Update 1.10/build 3

This is the first Beta related to Update 1.10, released on January 30, 2018. See changelog.

Additions[]

Experimental Gameplay[]

A complete rework to Villagers and Villages.
Wandering Trader, a new type of Villager- These special variants will stop at a village gathering post and stay for 2-3 in game days. They trade a wide variety of items from across all different Biomes. They also come with a custom Llama.
New blocks- Composter, new stonecutter, Campfire- used for decoration, Crafting recipes will be added in a future update
Sweet berries and Sweet berry bushes- can be found in Taiga biomes
Pillager Outposts- will generate in the same biome as a village and pillagers will spawn around it
Added Crafting recipes for the Grindstone, Smoker, Blast furnace, Cartography table, fletching table, Smithing table, Lantern, barrel, and Composter.
Added mason and green robed villagers.

New Features[]

Shields-Tap sneak to activate
Lectern- place a book and quill or a written book on it, and multiple players are able to read at the same time.
Bark blocks- these are a new variant to Wood but have bark on all sides.
Added a new community-created cat skin- Jellie!
Added several new features to the script engine.

Changes[]

Crossbows are no longer under the experimental gameplay toggle
Placing a wet sponge in the nether immediately dries it out
Decaying leaves now have a chance of dropping sticks
Chorus fruit flowers now break when struck via an arrow
Added dead bush as a furnace fuel
Rabbit stew and beetroot soup now have shapeless Crafting recipes
Creepers now drop music discs when killed by skeletons and strays
Dispensers with shears can now shear sheep
Undyed glass panes and white carpet van now be dyed directly from the crafting table
Zombie villagers now have biome-specific profession and skin layers
Mob events and behavior can be scheduled using JSON
Improvements to the /Op Status and functionality, including an option to enable cheats or not
Particles can now be edited using standard JSON formatting
Improved and added bell placement features
Resource packs are now separate from world templates and can be edited independently in existing worlds
Data driven model changes- added default parenting to Evoker nose, in line with over Villager-derived mobs
Add entity scripting function is no longer under the experimental gameplay toggle
Pillager is no longer under the experimental gameplay toggle
Updated the “How to play” section
Added new Pillager sounds MCPE-39111
Lanterns can now be placed on the bottom of slabs
The new vanilla textures are now set as the default pack

Fixes[]

Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
Fixed a crash that could occur when repeatedly attempting to cancel joining a multiplayer game
Resource packs that are nested in an extra folder no longer cause the game to crash
Stacking slabs to make a double slab no longer crashes the game
Fixed a crash when trying to launch the marketplace packs "City Cars" and "Mineville *Film Studios" on mobile devices
Worlds no longer show single player only warning message when multiplayer is enabled (MCPE-39194)
Player position is now accurately saved when exiting and rejoining a world
Removing ticking areas from the game now correctly frees up used memory
The descend button now works correctly when underwater and using touch controls
Turtles no longer levitate above the ground
Optimized particles to improve performance
Players are now informed if they are disconnected from Xbox Live when the Xbox console is resumed from standby
Looping UI animations no longer increase memory usage over time )
Damage cooldown no longer hinders other mob attacks
Colored beacon beam textures no longer appear compressed
Wither skeletons and Vex mobs can be renamed with nametags (MCPE-20701)
Horizontal scaffolding extensions can now be placed over non-solid blocks correctly (MCPE-39296)
Fixed the head rotation of Pigmen when non-standard texture packs are used (MCPE-40629)
'Monster Egg' blocks are now named 'Infested blocks', to match the Java edition
Infested Bricks mined with silk touch now drop as its non-infested variant.
Texture packs applied to a freshly created world are now displayed in the active list.
Players are prompted to redownload packs if they have been applied to a world but removed from the cache
Armor stands can now hold unloaded crossbows (MCPE-39094)
It is now possible to climb through snow layers placed on top of scaffolding (MCPE-39324)
Pandas eating bamboo now show correctly colored food particles (MCPE-38285)
Strongholds now generate with the correct stair variants again (MCPE-39380)
Weapons held by armor stands are now the correct size (MCPE-39064)
Food held by pandas is now sized and positioned correctly (MCPE-39061)
Fixed a bug where players could respawn some distance away from their beds (MCPE-39261)
Fixed a bug where lava could hurt a player through block corners (MCPE-37726)
Fixed the pathfinding for zombies chasing villagers inside buildings (MCPE-37424)
Hanging banners no longer show as floor standing banner variants (MCPE-39507)
Scaffolding no longer gets left hanging unsupported when being placed rapidly (MCPE-38338)
Snow layers generate around grass and flowers again in snow biomes (MCPE-38018)
The correct amount of white terracotta now generates in Mesa biomes
Skeletons once again attack iron golems
Mobs no longer spawn with heart particles
Added correct biome shading for water in bamboo jungles
Cats can now be healed by feeding them fish
Fixed a crash that could happen after running scripts for a long period of time
The Re-center button on Minecraft VR has been mapped to Y now instead of X
Chest minecarts now drop their contents if destroyed with the /kill command
Global resource packs no longer show in the active packs list if they are not applied to a specific world
Fixed a z-fighting texture issue on the Grindstone block
The new dye types can now be used to dye Shulker mobs (MCPE-40279)
Fixed the Wither's ranged and swoop attacks (MCPE-39773)
Multiple commands run from Functions now run from the correct point of execution (MCPE-38983 / MCPE-39785)
The 'Unlock Template World Options' popup no longer has a placeholder type message
Packs missing 'experimental_custom_ui' don't allow loading UI any more

