If you find any bugs, please report them on bugs.mojang.com and let us know what you think at feedback.minecraft.net. You can talk to us about the release at discord.gg/Minecraft. Thanks for playing!
New Features:
- Phantom mobs will now spawn in the night skies if a player hasn't slept in over three in-game days. (Please note that there is a bug currently where phantoms may not swoop down- we will be fixing this bug as soon as we can!)
- Barrier Blocks
- Great for map makers to limit players and mobs to certain areas of the world
- Can be placed in Creative mode and are invisible in Survival and Adventure modes
- Can only be obtained using commands and do not appear in the Creative inventory
Changes:
- Menu and inventory tabs can now be navigated using the [ and ] keys (Can be remapped in Settings)
- Pages can now be turned in the Book & Quill using the controller bumper buttons
- Personal Game Mode is now set to the Default Game Mode option when first joining a world
- Added the 'doinsomnia' game rule to toggle Phantom spawning when commands are enabled
- Added fresh new icons to game invite and achievement notifications on Nintendo Switch
- Adjusted mouse input sensitivity for slower turning at lower values
Fixes:
- Crashes/Performance
- Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
- Fixed a crash that occurred when using Pick Block in a spot where a mob just died
- Fixed a crash that occurred when players were spawning and the spawn point was getting set every tick
- Fixed a crash that occurred when joining a game and downloading Greek Mythology textures
- Increased performance for menu load times
- General
- Fixed the "Ahoy” and "Atlantis" achievements not unlocking on Nintendo Switch
- Fixed an issue that caused touch screen actions to repeat after touch release
- Fixed controls becoming unresponsive after resuming the game from standby (MCPE-22195)
- Operator permissions are now granted to players when the host creates a world with Trust Player Permissions set to Operator
- Fixed the upload failure that occurred when exporting to Remix3D
- Gameplay
- Firework Rockets once again give the proper boost when using Elytra (MCPE-30821)
- Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen
- Fixed the speed boost given by Dolphins being too slow when wearing armor with Depth Strider
- The Resistance effect will now protect against the Wither effect (MCPE-21515)
- Players no longer clip through blocks and suffocate while swimming (MCPE-34112)
- Players are now able to return to the Overworld if an End Portal is on their spawn point (96153)
- Items
- Buckets now stack properly when getting ejected from crafting output
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to obtain a 'Water' item (MCPE-28883)
- Fixed an exploit that allowed items to be duplicated using the Recipe Book (MCPE-36167)
- Mobs
- Guardians no longer attack fish (125705)
- Fixed Guardians spawning even when Mob Spawning is disabled (MCPE-34027)
- Fixed issues with the Ender Dragon disappearing or dying for little to no reason
- Drowned now have a much easier time attacking players that are swimming above them
- Fixed Strays and Skeletons having trouble leaving the water to attack players
- Wolves no longer get stuck attacking Skeletons that are underwater
- Fixed a bug where Parrots could ride Donkeys and Mules (MCPE-25737)
- Blazes now attack Snow Golems (MCPE-13191)
- Elder Guardians now drop Wet Sponges when killed
- Fixed monster spawners appearing empty on converted Console Edition worlds
- Hostile mobs in boats can no longer attack from every angle (MCPE-16938)
- Dolphins can no longer attack players through solid blocks
- Baby Horses, Donkeys and Mules can no longer be pushed through solid blocks (MCPE-20114)
- Creepers no longer remain white or quickly flash when killed
- Entities following a target entity will now navigate properly over slabs
- Used chests can now be equipped to Mules and Llamas (MCPE-32152)
- Blocks
- Underwater plants can now be placed in water columns that originate from the top water source blocks
- Kelp now mimics Seagrass in its placement and can be placed on most blocks underwater (MCPE-33747)
- Kelp that is planted by players will now grow over time
- Chemistry blocks in a world uploaded to a Realm are no longer corrupted
- Observers will now detect changes with Droppers, Dispensers, Brewing Stands, Farmland, Saplings, Sugar Cane, Fire, and Grass blocks
