Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.70/71 Update Out Now, Patch Notes Revealed

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus “Notch” Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being fully released in November 2011, with Notch stepping down and Jens “Jeb” Bergensten taking over development. The game received a new update, which focuses on the game’s issues. Let’s dive deep into the Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.70/71 update patch notes.

Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.70/71 Update Patch Notes

Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.60 Update Patch Notes

A new update for Minecraft is available now, bringing several changes, fixes, and experimental features! Check out the highlights from this release:

Wolves now have double the amount of health than they used to
Experimental: Upcoming 1.21 features, including the Bogged, Wind Charge, and Vault

NOTE: Some platforms may see this update as version 1.20.70, though the two versions are fully compatible in multiplayer.

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Vanilla Parity:

Mobs

Wolves can now withstand the same amount of damage as in Java Edition (MCPE-177613)
- Rather than halving all damage dealt to tamed Wolves by entities other than Players or Arrows, as currently done in Java Edition, the maximum health of tamed Wolves has been increased from 20 to 40
- Pre-existing tamed Wolves will need to be fed to reach the new maximum health
- To ensure the healing rate remains consistent, the health restored by feeding Wolves has been doubled
- Java Edition will be adjusted to match the new Bedrock Edition implementation

Experimental Features:

Wind Charge

Become the Breeze! Using a Wind Charge will fire off a Wind Charge projectile similar to the Breeze’s
A Wind Charge fired by a player will grant 10% more knockback than a Breeze’s
Just like the projectile fired by the Breeze, Wind Charges fired by the player also deal damage if they hit an entity directly
The Breeze drops between 4-6 Wind Charges when killed
Wind Charges have a max stack size of 64
There is half a second cooldown after each use
Wind Charges can be fired from a dispenser
Players that launch themselves with a Wind Charge only accumulate fall damage below the y-level of where they collided with the wind burst

Bogged

A new variant of Skeletons that shoot poisonous arrows
- They’re faster to take down with 16 health instead of 20 health
- They attack at a slower interval of 3.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds
Has a chance to drop Arrows of Poison when killed by players
These mossy and mushroom covered Skeletons spawn naturally in Swamps and Mangrove Swamps
- Can also be found spawning from Trial Spawners in some Trial Chambers

Vault

A block that holds locked treasure and loot – find the right key to eject its rewards
- Found throughout Trial Chambers, containing the structures’ most valuable loot
- Vaults in Trial Chambers require a Trial Key to be unlocked
Can be unlocked by an unlimited amount of players
- After a player has unlocked a Vault, they cannot unlock that Vault again
- If a player has not unlocked that Vault before, an orange stream of particles will flow from the player to the Vault when nearby
Has a keyhole that will be open or closed depending on the players nearby
- If any nearby player has not unlocked that Vault, the keyhole will be open
- If all nearby players have unlocked that Vault, the keyhole will be closed
Within its cage, it will cycle through and display items which are possible to eject from its loot table
The rewards it ejects are randomized from its loot table each time it is unlocked
Vaults currently reuse the same loot table that reward chests previously used in the Trial Chambers
- This loot table is temporary and will be completely revised as development continues
Cannot be crafted or obtained in Survival mode, and does not drop anything when mined
Explosion-resistant and cannot be moved

Wolf

The collars of tamed Wolves have been increased in size, making them visible not only from the front but also from other angles

Fixes and Changes:

Performance / Stability

Fixed a bug that could cause the loading screen to get stuck for some time around 40% (MCPE-175550)
Fixed an issue where the game could softlock while displaying the “Loading resource packs” modal
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze when changing languages on some platforms

Gameplay

Upward player motion will now reset fall distance, allowing Riptide Tridents to break a fall (MCPE-126454)
Players can now bridge blocks over water (MCPE-163165)
Fixed sky light not being updated properly when big gaps of air were present between the ceiling and the floor
Fixed a bug that could sometimes prevent the Stronghold portal room from being generated (MCPE-19426)
Fixed players not unlocking “The Beginning” trophy on PlayStation for defeating a Wither, even if they were close enough to the Wither

