Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.18.20.26

Beta 1.18.20.25 (Windows, Android, Xbox) or Preview 1.18.20.26 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the third beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.18.30,Template:Efn released on February 9, 2022,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which makes changes to the hunger system, and fixes bugs.

Additions

Command format

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• Used to place a configured feature at a given location.
• Was removed in the next beta due to the commands being not fully implemented yet.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Changes

Gameplay

Minecraft:Hunger

• The rate of hunger depletion can now be changed with behavior packs (Minecraft:add-ons).
• Minecraft:Exhaustion levels: the rate that hunger decreases has been changed to better match Template:JE, so Minecraft:players can now properly lose hunger when sprinting or swimming and lose significantly less hunger when jumping.

Action	Old rate	New rate	Units
Swimming	0	0.01	per meter
Minecraft:Sprinting	0	0.1	per meter
Breaking a block	0.025	0.005	per block broken
Jumping	0.4	0.05	per jump
Attacking an Minecraft:enemy	0.3	0.1	per attack landed
Jumping while sprinting	1.6	0.2	per jump

Items

Minecraft:Boats

• The item sprite of spruce boat has been changed from File:Spruce Boat (item) BE4.png to File:Spruce Boat (item) JE3 BE5.png. However, this change is not visible in-game.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Wild Update", "Vanilla Experiments", "Upcoming Creator Features", and "GameTest Framework" experimental toggle.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Frog spawn

• Frog Spawn is no longer invisible when seen from below.

Minecraft:Froglights

• No longer randomly rotate.
• Can now be placed sideways.
• File:Pearlescent Froglight BE2.pngFile:Verdant Froglight BE2.pngFile:Ochre Froglight BE2.png Changed their textures.

Items

Minecraft:Goat horns

• A sound now plays when a Horn breaks off a goat.
• An animation is now shown when using the goat horn in both 1st and 3rd person views.

Technical

GameTest Framework

• BlockInventoryComponent
  • Fixed accessing items in a double chest crashing/being inconsistent
• Added nameTagproperty
• Added idproperty
• Added MinecraftDimensionTypeswith constants for built-in dimension IDs
• Added spawnItemto spawn an ItemStack in the dimension
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Volume

• Volume definitions are now stored and read from behavior packs instead of being part of the level directory.

Fixes

Gameplay

• Removed water from the extra-block when placing an amethyst cluster (Template:Bug)
• Reverted fix for coral fan pathing
• Tweaked hunger depletion rate to better match Java Edition (Template:Bug)
  • Players can now properly lose hunger when sprinting or swimming
  • Players lose significantly less hunger when jumping
  • Exhaustion rates can now be tweaked in behavior packs

Mobs

• Fixed an issue where entities were not protected from fire damage by Fire Resistance effect
• Mobs that are riding a boat, for example, can no longer use JumpToBlockGoal (Template:Bug)

User Interface

• Crouch (sneak) state is now reset when player dies to avoid getting stuck in crouch state after respawning
• The Resource Packs tab in the new Create New World screen is now available.

Technical

• Using Template:Cmd command now updates paper doll and inventory character (Template:Bug)
• Using biome-specific vanilla fog settings as default when overriding fog settings.
• Title commands fired before a client was done joining now shows instead of being ignored.
• Fixed a case where ray tracing resources would be destroyed prematurely on level exit from an RTX-enabled world.