Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.7.0

1.7.0 is a major update to Template:BE released on October 15–16, 2018.Template:Citation needed It adds the Template:Cmd command, the ability to eat food in Minecraft:Creative, The Hive multiplayer server, and highlights for Minecraft:player names in the chat, and also fixes bugs. This was the last version to support Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

Additions

Gameplay

Minecraft:Scoreboard system

• Adds basic scoreboard functionality.
• Track, edit and display certain objectives per player.
• Used via Template:Cmd command or command block.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Used to interact with the scoreboard system.

Template:Cmd

• Added Template:Code rule.
  • Toggles Minecraft:command block functionality.

Servers

Minecraft:Featured servers

• Added The Hive.

Changes

Items

All Minecraft:foods

• Can now be eaten while the player is in Minecraft:Creative mode or when the difficulty is set to Minecraft:Peaceful.

Minecraft:Chorus fruit

• Moved from Nature to Items section in the Creative inventory.

Minecraft:Raw fish and Minecraft:Cooked fish

• Have been renamed to "raw cod" and "cooked cod", respectively.

General

Minecraft:Chat

• Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat.
• Typing Template:Key in chat will now show an autocomplete list of player names.

Minecraft:Marketplace

• Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen.
• Improved search results, sorting, and filtering.
• The player can now send links to Marketplace content using the share button.

Minecraft:Pause menu

• Added an ”Invite to game” button under the player list.
• The name of the Minecraft:world is now displayed at the top of the player list.

Minecraft:Splash

• Removed "Down with O.P.P.!"

Fixes

Crashes/performance

• Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a trident with Channeling was shot from a dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many villagers were trying to open or enter. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x resource pack on Nintendo Switch.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack explorer maps when trading with a cartographer villager.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm's edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space.

General

• Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions. (Template:Bug)
• Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
• Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay.
• Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list.
• Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining.
• Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0. (Template:Bug)
• Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform.
• Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch.
• Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to not properly detect if a world was played in a version later than the current one.

Gameplay

• Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (Template:Bug)
• Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks. (Template:Bug)
• Items can once again be dropped while in a boat.
• The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (Template:Bug)
• When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player's marker now disappears from the locator maps of other players.
• Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an ender pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance.
• Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old worlds at 128 or in the Void.
• When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back. (Template:Bug)

Items

• Enchantment books are no longer lost after using an anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment.
• Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End.
• Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block.
• Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart.
• Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world. (Template:Bug)
• Infinity bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the bow is slightly drawn. (Template:Bug)
• Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs.
• Flaming arrows once again ignite minecarts with TNT. (Template:Bug)

Mobs

• If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items. (Template:Bug)
• Mobs can now walk through soul sand with nether wart. (Template:Bug)
• Skeleton horses and zombie horses no longer die after a certain amount of time. (Template:Bug)
• Horses in the same boat as the player no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of the player. (Template:Bug)
• Releasing a tropical fish from a bucket of fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught.
• Armored withers can no longer be damaged with thrown tridents.
• Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat.
• The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while the player is riding it.
• Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit. (Template:Bug)
• Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with slabs above. (Template:Bug)
• Cured zombie villagers spawned from zombie villages can now be traded with. (Template:Bug)
• Pigs with saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water.

Blocks

• Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing. (Template:Bug)
• Sea pickles now break instantly in Survival mode. (Template:Bug)
• Barrier blocks can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon. (Template:Bug)
• Monster spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion. (Template:Bug)
• Rails are once again broken by flowing water.

Realms

• A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played.
• Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm.

World generation

• Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures.
• Fixed structures generating inside ocean monuments.

Graphical

• Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices. (Template:Bug)
• It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds. (Template:Bug, Template:Bug)
• Adjusted in-hand placement of bows and tridents in split-screen.
• Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted trident with Riptide. (Template:Bug)

Audio

• Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices. (Template:Bug)
• The proper sound now plays when the wither is spawned. (Template:Bug)
• Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds. (Template:Bug)
• Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater.

User interface

• Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (Template:Bug)
• Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot.
• Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu. (Template:Bug)
• Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the anvil's output slot.
• Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks.
• Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen.
• Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD.
• Fixed overlapping text on the enchantment table screen.

Commands

• Fixed input on minecarts with command block not saving between game sessions.
• Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned.
• Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes. (Template:Bug)
• The Template:Cmd command now reliably teleports riders with entities.
• The Template:Cmd command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen. (Template:Bug)

Add-ons

• Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target.
• Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior.
• The 'Template:Code' component now works properly with 'Template:Code' on flying mobs.

Trivia

• 1.7.0 features the least amount of content in any major update.