Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.20.27

Preview**Windows**: 1.18.2028.0
**Xbox One**: 1.18.2028.70
**iOS, iPadOS**: 1.18.20.28

**Beta 1.18.20.27** (Windows, Android, Xbox) or **Preview 1.18.20.28** (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox) is the fourth beta/*Preview* version for Bedrock Edition 1.18.30, released on February 17, 2022, which balances the mob spawning in snowy taigas, brings parity in mobs' damage values and fixes armor, protection and damage calculation and several bugs.

## Changes

### Items

Boats
* Spruce and dark oak boats now correctly use their updated item sprites.

### Mobs

Farm animals
* Cows, pigs, chickens and sheep no longer spawn in snowy taiga biomes.

Ranged attacks
* Blaze fireballs, evoker's fang magic attack and shulker bullets now deal consistent damage across all difficulties.

Hoglins
* Baby hoglins no longer attack players.

Magma cubes
* Tiny magma cubes now do slightly more damage, from 2 to 3 on normal.

Skeletons
* The melee "short-ranged" attack does slightly less damage, from 3 to 2 on normal.

Spiders
* Now deal slightly less damage, from 3 to 2 on normal.

Untamed wolves
* Now deal slightly more damage, from 3 to 4 on normal.

Zoglins
* Baby zoglins now deal slightly less damage, from 1 to 0.5 × 0.25 (1⁄4 of a heart) on normal.

### Command format

`/placefeature`
* Temporarily removed.

## Fixes

Gameplay
* Fixed actor definition identifiers not being recognized if the item or block name contains "."
* Damage is now calculated more accurately, we now properly calculate and store partial damage for larger damage.
* Armor and protection reduction calculations have been made more accurate.
* Ender dragon's magic breath attack now properly deals damage (MCPE-94317).
* The player's position when rejoining a world will remain the same if they quit while in lava (MCPE-82480).
* Players can now fly down through ladders and other climbable blocks such as vines in creative without stopping (MCPE-82480).
* Fixed a bug where shield blocking animation stops playing smoothly after blocking once (MCPE-149838).

Graphical
* Fixed a bug where "carrots\_stage\_3" texture filename was incorrect and did not show up in-game (MCPE-152175).

Mobs
* Bees no longer become angry when beehives are destroyed by Silk Touch (MCPE-83550).

User Interface
* Buttons in touch controls no longer get stuck in pressed state when players go outside of the button area (MCPE-151921).
* Fixed an issue where text would display incorrectly on certain Android devices in the new UI (MCPE-151916).
* Fixed a crashing issue that could occur when hovering over the search bar in the crafting menu when playing with a controller.

Marketplace
* Coin Purchase Screen now includes “Coin Starter Bundles” for purchase on some platforms.
* Game no longer hangs/crashes when clicking "View More".
* Marketplace tags now fit in description section.
* Download popup no longer flickers when closed.
* Client now supports multiple player count tags in Marketplace pages.
* Added warning popup on Marketplace pages when attempting to equip skin pack skin while character creator item is equipped.

Character Creator
* Fixed an issue which caused some emotes to have unintended rotations when near the end of their animation (MCPE-134328).

## Notes

1. ↑ Bedrock Edition 1.18.20 is not a version of the game and its betas are instead part of 1.18.30.

## References

1. ↑ 1.18.20 rolled into 1.18.30; CornerHard on Twitch - March 30, 2022
2. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.18.20.27 (Xbox / Windows / Android)" – feedback.minecraft.net, February 17, 2022.
3. ↑ MCPE-152262 — resolved as "Fixed".