73435) 
  

General 

• Removed quotation marks from loading screen tips 
  
  
• Fixed the issue with ambient noises playing too frequently in the Nether (MCPE-69154) 
  
  
• Renamed various blocks, and renamed json files to reflect changed block names (MCPE-65390) 
  
  
• The “Change Emotes” Button is no longer missing on Android Devices (MCPE-69082)  
  
  
• The “p” in “Pigstep” music disc is now capitalized (MCPE-70466) 
  
  
• Adjusted hopper hitbox shape (MCPE-47541) 
  
  
• Nether Sprouts item texture no longer extend outside the bounds of an Item Frame when rotated 
  

Gameplay 

• Spawned cave mobs aren’t counted as surface mobs anymore (MCPE-41273) 
  
  
• Added nether wood crafting recipes and make them not burn as fuel in furnaces (MCPE-65391)  
  
  
• Fire now ticks properly, and can be extinguished by rain (MCPE-69072) 
  
  
• Added chain crafting recipe (MCPE-69089) 
  
  
• Added fire sound for soul fire (MCPE-66899) 
  
  
• Gold ore can now be smelted in Furnaces and Blast Furnaces (MCPE-68978)  
  
  
• Smelting Ancient Debris now gives XP (MCPE-65787) 
  
  
• Quartz Bricks can be now only be crafted Quartz blocks
  
  
• Polished Basalt can now be crafted using a stonecutter 
  
  
• Crafting polished Basalt now gives the player the correct amount of blocks in return (MCPE-66515)  
  
  
• Warped and Crimson Stems can no longer replace blocks when grown or are generated (MCPE-65661)  
  
  
• Shields can now be dispensed and equipped to players 
  
  
• Fortune enchantment now works again (MCPE-67169)  
  
  
• Pumpkins and Melons will now grow when underneath observers (MCPE-48717) 
  
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Ender Dragon to reset after leaving and returning to fight area (MCPE-51501)
  
  
• Fixed an issue with too many cats spawning in Villages (MCPE-60331)
  

Mobs 

• Hoglins no longer spin around when moving down full blocks 
  
  
• Fixed bug in `MeleeAttackGoal` where mobs would not attack if they were sitting in a boat or minecart  
  
  
• Tweaked spawn rates for Piglins, Hoglins, and Zombified Piglins 
  
  
• Piglins now correctly equip golden armour when it is thrown to them
  
  
• Piglins that are admiring now drop gold ingot if one-shotted 
  
  
• Hoglin and Strider babies now have the lead attached at the correct spot  
  
  
• Zombified Piglins are now immune to fire damage (MCPE-65381)
  
  
• Also changed the ‘fireimmune’ attribute to be correct for multiple mobs 
  
  
• Wither skeletons now render armour correctly 
  
  
• Fixed a bug where a mob could catch on fire if it was standing on an entity that was in lava
  
  
• Bees no longer get stuck under stairs (MCPE-61625)
  
  
• Tweaked the Baby Strider hitbox which was too small
  
  
• Baby Hoglins now have ‘cute’ oversized heads (MCPE-65454)
  
  
• Mobs now correctly equip Netherite armor 
  
  
• Piglins can now exist in Peaceful difficulty (MCPE-65405) 
  
  
• Piglins no longer hover when aboard boats and minecarts  (MCPE-68258) 
  
  
• Endermen can now spawn in the Soulsand Valley biome 
  
  
• Piglins and Hoglins now flee from Zoglins (MCPE-69784) 
  
  
• The correct sound now plays when Hoglins transform into Zoglins
  

World Generation 

• Ruined portals in nether now use Blackstone 
  
  
• Fire charges can now be found in Ruined Portal chests
  
  
• Tweaked Ruined Portal loot tables – changed number of rolls to match Java 
  
  
• Made Ruined Portals spawn less frequently 
  
  
• Updated Bastion loot tables (MCPE-69005, MCPE-68986)
  
  
• Magma Cube spawners now generate inside Bastions (MCPE-69424) 
  
  
• Walls in generated structures now form the proper connections (MCPE-66369) 
  

Graphical 

• Tweaked Piglin and Hoglin spawn eggs to match Java 
  
  
• Golden Tools that are being examined by Piglins render correctly in their hands (MCPE-72477, MCPE-70868) 
  
  
• Piglins arms now swing correctly when walking
  
  
• Fire now burns blue when burning on Soul Sand (MCPE-65429)  
  

User Interface 

• Fixed iOS keyboard covering the text input box when typing (MCPE-53030) 
  

Crashes and Stability

• Fixed several graphics-related crashes 
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the game would crash if the player attempted to purchase coins without being signed into Xbox Live 
  
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to create a world with the “ZigZag” resource pack applied
  

Graphics

• The fancy leaves option now appears correctly in the settings on Windows 10
  
  
• Fixed an issue where cubemaps were not fully updating when resource packs were changed 
  
  
• Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause fonts to disappear after quitting to the main menu 
  
  
• Fixed an issue with flickering usernames above players’ heads 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where chunks would flicker after altering render distance values
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the missing textures were constantly being converted which would cause the game to spam warnings in the log message
  

General

• Running the /kill command will now correctly kills summoned NPCs (MCPE-65403) 
  
  
• Set the default chat font to Mojangles (MCPE-45857)
  

Marketplace

• Fixed bug where, on some platforms, thumbnails would infinitely load in the marketplace
  
  
• Fixed issue where the download bar was not always functioning correctly