Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.10.26 tests froglight blocks, frog sounds, and more
Mojang Studios is ushering in the new year with a brand-new beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition players.
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We’ve officially entered a new year, which means we’re inching ever closer toThe Wild Update, the next major content update forMinecraftarriving at some point in 2022. Mojang Studios is returning from its Holiday break with a brand-new beta for players to test, which even includes some experimental features from the aforementioned upcoming update.Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.10.26is now available, and includes new froglight blocks, sounds for frogs and tadpoles, and much more.
While this beta is still technically a part of theCaves and Cliffs Update, and does test plenty of bug fixes and improvements for the current Minecraft version, it also tests The Wild Update content through the experimental features toggle. Frogs and tadpoles were introduced in an earlier beta, but now feature full sounds. This beta also introduces brand-new froglight blocks, which are glowing cubes created when a frog consumes a small magma cube.
Minecraft is one of the greatest games ever made, and holds on to its title as one of thebest Xbox gamesby continually evolving with new features and content. In case you missed it,Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.18.2 was recently releasedas a patch update with a variety of fixes and improvements for the game.
The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.10.26 includes:
Known issues
The Wild Update experimental features
Frogs
Frog egg
Froglight
Features & bug fixes
Stability & performance
Vanilla parity
Accessibility
Commands
Feature placement
Furnaces
Gameplay
World generation
Technical updates
GameTest framework
General
JumpToBlockGoal
Blocks
Animations
User interface
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