Bedrock Edition 1.7.0/Development versions

This is a list of Bedrock Edition 1.7.0 development versions.

Beta 1.7.0.2 is the first beta version released for Bedrock Edition 1.7.0, released on August 23, 2018,^[1] which adds basic scoreboard functions, changes some functions and fixes several bugs.

Scoreboard

• Added basic scoreboard function with the /scoreboard.
• Only available through Experimental gameplay.

Food

• Can now be eaten while the player's hunger bar is full and the difficulty is set to peaceful.

Chorus fruit

• Moved from the Nature inventory section to the Items section.

Chat

• Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat.
• Typing @ in chat will now show an autocomplete list of player names.

Marketplace

• Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen.

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm
• It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
• If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet. The pet doesn't need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
• Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
• Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
• Rails are once again broken by flowing water
• Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater
• Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)
• Sound once again resumes after receiving a notification on iOS devices (MCPE-15841)
• Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
• Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)
• Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
• Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
• When dealing killing blows to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)
• Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
• Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
• Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
• Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
• Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
• Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs
• Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned
• Item tooltips that display "Can break" and "Can be placed on" now show the proper translation for the given blocks
• Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments
• Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen
• Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named
• Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents
• Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split screen
• Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions
• Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water
• Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void
• The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it
• Synced cloud worlds on Xbox One now display the proper date on the Worlds list
• Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment
• Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End
• Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat
• Removed the "Take Half" tooltip when highlighting the Anvil's output slot
• Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught
• Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot
• Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
• The /title <entity> subtitle command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)
• Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
• Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
• Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
• Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
• Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
• The /teleport command now reliably teleports riders with entities
• Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player's render distance
• When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, the player's marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players
• Only the player riding a mount can now access the mount's inventory
• Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart
• Mobs now stop moving when all movement components are removed from their behavior
• Using behavior files to change the shooting location of a projectile no longer makes the projectile shoot and miss the target
• Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
• Items can once again be dropped while in a boat
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
• Cursor d-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to not properly detect if a world was played in a version later than the current one

Beta 1.7.0.3 is the second beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.7.0, released on August 29, 2018, which fixes several bugs.^[2]

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clearing the belowname display slot on Scoreboards when there was no objective assigned to it
• Fixed corrupted skin textures from the previous beta update
• Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures
• Double tall sea grass once again renders properly
• The proper sound now plays when the Wither is spawned (MCPE-35179)
• The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
• Iron Golems once again attack monsters while standing on non-full blocks
• Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD
• Scoreboard entries are now sorted alphabetically when scores are tied
• Fixed alignment issues and update issues with the Scoreboard UI
• Removing points from entities that are not added to a Scoreboard no longer results in adding points to these entities instead
• The Scoreboard sidebar now limits the amount of entries displayed on screen

Beta 1.7.0.5 is the third beta version released for Bedrock Edition 1.7.0, released on September 7, 2018,^[3] which fixes several bugs.

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Phantoms now always swoop down and attack people properly (MCPE-36673)
• Fixed blocks often disappearing after being placed or reappearing after being destroyed (MCPE-31596)
• Several fixes to reduce lag in multiplayer games
• Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay
• Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen
• Isotropic settings are once again respected when altered in blocks.json
• Blocks in the inventory once again follow the textures set in blocks.json
• Blockshapes are once again included in blocks.json

Beta 1.7.0.7 is the fourth beta version released for Bedrock Edition 1.7.0, released on September 18, 2018,^[4] which fixes bugs and introduces scoreboards in normal gameplay.

Scoreboards

• Are no longer behind the Experimental Gameplay toggle.

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices (MCPE-34385)
• Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions (MCPE-37343)
• Skeleton Horses and Zombie Horses no longer die after a certain amount of time (MCPE-35215)
• Locator Maps now indicate the proper direction when riding in a boat
• Dragons no longer ignore the ground when not in The End dimension
• Fixed an issue from previous beta versions that prevented blocks and items from being picked up in certain conditions
• Blocks and items that are thrown or mined no longer have repetitive bouncing motions
• Minecart no longer have shaking animation on straight rails and won't get stuck in solid blocks
• Entities that are killed and have the has_gravity: false option in their physics component no longer float upwards
• Isotropic settings are once again respected when altered in blocks.json
• Adding points to many entities on a Scoreboard now groups all entities into the command feedback

Beta 1.7.0.9 is the fifth and final beta version released for Bedrock Edition 1.7.0, released on September 24, 2018,^[5] which fixed bugs.

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when applying a resource pack.
• Fixed a crash for connected players riding a pig in multiplayer.
• Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining.
• Fixed a bug where many mobs would have broken models in some marketplace worlds.