Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.26 Beta Patch Notes: Pale Garden Ambience Enhancements, Jigsaw Block Introduction, and More Features

The recent beta and preview for Minecraft Bedrock introduced some exciting enhancements to the Pale Garden, featuring new elements such as eyeblossoms and resins. The subsequent update, Minecraft Bedrock version 1.21.50.26, continues to refine the atmosphere of this eerie biome.

With the new beta and preview, players will notice an ambient transition in the game’s music as they enter the Pale Garden, where it will gradually diminish to silence. Upon exiting, the music returns to its customary volume. Furthermore, adjustments have been implemented for blocks and items unique to the Pale Garden.

Below are the patch details for the latest Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.26 beta and preview.

New Updates and Fixes in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.26 Beta and Preview

Biomes

• The in-game music volume now gradually decreases when entering the Pale Garden and increases again upon leaving.

Pale Garden Enhancements

• New additions for the Wandering Trader include Pale Oak Sapling, Eyeblossoms, Pale Moss Block, and Hanging Pale Moss (MCPE-187456).

Block Updates

• Flammability settings adjusted for Pale Moss, Pale Moss Carpet, and Pale Hanging Moss, making them ignite faster but take longer to catch fire.
• These blocks can now be ignited by lava.
• The ambient sound drop-off for Pale Hanging Moss and Creaking Heart has been made linear, allowing them to be heard from further away (MCPE-187326).
• Eyeblossoms now produce sound effects when they open and close.
• When placed on a Pale Moss Block, open Eyeblossoms emit ambient sounds.
• Sounds for Vine, Cave Vines, Twisting Vines, and Weeping Vines have been corrected to their proper sounds, instead of the Nether Wart sound.
• The model for Hanging Pale Moss has been synchronized with its Java version (MCPE-187397).
• Eyeblossoms now generate particles when they open/close in the world and in Flower Pots.
• Pale Oak Leaves now release falling leaf particles.

Creaking Heart Changes

• The spread distance of Resin Clumps from the Creaking Heart has been reduced by one block.
• Resin Clumps can now only spread to Pale Oak Log, Stripped Pale Oak Log, Pale Oak Wood, and Stripped Pale Oak Wood.

Resin Brick Improvements

• Recipes for Resin Brick Slabs, Stairs, and Walls now yield the same number of blocks as those for Nether Bricks.

Developer’s Note: Counting is hard.

Resin Clump Adjustments

• Mobs are now able to correctly navigate over Resin Clumps.

Command Enhancements

• Raw text translations with excessive percentage signs (“%%%%1”) now expand consistently with numbered forms compared to non-numbered ones (“%%%%s”). (MCPE-171001)
• The effect command now accurately shows the duration in seconds after adding an effect (MCPE-186963).

Creaking Updates

• The volume and pitch of Creaking’s step sounds have been fine-tuned.
• Some of Creaking’s audio cues now have a linear drop-off rate, allowing them to be heard over longer distances.

New Features

• Tree growth has been standardized for the blocks they can replace, with a few exceptions (MCPE-187302) (MCPE-187301).
• Trees can now grow through leaves, except Cherry trees cannot grow through their own leaves.
• Every tree type is capable of growing on dirt-like blocks.
• Tall Grass now generates properly, showing its top part in the Pale Garden biome.
• Tall Grass also generates correctly in the Lush Caves biome.

Gameplay Enhancements

• Pressing the jump button while falling on a Slime Block no longer cancels the bounce (MCPE-185354).
• Sneaking when landing on a Slime Block no longer results in fall damage.

Developer’s Note: To cease bouncing on a Slime Block, sneaking is now the intended method.

Previously, players halted their bounce by holding the jump button, an oversight that inadvertently canceled out the movement from the block. This also led to other bugs, such as occurrences when using a Mace with the Wind Charge enchantment while holding the jump button.

The new player jump behavior chooses the highest value between the existing vertical velocity and the jump velocity.

• Resolved an issue where blocks would not place if a player switched their slot before the server processed the block placement (MCPE-112420).

Graphics Improvements

• The sky color now transitions smoothly when moving between different biomes, rather than changing abruptly (MCPE-90625).

Item Updates

• Resin Clump and Resin Brick items no longer float in a player’s hands while in third-person view.
• Players can now use Open and Closed Eyeblossoms on Mooshrooms to obtain their respective Suspicious Stews when milking.
• Blackstone can now be utilized for repairing stone tools and weapons (MCPE-71859).

Mobs

Creaking Behavior

• The speed of non-hostile Creakings has been reduced.
• Attacks by tamed Wolves will not prevent Creakings from targeting the Player.
• Creakings will now become stationary when only their feet are visible in Soul Sand or Mud.
• Creakings can approach a Player looking downward, stopping only when within the Player’s sight.
• The Creaking will sway upon being hit by projectiles.
• Improved the Creaking’s attack animation for enhanced fluidity.

Realms Fixes

• Fixed an issue where loading screens did not display Realm UI elements.

Stability and Performance Metrics

• Enhanced game loading stability.

Structures

Jigsaw Adjustments

• Dimension padding is now considered when placing the initial piece of a jigsaw structure.

Technical Updates

• Vanilla Trial Spawner NBT normalConfig and ominousConfig tag values now support references to common configurations instead of inline configuration.

Trial Spawner Adjustments

• Some Trial Spawners were not emitting an extra Breeze when Ominous.

User Interface Enhancements

• Disabled button selections in the ‘join friends’ menu are now possible when crossplay is disabled.
• Dualsense gamepads now feature correct tooltip icons on mobile devices.
• Spacing on Realms Stories and Timeline pages has been adjusted.
• Touch Controls: Fixed a bug where boats could be interacted with during control customization (MCPE-184404).
• Corrected textures on the death screen and bed screen when using resource packs.

Vanilla Parity Enhancements

Blocks

• Resin Clumps and Glow Lichen now produce step sounds when a character walks atop blocks.

Technical Notes

Mobs

• Mobs from other biomes are no longer spawned in Mangrove Swamp (MCPE-187514).

In addition to these exciting features and changes, the latest beta and preview for Minecraft Bedrock version 1.21.50.26 includes a variety of technical modifications and experimental features. Players interested in more details can check the complete patch notes on the official Minecraft website.

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