Mobs

When fed, baby mobs now emit both sound and particles
All sounds emitted by Phantoms are now audible even when the player is facing away (MCPE-133125)
All sounds emitted by Wardens are now audible even when the player is facing away (MCPE-159481)

Blocks

Double Slabs can once again be created when stacking two of the same Slabs together (MCPE-179187)
Sweet Berry Bush Sapling now slows down players when walked through (MCPE-46152)
Cave Vines without Glow Berries no longer drop a Glow Berry when Silk Touched (MCPE-151348)
Blue and Black Candle Cakes now display and drop the correct type of Candle (MCPE-162868)
Patternless Banners taken from the Creative mode inventory will no longer reset when first placed (MCPE-178327)
Tall Flowers are no longer affected by Fortune enchantment (MCPE-18880)
Large Ferns now have a chance of dropping Wheat Seeds (MCPE-126947)
Tweaked the loot drop distributions for Fortune enchantment of Melon, Redstone Ore, Glowstone, and Nether Wart to better match Java Edition
Fixed a bug that made it so players could not place multiple items while moving, such as Boats or Fireworks (MCPE-178063, MCPE-178077)
As a result of this fix, we’ve had to revert the fix for Slabs and Stairs being placed inconsistently while continuously building (MCPE-54855). We’ll work to reintroduce a fix for this in an upcoming update

In Realms, removing an item from an Item Frame while in Creative mode no longer destroys the Item Frame (REALMS-10464)
In Realms, removing a book from a Lectern while in Creative mode no longer destroys the Lectern (REALMS-10536)
Lots of blocks now play appropriate sounds when entities fall onto them. The blocks are as follows: (MCPE-176939)
- Amethyst Block
- Amethyst Cluster variants
- Ancient Debris Block
- Anvil Block
- Azalea Block
- Azalea Leaves
- Bamboo Block
- Bamboo Wood
- Basalt Block
- Big Dripleaf
- Bone Block
- Calcite Block
- Candle
- Cave Vines
- Chain Block
- Cherry Leaves
- Cherry Wood
- Chiseled Bookshelf
- Copper Block variants
- Coral Block
- Crimson Nylium Block
- Deepslate Block
- Deepslate Bricks
- Dripstone Block
- Frog Spawn
- Froglight
- Glass Block
- Grass Block
- Gravel Block
- Hanging Roots
- Hanging Sign
- Honey Block
- Ladder Block
- Lantern Block
- Lodestone Block
- Mangrove Roots
- Moss Block
- Moss Carpet
- Mud Block
- Mud Bricks
- Muddy Mangrove Roots
- Nether Brick Block
- Nether Gold Ore Block
- Nether Sprouts
- Nether Wart
- Nether Wart
- Netherite Block
- Netherrack Block
- Packed Mud
- Pink Petals
- Pointed Dripstone
- Powder Snow
- Rooted Dirt
- Sand Block
- Scaffolding Block
- Sculk Catalyst
- Sculk Sensor
- Sculk Shrieker
- Sculk Vein
- Shroomlight Block
- Slime Block
- Snow Block
- Soul Sand Block
- Soul Soil Block
- Spore Blossom
- Stone Block
- Suspicious Gravel
- Suspicious Sand
- Tuff Block
- Turtle Egg Block
- Vine Block
- Warped Nylium Block
- Warped Wart
- Wood Blocks
- Wool Block

Items

Updated the Globe pattern on Shields to match Java Edition (MCPE-169595)
In Realms, attempting destruction of one Sea Turtle Egg on a stack of more than one in Creative mode no longer destroys two at once (REALMS-10477)
Spawn Eggs are now called “[Mob] Spawn Egg” instead of “Spawns [Mob]” so that players can more easily search for them in the Creative mode inventory
End Portal Frame has been moved to Nature category in the Creative mode inventory

Touch Controls

Players can no longer customize touch controls while on the death screen (MCPE-178037)