'minecraft:look_at' component now has consistent naming between scripting and JSON

Upside-down Shulkers now have the correct opening animation (MCPE-40110)
Fixed the texture of food being eaten by pandas
Menu buttons no longer stay highlighted after being selected (MCPE-37640)
Fixed an issue related to scoreboard not showing the correct entries
Passive mobs now spawn on the correct block types (MCPE-39727)
Mutated Birch Forest biomes now generate with extra tall Birch trees again (MCPE-29698)

Players can no longer receive command feedback with cheats disabled (MCPE-39590)

Trapdoors in shipwrecks are now correctly rotated
Cats now spawn correctly in previously generated villages
Fixed the issue with wrongly scaled textures that affected some Windows 10 users (MCPE-39081)
Fixed a bug that could cause the wrong description for Marketplace bundles
"New" banner now shows correctly on all new marketplace items
Fixed Skeleton melee attack animation
Fixed the bug that caused the FPS value in the beta header information to always read 0.0 (MCPE-30536)
Fixed a crash that could occur when rejoining the game in the End dimension
Fixed a bug that prevented the game from launching correctly on some devices (MCPE-39877)
Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when copying a large world on Switch
Partially copied worlds will now show up in settings storage tab only
Fixed a crash that could occur when using a jukebox on Nintendo Switch
Fixed the spider leg animation in the Dwarven Mining Company marketplace map
Fixed an issue on Xbox one that would disable LAN games when the user does not have multiplayer permissions
Fix issue of region filters not working if inside a custom spawn event
Various fixes and improvements to the randomTickSpeed function
Graphics no longer become corrupted when disabling Texel Anti-Aliasing on Nintendo Switch (MCPE-34820)
Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when loading the game
Various fixes and improvements to the Marketplace sorting and search results
Fixed an issue with screenshots taken in VR-mode
Fixed an issue that could cause the user to get stuck on the 'Converting World' screen if the game is suspended
Players who are disconnected while downloading a multiplayer pack no longer get stuck on the saving world screen
Fixed sleep goal so mobs can get in beds that have blocks on the sides
Charging a crossbow with a firework rocket no longer briefly shows an arrow being loaded (MCPE-40745)
Fixed a crash that could occur on Xbox if a user was not signed in correctly
Tags that start with a percentage now display correctly
Cornflowers now render correctly in item frames
Enabling 'Touch only affects the hotbar' on Nintendo Switch now works as expected: (MCPE-38614)
Controller sensitivity setting (touching the screen no longer interferes with controller movement)
Removed increased build distance in creative including place/mine tooltips
When last hotbar slot selected, touching the screen no longer switches to 8th slot
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when downloading a large world on Nintendo Switch
Fixed a bug where kelp would grow in horizontal flowing water (MCPE-37155)
Fixed a crash that could occur when entering a portal on some servers
Fixed an issue that could cause lighting issues in chunks when flying around
Cats are no longer tempted by food when they are too far from the player
Fixed Wither Skeleton model geometry issue that was affecting some marketplace content
Using scoreboard selectors no longer adds extra characters to player names
Fixed animations for cow and parrot mobs
Ender dragon attacks now show a particle trail
Mobs can no longer destroy paintings if mob griefing is disabled (MCPE-38916)
Script queries no longer show error messages when detecting dropped item entities (MCPE-40437)
Fixed a bug with converted worlds on Nintendo Switch that prevented cross platform *multiplayer (MCPE-34641)
Renamed ‘player_attacked_actor’ scripting event to ‘player_attacked’
Scripting can now be used to attach particles to mobs correctly
Fixed a crash that could occur when loading large world templates
Reduced the number of Drowned mob spawning (MCPE-34032)
Firework Stars no longer appear black in Creative inventory
The scripting event 'entity_created' will now fire correctly
Fixed an issue with the scripting event 'isValidEntity' not working as expected
Fixed the 'damage_sensor' scripting component that was not working as expected
Existing armor stands no longer turn white
Fixed an issue with the black and pink missing texture icon that would sometimes appear in the marketplace
Fixed a bug that could cause missing textures if the player suspended the game while it is still loading
Fixed an issue with the sword held by the Vex mob