Bedrock Edition 1.7.0

**Android, Fire OS, Gear VR, Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch** – October 16, 2018

### Development versions

**Betas** (5)
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### Downloads

**Server**
Windows Linux

### Protocol version

291

For a guide about all content in this release and the other releases of 1.7, see Bedrock Edition guides/1.7 releases.

**1.7.0** is a major update to *Bedrock Edition* released on October 15–16, 2018.[*citation needed*] It adds the `/scoreboard` command, the ability to eat food in Creative, *The Hive* multiplayer server, and highlights for player names in the chat, and also fixes bugs.

## Additions

### Gameplay

Scoreboard system
* Adds basic scoreboard functionality.
* Track, edit and display certain objectives per player.
* Used via `/scoreboard` command or command block.

### Command format

`/scoreboard`
* Used to interact with the scoreboard system.

`/gamerule`
* Added `commandblocksenabled` rule.
	+ Toggles command block functionality.

### Servers

Featured servers
* Added  *The Hive*.

## Changes

### Items

All foods
* Can now be eaten while the player is in Creative mode or when the difficulty is set to Peaceful.

Chorus fruit
* Moved from Nature to Items section in the Creative inventory.

Raw fish and Cooked fish
* Have been renamed to "raw cod" and "cooked cod", respectively.

### General

Chat
* Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat.
* Typing `@` in chat will now show an autocomplete list of player names.

Marketplace
* Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen.
* Improved search results, sorting, and filtering.
* The player can now send links to Marketplace content using the share button.

Pause menu
* Added an ”Invite to game” button under the player list.
* The name of the world is now displayed at the top of the player list.

Splash
* Removed "Down with O.P.P.!"

## Fixes

Crashes/performance
* Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when a trident with Channeling was shot from a dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many villagers were trying to open or enter. (MCPE-34742)
* Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x resource pack on Nintendo Switch.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack explorer maps when trading with a cartographer villager.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm's edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space.

General
* Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions. (MCPE-37343)
* Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
* Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay.
* Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list.
* Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining.
* Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0. (MCPE-37327)
* Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform.
* Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch.
* Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay
* Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
* Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks. (MCPE-33470)
* Items can once again be dropped while in a boat.
* The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
* When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player's marker now disappears from the locator maps of other players.
* Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an ender pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance.
* Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old worlds at 128 or in the Void.
* When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back. (MCPE-19222)

Items
* Enchantment books are no longer lost after using an anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment.
* Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End.
* Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block.
* Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart.
* Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world. (MCPE-33263)
* Infinity bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the bow is slightly drawn. (MCPE-35821)
* Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs.
* Flaming arrows once again ignite minecarts with TNT. (MCPE-35776)

Mobs
* If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items. (MCPE-33152)
* Mobs can now walk through soul sand with nether wart. (MCPE-12719)
* Skeleton horses and zombie horses no longer die after a certain amount of time. (MCPE-35215)
* Horses in the same boat as the player no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of the player. (MCPE-30299)
* Releasing a tropical fish from a bucket of fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught.
* Armored withers can no longer be damaged with thrown tridents.
* Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat.
* The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while the player is riding it.
* Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit. (MCPE-31193)
* Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with slabs above. (MCPE-28626)
* Cured zombie villagers spawned from zombie villages can now be traded with. (MCPE-34603)
* Pigs with saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water.

Blocks
* Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing. (MCPE-31030)
* Sea pickles now break instantly in Survival mode. (MCPE-36250)
* Barrier blocks can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon. (MCPE-34410)
* Monster spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion. (MCPE-32657)
* Rails are once again broken by flowing water.

Realms
* A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played.
* Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm.

World generation
* Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures.
* Fixed structures generating inside ocean monuments.

Graphical
* Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices. (MCPE-34385)
* It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds. (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
* Adjusted in-hand placement of bows and tridents in split-screen.
* Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted trident with Riptide. (MCPE-34448)

Audio
* Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices. (MCPE-15841)
* The proper sound now plays when the wither is spawned. (MCPE-35179)
* Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds. (MCPE-31188)
* Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater.

User interface
* Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
* Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot.
* Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu. (MCPE-33895)
* Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the anvil's output slot.
* Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks.
* Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen.
* Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD.
* Fixed overlapping text on the enchantment table screen.

Commands
* Fixed input on minecarts with command block not saving between game sessions.
* Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned.
* Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes. (MCPE-34913)
* The `/teleport` command now reliably teleports riders with entities.
* The `/title` command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen. (MCPE-25685)

Add-ons
* Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target.
* Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior.
* The '`can_float`' component now works properly with '`minecraft:navigation.float`' on flying mobs.

## Trivia

* 1.7.0 features the least amount of content in any major update.