In recent weeks, Mojang has been actively rolling out beta and preview builds for the highly anticipated Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30 update. On September 17, 2024, the official Minecraft 1.21.30 update was launched, bundling all features from the beta and preview releases into this final version.
The standout feature of the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30 update is the long-awaited experimental bundle feature. After nearly four years since its initial announcement, Bedrock players can now utilize this innovative storage solution. The update also includes various other significant enhancements, such as new rarities for numerous items, improvements to Realms, and much more.
Below are the detailed patch notes for the latest Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30 update.
Minecraft 1.21.30 Update Patch Notes
Experimental Feature
Bundles
The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30 update makes bundles available to players, eliminating the need to download a beta or preview. Here’s what you should know about this experimental feature:
- Bundles are classified as an experimental feature; ensure to enable the Bundle experiment when creating a new world.
- Note: Bundles are still undergoing refinements in the Preview and Betas, and players may notice minor differences.
- A Bundle is an item designed to store various items in a single stack.
- Each Bundle accommodates one stack (typically up to 64 items), consisting of mixed item types.
- Items can be added to a Bundle directly within the inventory.
- Bundles display a tooltip showing contained items.
- The tooltip accommodates three rows, providing visibility for at least eight different item types.
- Users can select any visible item to remove it from the Bundle.
- Utilize the scroll wheel with a mouse, the right stick on a game controller, or tap on a touchscreen device for selection.
- When an item is chosen to be removed, the Bundle icon will indicate that item is protruding from it.
- You can drop the contents of a Bundle onto the ground when holding it.
- In the latest Beta & Preview version, selecting a Bundle in the hotbar results in one group of items being emptied at a time, rather than the entire bundle.
- Crafters can create a Bundle with one String above one Leather.
- The Bundle recipe is unlocked upon acquiring either Leather or String.
- Known Issues:
- On touch devices, the wrong item icon may momentarily appear while moving items.
- Bundles placed in Decorated Pots, bestowed to an Allay, or shuffled through Hoppers and Droppers may lose their contents.
Features and Bug Fixes in Minecraft 1.21.30 Update
Blocks
- Dragging waterlogged blocks vertically with a Piston no longer generates “ghost water”for players (MCPE-144222).
- The “purpur_block”is now divided into distinct instances: “purpur_block”and “purpur_pillar”; formerly unused chiseled and smooth purpur blocks were renamed to “deprecated_purpur_block_1″and “deprecated_purpur_block_2″for backward compatibility and will not be visible in creative inventory or commands.
- The “structure_void”block state has been removed, converting “air”variants to the base block.
- New vanilla block and item tags have been added to support vanilla item tier level destruction speeds for data-driven blocks.
- All Logs, Stripped Logs, Woods, and Stripped Woods are considered consistently across multiple scenarios:
- Flying mobs that can alight on trees will now acknowledge these blocks as suitable landing areas.
- Parrots now have a preference for these blocks as landing locations.
- Previously, these behaviors were limited to only certain blocks.
- Kelp can no longer be placed on any type of Fence, but must adhere to a specific subset.
- Seagrass cannot be placed on any Fence type either, restricting it to a subset.
- Turtle Eggs can also no longer be placed on all Fence types but are limited to a specific selection.
- The “cobblestone_wall”block has been partitioned into distinct instances: “cobblestone_wall”, “mossy_cobblestone_wall”, “granite_wall”, “diorite_wall”, “andesite_wall”, “sandstone_wall”, “brick_wall”, “stone_brick_wall”, “mossy_stone_brick_wall”, “nether_brick_wall”, “end_stone_brick_wall”, “prismarine_wall”, “red_sandstone_wall”, and “red_nether_brick_wall”.
- Unique destruction times have been assigned to various wall types.
- The “sponge”block is now categorized into “sponge”and “wet_sponge”.
- Colored Torch block instances have been renamed for clarity into “colored_torch_red”, “colored_torch_green”, “colored_torch_blue”, and “colored_torch_purple”.
Crafting
- In Firework crafting, adding or removing items from the grid now updates the output item correctly (MCPE-183455).
