Minecraft Bedrock Beta 1.21.50.24 Patch Notes: Enhancements to Pale Garden, Creaking Heart Updates, and Additional Features

The latest beta and preview for Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition has been released, introducing a variety of enhancements to the Pale Garden biome and the Creaking Heart block. Just last week, Mojang Studios unveiled new experimental features called Winter Drop, which encompass the Pale Garden and the Creaking mob.

However, these features are still works in progress. With the new Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24 beta and preview, Mojang has made strides toward refining the Pale Garden and its associated elements. This update boosts the density of Pale Oak trees, changes the sky to a complete gray in the Pale Garden, and alters the generation of Pale Moss.

Changes have also been implemented for the Creaking Heart block. Let’s delve into the patch notes to see what’s new in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24.

Patch Notes for Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24

New Features and Bug Fixes in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24

Winter Drop Additions

Pale Garden Enhancements

Here are the updates for the Pale Garden biome:

• Adjusted the size and distribution of Pale Moss patches.
• Pale Moss patches now generate larger in size naturally.
• A chance for Pale Moss patches to appear without being adjacent to a Pale Oak has been introduced.
• Reduced the amount of Tall Grass found on Pale Moss patches.
• Pale Oak tree density has been increased to align with Java Edition.
• Flowers and mushrooms will no longer spawn in this biome.
• The sky is now entirely gray in the Pale Garden, replacing the previous blue horizon (MCPE-187291).
• The Stripped Pale Oak Log’s color has been brightened to match the rest of the woodset (MCPE-187289).
• Pale Oak Saplings will grow into Pale Oaks adorned with Hanging Pale Moss, but without a base Pale Moss patch.
• The UI for the Pale Oak Sign has been corrected to fix a missing pixel in the upper left corner (MCPE-187304).
• Textures for both the Pale Oak Sign and Hanging Sign have been updated for consistency within the woodset (MCPE-187294).
• The texture of the Pale Oak Boat with Chest has been adjusted for uniformity with other boat types.
• Pale Moss Carpet no longer appears to float when viewed in third-person mode.

Creaking Heart Modifications

• If a Creaking is despawned via commands, the associated Creaking Heart with partial Pale Oak support will now deactivate.
• Data from the Creaking Heart will no longer be retained if the block is selected with ctrl while in Creative Mode.
• The Creaking Heart cannot be moved using Pistons.
• It is now impossible to use the Creaking Heart as fuel.
• When the Creaking Heart spawns or despawns a Creaking, it will generate vibrations from the Creaking’s location.

Accessibility Improvements

• Resolved an issue regarding Haptic feedback on iOS devices (MCPE-145524).

Blocks and Items Adjustments

“We have corrected several issues where the tool utilized to break certain blocks failed to properly influence the drop rate or mining speed. Any block that drops upon losing support will also drop when mined with any tool.”

• The following blocks now require a pickaxe to drop: Blast Furnace, Cauldron, Dispenser, Dropper, Enchanting Table, Furnace, Hopper, and Smoker (MCPE-33950).
• Blocks needing support will now always drop with any tool: all Copper Doors, Iron Door, Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate, Light Weighted Pressure Plate, Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate, and Stone Pressure Plate.
• Budding Amethyst will now take longer to mine with an inappropriate tool.
• The following blocks, which always drop, are now quicker to mine when using the incorrect tool: Bell, Brewing Stand, Crafter, Ender Chest, Lantern, and Soul Lantern. Notably, the Ender Chest is classified as an “always drops block,” even if the item retrieved is different (MCPE-176374).

Gameplay Enhancements

• The kill command or any damage equal to or exceeding the target’s health will now eliminate the target in base game versions prior to 1.18.20.
• Zombified Piglins born from Nether Portals now have a 15-second cooldown before they can re-enter the portal.

Graphical Updates

• Textures with multiple variants will now load PBR texture information (MCPE-174191).

Item Changes

• Updated the item texture for Heavy Core.

Realms Updates

• A loading modal has been added when switching active realms to avoid glitches caused by rapid button presses on the Edit World button.
• A fix has been implemented to ensure game mode and difficulty settings are retained after uploading or replacing a world in Realms Slot.

Realm Events

• A new Realm Event concerning mobs has been introduced.

Sound Adjustments

• Modified the volume and pitch of sounds associated with breaking, hitting, placing, falling, stepping, and landing on Amethyst Blocks.

User Interface Tweaks

• Adjusted the position of the paper doll to prevent overlap with UI bars (MCPE-186341).
• Mobile devices: Switching to windowed or split-screen mode will no longer overwrite saved control positions (MCPE-185964).
• Improved Thai font rendering for chat and signage (MCPE-166005).
• The “New Bed Screen”toggle in video settings has been removed (Preview only).
• Restored missing quick swap animations in the GUI for several blocks.
• Bundles under a player’s cursor will now accurately update their tooltip.

Technical Enhancements in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24

API Updates

• Added the BeforeEvents object to the @minecraft/server-net module version 1.0.0-beta, which introduces two significant events:
• packetReceive: Triggered when a network packet is received from a client by the game server; if canceled, the server will ignore the packet.
• packetSend: Triggered when a network packet is sent from the game server to clients; if canceled, the packet will not be sent (dropped).

Block Improvements

• A new “ambient_occlusion_exponent”field has been added to the blocks.json file schema in resource packs, replacing the broken “brightness_gamma”field.

Editor Enhancements

• Fixed bugs that hindered drag-and-drop functionality in the Quick Panel.
• Cured an issue causing incorrect dropdown menu positioning inside a scrollable pane.
• Added overflow management for the menu bar to consolidate overflowing items and improved submenu fitting within window bounds.
• Enhanced persistent settings storage; the editorOptions.txt file is now located in the corresponding editor subfolder of the AppData directory.
• Improved viewport focus visibility with animated outlines on focus, adding focused state steps for Toggle Mode (CTRL + TAB).
• New function, focusToolInputContext, sets input focus on the modal tool container (e.g., viewport for tool rail).

User Interface Fixes

• Spelling errors in advanced tips for worlds utilizing resource packs have been corrected.

Experimental Technical Updates in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50.24

API Changes

• Introduced a new method, lookAt, to the Entity which adjusts the entity’s rotation to face a designated target location.

Scripting Updates

• Updated Enum InputMode.
• Removed the Undetermined entry.
• Updated class InputInfo.
• Now throws EngineError in place of Error for internal errors.