Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.20.25 features new fixes for The Wild Update and more
A typical beta for now, but it’s heading to Minecraft Preview later.
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What you need to know
Minecraft betas have been a mainstay for years, allowing Mojang Studios to test upcoming updates and features with the most dedicated Minecraft players before releasing them to the greater community. The Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta program is currently undergoing the biggest change in years, but that isn’t stopping Mojang from releasing another new beta with a fresh batch of fixes and tweaks for players to test.
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.20.25 is now rolling out to players on Xbox, Windows, and Android devices, and is a pretty standard release with a couple dozen fixes and technical changes. There are also new fixes forThe Wild Update, the upcoming Minecraft release that will feature new biomes, mobs, and much more when it drops later in 2022.
For players that are already participating in early tests ofMinecraft Preview, which is slated to replace the aging Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta programandexpand it to new platforms, this beta build will arrive in the near future. The changelog should be identical, but the version number may look different when Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.20.25 makes its way to Minecraft Preview.
In case you missed it,Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.18.10was just released as an absolutely massive patch update with well over 100 fixes and improvements for Minecraft on every platform, and makes thebest Xbox gameeven better.
The full changelog forMinecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.18.20.25includes:
The Wild Update experimental features
Frog spawn
Froglight
Goat horn
Features & bug fixes
Gameplay
Mobs
User interface
Vanilla parity
Commands
Technical updates
Add-ons and script engine
Commands
Graphical
Experimental
GameTest framework
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