Graphical

Added 4K resolution support for Xbox Series consoles

Realms

Updated the Realms Plus landing page to make it more clear how Realms subscriptions work
On Realms, chunks will no longer stay loaded in The End unless a player is in the area (REALMS-11358, REALMS-11290)
Fixed a bug where text in the Realms Subscription landing page was slightly truncated

Android

Storage location will switch to External automatically on fresh installs if storage permission is granted via app settings prior to launching the game on devices running Android 12 or older (MCPE-177269)
Certain files and directories will be generated in external storage on next launch when setting storage location to External via in-game settings on devices running Android 12 or older (MCPE-176675)

User Interface

Fixed chat messages initially rendering below the screen after sending them (MCPE-178905)
The updated Death Screen is now enabled by default, even when resource packs are applied to a world
Updated the design of the report a friend warning modal and the report limit warning modal
Fixed a bug that caused cleared text to reappear in the inventory search bar (MCPE-174590)
Fixed text-to-speech narration for main panel text and Realm Feed button on Realm Slots Screen

Technical Updates:

Updated Add-On Template Packs

Updated Add-On templates for 1.20.70 with new resources, behaviors, and documentation are available to download at aka.ms/MCAddonPacks

General

Implemented a fix for the “One Block Skyblock” Marketplace map generating flat world in the distance on the client if the map was uploaded on Realms
- Clients connected to a dedicated server or Realms will no longer improperly generate LevelChunks on the client if one of the following is true:
  - The map is a flat world
  - It’s a Marketplace map
- This overrides server.properties setting client-side-chunk-generation-enabled for dedicated servers
Removed ItemFrameDropItemPacket

Commands

Added “has_property” filter for entity target selector that allows for targeting based on the type and value of properties
The /damage command no longer contains the damage type ‘suicide’. It is replaced with ‘self_destruct’ (MCPE-174865)
The Command Block’s interface will now remove the last error message after successfully compiling a command (MCPE-114029)

Add-Ons and Script Engine

Blocks using the “minecraft:material_instances” component with “render_method” = “alpha_test_single_sided” display properly when in the player’s hand

Blocks

Fixed ‘minecraft:geometry.full_block’ faces not rotating to match transform component
Fixed ‘minecraft:geometry.full_block’ blocks not culling faces against some vanilla blocks
“leaves” block is now split into unique names, “oak_leaves”, “spruce_leaves”, “birch_leaves, and ”jungle_leaves”
“leaves2” block is now split into “acacia_leaves” and “dark_oak_leaves”
- Commands will still work with “leaves” and “leaves2”, but only new leaves names will be suggested in the command prompt
The “minecraft:grass” block has been renamed to “minecraft:grass_block”, the old name is still understood from commands and data
“double_wooden_slab” block is now split into unique instances “acacia_double_slab”, “birch_double_slab”, “dark_oak_double_slab”, “jungle_double_slab”, “oak_double_slab”, “spruce_double_slab”
- Commands will still work with “double_wooden_slab”, however, “double_wooden_slab” block will not be suggested
“wooden_slab” block is now split into unique instances “oak_slab”, “spruce_slab”, “birch_slab”, “jungle_slab”, “acacia_slab”, “dark_oak_slab”
- Commands will still work with “wooden_slab”, however, “wooden_slab” block will not be suggested
“wood” block is now split into unique instances: “oak_wood”, “spruce_wood”, “birch_wood”, “jungle_wood”, “acacia_wood”, “dark_oak_wood”, “stripped_oak_wood”, “stripped_spruce_wood”, “stripped_birch_wood”, “stripped_jungle_wood”, “stripped_acacia_wood”, and “stripped_dark_oak_wood”

Components

The “entity_sensor” component’s “range” field now supports two values, the first one for horizontal range and the second one for vertical range
- This requires a “format_version” of 1.20.70 or higher
The “damage_sensor” component’s “damage_modifier” and “damage_multiplier” fields are now properly considered during damage immunity calculations, so that damage adjusted to be lesser or equal to the highest damage received during an entity’s immunity period will be accurately ignored
- This requires a world version of 1.20.70 or higher

