Minecraft Release 1.11.0 - What's New?

We've been waiting a long time for the release of the Minecraft Bedrock 1.11 update for Android, iOS, Windows 10, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, but now the developers have finished development and released a major new update called "Village & Pillage". Read the list of changes below to learn about all the new features!

Villages:

• Village overhaul
  • Added many buildings and improved generation
  • Each biome now has its own village
• New villagers
  • Villagers now have textures that match their profession, level, and biome
  • Added Mason and Nitwit villagers
  • Villagers can now sleep in beds
  • Villagers can now work at their workstations and return home at night
  • Improved villager pathfinding
  • All old villagers will be automatically updated in existing worlds
  • Zombie villager skins now match their biome and profession
• Villager workstations
  • Villagers can now change their profession if a workstation is nearby
  • Cartography Table - a quick way to copy and expand maps. Maps can be locked using glass panes
  • Grindstone - used to repair weapons and tools, removes enchantments from enchanted items
  • Barrel - functions like a chest, but can be used even if an entity or another block is above it
  • Smoker - cooks food much faster than a regular furnace
  • Blast Furnace - a quick way to smelt ore
  • Composter - turns seeds and plants into bone meal
  • Stonecutter - a quick way to create stone and cobblestone blocks
  • Smithing Table and Fletching Table - functionality will come in future updates
• Trading
  • Added many new trades
  • Added a visual trading system. The villager will hold the item they want to trade in their hand, and if the player has what they want, they will show it
  • Villagers gain experience for each successful trade. After a certain amount of experience, villagers level up, unlocking more new trades!
  • Villagers will restock their trade goods when they arrive at their workstation
• Wandering Traders
  • Spawns randomly in villages and stays for 2-3 in-game days
  • Offers trades from all biomes!
  • Always accompanied by two llamas!
• Bells
  • Villagers hide in their houses when bells ring
  • Bells ring when interacted with by a player or powered by redstone

Raids

• Pillager Outposts
  • Generate in the same biomes as villages
  • Pillagers spawn near outposts
  • There is a loot chest!
• Pillager Captain
  • Identified by a pillager banner and can be found at outposts
  • A player who kills the captain receives the Bad Omen effect
• Raids
  • A raid starts if a player with the Bad Omen effect enters a village
  • Pillagers attack the village in waves
  • Players who successfully defend all waves receive the Hero of the Village effect, granting big discounts when trading with villagers
• Ravager
  • A new and very powerful mob. Walks with patrols and appears during raids
  • Destroys some blocks (crops, leaves)
  • Other mobs (pillagers, vindicators) can ride the ravager
• Pillager Patrols
  • You can encounter them in any biome, be careful!

New Features

• Campfire
  • New light source
  • Great as a fireplace since it doesn't set blocks on fire
  • Can cook up to four food items at once!
• Sweet Berries
  • New food
  • Sweet berry bushes can be found in taigas
  • Beware of the sharp thorns!
• Bamboo Jungles
  • Generate in jungles and are denser in the new bamboo biome
  New Achievements
  • Plethora of Cats - befriend twenty stray cats
  • Monster Hunter - defeat a ravager
  • Buy Low, Sell High - trade for the best price
  • Disenchantment - use a grindstone on an enchanted item to get experience
  • We're Being Attacked! - trigger a pillager raid
  • Sound the Alarm! - ring a bell to alert villagers of an enemy invasion
  • This Will Be the End - kill a pillager captain
• Skin Sync
  • Selected skin from a skin pack now automatically syncs across all devices
  • Some skins cannot be synced
• Accessibility
  • Enable screen reader for UI elements
  • Enable text-to-speech for chat
  • These options are available in the game settings

Changes

• Note: The reworked village generator may cause villages to appear in places where they were not present in previous versions of the game
• Added new seeds for quick selection
• Added even more new textures for blocks, including stained glass
• Changes to how cats spawn in villages:
  • Cats now spawn based on the number of beds in the village
  • Number of cats = 1/4 of the number of beds
  • Maximum 10 cats per village
• Lecterns now emit redstone particles when pages are turned
• Darkened the game interface

The update for Android can be downloaded on the page [DOWNLOAD MINECRAFT PE 1.11 RELEASE].