A new Minecraft update is ready to play! Since releasing the Trails & Tales update, the team has been hard at work on even more improvements to the game. Here are just a few of the highlights:
Players can now sneak under 1.5 block gaps
Shovels are no longer needed to craft Boats
Many more actions now emit vibrations detected by Sculk Sensors
Fixes to over 50 community-reported issues
NOTE: This update will appear as version 1.20.11 on Xbox
Vanilla Parity
Short Sneaking
Player’s hitbox height now reduces to 1.5 blocks while sneaking
Sneaking will automatically be initiated while stuck in a gap of less than 1.8 blocks
Sneaking will lower the player camera height respective of these changes
Sneaking now requires enough space to stand in order to exit sneaking
Players will transition from swimming to sneaking if they are unable to stand up but would be able to sneak
Players are no longer able to sneak while riding
Players will no longer suffocate when short sneaking in certain scenarios
Players will no longer suffocate when riding on a Camel in 2 block gaps
Players will no longer be pushed slightly when short sneaking is by being pushed by a block
Fixed many interactions where being forced into sneaking acted the same as holding the sneak button
Other Changes
Items dropped by storage entities are now centered inside the nearest block
Shovel has been removed from Boat recipe
Barrel recipe has been modified to use Planks instead of Sticks
The Cobweb to String recipe has been removed
Fixed a bug where Zombie Villager did not drop given item after curing
Experimental Features
Crawling
Added the ability to crawl behind the Short Sneaking and Crawling Experimental toggle
Created new player crawling animation
Players will now begin crawling when in a 1 block gap, similar to sneaking
Crawling is the same speed as sneaking
Players will automatically stand up or begin sneaking if they leave the 1 block gap
Players will begin swimming if they enter water while crawling, or vice-versa
Player's model is now centered around their hitbox when swimming
Players will now always spawn projectiles from the camera position when sneaking, swimming, or gliding
Players will now spawn particle effects when eating in the correct position if they are sneaking, swimming, or gliding
Loyalty Tridents will always return to the player's camera
Players will no longer be stuck inside Cauldrons or Composters when crawling inside with a Trapdoor
The paper doll will now show up properly when crawling
Fixed an issue where gliding or swimming could sometimes give the player an incorrect bounding box
Recipe Unlocking
Recipe unlocking – now in Bedrock!
Added recipe unlocking as an experiment
Collect materials to unlock relevant recipes
A notification will tell you when you've found a new crafting material
Picking up an item teaches you how to craft that item. Great for when a friend gives you a tool you haven’t crafted before
We’d love to hear what you think of this feature, so please send us your feedback at aka.ms/MCRecipeUnlocks
Fixes and Changes
General
Fixed the "Communication Error" message appearing when leaving a Local Network game as the host on Nintendo Switch
Reduce cases where players might see 'Unable to connect' errors due to 'Expired Auth from Discovery'
Gameplay
Camera position is now used for audio system listening and ambient sounds
Previously the player position and rotation were sometimes used for audio listening
This effectively flips audio panning when using 'third person front' camera perspective
Mobs
Farmer Villagers will now interact with Torchflower Seeds and Pitcher Pods. They can pick up the seeds and plant them, but they will not harvest the Torchflower or Pitcher Crop
The sound played when a Camel is dashing is no longer played repeatedly
Fixed issue with Jump Boost effect not affecting Magma Cubes
Fixed Boats on Ice disappearing when Client-Side Chunk-Generation was enabled
Mobs are back to normal despawn rate during night
Camels now play a walking animation when taking damage while standing still
Sniffer can no longer dig up seeds in the air
Mobs no longer continue to freeze without Powder Snow if there is a Powder Snow block near the west and north side
Blocks
Polished Basalt and Chiseled Deepslate can no longer be replaced by Sculk during world generation
Polished Deepslate can now be replaced by Sculk during world generation
Decorated Pots crafted with at least one Sherd now have a hover tooltip displaying the Sherd and Brick ingredients
Players without permission to open/close containers can no longer interact with Chiseled Bookshelves
The correct sound effect is now played when removing an enchanted Book from Chiseled Bookshelf
Chiseled Bookshelf slot interactions are now symmetrical
Cauldron water texture is now the correct version
Note Block on top of Soul Soil now produces the Harp sound instead of the Snare sound
