Minecraft PE 1.18.30.22

The developers have released a new test version of Minecraft 1.18.30.22. Changes and bug fixes have been made, and Allay has been added!

Allay

• Allay can collect the same items from the world as it holds in its hand
  
• If an Allay holds an item it got from a player, it will follow that player
  
• The Allay is able to drop items at nearby Note Blocks
  
• When playing a Note Block near an Allay, that Note Block becomes the Allays favourite Note Block for 30 seconds, and the Allay will attempt to drop off
• items at the Note Block rather than at the player
  
• If an Allay has items in its inventory, it will attempt to give them to its owner
  
• The Allay sometimes spawns in cages next to Pillager Outposts (similar to Iron Golem), and inside Woodland Mansions

Sculk

• Changed Sculk Catalyst block to match recent redesign which is described below:
  • A mysteriously soul-emitting block that blooms when mobs die within an 8-block radius
    
  • Mobs that perish in the presence of the catalyst will not drop their experience
    
  • Instead, a bubbling charge will be created at the place the mob perished
    
  • This charge from mobs will spread through Sculk Veins and Sculk blocks in random directions until they find a valid substrate that they can convert into Sculk
• Made some changes to Sculk Sensors to be at parity with Java Edition

• A new mob effect unique to the Warden and Sculk Shrieker, which will afflict players with the effect when nearby
  
• Lowers the gamma down at an equivalent of “Moody” while having this effect
  
• In periodic pulses, will lower the overall brightness of the world so that the darkness creeps up against light sources
  
• When the Warden is around, torches will be more important than ever!

• Enables preview of new touch control schemes for players on mobile devices
  
• These can be enabled by navigating to Settings > Touch > Enable New Touch Control Schemes

Gameplay

• Changed the spawning logic for Iron Golems and Cats to make it easier for them to spawn in roofed areas, like underground villages
  
• Scaffolding can no longer be placed without support on y=0
  
• Fire that exists before the Fire Tick game rule is enabled will continue to spread again

• Shulkers now have a chance to spawn another Shulker when hit by a Shulker projectile
  
• When a mob picks up an item, the item can be seen slightly "pulled" towards the mob right as it picks it up. This matches the behavior of Java Edition
  
• Blaze Fireball will deal knockback on impact
  
• Acacia Trees now grow Leaves on every branch below Y = 0
  
• Mobs can no longer spawn on Campfires

Blocks

• Glow Lichen does not generate hanging in the air inside Strongholds anymore
  
• Glow Lichen now correctly checks for the face of the block they are attached to be full
  
• Glow Lichen can now be attached to Leaves
  
• Blocks such as Glow Lichen, Torches, and Redstone can no longer be placed on or attached to Brewing Stands
  
• Blocks such as Glow Lichen, Torches, and Redstone can now be placed on or attached to Trapdoors, depending on their state
  
• Azaleas and Lily Pads are now broken by flowing water

• Fixed an issue that would cause commands to affect players in all dimensions

• Fixed lighting bug where light level 1 incorrectly dropped to 0 when placing blocks in light level 1 with multiple light sources
  
• Sculk Sensors and Magma Blocks are now visible in the darkness

• Observers placed facing Double Chests no longer send out a Redstone pulse when reloading/re-entering a chunk

• Fixed a bug where the "Invite" button was disabled incorrectly for clients
  
• Added Seed Templates to the advanced tab in the new Create New World screen

• Villagers are no longer able to trade while on fire

• The trade screen will no longer open if the owner of the "minecraft:economy_trade_table" component is on fire
  
• Changed block (Cactus, ChorusFlower, Crop, Grass, PointedDripstone, Sapling) tick rates to match Java Edition
  
• Random tick positions will no longer be chosen below the world
  
• Clarified documentation for query.is_item_name_any that the slot index is required when there is more than one slot, i.e. the hotbar