Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.70.24

Beta 1.20.70.24 (Android) or Preview 1.20.70.24 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.20.70, released on February 15, 2024,<ref>Template:Cite</ref><ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which adds the Minecraft:bogged and the Minecraft:wind charge item behind an experimental toggle, brings more parity from Template:JE, and fixes bugs. It is the first Preview version available on PlayStation, with it being open to a limited selection of players.<ref>Template:Cite</ref> Template:Info needed

Additions

General

Minecraft:Realms Stories

• Added new loading screen tips for Realms Stories.<ref>In this beta new tips do not work on Android</ref>

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Melon, Minecraft:redstone ore, Minecraft:glowstone, and Minecraft:Nether wart

• Tweaked the loot drop distributions for Minecraft:Fortune Minecraft:enchantment to better match Template:JE.

General

Minecraft:Realms Stories

• Changed the Realms Stories Privacy and Online Safety modal on Xbox platforms to display a QR code instead of a link.

Minecraft:Death screen

• The new death screen is now enabled when resource packs are applied to a world.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Blocks using the Template:Cd component with Template:Cd = Template:Cd display properly when in the player's hand.

Minecraft:Marketplace Server Driven Layouts

• Added the ability for SDL screens to have non scrollable layouts.
• Added the ability for layouts to contain vertical fill padding.

Minecraft:Character Creator

• Added a new model to contain the character creator animation logic.
• Updated the logic that was done to trigger updating the binds when the animation states have been updated, so we do not run into issues with the binds updating every frame causing a major framerate hit.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Update 1.21" and "Beta APIs" experimental toggles.

Additions

Items

File:Wind Charge (item).png Minecraft:Wind charge

• Using a wind charge will fire off a wind charge projectile similar to a Minecraft:breeze.
• A wind charge fired by a player will grant 10% more knockback than a breeze's projectile.
• Just like the projectile fired by a breeze, wind charges fired by the player also deal damage if they hit an entity directly.
• Drops 4-6 wind charges when a breeze is killed.
• Can stack up to 64.
• There is half a second cooldown after each use.
• Wind charges can be fired from a Minecraft:dispenser.
• Players that launch themselves with a wind charge only accumulate fall damage below the y-level of where they collided with the wind burst.

Minecraft:Spawn Egg

• File:Bogged Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Added bogged spawn egg.

Mobs

File:Bogged JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Bogged

• A new variant of Minecraft:skeletons that shoot Minecraft:poisonous Minecraft:arrows.
  • They're faster to take down with 16 health instead of 20 health.
  • They attack at a slower interval of 3.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds.
• Has a chance to drop arrows of Poison when killed by Minecraft:players.
• These mossy and mushroom covered Skeletons spawn naturally in Minecraft:swamps and Minecraft:mangrove swamps.
  • Can also be found spawning from Minecraft:trial spawners in some Minecraft:trial chambers.

World generation

Minecraft:Trial Chambers

• Trial Chambers now generate at the same world locations as Template:JE.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
• Added Template:Cd - A Template:Cd instance that allows you to create, load and place structures in the world
• Template:Cd
  • Added function Template:Cd - Creates a new empty structure
  • Added function Template:Cd - Creates a new structure from blocks in the world
  • Added function Template:Cd - Deletes the structure
  • Added function Template:Cd - Gets the structure with the specified identifier
  • Added function Template:Cd - Places a structure in the world
• Template:Cd
  • Added Template:Cd property Template:Cd - Returns the name of the structure
  • Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0
  • Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to 1.9.0

Fixes

Template:Fixes Others

• The Breeze now takes damage when being hit by Wind Charge projectiles.
• Fixed random crashes when accessing Realms stories after triggering Realms events due to a race condition between adding new story status entries and Clubs feed sorting.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze when changing languages on some platforms.
• Fixed an issue where the game could softlock while displaying the "Loading resource packs" modal.
• Fixed vertical fill objects not working in vertical factories within the user interface
• Implemented a fix for the “One Block Skyblock” Marketplace map generating flat world in the distance on the client if the map was uploaded on Realms