Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.8.0.8

Beta 1.8.0.8 is the first beta version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.8.0, released on October 10, 2018,<ref>Template:Link</ref> which adds some Minecraft:Village & Pillage features and fixes bugs.

Additions

Blocks

Minecraft:Bamboo

• Can be found while fishing in jungles and appear in Minecraft:jungle temple and Minecraft:shipwreck Minecraft:chests.
• Currently do not generate naturally in the world.

Minecraft:Scaffolding

• A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo and Minecraft:string.
• Climb by pressing the jump key and go down by pressing the sneak key.

Items

Minecraft:Spawn Eggs

• Minecraft:Cat
• Minecraft:Panda

Mobs

Minecraft:Pandas

• Spawn in Minecraft:jungles.
• Will seek out bamboo and cake items and eat them.
• Can have different personalities: either normal, aggressive, lazy or playful.
• Baby pandas will sometimes sneeze, making nearby pandas jump: when they sneeze, they have a chance to drop a Minecraft:slime ball.
• Have a chance of spawning as a brown panda, which is very rare.
• Sometimes roll and sit on hind legs.

Minecraft:Stray cats

• Spawn in Minecraft:villages.
• Can be tamed using Minecraft:fish.
• Added seven new skins.

Command format

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• Ported from Template:JE.
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• Reloads all function files from all behavior packs.

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• Added Template:Cd prefix to separate vanilla entities and add-on entities.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Command blocks

• Now have the default name of "!" instead of "@".

Items

Minecraft:Sticks

• Can now be crafted from bamboo.

Mobs

Minecraft:Camera

• Re-added, but can only be spawned with an NBT editor.

Minecraft:NPC

• Re-added, but can only be summoned using the Template:Cmd command.

Minecraft:Ocelots

• Are no longer tamable.
• Minecraft:Players can now feed ocelots fish to gain their trust.

Minecraft:Phantoms

• Are now afraid of Minecraft:cats and will not swoop while cats are around.

Minecraft:Skeleton horses and Minecraft:zombie horses

• Foals now have a chance of being spawned using a Minecraft:spawn egg.

Minecraft:Tropical fish

• Increased size. (Template:Bug)

World generation

Minecraft:Witch huts

• Black cats now spawn in witch huts.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Fishing

• Fishing loot has now been changed in Minecraft:jungles. When fishing in a jungle Minecraft:biome, the Minecraft:fish rewarded are now Minecraft:raw cod and Minecraft:raw salmon only.
• Bamboo and cocoa beans are now obtainable as a junk Minecraft:item when fishing in jungles.

Command format

Auto-complete

• The auto-complete list for Minecraft:player mentions now work in slash Minecraft:commands.

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• The following rules can now be run in game without turning on cheats:
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General

Minecraft:Marketplace

• The user can now send links to their favorite Minecraft:Marketplace content using the share button.

Menu screen

• More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page.

Minecraft:Splash screen

• Now has an animated loading bar.

Fixes

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs.
• Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish.
• Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash.
• Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack. (Template:Bug)
• Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks. (Template:Bug)
• Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat. (Template:Bug)
• Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation. (Template:Bug)
• Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails. (Template:Bug)
• Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs. (Template:Bug)
• Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player. (Template:Bug)
• Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken. (Template:Bug)
• Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled. (Template:Bug)
• Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken. (Template:Bug)
• Players will now face forward when entering a boat. (Template:Bug)
• Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages. (Template:Bug)
• Water now renders correctly when surrounded by barrier blocks.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse.
• Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices.
• The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live.
• Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming.
• The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
• Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position. (Template:Bug)
• Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled. (Template:Bug)
• Large slimes and magma cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size. (Template:Bug)
• Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated. (Template:Bug)
• Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should. (Template:Bug)
• The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an iron golem. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels.
• The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch.
• The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly. (Template:Bug)
• Players no longer fall through shulker boxes as they open. (Template:Bug)
• Improved the loading time of various game files.
• Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality.
• Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10. (Template:Bug)
• Added an underscore to frozen_river in the biomes_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries. (Template:Bug)
• The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat.
• Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer. (Template:Bug)
• Potion of slow falling will now slow down elytra descent. (Template:Bug)
• Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted.
• The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow.
• Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed.
• Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labeled correctly on the Settings screen.
• Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers.
• Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
• Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps.
• Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag. (Template:Bug)

Gallery

• The first image of Minecraft:Scaffolding released by a Minecraft developer.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  The first image of Minecraft:Scaffolding released by a Minecraft developer.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>