Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.18.20.28

Beta 1.18.20.27 (Windows, Android, Xbox) or Preview 1.18.20.28 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the fourth beta/Preview version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.18.30,Template:Efn released on February 17, 2022,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which balances the mob spawning in Minecraft:snowy taigas, brings parity in mobs' damage values and fixes Minecraft:armor, Minecraft:protection and Minecraft:damage calculation and several bugs.

Changes

Items

Minecraft:Boats

• File:Spruce Boat (item) JE3 BE5.png File:Dark Oak Boat (item) JE3 BE4.png Spruce and dark oak boats now correctly use their updated item sprites.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Mobs

Farm Minecraft:animals

• Minecraft:Cows, Minecraft:pigs, Minecraft:chickens and Minecraft:sheep no longer spawn in Minecraft:snowy taiga Minecraft:biomes.

Ranged attacks

• Minecraft:Blaze fireballs, Minecraft:evoker's fang magic attack and Minecraft:shulker bullets now deal consistent damage across all difficulties.

Minecraft:Hoglins

• Baby hoglins no longer attack players.

Minecraft:Magma cubes

• Tiny magma cubes now do slightly more damage, from Template:Hp to Template:Hp on normal.

Minecraft:Skeletons

• The melee "short-ranged" attack does slightly less damage, from Template:Hp to Template:Hp on normal.

Minecraft:Spiders

• Now deal slightly less damage, from Template:Hp to Template:Hp on normal.

Untamed Minecraft:wolves

• Now deal slightly more damage, from Template:Hp to Template:Hp on normal.

Minecraft:Zoglins

• Baby zoglins now deal slightly less damage, from Template:Hp to Template:Hp (Template:Frac of a heart) on normal.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Temporarily removed.

Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed actor definition identifiers not being recognized if the item or block name contains "."
• Damage is now calculated more accurately, we now properly calculate and store partial damage for larger damage.
• Armor and protection reduction calculations have been made more accurate.
• Minecraft:Ender dragon's magic breath attack now properly deals damage (Template:Bug).
• The player's position when rejoining a world will remain the same if they quit while in lava (Template:Bug).
• Players can now fly down through ladders and other climbable blocks such as vines in creative without stopping (Template:Bug).
• Fixed a bug where shield blocking animation stops playing smoothly after blocking once (Template:Bug).

Graphical

• Fixed a bug where "carrots_stage_3" texture filename was incorrect and did not show up in-game (Template:Bug).

Mobs

• Minecraft:Bees no longer become angry when beehives are destroyed by Minecraft:Silk Touch (Template:Bug).

User Interface

• Buttons in touch controls no longer get stuck in pressed state when players go outside of the button area (Template:Bug).
• Fixed an issue where text would display incorrectly on certain Android devices in the new UI (Template:Bug).
• Fixed a crashing issue that could occur when hovering over the search bar in the crafting menu when playing with a controller.

Marketplace

• Coin Purchase Screen now includes “Coin Starter Bundles” for purchase on some platforms.
• Game no longer hangs/crashes when clicking "View More".
• Marketplace tags now fit in description section.
• Download popup no longer flickers when closed.
• Client now supports multiple player count tags in Marketplace pages.
• Added warning popup on Marketplace pages when attempting to equip skin pack skin while character creator item is equipped.

Minecraft:Character Creator

• Fixed an issue which caused some emotes to have unintended rotations when near the end of their animation (Template:Bug).