Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.20.20 fixes lots of bugs for the ‘Caves and Cliffs Update’
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What you need to know
Minecraftis all about iterative improvement leading to major changes like with theCaves and Cliffs Update. We recently got1.17 Caves and Cliffs Update Part One, and now Mojang Studios is working on bug fixes and smaller improvements to make the update as great as possible.Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.20.20is now available, and includes plenty of fixes and changes for Minecraft.
Like with other recent betas, don’t expect any new features here. Mojang Studios is focused on cleaning up 1.17 Caves and Cliffs Update Part One as much as possible before they begin earnest testing on Part Two coming later this year. Instead, this beta focuses on bug fixes, vanilla parity improvements, and technical updates.
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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.17.20.20 includes:
Features & bug fixes
World settings
Caves & Cliffs Update
Vanilla parity
General
Sounds
User interface
The Sign In dialog is no longer shown on a split-screen game to anyone other than the primary player on PlayStation 4
- A debug string is no longer shown for how to open chat
Technical updates
Fixes
Data-driven items
GameTest framework
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