Shovel can no longer mine Packed Mud as fast as Pickaxe
Placing blocks on Top Snow and Tall Grass while moving side to side will no longer cause them to stack up continuously
Suspicious Gravel and Suspicious Sand blocks now display correctly on Maps
Mushrooms are now able to spawn on fallen tree trunks
Conduit now has the correct lighting when placed on ground
Items
Fixed black pixels being generated on maps when Client-Side Chunk Generation was enabled
Shield no longer clips inside the Armor Stand model while in the riposte pose
Sculk Vibrations
Placing, rotating, or removing an item in an Item Frame or in a Glow Item Frame now emits vibrations
Charging a Respawn Anchor now emits vibrations
Scraping or applying wax to blocks of the Copper block set now emits vibrations
Switching a Daylight Detector to an Inverted Daylight Detector, or vice-versa, now emits vibrations
Adding food to a Campfire now emits vibrations
Adding or removing a Music Disc to a Jukebox now emits vibrations
Mud turning into Clay now emits vibrations
Harvesting Sweet Berries now emits vibrations
Placing an Eye of Ender in an End Portal Frame now emits vibrations
Bees now emit vibrations when entering or exiting a Beehive or a Bee Nest
Interacting with a Composter now emits vibrations
Attaching or detaching a Lead from a Fence now emits vibrations
Attaching or detaching a Lead from a mob now emits vibrations
Dying a Sheep now emits vibrations
Picking Glow Berries now emits vibrations
Farmland turning into Dirt now emits vibrations
Using a Spawn Egg on a Monster Spawner now emits vibrations
Silverfish merging with blocks now emit vibrations
Using a Hoe on Rooted Dirt now emits vibrations
Using a Shovel to create Dirt Paths now emits vibrations
Placing a Door now emits vibrations
Planting seeds in Farmland now emits vibrations
Realms
Updated the contrast ratio of the close button in realms feed menu
Updated the contrast ratio of the New Post header banner
An error message is now shown when attempting to upload a cross-platform restricted world to Realms, instead of uploading a corrupted world
The focus indicator no longer auto selects the Find Friend button when the Members tab is selected
Accessibility
Improved the Xbox on-screen keyboard experience, including better positioning, updating fields with typed input, and no more screen dimming while on screen keyboard is open
Added a toggle to all platforms enabling extra-large GUI scaling beyond what the GUI slider allows
Text-to-speech now reads item names when selecting items in the hotbar
User Interface
Added support for detecting Brazilian Portuguese as the preferred system language on Nintendo Switch
Horse and Donkey jump bar, and camel dash bar, now scale properly to the experience bar)
Changed the Pause Menu disconnection text to be platform agnostic
Fixed an issue that caused the inventory to get locked up after auto placin
Imported worlds now get their last played date modified to the time they were imported
Reordered the gamepad tooltips for UI screens so that the buttons align with the same side as a controller
Mouse Input
Default chat duration is now set to 10 seconds while default toast notification duration remains at 3 seconds
Improved handling of simultaneous mouse clicks, triggering each individual associated action/response
Fixed issues with unresponsive or laggy input when using mouse together with a controller
Text-to-speech now reads "Slash button" when hovering over the "/" button in the chat screen
Graphical
Fixed issues with highlighted blocks and mob shadows appearing through the Pumpkin head overlay on Switch
Rendering of snow or rain is now based on camera position instead of player position
Shields no longer flicker when held in both hands on RTX
Fixed sleep and camera fade effect not covering the screen until after first-person rendering happens
Underwater and fog effects are now based on camera position rather than player position
Fancy Leaves setting is now applied immediately and will no longer cause x-ray effect
Fixed player capes not properly flapping when moving forward but looking sideways (fixed for real this time!)
Technical Updates
Updated Add-On Template Packs
Updated Add-On templates for 1.20.10 with new resources, behaviors, and documentation are available to download at aka.ms/MCAddonPacks
Dedicated Server
Note for Linux users: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) will reach End of Standard Support in 2023. Accordingly, the Linux Minecraft Dedicated Server will also raise its minimum target Ubuntu version to 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) in a later 1.20 update (exact release to be determined). Minecraft server operators using Ubuntu are encouraged to prepare for this transition by updating their deployments to 20.04 LTS as soon as possible.
