Minecraft 1.20.60.24

Developers have released the first beta Minecraft 1.20.60.24 in the new year of 2024! The update aims to improve experimental features and fix various bugs. More details in the article below and on the developers' website.

Experimental Features

• Armadillo now emits vibrations when rolling up and when unrolling
• Baby Armadillos no longer move towards their parents after rolling up
• Armadillo's legs no longer flicker while rolled up
• Armadillo now correctly plays sounds when rolling up
• Improved Trial Spawner particles
• Breeze can now jump when standing in water
• The Breeze now avoids Trapdoors when pathfinding
• Removed the darkening tint in Wind Burst particle to uphold parity
• Volume of sounds for equipping and removing Wolf Armor is now controlled by the Friendly Creatures slider

Changes

• Renamed "Scute" to "Turtle Scute"
• Trail Ruins will now be placed in the same location and configuration as in Java

Fixes

• Pistons pushing, pulling or destroying blocks no longer risk teleporting surrounding Players towards the world's origin
• Potato, Carrot, Melon, Sweet Berries, Nether Wart, Sunflower, Lilac, Rose Bush, Peony, Glowstone Dust, and Gravel no longer have increased chance of drops when mined with an Enchanted Book of Fortune
• Fixed a bug where the player would exit a vehicle at an incorrect height if the vehicle was over a fire block
• Fixed an issue where a boat disappears if placed at the player's feet or next to another boat
• Flying players are now only slowed by touching the ground when moving down
• If you close the game while changing dimensions, we won't place you in an unexpected position when re-entering the world
• Double pressing the jump button to disable flying no longer causes the player to jump slightly after flying is disabled
• Fix font glyph boundary artifacts (spotty pixels at the edge of each character) with italic text rendering at certain resolution
• Villagers who were mistakenly assigned to the same bed or workstation as others will now actively seek out a new bed or workstation
• Pufferfish no longer inflate and deflate repeatedly when a player is at a specific distance from them
• Animal equipment, such as Horse Armor and Wolf Armor, no longer has a chance of being duplicated when the animal carrying them is killed
• Pillagers now spawn correctly near Pillager Outposts
• Mobs that have partial blocks (e.g. Trapdoors, Slabs, etc.) specified as part of their list of blocks to avoid in their Navigation Component should now avoid them properly
• Realms Tab in new Play Screen should no longer be stuck in a loading state
• Fixed crash that could occur in the Play menu whilst looking at Realms
• Corrected translations about "posting" and "liking" on Realms Stories
• Some Villagers could have their skins not match their professions. This should now be resolved