Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.10.20

**Beta 1.18.10.20** is the first beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.10, released on November 18, 2021, which brought more parity from *Java Edition* and fixes bugs.

## Changes

### Blocks

Big Dripleaf
* Restricted big dripleaf placement to clay, coarse dirt, dirt, farmland, grass blocks, moss blocks, mycelium, podzol and rooted dirt.

Cave Vines
* Changed cave vines plant texture from  to .

Redstone Comparator
* Changed the base texture of lit comparators from   to  .

### Items

Campfire and Soul Campfire
* Changed the item textures from   to  .

Wooden Doors and Iron Door
* Changed the item textures of all doors except crimson and warped from        to       .

Item Frames and Glow Item Frames
* Changed the item textures from   to  .

Lodestone Compass
* The texture has been changed from  to

Signs
* Changed the item textures from         to        .

### Mobs

Wither
* Tweaked the wither skull's texture to use the new wither face from the Texture Update.

### World generation

Deepslate
* Now the gradual transition from stone starts at height between Y=0 to Y=8, rather than Y=-8 to Y=0 previously.

### General

Splashes
* The splash "[this splash text has been delayed until part 2]" has been changed to "[this splash text is now available]".
* Added the "Don't feed chocolate to parrots!" splash text.

## Fixes

Gameplay
* Fixed the food cooldown visual not being semi-transparent on the HUD (MCPE-55206)
* Ruined Portals under Ocean and Swamp biomes are no longer waterlogged and will spawn dry
* Primed TNT will no longer explode when spawned using '/summon' and the TNT Explodes game rule is disabled (MCPE-49044)
* Capped the freezing range of the Frost Walker enchantment to 8 blocks to avoid server unresponsiveness
* Farmer Villagers now do not pick up more than 8 stacks of items (MCPE-123412)
* Offset Maps held in hand relative to the screen's aspect ratio so it always stays close to the screen's edge and remains fully visible
* Fixed Monster Spawners that sometimes stopped spawning mobs when the chunks they were placed in were reloaded (MCPE-142285)
* The 'Iron Belly' achievement can once again be unlocked (MCPE-146036)
* Fixed Structure Blocks infinitely spawning the same entities when loading a structure (MCPE-137617)
* Players can no longer be hurt by their own armor enchantments such as Thorns (MCPE-142735)
* Food once again applies effects when eaten

Blocks
* Water blocks near edges should now flow properly
* Fire can no longer be placed on top of Lightning Rods
* The width of Walls connecting to Candles is now correct (MCPE-141156)
* Improved the animation of falling blocks entities (e.g. Sand and Gravel) (MCPE-142010)
* Big Dripleaf, Amethyst Buds, and Amethyst Clusters no longer break in Structure Blocks
* Amethyst Clusters are now properly destroyed when the supporting block is destroyed (MCPE-126076)
* Copper Blocks and variants now oxidize in the Nether (MCPE-134954)
* Big Dripleaf placement has been restricted to Clay, Grass, Dirt, Farmland, Moss, Rooted Dirt, Podzol, and Mycelium (MCPE-123392)
* Pointed Dripstone can now only be placed on full faces of blocks
* Glow Lichen is now oriented the correct way when placed
* Magma Blocks no longer deal damage when FireDamage gamerule is set to false (MCPE-99718)
* Player can now use emotes on scaffolding (MCPE-147624)
* Players no longer have problems moving after respawning or getting out of bed

Mobs
* Villagers, Rabbits, and Foxes spawned in the Frozen and Jagged Peaks biomes now spawn as their respective snowy variants (MCPE-119561)
* Goats now spawn in the Jagged Peaks and Frozen Peaks biomes (MCPE-146886)

Graphical
* Fixed a camera issue when entering a Bed while still in glide mode (MCPE-117339)
* Fixed lighting bugs when removing light sources after returning to the Overworld from other dimensions (MCPE-69037, MCPE-145828)
* Updated textures for multiple blocks and items to remove bugs and achieve parity between Bedrock and Java Edition (MCPE-127539)

Marketplace
* Fixed coin purchases not updating displayed coin amount until after relaunching the game

User Interface
* Fixed the Achievements button not being accessible when scrolling up on the Pause Screen
* "Invite to game" and Crown buttons on the Pause Screen now have a white border when focused with custom resolution
* Fixed the height of the scrolling content panel on the Marketplace sidebar navigation to display the scrolling bar for varying device resolutions
* Fixed a redundant " - " beside the player's username is seen after adding them to friends (MCPE-105464)

World Generation
* Fixed Mesa and Frozen Ocean biomes having inconsistent generation on Realms
* The old Bedrock layer between y=0 and y=4 in old chunks is now replaced with Deepslate when upgrading old worlds (MCPE-147373)
* Copper Ore can now generate in Deepslate variant in Dripstone Caves (MCPE-144800)

Vanilla Parity
* Adjusted the "otherside" music disc to give off a Redstone signal of 14 to match Java Edition (MCPE-145751)
* Adjusted the "Pigstep" music disc to give off a Redstone signal of 13 to match Java Edition (MCPE-74030)
* The Bow’s shaking animation now only appears when the Bow is fully drawn

Commands
* The '/effect' command no longer has the redundant argument 'empty' (MCPE-62903)

Performance and Stability
* Added log messages to help identify the cause of the BDS crash (BDS-12751).

## References

1. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.18.10.20 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" – feedback.minecraft.net, November 18, 2021.