Bedrock Edition 1.6.0/Development versions

This is a list of Bedrock Edition 1.6.0 development versions.

## beta 1.6.0.1

**Beta 1.6.0.1** is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.6.0, released on June 14, 2018, which adds phantoms and barriers and fixes several crashes and bugs.

### Additions

#### Blocks

 Barrier
* Invisible like invisible bedrock.
* Obtained only through the command `/give <player> barrier`.
* Can be placed in Creative mode
* They are invisible in Survival mode and Adventure mode.

#### Items

Spawn Egg
* Phantoms.

#### Mobs

 Phantom
* Spawns in the night skies if a player hasn't slept in over three in-game days.
* Version exclusive: Drops leather upon death.
* Version exclusive: Sounds are affected by water.
* Burns in sunlight.

### Changes

#### Items

Book and Quill
* Pages can now be turned using the controller bumper buttons.

#### General

* Menu and inventory tabs can now be navigated using the `[` and `]` keys (can be remapped in Settings).

### Fixes

* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when using Pick Block in a spot where a mob just died.
* Increased performance for menu load times.
* Fixed water flowing incorrectly from stairs that contained water source blocks.
* Top snow will now break once it hits water.
* Fixed received items disappearing after trading a renamed item with a villager. (MCPE-33830)
* Maps once again update properly when held in the main hand. (MCPE-34169)
* Players are now able to return to the Overworld if an end portal is on their spawn point.
* Lowered the volume of the 'punching air' sound effect.
* Fixed guardians spawning even when mob spawning is disabled. (MCPE-34027)
* Fixed strays and skeletons having trouble leaving the water to attack players.
* Food particles no longer gradually change position after swimming and will always come out of the player's mouth area. (MCPE-33984)
* Observers will now detect changes with droppers, dispensers, brewing stands, farmland, saplings, sugar cane, fire, and grass blocks.
* 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.
* Fixed the speed boost given by dolphins being too slow when wearing armor with Depth Strider.
* Wolves no longer get stuck attacking skeletons that are underwater.
* Donkeys and mules can now only be ridden by players after being tamed. (MCPE-25737)
* Blazes now attack snow golems (MCPE-13191)
* Using the '`/setblock`' command on redstone components will now properly update and power the mechanism. (MCPE-21218)
* Command blocks now correctly conduct redstone power. (MCPE-33021)
* Operator permissions are now granted to players when the host creates a world with Trust Player Permissions set to Operator.
* Buckets now stack properly when getting ejected from crafting output.
* Experience orbs spawned with the '`/summon`' command will now grant experience to players.
* The gamepad cursor can now be used to navigate villager trades. (MCPE-33330)
* 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.
* Selecting the output of an uncraftable recipe no longer causes the output item to disappear.

## beta 1.6.0.5

**Beta 1.6.0.5** is the second beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.6.0, released on June 27, 2018, which adds phantom membranes and the Slow Falling status effect, and fixes several crashes and bugs.

### Additions

#### Items

Arrow of Slow Falling
* Gives the player the Slow Falling status effect.

Phantom Membrane
* Dropped by phantoms.
* Used to repair elytra.

Potion of Slow Falling
* Brewed with phantom membrane.
* Gives the player the Slow Falling status effect.
* Can be turned into a splash potion and lingering potion.

#### Gameplay

Status effects
* Slow Falling
	+ Causes the player to descend at a much slower rate, and not take any damage when hitting the ground.

### Changes

#### Items

Elytra
* Now require phantom membranes to be repaired in an anvil instead of leather.

#### Mobs

Phantoms
* Now drop phantom membranes.
* Increased health from 10 to 20 × 10.
* Are now able to drown.

#### General

* When joining a world, the default game mode selected is now the personal game mode set to the player.

### Fixes

* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when placing renamed items in an anvil's output slot.
* Fixed mobs missing several limbs on the previous Android beta.
* Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen.
* Firework rockets once again give the proper boost when using elytra. (MCPE-30821)
* Barrier blocks can now contain water.
* 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)
* The ender dragon is no longer missing the texture on its neck when playing the Norse Mythology Mash-up Pack.
* Fixed the mining cracking animation being out of sync when mining from a boat.
* Fixed a couple of pixels on the phantom's texture.
* Phantoms are now considered undead mobs.
* Phantoms' eyes now stay visible when under the invisibility effect.
* Phantoms now fly up after spawning in Creative mode.
* Changes to the phantom flying animation.
* TNT exploding underwater no longer deals damage to players and other entities.
* Drowned now have a much easier time attacking players that are swimming above them.
* Kelp that is planted by players will now grow over time.
* Baby horses, donkeys and mules can no longer be pushed through solid blocks.
* Creepers no longer remain white or quickly flash when killed.
* Using '`/fill doors`' now fills the chosen area with doors instead of air blocks.
* Fixed the Cancel button not appearing on Windows 10 devices when joining a cross-platform world.
* Kelp now mimics seagrass in its placement and can be placed on most blocks underwater. (MCPE-33747)
* Fixed a crash that occurred when players were spawning and the spawn point was getting set every tick.
* Land plants can no longer be placed underwater.
* Water bottle icons no longer have red liquid on Android devices.
* Guardians no longer attack fish.
* Visibility now increases over time when submerged in flowing water.
* Used chests can now be equipped to mules and llamas. (MCPE-32152)
* Swimming through certain waterlogged blocks no longer removes underwater fog. (MCPE-33917)
* Activating an end portal will now replace any blocks inside the portal. (MCPE-28344)
* Opening a book & quill on touch devices no longer causes blocks to break. (MCPE-29752)
* Elder guardians now drop wet sponges when killed.
* Fixed floating rails that generated in abandoned mineshafts.
* Fixed certain variants of rails having an incorrect hitbox size.
* Fixed monster spawners appearing empty on converted Console Edition worlds.
* Dolphins can no longer attack players through solid blocks.
* The Resistance effect will now protect against the Wither effect (MCPE-21515)
* Quick moving items from the hotbar to a container now works as intended. (MCPE-19952)
* Cloning containers no longer removes their custom names.
* Hitting the Enter key in the inventory no longer moves the cursor in/out of the text field or grabs/drops items.
* Particles from enchanted arrows no longer drift in flowing water.
* Mobs no longer play a higher pitch sound effect when first spawned.
* Fixed texture packs having a placeholder icon on the Pack Validation screen on Android devices.
* Players constantly teleported with now behaves more consistently.