Entity Filters

Added new entity filter “was_last_hurt_by”, which checks if the subject is the last player or mob to have recently attack the entity

Items

Custom armor attachables can now be trimmed with vanilla trims, and modified vanilla patterns can be applied to custom armor attachables and items
- Vanilla trim textures can be overridden via the attachable component
- Vanilla trims can be applied to custom geo armor via the attachable component
- Modified vanilla trim patterns (to fit the new geo armor) can be applied via the attachable component
- Armor trim patterns on custom armor requires the 1.20.60+ format version for the attachable and item

Molang

Released is_attached and query.has_player_rider from experimental
Removed experimental Molang queries get_ride and query.get_riders
Deprecated the Molang Features experimental toggle
Released Molang scoreboard for use with behavior packs from experimental (resource packs will return 0)
Removed experimental Molang queries
- biome_has_any_tag
- biome_has_all_tags
- self
- target
- client_input_type
- get_nearby_entities
- get_nearby_entities_except_self
Added new Molang APIs that give read access to rider body and head rotations
- rider_body_x_rotation(riderIndex) => float
- rider_body_y_rotation(riderIndex) => float
- rider_head_x_rotation(riderIndex) => float
- rider_head_y_rotation(riderIndex,clampRotation?) => float
- ride_body_x_rotation => float
- ride_body_y_rotation => float
- ride_head_x_rotation => float
- ride_head_y_rotation(clampRotation?) => float
surface_particle_color, query.surface_particle_texture_coordinate, and query.surface_particle_texture_size are now versioned with 1.20.70 to allow the three queries to see Leaf blocks as the surface texture below the block. Molang versions lower than 1.20.70 will continue to not see the Leaf block below them
This change takes effect for Molang queries in packs that have a manifest.json min_engine_version of 1.20.70 or higher.

NBT Parsing

Loading of NBT data is now more restrictive. Negative-length arrays, invalid tag ids, and not enough bytes in a payload are now all treated as errors which will prevent a tag loading where before those conditions were sometimes ignored

Spawn Rules

“minecraft:spawns_on_block_filter” now supports block descriptors
“minecraft:spawns_on_block_prevented_filter” now supports block descriptors
“minecraft:spawns_above_block_filter” now supports block descriptors

API

Added ScriptGameRules and gameRules for accessing and modifying game rules
Fixed the timing of PlayerInteractWithEntityAfterEvent and PlayerInteractWithBlockAfterEvent
Added setGameMode and Player.getGameMode to beta for changing the player’s GameMode
Added events PlayerGameModeChangeAfterEvent, PlayerGameModeChangeBeforeEvent with signals afterEvents.playerGameModeChange and world.beforeEvents.playerGameModeChange to beta
Added GameRuleChangeAfterEvent, GameRule and afterEvents.gameRuleChange for responding to GameRules changes
Fixed getBlockFromRay returning false positive collisions with water when already submerged

Character Creator

Added a new model to contain the character creator animation logic
Updated the logic that was done to trigger updating the binds when the animation states have been updated, so we do not run into issues with the binds updating every frame causing a major framerate hit

Experimental Technical Updates:

