Update Aquatic Bedrock Beta

UPDATED: Try new aquatic features on Win 10, Android and Xbox One!

UPDATE: We'll be updating this article with all the new changes, fixes and features the beta gets as it gets them! Players on certain Minecraft platforms have Phase One of the Update Aquatic now -read more about that here.

Bedrock players! From today, if you're playing Minecraft on Android, Windows 10 or Xbox One, you can try a beta of the Bedrock Update Aquatic! It'll be launching on these platforms throughout the day so keep checking! This beta includes features like new swimming animations, stripped logs, tridents, Prismarine stairs and slabs and a mysterious new hostile mob that you really don't want to meet on the ocean floor...



If you can't wait to meet this new mob and offer them a big lovely hug (hey, it's your life) then here's how you can access the beta!

First, download the beta for your chosen platform, using this handy guide.

As with all betas, please be sure to back-up your worlds before playing them on a beta build. Remember that beta builds can cause unexpected things to happen in your game, so protect your worlds by always making a backup! Beta players also do not have access to Minecraft Realms and cannot join the games of players who are not on the beta, or have players not on the beta join their worlds.

Once you've downloaded the beta, you'll need to go into Game Settings. You'll see an option to Use Experimental Gameplay. Like in this screenshot here:



[1/2] Look, it's the 'Use Experimental Gameplay' option! Let's select it!



[2/2] You'll see this warning box. If you're OK with some unstable features, select 'continue' and you're done!



[1/2] Look, it's the 'Use Experimental Gameplay' option! Let's select it!



[2/2] You'll see this warning box. If you're OK with some unstable features, select 'continue' and you're done!



[1/2] Look, it's the 'Use Experimental Gameplay' option! Let's select it!



[2/2] You'll see this warning box. If you're OK with some unstable features, select 'continue' and you're done!

Enabling this will allow you to test some of the new, not-yet-fully-released features from the Update Aquatic while keeping them safely inside a world file of their own. These are not all of the Update Aquatic features coming to Minecraft; more features will be introduced in future betas! Please be aware that once you have turned the toggle on, you will not be able to toggle it off as this could cause problems with your world. This world option is not considered a cheat and you can still earn achievements if your world is set-up to allow achievements. These features are incomplete and are not representative of final gameplay but feedback is absolutely welcome! Please keep in mind that using Experimental Gameplay will make your game more unstable, so we recommend to not do anything you want to be permanent in worlds with this feature switched on.

But if you do choose to select this 'Use Experimental Gameplay' option in one of your existing worlds, it creates a new version of this world with 'EX' at the beginning of the name. So if you have problems with the new version of your world with the experimental gameplay features enabled (that's the one with EX in the title), don't panic! You can always go back to the original version of that world.

Enjoy trying out those new Update Aquatic features! Oh and Java players, we haven't forgotten about you – go here to see the latest Snapshot.

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EXPERIMENTAL GAMEPLAY

A handful of features from Update Aquatic have been added to the beta via Experimental Gameplay. These features are incomplete and are not representative of final gameplay but feedback is absolutely welcome!

• Added Drowned mobs
• Added the Trident and new enchantments (Channeling, Loyalty, Riptide and Impaling)
• Added Stripped Wood
• Added Slabs and Stairs for Prismarine, Prismarine Brick, and Dark Prismarine

FIXES

• Iron Golems no longer spawn when Mob Spawning is disabled
• Rain, smoke particles, and shadows are no longer visible through lava
• Disabling "Visible to LAN Players" for one world no longer disables it for all worlds
• Buttons cloned in a "pressed" state no longer remain pressed forever
• A warning now appears instructing not to close the game when exporting a world
• The power output of Redstone Comparators is no longer lost after a world is converted from Xbox One Edition
• Pick Block no longer replaces the item currently selected in the hotbar if other slots are empty

FIXES FOR BUGS INTRODUCED DURING BETA:

