Minecraft 1.17.0.56 [Beta]

The new version Minecraft PE 1.17.0.56 has been released for Android phones and tablets. This update includes bug fixes and improved stability for the “Caves and Cliffs” update. Below is a detailed list of changes in this version.

User Interface

• Added a warning when loading an old world with experimental features in a newer version of the game
• Added a badge indicating that a world contains experimental features
• Added descriptions of experimental features on the world creation screen

Axolotls

• Axolotls no longer attack invisible mobs
• Updated axolotl textures
• Axolotls bred in buckets now retain their color after being placed

Aquifers

• Lava-filled aquifers now generate underground during world creation

Lightning Rod

• Lightning hitting a lightning rod no longer triggers skeleton traps or spawns skeleton horses

Spyglass

• A tooltip now appears when using a controller to indicate spyglass usage

Amethysts

• Amethyst buds and cluster breaking animations no longer float in the air
• Amethyst geodes now generate slightly less frequently

Azalea

• Azalea and Flowering Azalea bushes now correctly grow into trees when bonemeal is used on moss blocks

Dripstone

• Mobs can once again pathfind around stalactites and stalagmites

Glow Squid

• Glow squids now properly disappear when removed via commands
• Using the “Pick Block” function on a glow squid in Creative now gives a spawn egg

Powder Snow

• Textures are now applied isotropically
• Certain blocks can no longer be placed on snow layers
• Fences and walls no longer connect to powder snow
• The fog effect no longer applies to the third-person camera unless the camera is inside powder snow
• Powder snow blocks no longer turn invisible if the player is being extinguished by powder snow and another source at the same time
• Fixed solid edges that mobs were getting stuck on

Bug Fixes

15 bugs were fixed.

• Skeletons transforming into Strays now play proper transformation sounds
• The Wither no longer takes damage from powder snow
• Bees can no longer collect nectar from sweet berry bushes
• Iron and gold ore now drop the correct blocks
• Fixed a bug causing enchanted bow textures to appear too dark