API

Entity Components
- Added EntityTypeFamilyComponent with functions getTypeFamilies(): string[] and hasTypeFamily(typeFamily: string): boolean
Item
- Moved ItemFoodComponent from beta to 1.9.0
- Added function matches(itemName: string, states?: Record<string, boolean | number | string>): boolean
Removed class BlockVolumeUtils. Moving utility functions onto BlockVolumeBaseand BlockVolume
Added class BlockVolumeBase. Is the base class from which block volumes will extend
BlockVolume
- Breaking Change:Converted BlockVolume from an interface to a class, which extends BlockVolumeBase
@minecraft/server.Entity.playAnimation
- Moved Entity.playAnimation from beta to stable
Moved enum BlockPistonState from beta to 1.9.0
Moved class BlockPistonComponent from beta to 1.9.0
Moved class PistonActivateAfterEvent from beta to 1.9.0
Moved class PistonActivateAfterEventSignal from beta to 1.9.0
ItemComponents
- Added isCooldownCategory(cooldownCategory: string) : boolean to ItemCooldownComponent
- Added getCooldownTimeRemaining(player: Player) : number to ItemCooldownComponent
- Added MinecraftCooldownCategoryTypes to @minecraft/vanilla-data
  - Added getHiddenHudElements(): HudElements[]
  - Added isForcedHidden(hudElement: HudElements): Boolean
  - Added resetHudElements(): void
  - Added setHudVisibility(visible: HudVisibility, hudElements?: HudElements[]): void
  - Added hideAllExcept(hudElements?: HudElements[])
- Added interface BlockFilter. Used to include / exclude blocks by tag, type and permutation
- BlockRaycastOptions
  - Added optional member BlockFilter
  - Updated getBlockFromRay(location: Vector3, direction: Vector3, options?: BlockRaycastOptions): BlockRaycastHit | undefined to throw if the BlockFilter include / exclude types cannot be resolved inside BlockRaycastOptions
  - Moved ItemDurabilityComponent from beta to 1.9.0
- Debug Utilities
  - Started publishing the debug utilities type information
  - Added a disableWatchdog method that lets you disable and enable the scripting watchdog in your scripts
  - Added function playSound(soundId: string, location: Vector3, soundOptions?: WorldSoundOptions): void – Plays a sound at a specified location for all players in the dimension
  - Moved getAllStates API from beta to stable
    - clearJob(jobId: number) – Will now clear iterations in the current tick as well as any scheduled for future ticks. Previously would only clear iterations in future ticks
  - @minecraft/server.WeatherChangeAfterEvent
    - Moved WeatherChangeAfterEvent from beta to stable
    - Moved setOnFire from beta to 1.9.0
    - Moved extinguishFire from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved EntityOnFireComponent from beta to 1.9.0
    - Moved getEquipmentSlot from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved BlockStateType from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved BlockStates from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved BlockSignComponent from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved DyeColor from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved SignSide from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved ContainerSlot from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved InvalidContainerSlotError from beta to 1.9.0
    - Moved getSlot from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved EffectTypes from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved RawText from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved createExplosion from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved ExplosionOptions from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved DimensionType from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved DimensionTypes from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved setDynamicProperty from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved getDynamicProperty from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved getDynamicPropertyIds from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved getDynamicPropertyTotalByteCount from beta to 1.9.0
  - Moved clearDynamicProperties from beta to 1.9.0
  - Added structureManager – A StructureManager instance that allows you to create, load and place structures in the world
  - StructureManager
    - Added function createEmpty(identifier: string, size: Vector3, saveMode?: StructureSaveMode): StructureTemplate – Creates a new empty structure
    - Added function createFromWorld(identifier: string, dimension: Dimension, blockVolume: BlockVolume, options?: StructureCreateOptions): StructureTemplate – Creates a new structure from blocks in the world
    - Added function delete(structure: string | StructureTemplate): boolean – Deletes the structure
    - Added function get(identifier: string): StructureTemplate | undefined – Gets the structure with the specified identifier
    - Added function place(structure: string | StructureTemplate, dimension: Dimension, location: Vector3, options?: StructurePlaceOptions) – Places a structure in the world
  - StructureTemplate
    - Added read-only property id: string– Returns the name of the structure
    - Moved effectAdd from beta to 1.9.0
  - Fixed a bug where item dynamic properties could sometimes be applied to items with a stack size greater than 1
    - Removing function triggerEvent()
  - WorldBeforeEvents
    - Removing property itemDefinitionEvent
  - WorldAfterEvents
    - Removing property itemDefinitionEvent
    - Moved explosion from beta to 1.9.0
  - WorldBeforeEvents
    - Moved explosion from beta to 1.9.0