Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.90.21

Template:Infobox version Beta 1.21.90.21 (ChromeOS, Android), or Preview 1.21.90.21 (Windows, Xbox, PlayStation), or Preview 1.21.90.22 (iOS, iPadOS), is the second beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.21.90, released on April 29, 2025,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which fixes bugs.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Beacon

• Maximum beacon beam height is now 2048.

Minecraft:Dead Bush

• Dead bush ambient sounds now have a slightly increased chance of playing.

Minecraft:Dried Ghast

• The recipe for the dried ghast block has been updated to now require a soul sand block rather than a bone block.

Minecraft:Sand, Minecraft:Red Sand, Minecraft:Terracotta

• Ambient sand sounds no longer requires sky access to play.
• Ambient sand sounds now have a slightly decreased chance to play.
• Ambient sand sounds can now play in all biomes.
  • The frequency and conditions for the sounds are now completely independent of the biome the blocks are in.
• Sand, red sand, and terracotta blocks no longer make ambient wind sounds (Template:Code).
  • They still make sand sounds (Template:Code).

Minecraft:Short Dry Grass and Minecraft:Tall Dry Grass

• Short dry grass and tall dry grass can now make ambient wind sounds (Template:Code) when above 2 sand, red sand, or terracotta blocks.

Items

Minecraft:Lead

• The Minecraft:slimeball in the recipe has been replaced with a string.

Mobs

Minecraft:Blaze

• Increased blaze attack sound distance to 32 to match Template:JE.
• Blaze's attack distance has been increased from 16 to 48 blocks to match its target detection range.

Minecraft:Ghastling

• Ghastlings can now follow happy ghasts.

Minecraft:Piglin

• Piglins can now give dried ghast blocks when Minecraft:bartered with.

Minecraft:Zoglin

• Decreased zoglin speed when chasing the player to match Template:JE.
  • Despite being mentioned in the changelog, it was actually decreased in Minecraft:Preview 1.21.90.20.

Minecraft:Zombified Piglin

• Baby zombified piglins can no longer have golden swords equipped.
• Decreased the speed of zombified piglins when chasing the player to match Template:JE.
  • Despite being mentioned in the changelog, it was actually decreased in Minecraft:Preview 1.21.90.20.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Accessibility

• Text to speech will select an appropriate voice if available when changing in-game language on Android, iOS, and Windows 10/11.

General

Minecraft:Multiplayer

• Gamertags are used on all platforms to identify players in cross-platform multiplayer games.

Graphics

• The local player's vehicle will now always be eligible for rendering, no matter the orientation of the model compared to the render bounding box.

Technical

Minecraft:API

Template:Cd

• Added Template:Cd property on Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Moved Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Moved enum Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Moved enum Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Blocks

• Replaced Template:Cd with Template:Cd in Template:Cd and Template:Cd. This is to go in line with the particle count field in the Template:Cd. Template:Cd will still be used in the previous versions of these files.

Components

• The Template:Cd component no longer requires Template:Cd.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features" and "Locator Bar" experimental toggles.

Additions

Technical

API

Template:Cd

• Added enum Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added optional property Template:Cd to scripting interfaces Template:Cd and Template:Cd in Template:Cd. Defaults to Template:Cd.
• New Template:Cd property on Template:Cd interface.
  • If undefined or Template:Cd (default is Template:Cd), custom command execution requires that cheats are enabled. If Template:Cd, then the custom command can execute without cheats enabled.
• Removed Template:Cd.
• Added read-only property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd enum with Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd values.

Block Components

• Added field Template:Cd to Template:Cd block component behind Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
  • UV locking will allow faces to have the same texture orientations as the default geometry state, regardless of how Template:Cd component rotates the geometry.

Minecraft:Commands

• Added optional property Template:Cd to Template:Cmd and Template:Cmd commands. Defaults to Template:Cd.

Components

• The Template:Cd component has a new field allowing creators to determine the amount of particles that are generated on the destruction of the block.

Minecraft:Jigsaw

• Added optional property Template:Cd to Template:Cd JSON to allow control over handling liquids when placing structures. Defaults to Template:Cd.

Changes

Gameplay

Minecraft:Locator Bar

• The distance of players now modifies the size of the locator bar player dot instead of the opacity.

Fixes

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• Dispensing a lava bucket on a waterlogged Dried Ghast no longer duplicates the Dried Ghast.
• Fixed an issue where swapping item slots during an attack against a mob would re-select the original item slot used during the attack instead of staying on the new inventory slot item.
• Fixed a bug in Vibrant Visuals where materials with certain properties rendered black.
• Mobs will no longer clip through blocks sometimes when viewing them at a distance when they auto step up a block.
• Pigs saddled by hand no longer drop two saddles when killed. (All pigs saddled by hand between 1.21.70 and now will still drop their duplicated saddles on death.)
• Fixed a bug with the Template:Cd component where the full block geometry identifier Template:Cd was being ignored for several behaviors, including:
  • Mob spawning (mobs with custom spawn rules can now spawn on blocks using full block geometry)
  • Chest obstruction (blocks with full block geometry will now obstruct Chests)
  • Grass and Farmland survival (Grass and Farmland will turn into Dirt with a block using full block geometry above them)
  • Nylium survival (Nylium will turn into Netherrack with a block using full block geometry above it)
  • Vine growth (Vines will now spread to blocks using full block geometry)
  • Breathability (Mobs and actors can no longer breathe in blocks using full block geometry)
• Fixed incorrect warning for using valid entity with event identifier in Template:Cd component.
• Fixed Template:Cd to work for the Wither to properly reflect the elapsed ticks since it started dying.
• Jigsaw structures being placed in water no longer replace water incorrectly.