Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30.23 beta and preview patch notes: Added bundles, bug fixes, and more

With the Minecraft 1.21.30.23 beta and preview release, Bedrock fans can finally try out bundles. Mojang Studios announced this item for the 1.17 Caves & Cliffs update four years ago, but it has been delayed ever since. While bundles made its way to Java as an experimental feature, Bedrock players were unable to get their hands on it.

That said, the item is the main attraction of the Minecraft 1.21.30.23 beta and preview. It is a craftable item used for storing items and can be carried in your inventory just like shulker boxes. If you've been frustrated by the latter being an endgame item, the addition of bundles should improve your experience.

Here are the patch notes for the Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.30.23 beta and preview.

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Minecraft 1.21.30.23 beta and preview patch notes

Bundles

A bundle is an item that lets you stack different blocks or items together in the same inventory slot. Different items don’t generally stack together, and you could end up wasting space by only having a few items in each slot. A bundle lets you pack those items together so there is no wasted space. Here are more details about it:

• Bundles are an experimental feature - to use them, you must turn on the Bundle experiment when creating a new world.
• A bundle is an item that can pack different items together into the same stack.
• A bundle only fits one stack (usually 64 items) but it can be a mixture of many different item types.
• You can insert items into a bundle directly in the inventory.
• Bundles have a tooltip that shows the items inside.
• If a bundle has less than eight item types inside, the tooltip will show all of them.
• Otherwise, the tooltip will show the top two rows of items and the others will be hidden below.
• You can select any of the visible items to pull out of the bundle.
• Use the scroll wheel on the mouse, the right stick on a game controller, or tap on a touch device.
• When selecting an item to remove, the bundle icon shows the item poking out of the bundle.
• When holding a bundle in hand, you can empty it onto the ground.
• The bundle is crafted with one String above one Leather.

Known issues:

• The bundle recipe may not appear as a suggested crafting item, but can still be crafted.
• When moving items on touch devices, the wrong item icon may appear briefly.

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Features and Bug Fixes

Blocks

• "tnt" block is now split into unique instances: "tnt" and "underwater_tnt."
• Parsing blocks.json now produces a Content Error if its format_version is greater or equal to the block names it overrides.
• The following block names are now considered outdated in "blocks.json" from format_version 1.21.30 onward (MCPE-100267).
• minecraft:carpet
• minecraft:colored_torch_bp
• minecraft:colored_torch_rg
• minecraft:concrete
• minecraft:concrete_powder
• minecraft:coral
• minecraft:coral_block
• minecraft:coral_fan
• minecraft:coral_fan_dead
• minecraft:coral_fan_hang
• minecraft:coral_fan_hang2
• minecraft:coral_fan_hang3
• minecraft:double_plant
• minecraft:double_stone_block_slab
• minecraft:double_stone_block_slab2
• minecraft:double_stone_block_slab3
• minecraft:double_stone_block_slab4
• minecraft:double_wooden_slab
• minecraft:fence
• minecraft:hard_stained_glass
• minecraft:hard_stained_glass_pane
• minecraft:leaves
• minecraft:leaves2
• minecraft:light_block
• minecraft:log
• minecraft:log2
• minecraft:monster_egg
• minecraft:planks
• minecraft:red_flower
• minecraft:sapling
• minecraft:shulker_box
• minecraft:stained_glass
• minecraft:stained_glass_pane
• minecraft:stone_block_slab
• minecraft:stone_block_slab2
• minecraft:stone_block_slab3
• minecraft:stone_block_slab4
• minecraft:stonebrick
• minecraft:tallgrass
• minecraft:terracotta
• minecraft:wood
• minecraft:wooden_slab
• minecraft:wool
• "chemistry_table" has been split into 4 unique instances: "compound_creator", "material_reducer", "element_constructor", and "lab_table."
• Requires the Education Edition toggle.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where End Gateway Portals could teleport some players incorrectly (MCPE-66061).
• The '/camera set' command will now run in the correct order when an existing camera interpolation is running (MCPE-183986).

General

• Adding input glyph support in the name tags displayed over the entities.

Items

• Fixed block items turning into an incorrect variant when importing worlds older than 1.5.0 (MCPE-181944).
• EDU: Fixed Material Reducer recipes not working with some flattened blocks such as Andesite or Terracotta.

Mobs

• The Breeze no longer has a minimum distance required to attack a target (MCPE-183011).
• Parrots can now imitate Endermites.
• Parrots now imitate Drowned (MCPE-46302).

Sounds

• Basalt Deltas now have a moody ambient sound again.

User Interface

• Renamed the "All worlds" tab to "Worlds" in OreUI Play screen (Preview only).
• The hardcore heart displayed on worlds in the new Play screen now animates when the world is hovered (Preview only).
• Beacon title text is no longer different from the other containers in Pocket UI (MCPE-176186).
• Fixed a bug where crafting category tabs would not be visible in Pocket UI after hiding the recipe book in Classic UI (MCPE-183825).
• The arrow from the Stonecutter screen is now visible all the time, just like in the other similar screens (MCPE-160236).
• Fixed an issue where the items durability and storage bar had incorrect size and placement on certain screens.
• Added hotkeys to take screenshots in the game on a controller and keyboard. On mouse/keyboard: F2. On controller: LB+RB, L1+R1, L Button+R Button.

Vanilla Parity

• Fixed Mushroom Farms in Woodland Mansions that incorrectly spawned Dirt instead of Coarse Dirt.
• The following blocks have been brought to parity with Java Edition for Redstone power:
• minecraft:mangrove_roots -> now powered (MCPE-153838)
• minecraft:beacon -> no longer powered
• minecraft:tnt -> no longer powered
• minecraft:sea_lantern -> no longer powered (MCPE-79271)
• When mining Top Snow with a Silk Touch enchanted Shovel, Top Snow is now dropped in an amount corresponding to the number of layers of the block (MCPE-59729).
• If there are eight layers, a Snow Block will be dropped instead.

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The new Minecraft beta also comes with many technical updates and a few experimental ones. These updates are not worth much for the average player, but for those interested in the technical aspects of Bedrock Edition, check out the complete Minecraft 1.21.30.23 patch notes here.