Fixed invalid entries in allowlist.json causing a crash
Stability and Performance
Invalid JSON objects within the entity component "minecraft:behavior.nearest_attackable_target" will no longer crash the game
Fixed a crash that could occur when running the “go_and_give_items_to_noteblock” goal
Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to change a mob’s scale while it was colliding with blocks
Add-Ons and Script Engine
Added deprecation error message for the part_visibility component (the bone_visibility field in the geometry component should be used instead, see block documentation for more information)
Fixed an issue where adding a minecraft:peek component to a custom entity would cause the game to crash
Commands
/time query command will now return the correct day and time of day when the absolute time is negative
Executing the "inputpermission set" command will now output a message to the chat with the results
Executing the "inputpermission set" command will now result in an error if it does not affect any players
Command positions will now use the current position/rotation when running mcfunctions via execute
Fixed issue where some execute commands stopped working on Realms
The "hasitem" target selector argument now counts items held with the cursor
Commands will still work with "concrete", but "concrete" won't be suggested in the command prompt, rather the new names will
"concrete" block is now split into unique instances, namely "white_concrete", "orange_concrete", "magenta_concrete", "light_blue_concrete", "yellow_concrete", "lime_concrete", "pink_concrete", "gray_concrete", "light_gray_concrete", "cyan_concrete", "purple_concrete", "blue_concrete", "brown_concrete", "green_concrete", "red_concrete", and "black_concrete"
Java Parity: Block states in commands will use equals instead of colon in version 1.20.0 and later. For example using the setblock command: /setblock ~ ~ ~ oak_log["pillar_axis"="x"
Block states with equals don't require a space to show autocomplete options
Components
Added a content error when minecraft:balloonable is used on minecraft:player to prevent issues as this component is not supported in this way
Entities
Custom entities are no longer restricted to overriding Vanilla entities released before 1.20. All Vanilla entities can be used in the "identifier" or "runtime_identifier" field, including Camel and Sniffer
Blocks
Updated the "minecraft:geometry" block component to allow bone visibility to be defined with a Molang expression
Changed minecraft:block JSON schema so what was previously called "properties" is now called "states". This change takes effect for files where format_version is 1.20.10 or higher. Previous content is unaffected
Items
Released the minecraft:cooldown item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the minecraft:repairable item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Items with the "minecraft:block_placer" component will now place blocks with correct orientation
Released the "minecraft:max_stack_size" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Custom items with "minecraft:block_placer" will no longer place certain blocks in the wrong location
Released the "minecraft:block_placer" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:record" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:can_destroy_in_creative" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:hover_text_color" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Experimental Technical Features
Add-Ons and Script Engine
Camera Presets can now specify "listener":"player" to have the audio system use the player position for audio positioning
Added "example:example_player_listener" Camera Preset to demonstrate this option
Actually fixed the bug that caused player capes to stop flapping when moving forward but looking sideways in the query.cape_flap_amount by switching the rotation used from the player's looking rotation to the player's body rotation
Observer blocks use state "minecraft:facing_direction" instead of "facing_direction". "minecraft:facing_direction" uses string values ("down", "up", "north", "south", "east", "west")
API
Dynamic properties can now optionally have default values
Increased Dynamic Property registration limits:
Actors: ~1KB -> 128KB
World: ~10KB -> 1MB
ScreenDisplay
Removed clearTitle()- Use setTitle with an empty string to clear the title
Updated fadeInSeconds, staySeconds, fadeOutSeconds to fadeInDuration, stayDuration, fadeOutDuration on TitleDisplayOptions (seconds to ticks)
Updated setTitle to reset the times per each new title
Added RawMessage support for setTitle, updateSubtitle, and setActionBar
Entity additions