Full Keyboard Gameplay
- The Q and E keys have been assigned as equivalents for left and right click in JSON UI menus, including inventory menus, while in Full Keyboard Gameplay mode.
Gameplay
- Lower-level Ominous bottles can still apply the Bad Omen effect if the player had one active earlier.
- Boats will no longer vanish while sliding on Ice (MCPE-180432).
- A crash that could occur when opening a Lectern while a Sticky Piston was manipulating it has been resolved. The Lectern will now close the book interface when moved (MCPE-183508).
- Dismounting from a vehicle will no longer cause players to sink into the ground on some platforms (MCPE-184363) (MCPE-182448).
- The collision shape for Trial Spawners has been unified to match the size of an ordinary block (MCPE-178305).
- A new death message has been created for players defeated by a Mace’s smash attack.
- An issue where the End Gateway Portal would teleport some players near their End Portal has been fixed (MCPE-66061).
- The ‘/camera set’ command will now execute in the proper sequence while an existing camera interpolation is active (MCPE-183986).
General
- A bug causing placeholder textures to show after minimizing and restoring the game window has been fixed.
- Input glyph support has been added to entity name tags.
Graphical
- An issue causing Banners to render before other transparent objects, regardless of their positions, has been resolved (MCPE-130262).
- The maximum framerate slider has been renamed to “Framerate Limit”and now includes a tooltip for enhanced clarity.
How to Play
- Added line break functionality for How to Play topic labels, eliminating excessive truncation as “…”when lines extend too long.
Items
- Each Banner Pattern item now references its pattern type in its name, replacing previous subtitles (MCPE-182508).
- Smithing Template items have been renamed according to their template type, distinguishing them from the general “Smithing Template”label.
- Templates specify their category via subtitles in hover text.
- Unique textures have been assigned to each Banner Pattern item for better differentiation.
- Illager Banner has been rebranded to Ominous Banner to synchronize with Java Edition.
- Resolved an issue where block items would incorrectly convert to an alternative variant when importing worlds older than 1.5.0 (MCPE-181944).
- EDU: Addressed problems with Material Reducer recipes not functioning correctly with some flattened blocks like Andesite or Terracotta.
Mobs
- Fixed the incorrect appearance of custom entity names in death messages (MCPE-158447).
- The Breeze can now attack a target without a minimum distance requirement (MCPE-183011).
- Parrots have gained the ability to imitate Endermite.
- Parrots now can also imitate Drowned (MCPE-46302).
Multiplayer
- Addressed an issue where the in-game invite screen would display incorrect substatus.
PlayStation®VR
- Support for PlayStation®VR will cease, and will no longer be included in updates after March 2025. Following the final update, players can continue building in their worlds and accessing Marketplace purchases (including Tokens) without PlayStation®VR. However, using PlayStation®VR with Minecraft will no longer be possible in future updates.
Rarity
A new rarity system has been introduced in Minecraft Bedrock:
- Numerous items and blocks have had their rarities reassigned (MCPE-182414).
- Once these changes are applied to Java Edition in an upcoming snapshot, item and block rarities will align across both platforms.
- Rarity serves as a categorization to determine the color used for displaying an item or block’s name.
- While it has no gameplay impact, rarity signals the relative difficulty of obtaining specific items.
- By default, every item and block, unless otherwise noted, carries a Common rarity, displaying their name in white.
- Mojang has re-assessed the rarity of all items and blocks within the game, employing the following guidelines:
- Items and blocks become rarer based on several criteria:
- The loot table probability, including mob drops.
- The distance needed to acquire the item/block.
- The difficulty of obstacles present in obtaining the resource.
- The total quantity of that item/block within the world.
- Craftable items or blocks must adopt the highest rarity of their crafting components.
- For instance, a Mace is classified as Epic due to one of its crafting ingredients (the Heavy Core) being Epic as well.
- Subsequent lists detail items and blocks that have been reassigned to specific rarity categories.
