Best features and changes in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview is out now and it brings in a host of changes and modifications to existing gameplay mechanics. These experimental builds allow players to test upcoming features ahead of their release. As with any other update, this one also addresses a host of bugs, introduces features, as well as makes necessary parity changes.

Here are the best features and changes in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview.

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Best features and changes introduced in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview

1) Update to Realms

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview introduces major changes to Realms (Image via Mojang Studios)

Minecraft Realms is one of the most popular aspects of the game, allowing players to dive into unique servers and enjoy custom worlds, either alone or with friends. With thousands of servers worldwide, it comes as no surprise that the developers are constantly pushing for tweaks and improvements.

As part of the update, the friends tab on the Play screen now shows the correct list of joinable worlds and Realms. Player permissions no longer revert to the previous state after gamers leave the manage Realms tab.

Additionally, the beta and preview also addressed an issue where the game mode appears as unknown on the Realms Tab, even if the Realm has an active world inside with a valid game mode.

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2) Changes to the user interface

The user interface received a facelift in the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview (Image via Mojang Studios)

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview also introduced a host of changes to the game's user interface, allowing players to have a better gameplay experience. As part of the update, the 'Enable Screen Reader' accessibility setting can now initialize Text-to-Speech during the first launch on PlayStation 5.

The update also fixed a bug where the game could soft lock if it was suspended right before a player gets eliminated. Additionally, it also changes the wording for enabling or disabling a player's skipping the night to "Skip night by sleeping", replacing the old message which stated, "Beds work". This is aimed at improving the experience for players and preventing undue confusion.

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3) Mobs and item modifications

Mobs and items receive adjustments to their behavior and values as part of the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview (Image via Mojang Studios)

As part of the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview, Mojang also introduces changes to modify the behavior of existing items and mobs. The update addressed an issue with open bundle textures with a missing string pixel. Additionally, it also fixed the large camera twitches when rotating west, which was being experienced by the second passenger of a boat.

The beta and preview also removed resin bricks from spawning in Woodland Mansion chests, and reduced the XP rewarded by smelting Resin Clumps into Resin Bricks from 0.3 to 0.1. As for the creaking, the mobs spawned from the creaking hearts now always persist upon world reloading. Additionally, the eyes of the mob now properly flicker when the spawning heart is destroyed.

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview also improve the Monster Hunter Achievement, allowing it to be unlocked by destroying a creaking heart while it has spawned a creaking. It also improves the behavior of tall grass, rendering fully when placed using bone meal on moss blocks or pale moss blocks.

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4) Vanilla Parity

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview introduces significant changes toward vanilla parity (Image via Mojang Studios)

Vanilla Parity is one of the most important aspects in Mojang's efforts to bring a similar experience between both editions of the game. The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview make huge leaps in that direction, ranging from block behavior to addressing World generation.

As part of the changes, sniffer egg now only provides center support on top and bottom faces while shears can now be used on cave vines, twisting vines, weeping vines as well as kelp. They also play the arm swing animation to improve parity with the Java edition. Additionally, water and lava no longer remain in the world when placing their buckets against a cave vine with glow berries.

As for world generation, the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.60.24 beta and preview make major tweaks as well. Creaking hearts now generate more often in naturally generated pale oaks, increasing the chances of their availability.

Canyons received a revamp as part of the changes. These structures can now generate more often and can once again reach the surface and generate on the ocean floor. They can also carve through copper ore veins and most of the other underground blocks. Additionally, they can now interact with aquifers, allowing them to be filled with water instead of generating disconnected segments.

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