Added read-only property isGliding - Returns whether the player is gliding with Elytra
Added read-only property isJumping - Returns whether the player is using the jump action
Added read-only property isFlying - Returns whether the player is flying (e.g. Creative or Spectator mode)
Added read-only property isSprinting - Returns whether the entity is sprinting
Added read-only property isSwimming - Returns whether the entity is swimming
Added read-only property isClimbing - Returns whether the entity is climbing (e.g. Player on a ladder or Spider on a wall)
Added read-only property isOnGround - Returns whether the entity is on the ground
Added read-only property isInWater - Returns whether the entity is in water
Added read-only property isFalling - Returns whether the entity is falling
Added read-only property fallDistance - Returns the current fall distance (Used for calculating fall damage)
Added function fly - Makes the player fly (e.g. Creative or Spectator mode)
Added function stopFlying - Makes the player stop flying (e.g. Creative or Spectator mode)
Added function glide - Makes the player glide with Elytra
Added function stopGliding - Makes the player stop gliding with Elytra
Added function swim - Makes the player swim
Added function stopSwimming - Makes the player stop swimming
Entity additions (effects)
Updated function addEffect(effectType: EffectType | string, duration: number, options?: EntityEffectOptions): void to return void and to throw if the effect does not exist or the parameters are out of bounds
Updated function getEffect(effectType: EffectType | string): Effect | undefined to throw if the effect does not exist
Updated function removeEffect(effectType: EffectType | string): boolean to throw if the effect does not exist
BlockEvents
Added events 'PressurePlatePushEvent', 'PressurePlatePopEvent', 'TargetBlockHitEvent', and 'TripWireTripEvent'
ContainerSlot
Removed function clone - Please use function getItem instead
EntityHealableComponent
Removed filters: FilterGroup property
EntityAttributeComponent
Added effectiveMin: number property. Returns the minimum possible value for the component
Added effectiveMax: number property. Return the maximum possible value for the component
Renamed value property to defaultValue
Renamed current property to currentValue
Renamed setCurrent method to setCurrentValue
Added EntityHealthChangedAfterEvent. It is triggered when any health change happens for an Entity
System
Replaced system.events with system.beforeEvents and system.afterEvents
Renamed event beforeWatchdogTerminate to watchdogTerminate and moved it to system.beforeEvents
Moved scriptEventReceive to system.afterEvents
MessageReceiveAfterEvent
Removed property sourceType
ScriptEventSource
Replaced enum MessageSourceType with a new enum ScriptEventSource
ScriptEventCommandMessageAfterEvent
Changed property sourceType from MessageSourceType to ScriptEventSource
Increased maximum message length from 256 to 2048 characters
Dynamic Property identifiers are now limited to 1024 characters
Removed MinecraftEffectTypes defined in @minecraft/server. See @minecraft/vanilla-data NPM package for an equivalent
Moved several APIs to stable 1.30:
Moving tryTeleport(location: Vector3, duration: number, options: ScriptTeleportOptions) to 1.3.0
Moving teleport(location: Vector3, options: ScriptTeleportOptions) to 1.3.0
Moved function getComponent to 1.3.0
Moved world event PlayerJoinAfterEvent to 1.3.0
Moved world event PlayerLeaveAfterEvent to 1.3.0
Moved world event PlayerSpawnAfterEvent to 1.3.0
Moved EntityComponent EntityHealableComponent to 1.3.0
Moved EntityComponent EntityHealthComponent to 1.3.0
Moved class FeedItem to 1.3.0
Moved class FeedItemEffect to 1.3.0
Moving addEffect(effectType: string | EffectType, duration: number, options: EntityEffectOptions) to 1.3.0
Moved getEffect(effectType: string | EffectType) to 1.3.0
Moved getEffects() to 1.3.0
Moved removeEffect(effectType: string | EffectType) to 1.3.0
AfterEvents
Moving ButtonPushEvent to 1.3.0
Moving LeverActivateEvent to 1.3.0
Moved function spawnEntity to 1.3.0
Moved function spawnItem to 1.3.0
Spawn Point Updates:
Removed function clearSpawn
Removed property spawnDimension
Added function getSpawnPoint(): DimensionLocation | undefined - Returns the player's spawn point
Added function setSpawnPoint(spawnPoint?: DimensionLocation): void - Sets the player's spawn point, or clears it if spawnPoint is undefined
Renamed function getDefaultSpawnPosition to getDefaultSpawnLocation
Renamed function setDefaultSpawn to setDefaultSpawnLocation
DimensionLocation
Added new interface DimensionLocation - Represents a location in a dimension
Added hasParticipant function to ScoreboardObjective.
