Bedrock Edition beta 1.8.0.8

**Beta 1.8.0.8** is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.8.0, released on October 10, 2018, which adds some Village & Pillage features and fixes bugs.

## Additions

### Blocks

Bamboo
* Can be found while fishing in jungles and appear in jungle temple and shipwreck chests.
* Currently do not generate naturally in the world.

Scaffolding
* A new climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo and string.
* Climb by pressing the jump key and go down by pressing the sneak key.

### Items

Spawn Eggs
* Cat
* Panda

### Mobs

Pandas
* Spawn in jungles.
* Will seek out bamboo and cake items and eat them.
* Can have different personalities: either normal, aggressive, lazy or playful.
* Baby pandas will sometimes sneeze, making nearby pandas jump: when they sneeze, they have a chance to drop a slime ball.
* Have a chance of spawning as a brown panda, which is very rare.
* Sometimes roll and sit on hind legs.

Stray cats
* Spawn in villages.
* Can be tamed using fish.
* Added seven new skins.

### Command format

`/gamerule`
* Added `randomtickspeed`.

`/particle`
* Ported from *Java Edition*.
	+ Only the following particles are available (prefix `minecraft:` is necessary):
	+ `minecraft:mobflame_emitter`
	+ `minecraft:test_beziercurve`
	+ `minecraft:test_bounce`
	+ `minecraft:test_catmullromcurve`
	+ `minecraft:test_colorcurve`
	+ `minecraft:test_combocurve`
	+ `minecraft:test_highrestitution`
	+ `minecraft:test_linearcurve`
	+ `minecraft:test_mule`
	+ `minecraft:test_smoke_puff`
	+ `minecraft:test_sphere`
	+ `minecraft:test_spiral`
	+ `minecraft:test_watertest`

`/reload`
* Reloads all function files from all behavior packs.

`/summon`
* Added `minecraft:` prefix to separate vanilla entities and add-on entities.

## Changes

### Blocks

Command blocks
* Now have the default name of "!" instead of "@".

### Items

Camera
* Re-added, but can only be spawned with an NBT editor.

Sticks
* Can now be crafted from bamboo.

### Mobs

NPC
* Re-added, but can only be summoned using the `/summon` command.

Ocelots
* Are no longer tamable.
* Players can now feed ocelots fish to gain their trust.

Phantoms
* Are now afraid of cats and will not swoop while cats are around.

Skeleton horses and zombie horses
* Foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg.

Tropical fish
* Increased size. (MCPE-35877)

### World generation

Witch huts
* Black cats now spawn in witch huts.

### Gameplay

Fishing
* Fishing loot has now been changed in jungles. When fishing in a jungle biome, the fish rewarded are now raw cod and raw salmon only.
* Bamboo is now obtainable as a junk item when fishing in jungles.

### Command format

Auto-complete
* The auto-complete list for player mentions now work in slash commands.

`/gamerule`
* The following rules can now be run in game without turning on cheats:
	+ `showcoordinates`
	+ `dofiretick`
	+ `tntexplodes`
	+ `domobloot`
	+ `naturalregeneration`
	+ `dotiledrops`
	+ `pvp`

### General

Marketplace
* The user can now send links to their favorite Marketplace content using the share button.

Menu screen
* More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page.

Splash screen
* Now has an animated loading bar.

## Fixes

* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs.
* Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in.
* Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile.
* Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR.
* Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish.
* Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash.
* Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recently added Windows 10 feature. (MCPE-36274)
* Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack. (MCPE-19535)
* Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks. (MCPE-35857)
* Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat. (MCPE-17144)
* Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation. (MCPE-14426)
* Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails. (MCPE-21863)
* Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs. (MCPE-19156)
* Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct number of empty buckets to the player. (MCPE-37387)
* Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken. (MCPE-16141)
* Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled. (MCPE-23498)
* Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken. (MCPE-37328)
* Players will now face forwards when entering a boat. (MCPE-36795)
* Removed "MCPE!" from the list of splash screen messages. (MCPE-36741)
* Water now renders correctly when surrounded by barrier blocks.
* Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse.
* Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game. (MCPE-31242)
* Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices.
* The achievement button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live.
* Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming.
* The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
* Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position. (MCPE-13799)
* Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled. (MCPE-37492)
* Large slimes and magma cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size. (MCPE-18518)
* Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block. (MCPE-37155)
* Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated. (MCPE-36917)
* Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome. (MCPE-19015)
* Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should. (MCPE-37257)
* The "Body Guard" achievement can now be unlocked after creating an iron golem. (MCPE-33686)
* Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels.
* The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch.
* The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly. (MCPE-13758)
* Players no longer fall through shulker boxes as they open. (MCPE-28812)
* Improved the loading time of various game files.
* Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality.
* Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10. (MCPE-37269)
* Added an underscore to frozen\_river in the biomes\_client.json so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries. (MCPE-36799)
* The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat.
* Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer. (MCPE-34864)
* Potion of slow falling will now slow down elytra descent. (MCPE-34926)
* Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls. (MCPE-32635)
* Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted.
* The player's hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow.
* Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area. (MCPE-33788)
* Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed.
* Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labeled correctly on the Settings screen.
* Controller hints now show the correct usage of "Open" and "Use" when looking at containers.
* Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
* Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows.
* Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps.
* Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause lag. (MCPE-27167)

## Gallery

* The first image of Scaffolding released by a Minecraft developer.

## References

1. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.8.0.8 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" – Minecraft Feedback, October 10, 2018.
2. ↑ "If you were wondering about some of the cool stuff you can do with Bedrock's new particle system" – @HelenAngel on X, October 27, 2018
3. ↑ "Scaffolding is now in the latest Bedrock Beta 1.8.0.8" – @The\_T\_Pearson on X, October 10, 2018