Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.17.40 patch update officially releases with fixes across the board
A new patch to prepare Minecraft for the upcoming ‘Caves and Cliffs Update.’
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What you need to know
As theMinecraftcommunity recovers from all the news and announcements duringMinecraft Live 2021, Mojang Studios is releasingMinecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.17.40, a patch update that includes a ton of bug fixes and general changes across every platform Minecraft is available. The update is now rolling out to everyone, and continues to polish and stabilize Minecraft ahead of a new content update arriving later this year.
1.18Caves and Cliffs UpdatePart Two is slated to release before the end of the year, and will bring massive alterations to world generation and plenty of brand-new features to Minecraft when it does. The 1.17.40 is building the foundation upon which the 1.18 content update will release on, and as such focuses primarily on bug fixes and polish for one of thebest Xbox gamesaround.
Even before we have the second half of the Caves and Cliffs Update in our hands, Mojang has already announced what’s coming next.The Wild Updateis arriving at some point in 2022 with its own batch of features, but we’ll have to wait a while yet before we see any sign of that release, and the newMinecraft toys and giftsthat will inevitably arrive with it.
In the meantime, Minecraft: Bedrock Edition patch update 1.17.40 is now available, so be sure to download and install it as soon as possible for the best Minecraft experience. In case you missed it,Minecraft is also heading to Xbox Game Pass for PCas part of a new bundle, making it even easier to play the game wherever you want.
The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition patch update 1.17.40 includes:
Experimental features
Changes
Fixes
Performance & stability
General
Gameplay
Mobs
Blocks
User interface
Realms
Character creator
Commands
Technical updates
Updated add-on template packs
Fixes
Data-driven blocks
Graphical
Molang
GameTest Framework (Experimental)
GameTestSequence
Player
Block
BlockType
BlockPermutation
Available everywhere you play.
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