The following functions in ScoreboardObjective can now accept Entity or string types as participants:
getScore
setScore
removeParticipant
Removed getScore, setScore from ScoreboardIdentity and Scoreboard
Removed the removeFromObjective function from ScoreboardIdentity
Fixed bug where scoreboard values would not be updated on the client when updated from script
Raycasting
Changed function Dimension.getBlockFromRay
Changed return type from Block to BlockRaycastHit | undefined
Changed function Dimension.getEntitiesFromRay
Changed return type from Entity[] to EntityRaycastHit[]
Changed function Entity.getBlockFromViewDirection
Changed return type from Block to BlockRaycastHit | undefined
Changed function Entity.getEntitiesFromViewDirection
Changed return type from Entity[] to EntityRaycastHit[]
Added interface BlockRaycastHit
Added interface EntityRaycastHit
Renamed leverActivate after event to leverAction
Removed class EntityHitAfterEvent.
Added class EntityHitBlockAfterEvent
Added class EntityHitEntityAfterEvent
Class WorldAfterEvents
Removed property entityHit
Added property entityHitBlock
Added property entityHitEntity
Added helper function isValid() to several classes in order to check if the object is valid. This can safely be used on any handle to a native object before accessing or using the object, to ensure the underlying object still exists and is valid to use
Block (checks the block is a valid position in bounds and the containing chunk is loaded & ticking)
Container (checks the relevent container inventory exists and is valid)
Effect (checks the owning entity is valid and the effect exists on that entity)
ScreenDisplay (checks the owning player is valid)
ScoreboardObjective (checks the objective entry exists and is attached to a valid scoreboard)
Entity (checks that the entity exists in the world. Will return true if the entity is dead)
Player
SimulatedPlayer (Note simulated players do not automatically get removed from the world, so isValid will return true long after they are dead)
ContainerSlot (checks the item context is valid: Container exists in the world, such as the owning entity, and the slot is within the container bounds)
Already existed as a read-only property, changed to a method for consistency
Component
EntityAttributeComponent (checks the owning entity is valid and the attribute exists on the entity)
BlockLiquidContainerComponent (checks block exists and is a valid cauldron type)
Added read only method isValidLiquid which checks if the liquid in the cauldron matches the component in question (EG. BlockLavaContainerComponent checks for lava liquid)
EntityComponent (checks the owning entity exists)
ItemComponent (checks the owning item exists)
World
Renamed getTime to getTimeOfDay
Renamed setTime to setTimeOfDay
setTimeOfDay now accepts a TimeOfDay enum as an argument
The timeOfDay argument for setTime must now be within 0-23999 (inclusive)
Updated the following enums' values to be PascalCase instead of camelCase:
ClipboardMirrorAxis
ClipboardRotation
HttpRequestMethod
FormCancelationReason
Direction
DisplaySlotId
EntityLifetimeState
FluidType
ObjectiveSortOrder
ScoreboardIdentityType
ScriptEventSource
SignSide
WatchdogTerminateReason
WeatherType
Camera
Changed camera command fade color to take integer values from 0 to 255 rather than 0.0 to 1.0 fractional values
Camera fade command now enforces fade duration limits; fade in, hold, and fade out must be between 0 and 10 seconds
Ensuring camera pitch can only be between -90 and 90 degrees when using the /camera command
Camera preset JSON now supports an optional bool 'player_effects' value which causes game rendering to use player effect state (for example night vision) when this preset is active. Added the "example:example_player_effects" preset to demonstrate this
Camera command can now take a 'facing' option instead of a 'rot' option with a target entity or position specified
Fixed custom cameras to not use the 'inside block' effect when player head is inside a block
Limit free cam JSON to not pitch camera beyond plus or minus 90 degrees
Fixed /camerashake command to shake camera without also shaking player
Rendering of experimental minecraft:free camera no longer affected by player state like night vision
Items
Items in format version 1.20.10 and above with the ”minecraft:throwable” component will trigger Item Use events when thrown
Custom items with "minecraft:block_placer" will no longer place certain blocks in the wrong location
Changed "minecraft:shooter" to only consume ammo when charging the item if "charge_on_draw" is set "true"
Items with the "minecraft:block_placer" component will now place blocks with correct orientation
Deprecated "minecraft:render_offsets" component in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Changed charging action behavior in "minecraft:shooter" to match Vanilla crossbow
Changed shooting behavior for a charged "minecraft:shooter" with an empty inventory/offhand to successfully shoot the charged ammunition
Released the "minecraft:shooter" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:throwable" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:projectile" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:can_destroy_in_creative" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher
Released the "minecraft:hover_text_color" item component out of experimental in json formats 1.20.10 and higher