Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.19.0.24 includes ‘recovery compass’ item and more
A new item and a plethora of changes.
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What you need to know
Development on The Wild Update for Minecraft is officially in full swing for both versions, and Mojang Studios is showing no signs of slowing down. On Thursday, the studio began releasing a duo of new betas to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Preview players, which includes a new item, plenty of tweaks and changes to existing features, and even a hint to an upcoming feature.
The “recovery compass” item that debuted with an earlierMinecraft: Java Edition snapshotnow appears in this beta, and will lead players to the location of their last death. Mojang Studios also revealed it’s working on the highly-requested “Spectator Mode” for Minecraft, which won’t arrive in time for The Wild Update, but will arrive as an experimental feature in an upcoming beta.
The beta is now available to players enrolled in the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta orMinecraft Preview, and is a surprisingly decent step forward toward the development ofThe Wild Updatereleasing later in 2022. When the update arrives, it’ll include new mobs like frogs, the Warden, and allays, new biomes like the mangrove swamp and Deep Dark, and more.
Minecraftis hands-down one of thebest Xbox gamesavailable today, and Mojang Studios is intent on improving it further with The Wild Update later this year. Interested players can get in early with pre-release snapshots and betas.
The full changelog forMinecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.19.0.24 / Minecraft Preview 1.19.0.25includes:
General
Minecraft Preview on Xbox Series X|S
Spectator Mode
Features & bug fixes
Recovery compass
Sculk shrieker
Warden
Reinforced deepslate
Frog
Goat horn (Experimental)
Touch controls
Allay
Boat with chest
Mud bricks
Gameplay
General
Graphical
Items
Stability & performance
Vanilla parity
Command blocks
Technical updates
Commands
Mobs
Molang
Avoid crashes on certain devices when parsing Molang expressions with many
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operators
General
Tied ‘consume’ animation to ‘consume’ duration
Known issues
Available everywhere you play
Minecraft is an inarguable and complete success. It has sold copies in the hundreds of millions, has a huge following of dedicated players, and lets you unlock your every creative desire. The Wild Update is the next major content release for Minecraft, and it’s bring plenty of new features and items, like the recovery compass.
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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