- The amount of fuel in Brewing Stands now converts from Console Edition worlds (MCPE-34677)
- Activating an End Portal will now replace any blocks inside the portal (MCPE-28344)
- Fixed certain variants of Rails having an incorrect hitbox size
- Land plants can no longer be placed underwater (MCPE-34124)
- Command Blocks now correctly conduct Redstone power (MCPE-33021)
- Fixed an issue that allowed rails to be duplicated (MCPE-18230)
- Fixed the Cactus hitbox being displayed too low
- Realms
- The owner of a Realm, once again, no longer counts towards the player limit of a Realm
- Improved error messaging when attempting to join a Realm via invite link with an outdated version of the game
- World Generation
- Fixed floating Rails that generated in abandoned mineshafts (MCPE-23189)
- Graphical
- Improved the Trident throwing animation
- Visibility now increases over time when submerged in flowing water
- Cocoa Beans now display correctly when using HD Resource Packs (MCPE-30552)
- Field of View can once again be adjusted when the "FOV Can Be Altered by Gameplay" option is disabled (MCPE-32403)
- Redstone dust now renders on the sides of Glass blocks (MCPE-21542)
- Resource packs once again apply when joining a multiplayer game that has a pack enabled (MCPE-33770)
- Fixed Texture Packs having a placeholder icon on the Pack Validation screen on Android devices
- The Ender Dragon is no longer missing the texture on its neck when playing the Norse Mythology Mash-up Pack (MCPE-33966)
- Food particles no longer gradually change position after swimming and will always come out of the player's mouth area (MCPE-33984)
- Fixed a rare case of Ender Chests from Console Edition worlds converting to normal Chests with Ender particles (MCPE-26717)
- Leads no longer flicker when playing in split-screen multiplayer
- Particles from Enchanted Arrows no longer drift in flowing water
- Water Bottle icons no longer have red liquid on Android devices. It wasn't creepy or anything (MCPE-34167)
- Players no longer appear to be floating above Minecarts (MCPE-33787)
- Swimming through certain waterlogged blocks no longer removes underwater fog (MCPE-33917)
- Oculus Rift mirror screen view now displays properly on monitors with 4K resolution
- Audio
- Lowered the volume of the 'punching air' and 'punching mobs' sound effects
- Fixed the sounds of items breaking twice for Boats, Minecarts, Paintings, and Armor Stands
- User Interface
- Items can once again be crafted from the Recipe Book while the Craftable filter is disabled and the player only has enough materials to craft a single recipe
- Quickly moving a stack of items in the inventory with a controller no longer leaves items behind (MCPE-34694)
- Fixed the Cancel button not appearing on Windows 10 devices when joining a cross-platform world
- Opening Book & Quill on touch devices no longer causes blocks to break (MCPE-29752)
- The gamepad cursor can now be used to navigate Villager trades (MCPE-33330)
- Multiple items can now be collected from the Villager trading output slot (MCPE-32635)
- Fixed overlapping issues with the Dragon Head equipped on the inventory screen
- The Crafting Table's output field hover state now matches the field's size
- Quick moving items from the hotbar to a container now works as intended (MCPE-19952)
- Hitting the Enter key in the inventory no longer moves the cursor in/out of the text field or grabs/drops items
- Selecting the output of an uncraftable recipe no longer causes the output item to disappear
- Fixed inconsistent behavior when Attack/Destroy is mapped to Right-Click on the mouse (MCPE-23383)
- Levers now have a "Use" controller hint
- Commands
- Using '/fill doors' now fills the chosen area with doors instead of air blocks
- Using the '/setblock' command on Redstone components will now properly update and power the mechanism (MCPE-21218)
- Cloning containers no longer removes their custom names
- Slabs with 'can_place_on' tags can once again be placed by players in Adventure mode
Add-Ons:
- Updated templates for 1.6.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from minecraft.net/addons
- Fixed several issues with Fish textures that pertained to Resource Packs
- 'minecraft:behavior.player_ride_tamed' will now override all other AI goals
- 'movement.sway' once again allows mobs to move properly