Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.20.50.20

Beta 1.20.50.20 (Android) or Preview 1.20.50.20 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the first beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.20.50, released on October 11, 2023,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which brings more parity with Template:JE and fixes bugs.

Additions

Gameplay

Minecraft:Game rule

• Added showRecipeMessages, to control whether the recipe toasts are displayed. Defaults to true.
  • Needs the recipesUnlock game rule set to true to work properly.

General

Minecraft:Particles

• Added new dust_plume particle type.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Andesite, Minecraft:Diorite, Minecraft:Granite, Minecraft:Stone

• The different Minecraft:block states for the stone ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Old ID	New ID
Template:BlockSprite stone	Template:BlockSprite stone
	Template:BlockSprite granite
	Template:BlockSprite polished_granite
	Template:BlockSprite diorite
	Template:BlockSprite polished_diorite
	Template:BlockSprite andesite
	Template:BlockSprite polished_andesite

Minecraft:Decorated Pot

• Now can store items, up to a single stack of items.
  • Minecraft:Players can interact with them and insert items into them.
    • Player interactions with them cause them to wobble.
  • They have no GUI, and need to be broken to retrieve their content by players.
• Now can be smashed by projectiles, which cause them to shatter and drop their contents.
• Now can stack up to 64.

Minecraft:Hopper and Minecraft:Dropper

• Now can insert and/or extract items from Minecraft:decorated pots.

Minecraft:Planks

• The different Minecraft:block states for the planks ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Old ID	New ID
Template:BlockSprite planks	Template:BlockSprite oak_planks
	Template:BlockSprite spruce_planks
	Template:BlockSprite birch_planks
	Template:BlockSprite jungle_planks
	Template:BlockSprite acacia_planks
	Template:BlockSprite dark_oak_planks

Minecraft:Redstone Comparator

• Now can read the number of items in Minecraft:decorated pots.

Minecraft:Sculk Sensor and Minecraft:Calibrated Sculk Sensor

• Now can detect players interacting with Minecraft:decorated pots, with frequency 11.

Command format

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• Added a content warning for when the camera is placed outside of the player's chunk radius.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Raid

• Raid Minecraft:mobs can now join existing raids.

General

Minecraft:Death messages

• Updated death message when killed by a Minecraft:bed explosion in Minecraft:The Nether.

Minecraft:How to Play

• Completely remodelled the "How to Play" screen and created a new "Encyclopedia" screen.
  • Added Minecraft:netherite related items to how to play descriptions.
  • Removed obsolete references to "Old world" in "How to Play" screen.

Minecraft:Settings

• Removed the "Vertical Sync" video option.

Minecraft:Tags

• Deprecated the tag: legacy item component and released the minecraft:tags item component out of experimental in JSON formats 1.20.50 and higher.

Items

Minecraft:Smithing Templates

• Armor trims can now be applied to custom Minecraft:armor.

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Minecart with Hopper

• Now can insert and/or extract items from Minecraft:decorated pots.

Technical

Minecraft:Realms

• Realms are now available in betas and Previews.
  • Any player who has an active Realms subscription is eligible to create a free beta/Preview Realm.
  • Beta/Preview Realms will be separate from the regular Realms to prevent any issues from impacting regular Realms.
• The version of the last played world on a Realm is displayed in the Realms list.
• Experiments are available for newly created worlds.
• Players can now download worlds larger than 1GB from Realms on Xbox.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Molang Features", and "Render Dragon Features for Creators" experimental toggles.

Changes

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Added BlockComponentTypeMap, EntityComponentTypeMap, and ItemComponentTypeMap aliases which map component IDs to their TypeScript types.
• Changed Block.getComponent, Entity.getComponent, and ItemStack.getComponent to return the correct derived component type.
• Added BlockComponentTypes, EntityComponentTypes, and ItemComponentTypes enums that enumerate component ID strings.
• Removed CraftingEventPacket.
• Added effectAddBeforeEvent and removed effectState from effectAddAfterEvent.

Minecraft:JSON

• Added minecraft:behavior.melee_box_attack behavior which functions the same as minecraft:behavior.melee_attack but uses bounds based attack reach calculations.
  • The reach_multiplier attribute is removed and replaced with box_increase.
  • Reach is calculated by increasing the bounds of the attacking mobs in the xz-plane by box_increase blocks to create an "attack box". If the attack box intersects with the target's bounds the attacking mob can reach it.
• Added minecraft:can_join_raid component to allow entities to join existing raids.

Minecraft:Molang

• The following Molang queries are deprecated and will no longer be available in packs with a min_engine_version of 1.20.50 or higher:
  • Replaced with query.timer_flag_1, set by behavior.timer_flag_1.
  • Replaced with query.timer_flag_2, set by behavior.timer_flag_2.
  • Replaced with query.timer_flag_3, set by behavior.timer_flag_3.
  • query.is_scenting
  • query.is_rising
  • query.is_feeling_happy
  • query.dash_cooldown_progress

Fixes

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• Phantoms will no longer miss players who are gliding.
• Decreased the likelihood of players spawning above leaves
• Witches spawned via spawn eggs now join raids and throw potions at raiders.
• Fixed various spelling mistakes in the "How to Play" screen.
• Fixed tips display for custom vehicles from Marketplace packs when using touch controls with a joystick.
• Improved some of the common scripting error messages to provide better context and information.
• Fixed unreliability around query.is_alive on server.
• Fixed an issue preventing mobs from spawning further than 6 chunks away from the nearest player even if the server's simulation range is larger than 6 chunks.
• Fixed fullscreen overlays not being displayed when being submerged in lava and powder snow in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Fixed missing Hoppers within Minecarts in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Fixed an issue where certain light emitting blocks (e.g., sea lantern, glowstone, magma, etc...) could not be turned into point lights in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Fixed the appearance of rain, snow, and other weather effects in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Improved the quality of light sources over large distances in the "Deferred Technical Preview".
• Balanced the brightness of light emitted from emissive-only blocks in the "Deferred Technical Preview".