Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.0.56 adds lava aquifers and more from ‘Caves and Cliffs Update’
The latest beta adds spicy lakes and shakes things up a little.
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What you need to know
Minecraftis giving hardcore players a lot to play with today with the release ofMinecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.0.56to testers. The latest beta continues to test developments from the upcomingCaves and Cliffs Update, which is nowreleasing in two parts later this year. Beta 1.17.0.56 includes a sizeable number of changes, fixes, and tweaks, including changes to how the “Experimental Features” toggle works and the addition of lava aquifers to the aforementioned experiment.
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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.0.56 includes:
Experimental features
User interface
Aquifers
Features & bug fixes
Axolotl
Spyglass
Amethyst
Azalea
Deepslate
Small dripleaf
Dripstone
Glow squid
Lightning rod
Powder snow
Mobs
Controller tooltips
Gameplay
Iron & gold ore
Items
Player animations
Translation
Technical updates
Graphical
Summon Prefix fixes
Items
Projectiles
The
will again only prevent damage from being dealt to fire immune mobs if the
field is true and the projectile is on fire
Dedicated server
Available everywhere you play.
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