Common
- End Crystal
- Golden Apple
Epic
- Elytra
- Dragon Head
- Silence Armor Trim
Rare
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- The frequency of obtaining Enchanted Golden Apples has increased due to their accessibility in both Ancient Cities and Trial Chambers, resulting in a downgrade from Epic to Rare.
- Trident
- Mojang previously rated Trident’s rarity as Epic from Common, but after reassessment, concluded that it was more accessible than other Epic items like Heavy Cores or Elytra.
- Nether Star
- Ward Armor Trim
- Eye Armor Trim
- Vex Armor Trim
- Spire Armor Trim
- Wither Skeleton Skull
- Skull Charge Banner Pattern
- With the new classification of Wither Skeleton Skulls as Rare, these banner patterns are now similarly categorized.
- Thing Banner Pattern
- With Enchanted Golden Apples now classified as Rare, these patterns are likewise Rare.
- The following Music Discs:
- Pigstep
- otherside
- Creator
Uncommon
- Sniffer Egg
- Chainmail Helmet
- Chainmail Chestplate
- Chainmail Leggings
- Chainmail Boots
- Recovery Compass
- Disc Fragment 5
- Nautilus Shell
- Echo Shard
- Goat Horns
- Pottery Sherds
- Ominous Bottles
- Ominous Banner
- Netherite Upgrade
- Sentry Armor Trim
- Dune Armor Trim
- Coast Armor Trim
- Wild Armor Trim
- Tide Armor Trim
- Snout Armor Trim
- Rib Armor Trim
- Wayfinder Armor Trim
- Shaper Armor Trim
- Raiser Armor Trim
- Host Armor Trim
- Flow Armor Trim
- Bolt Armor Trim
- The following Music Discs:
- 13
- Cat
- Blocks
- Chirp
- Creator (Music Box)
- Far
- Mall
- Mellohi
- He stood
- street
- Ward
- 11
- Wait
- Relic
- 5
- Precipice
Realms
- Realms Stories content will no longer be trimmed when scrolling.
- Text will no longer obscure screenshots in Realms Stories on Galaxy Z Flip devices regardless of UI size.
- The gamepad legend will no longer interfere with UI elements when selecting a preview realm for world creation.
- In split-screen mode, the subscriptions tab in the settings menu will only be visible to the primary player.
- For preview/beta builds connected to a Realm or while on related screens, the Realm ID will now appear in the debug text.
- The Realms backup list will display the creation date of the backup rather than its age.
Sounds
- Sculk charge particles now emit sound.
- Wither Skeletons have a new “step”sound (MCPE-174857).
- Basalt Deltas have regained their moody ambient sound.
Stability and Performance
- Fixed a crash that could occur during texture data loading (MCPE-184728).
Touch Controls
- The new d-pad for touch controls has been enhanced for compactness and includes back strafing buttons, along with an extended zone to reduce unexpected camera movements. When personalizing controls, diagonal buttons are now visible.
- Resolved an issue where the hide HUD command failed to conceal the d-pad touch control.
Trial Chambers
- Empty chests at the entrance of chambers have been replaced with a Hopper and Barrel to clarify their intended use for disposal and inventory management!
User Interface
- Fixed a soft lock that could appear during subscription purchases.
- Corrected a bug where the ‘Drink’ interaction prompt was not displayed when holding an Ominous Bottle.
- Resolved a bug that led to player health being rounded down, occasionally making the HUD show only empty health icons (MCPE-183157).
- The chat output’s scrollbar maintains its position after the game screen regains focus.
- The URL for signing in on another device has been shortened to microsoft.com/link.
- A button for taking screenshots has been integrated into the game menu. Captured screenshots can be accessed in the screenshot gallery on your profile page.
- The beacon title text now aligns with other containers in Pocket UI (MCPE-176186).
- Fixed a bug that caused crafting category tabs to disappear in Pocket UI after hiding the recipe book in Classic UI (MCPE-183825).
- The arrow visualization from the Stonecutter interface is now consistently visible, similar to other comparable screens (MCPE-160236).
- Addressed an issue where item durability and storage bars were inaccurately sized and positioned on specific screens.