## beta 1.6.0.6

**Beta 1.6.0.6** is the third beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.6.0, released on July 11, 2018, which adds the `doInsomnia` game rule and fixes several bugs.

### Additions

#### Command format

Gamerules
* `doInsomnia`
	+ Toggles if phantoms can spawn at night.

### Fixes

* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Underwater plants can now be placed in water columns that originate from the top water source blocks.
* Barrier blocks once again no longer block rain and snow from falling.
* Fixed the sounds of breaking items playing twice for boats, minecarts, paintings, and armor stands.
* Improved the trident throwing animation.
* Strays once again wear torn garments.
* Phantoms no longer appear in the sky when spawned from a monster spawner.
* Players no longer appear to be floating above minecarts. (MCPE-33787)
* Fixed drowned carrying nautilus shells not dropping them after dying.
* The coral decorations item group no longer shows the placeholder name.
* Fixed issues with the ender dragon disappearing or dying for little to no reason.
* Multiple items can now be collected from the villager trading output slot. (MCPE-32635)
* Kelp blocks once again break when the kelp below them is broken.
* Fixed enderman heads staying visible while under invisibility.
* Fished items once again always go towards the player when being reeled in.
* The Knockback enchantment once again affects mobs. (MCPE-34589)
* Having a '#' symbol in chat text no longer causes a syntax error.

## beta 1.6.0.8

**Beta 1.6.0.8** is the fourth beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.6.0, released on July 26, 2018, which fixes several bugs.

### Changes

#### General

* Adjusted mouse input sensitivity for slower turning at lower values. (MCPE-24677)

### Fixes

* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Cocoa beans now display correctly when using HD Resource Packs.
* Skin selections are once again saved after closing the game.
* The amount of fuel in brewing stands now converts from Console Edition worlds. (MCPE-34677)
* Fixed an issue that prevented sea turtles from laying eggs.
* Fixed zombies, husks, drowned, and zombie villagers not attacking sea turtle eggs.
* Fixed certain blocks missing the cracking texture while being broken in Survival mode.
* Village structures no longer generate with rotated stairs on the roofs. (MCPE-34567)
* Equipped items no longer disappear after player death. (MCPE-35479)
* Hostile mobs in boats can no longer attack from every angle. (MCPE-16938)
* Levers now have a "Use" controller hint.
* Players no longer clip through blocks and suffocate while swimming. (MCPE-34112)
* Resource packs once again apply when joining a multiplayer game that has a pack enabled. (MCPE-33770)
* Fixed inconsistent behavior when Attack/Destroy is mapped to Right-Click on the mouse. (MCPE-23383)
* Leads no longer flicker when playing in split-screen multiplayer.
* Fixed the cactus hitbox being displayed too low.
* 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)
* Books can once again be stacked in the inventory. (MCPE-35497)
* Fixed an exploit that allowed players to obtain a 'Water' item. (MCPE-28883)
* Entities following a target entity will now navigate properly over slabs.
* Slabs with '`can_place_on`' tags can once again be placed by players in Adventure mode.
* Add-ons: '`minecraft:behavior.player_ride_tamed`' will now override all other AI goals.
* Add-ons: '`movement.sway`' once again allows mobs to move properly.
* Add-ons: The "`is_biome`" filter in the "`minecraft:entity_spawned`" event now properly adds and removes component groups.

## beta 1.6.0.30

**Beta 1.6.0.30** is the fifth and final beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.6.0, released on August 8, 2018, which fixes bugs.

### Fixes

* Fixed mobs and players missing several limbs on some Android devices in previous 1.6 beta versions. (MCPE-34385)
* Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when joining a game and downloading Greek Mythology textures.
* Quickly moving a stack of items in the inventory with a controller no longer leaves items behind. (MCPE-34694)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.6.0.1 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" .
2. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.6.0.5 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" .
3. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.6.0.6 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" .
4. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.6.0.8 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" .
5. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.6.0.30 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" .