Minecraft Beta & Preview - 1.18.30.26/27

Posted: 16 March 2022

Information on the Minecraft Preview and Beta:  

• Preview Version: 1.18.30.27 | Beta Version: 1.18.30.26
• While the version numbers between Preview and Beta are different, there is no difference in game content  
• These work-in-progress versions can be unstable and may not be representative of final version quality  
• Minecraft Preview is available on Xbox, Windows 10/11, and iOS devices. More information can be found at aka.ms/PreviewFAQ  
• The beta is available on Xbox, Windows 10/11, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions

Here's a list of what is new in this week's Beta! As always please search and report any bugs you may find at bugs.mojang.com.

Known Issues

• Older worlds that have areas unexplored since before 1.18 may experience issues in those areas with below y=0 not generating correctly. We suggest that you make backup copies of your worlds, and avoid opening pre-1.18 worlds in this Beta/Preview build.

Experimental Features

Copper Horn

• Added Copper Horn item, which is crafted using three Copper Ingots in a "v shape" with a Goat Horn in the middle
• Can play three different sounds, by looking up, crouching, and everything else
• Added special sounds for Copper Horns crafted from Goat Horns found from screaming Goats

Goat Horn

• Added additional Goat Horn sounds, which are random per goat
• Added special sounds for Screaming Goat
• Is always dropped when a Goat with at least one horn rams these blocks: Stone, Packed ice, Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Emerald Ore, or any kind of wood log from the Overworld
• Can be crafted into Copper Horn using 3 Copper Ingots in a "v shape" with a Goat Horn in the middle
• Goats have a small chance of spawning with only one horn (Baby Goats will always end up with two horns)

Pillager Outpost

• Added Goat Horn and Copper Horns as loot

Features and Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the hunger bar would not deplete on some Marketplace worlds (MCPE-152533)
• Fixed Bad Omen effect not being applied after defeating a Pillager Captain (MCPE-152846)
• Mob hurt and death sounds no longer overlap (MCPE-152852)
• Knockback resistance now dampens the vertical lift received from the Iron Golem attack
• Save Structure Blocks now correctly detect Corner Structure Blocks at negative Y levels (MCPE-151511)

Vanilla Parity

• Nether Brick, Iron/Gold Nuggets, Red/Brown Mushroom Blocks, and Chorus Plant/Flower Blocks can no longer be used as fuel in Furnaces (MCPE-114216)
• Camera now shakes the same way it does in Java Edition when the player receives damage (MCPE-118510)

Mobs

• Fixed an issue where some large mobs in Marketplace maps could get stuck

User Interface

• When using the new touch controls on mobile devices, the size of the thumbstick can now be adjusted with the Button Size slider in the settings screen
• Fixed an issue in Pocket UI where items could be dropped unintentionally in blocks with custom UIs, and resized those screens to allow for dropping items on the sides instead
• Improved contrast on multiple UI elements
• Enabled the Behavior Packs tab in the new Create New World screen

Technical Updates

Components

• Fixed an issue in the Knockback goal where the incorrect owner was being passed into the filter evaluate function

General

• Limited the number of elements in the crafting_tagsfield of the  CraftingTableComponent to 64

Stability and Performance

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading entities in a chunk that contained entities pre-1.18.30

GameTest Framework (Experimental)

• Added event 'leverActivate' - fires when a lever is toggled
• Added optional argument showParticles: bool = trueto function addEffect