Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.120.21 beta and preview patch notes: Game folder now accessible, new glass feature, and more

Mojang has released a new beta and preview version for Minecraft Bedrock: 1.21.120.21. This version comes with a bunch of exciting new features, with one of the most important being that the game folder is now publicly accessible.

When it comes to Bedrock Edition, finding the game folder on Windows has not been as easy as with Java Edition. However, starting with preview version 1.21.120.21, players will now be able to access game files at %APPDATA%\Minecraft Bedrock Preview.

Other than this, Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.120.21 also fixes texture problems with new copper update features like the copper golem, copper torch, copper lantern, and more. Read the full patch notes below to learn everything about the latest Minecraft Bedrock beta and preview.

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Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.120.21 patch notes

Features and Bug Fixes

Blocks

• Weathered Copper Bars no longer have pixels that look out of place
• Tilling Coarse Dirt no longer sometimes tills the block twice converting it directly to Farmland
• Copper Lantern and Copper Torch have new textures to make them easier to distinguish from regular Lantern and Torch

Copper Golem Statue

• Copper Golem Statue item is no longer offset when dropped (MCPE-225213)

Glow Item Frame

• Copper Golem Statue now glows when placed in a Glow Item Frame
• Shields, Decorated Pots and Maps now glow when placed in a Glow Item Frame (MCPE-147418)

Graphical

• Glass blocks and panes will now become slightly transparent if the camera is very close to them
• Reduced distortion on water surface reflections during the Nausea effect in Vibrant Visuals (MCPE-220700)
• Fixed an issue that caused water surfaces to appear noisy and jittery when water waves were enabled in Vibrant Visuals (MCPE-221279)
• The parameter "sampleWidth" was removed from the water configuration JSON file, and consequently the file has a new format and was upgraded to version 1.21.120

Mobs

• The Lead now attaches to the body of the Copper Golem instead of the top of its Lightning Rod (MCPE-227208)
• The hitbox of the Copper Golem Statue block is now in parity with Java (MCPE-225669)
• Copper Golems with a flower on their head now drops a Poppy when becoming a statue
• The size of Tadpoles' shadows are now in parity with Java (MCPE-154318)

User Interface

• The Game Menu has been updated with a new layout and design
• Copper Chests are no longer sometimes named "Chest" in the chest UI (MCPE-226332)
• Fixed a bug preventing the deletion of Miscellaneous content from the storage management screen (MCPE-226999)
• Fixed a bug where the death screen could be shown for a short while after using a Bed (MCPE-226081)

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Technical Updates

AI Goals

• Made the schemas for the minecraft:behavior.dig, minecraft:behavior.drink_milk, minecraft:behavior.avoid_block, and minecraft:behavior.avoid_mob_type stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.21.120 and newer

Block Textures

• Weighted 'variations' block textures no longer require Upcoming Creator Features experiment to work on custom blocks

Editor

• Added a showAlpha flag to color timeline so we can hide picker alpha elements conditionally
• Added IVector2PropertyItem API for property pane
• Added IMenuPropertyItem which represents a hamburger menu button that can support nested submenus
• Fixed a bug that caused scrollbar to pop in/out in the AGFX Graph Color component

GDK Update on Windows

• Minecraft Preview now runs on the latest GDK (Game Development Kit)
• This update aligns the game with the standard distribution model on Windows platforms
• File paths have been updated and upon first install load of this version of Minecraft Preview, your existing Minecraft worlds and content will shift to:
• %APPDATA%\Minecraft Bedrock Preview
• Some players will still receive the UWP version of Minecraft Preview as this slowly rolls out for testing
• If you encounter issues, please report them at bugs.mojang.com.

Experimental Technical Updates

API

• Added the BlockRedstoneProducerComponent to beta
• Added power read-only property
• Added getStronglyPoweredFace method
• Added getConnectedFaces method
• Dimension
• Remove CompoundBlockVolume parameter from fillBlocks in beta
• Loot table discovery API now includes information about Loot Item Conditions

Graphical

• Updated point light tracking to be able to link to custom blocks

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Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.120.21 is now available for download on supported platforms. If you are on Android, you will need to download the beta version from the Play Store. Other platforms like Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation have the Minecraft Preview version available to play.