• Increased stability and fixed several crashes
• Abandoned mineshafts no longer generate above ground
• Fixed improper Mushroom Block obtained from giant red mushrooms when using Pick Block
• Tools now work properly and no longer shake in-hand
• Sticky Pistons no longer turn into regular Pistons after being renamed
• Tripwire Hooks once again appear in Jungle Temples
• Players can once again stand on top of ladders
• Mob heads can no longer be duplicated by placing them in water
• Strongholds once again generate with Mossy Stone Brick and Cracked Stone Brick
• The maximum render distance on Xbox One X is once again 22 chunks
• More than one line of text can once again be placed on signs
• The B button no longer has to be pressed twice on the controller to deselect a skin in the Skin Picker

BETA UPDATES INTRODUCED ON MAY 16TH 2018



NEW FEATURES:

• Sea Turtles
• Sea Turtle Eggs
• Scute and Turtle Shell items
• Potion of the Turtle Master

CHANGES:

• A fresh, new menu background for Update Aquatic
• Coral blocks will no longer die as long as one side is touching water
• Updated the texture of the top of Kelp
• Updated the texture of Cooked Fish
• Default Field of View has been reduced from 70 to 60 and can be adjusted in Video Settings

FIXES:

• Fixed several of that top crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a Piston pushed a block
• Fixed a crash that occurred when too many Sea Pickles filled an area
• Increased performance when viewing particles from the Ender Dragon's attack and lingering potions
• Guardians and Elder Guardians are no longer stuck as benthic creatures
• Fixed Conduit Power not affecting players that were swimming through a 1x1 space and in range of a Conduit
• Cached Data once again appears on the Storage screen
• Players will no longer inherit the host's spawn, inventory, and location when rejoining a world with a Resource Pack removed
• Tropical Fish textures now appear properly on Android devices
• The coordinates of Buried Treasure are now accurate when using the '/locate' command
• Pressing down on the controller no longer loses focus on the chat field
• Fixed water flow being inconsistent and suspended around caves and ravines
• Beacons and Conduits now have sound effects
• Command Blocks can now be modified when set to 'Repeat' and 'Always Active'
• Lava falling onto a water block with Seagrass or Kelp from will now become Stone
• Redstone, Torches, and Redstone Torches can no longer be placed on Seagrass underwater
• Fixed Tridents damaging multiple mobs in a single throw
• Passengers in boats will now take damage when falling from a high place
• It is now easier to attack mobs while swimming
• Fixed the cracking animation not appearing when mining blocks through the water surface
• Leather Horse Armor no longer loses its dyed color after world conversion
• Mutated Savanna Plateau and Mutated Mesa Plateau biomes now convert properly from old worlds
• Fixed water coloring in mutated biomes
• Fixed the controller not being detected when resuming the game from suspended state after changing the profile
• Map items now have the proper name displayed in chat for players when using commands
• Fixed some chunk rendering that caused players to see through the ground at certain angles
• Minimized animation delays with large stacks of falling blocks
• Fixed experience orbs not always being picked up by players
• Fixed Drowned spinning in place
• Zombies that transform into Drowned will now drop items when they die
• Dolphins and Cod no longer get the jitters when swimming in groups
• Silverfish can once again enter Stone blocks
• Arrows fired by Skeletons and Strays can now damage the Wither
• The paper doll no longer sticks out of the frame on the inventory screen while swimming
• Tridents fired from a Dispenser no longer have the exact same trajectory and will now lose durability
• Fixed textures on low-end devices when the Education toggle was enabled
• Fixed issues with Zombie pathfinding and not attacking players
• Pistons once again have the proper texture underneath them when placed horizontally
• TNT can no long deal damage or destroy blocks underwater when placed on non-full blocks
• Fixed the hitbox of Coral Fans
• The "Manage who can send you invites" button in Profile settings now points to the proper location
• Fixed two Elder Guardians sometimes spawning in each chamber of an Ocean Monument
• Fixed spelling errors for Anemone and Red Lipped Blenny tropical fish
• The 'Controls' section of How to Play now updates after remapping the Sneak button

Enjoy the beta!

Tell us what you think about this beta by tapping on the Feedback button in the main menu or joining the official Minecraft Discord at discord.gg/Minecraft

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