- Added hotkeys for taking in-game screenshots on both controller and keyboard. On mouse/keyboard: F2. On controller: LB+RB, L1+R1, L Button+R Button.
- The icons for effects will now vary in size according to the GUI scale (MCPE-180238).
- Fixed an issue where the world seed template button might be missing in the Create New World screen.
Vanilla Parity
- Snow Golems with Fire Resistance will no longer incur damage in warm biomes (MCPE-94448).
- Uncarved pumpkin blocks can no longer be utilized to create Snow Golems and Iron Golems (MCPE-33801).
- When items are enchanted, their rarity classification is increased based on their base rarity.
- Items with a base rarity of Common or Uncommon will ascend to Rare once enchanted.
- Items rated as Rare will convert to Epic when enchanted.
- Epic items will remain Epic when enchanted.
- Entities falling into water will now create the same splashing sound as in Java Edition (MCPE-44120).
- A bug preventing a standalone Scaffolding block from being placed on a Structure Block has been rectified (MCPE-169818).
- Enchantments that possess only one possible level will no longer show the level “I”in their name.
The names of numerous items and blocks have been aligned with Java Edition standards, detailed as follows (MCPE-101388):
- Book & Quill -> Book and Quill
- Chain Helmet -> Chainmail Helmet
- Chain Chestplate -> Chainmail Chestplate
- Chain Leggings -> Chainmail Leggings
- Chain Boots -> Chainmail Boots
- Enchanted Apple -> Enchanted Golden Apple
- Cooked Beef -> Steak
- Melon -> Melon Slice
- Glistering Melon -> Glistering Melon Slice
- Milk -> Milk Bucket
- Seeds -> Wheat Seeds
- Snow -> Snow Block
- Top Snow -> Snow
- Grass -> Short Grass
- Double Tallgrass -> Tall Grass
- Sugar Canes -> Sugar Cane
- Clay Block -> Clay
- Clay -> Clay Ball
- Sea Turtle Spawn Egg -> Turtle Spawn Egg
- Sea Turtle Egg -> Turtle Egg
- Brick Block -> Bricks
- Nether Brick Block -> Nether Bricks
- Red Nether Brick -> Red Nether Bricks
- Prismarine Bricks Slab -> Prismarine Brick Slab
- Stone Bricks Slab -> Stone Brick Slab
- Bricks Slab -> Brick Slab
- Infested Stone Brick -> Infested Stone Bricks
- Daylight Sensor -> Daylight Detector
- Enchantment Table -> Enchanting Table
- Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy) -> Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
- Weighted Pressure Plate (Light) -> Light Weighted Pressure Plate
- Slightly Damaged Anvil -> Chipped Anvil
- Very Damaged Anvil -> Damaged Anvil
- Head -> Player Head
- Light Block -> Light
- The Stone Mason villager profession has been retitled to Mason to align with Java Edition standards.
- Mooshrooms will now spawn at light levels of 9 and above (MCPE-66830).
- Fixed Mushroom Farms in Woodland Mansions that incorrectly generated Dirt instead of Coarse Dirt.
- The following blocks have been reconciled with Java Edition regarding Redstone power:
- minecraft:mangrove_roots -> now powered (MCPE-153838).
- minecraft:beacon -> now unpowered.
- minecraft:tnt -> now unpowered.
- minecraft:sea_lantern -> no longer powered (MCPE-79271).
- Mining Top Snow with a Silk Touch enchanted Shovel now yields drops corresponding to the number of block layers (MCPE-59729).
- If there are eight layers, a Snow Block will be dropped instead.
- Players are now capable of crafting two Cyan Dyes from one Pitcher Plant (MCPE-171061).
- Foxes have been assigned a health total of 10 (MCPE-48233).
- Villagers will no longer produce idle sounds during sleep.
In addition to these exciting features and fixes, numerous technical changes and enhancements were integrated within the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30 update. For those who are addon creators or have an interest in the technicalities of Bedrock Edition, please refer to the official patch notes on the Minecraft website.
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