Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21 beta and preview patch notes: Creative inventory layout changes, bug fixes, and more

The Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21 patch brings some much-needed changes to the Creative mode inventory. Most players would agree that the Creative inventory in the Bedrock Edition has become cluttered and disorganized.

With the 1.21.40.21 beta and preview, Mojang Studios attempted to improve the layout by reorganizing many items and grouping them more effectively. For example, players will now find stone blocks like basalt and tuff together in the stone group under the Nature tab, while blocks like smooth stone and bricks have been moved to the Construction tab.

In addition to the Creative inventory layout changes, Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21 has fixed many issues and bugs. Check the patch notes to learn more about what's new and changed in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21.

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Experimental features in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21

Bundles

• Renamed Bundles names are now italicized in the tooltip (MCPE-185502)

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Features and Bug Fixes in Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21

Accessibility Features

• Re-implemented the left-handed mode on touch devices for accessing the inventory from the hotbar (MCPE-179608)

Blocks

• Fixed an issue with shipwrecks only generating lower-slabs. (This fix will not alter already generated shipwrecks) (MCPE-186235)
• Updated references to old block names in behavior pack wood recipe files
• Updated references to old block names in remaining behavior pack recipe files

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where Oozing, Weaving, and Wind Charged effects did not apply on player's death (MCPE-180640)
• Mobs can now perform Mace Smash attacks

General

• Removed some Keyboard key bindings from Settings that should only exist in Minecraft Education: Control Tips, Code Builder, and Immersive Reader

Graphical

• Fixed an issue that caused some blocks to lose their ambient occlusion and for leaves in certain biomes to appear too bright (MCPE-186343)

Mob

• Carved Pumpkin and Skull now rotates with the Bogged's head when worn (MCPE-178959)

Sound

Blocks

• Mob Spawner step sounds and hit sounds now play at their intended volume
• Trial Spawner hit sounds now play at their intended volume

Mobs

• Wither Skeleton step sounds now play at their intended volume (MCPE-185913)

User Interface

• LAN worlds are now visible in the "Worlds" tab for the OreUI Play screen (Preview only)
• Fixed a bug where the incorrect message would be shown on the experimental bed screen for certain values of the playerssleepingpercentage game rule (MCPE-183431)

Creative Inventory Changes

Developer notes: "Items and blocks in the creative inventory have been reorganized, with the goal of making overall sorting more intuitive."

• Trial Chamber items
• Trial Keys were moved to be next to Ominous Trial Keys, very ominous (MCPE-180280)
• Ominous Bottles were moved next to the existing Potions and were made into its own "Ominous Bottle" group (MCPE-180278 )
• Stone group in the Nature tab
• Stone was moved into the Stone group, finally (MCPE-116364)
• Stone is now the front block of the Stone group
• Basalt and Smooth Basalt were moved into the Stone group
• Tuff and Polished Tuff were moved into the Stone group (MCPE-176383)
• Decorative Stone in the Construction tab
• Smooth Stone was moved into Decorative Stone
• Tuff Brick, Chiseled Tuff, and Chiseled Tuff Bricks were moved from the Nature Category to Decorative Stone in the Construction Category
• Prismarine Bricks were moved from the Decorative Stone group, now they are next to Prismarine and Dark Prismarine
• Copper family etc. (MCPE-176384)
• Reordered Raw Iron, Raw Copper, Raw Gold to Raw Copper, Raw Iron, Raw Gold
• The Copper, Iron, and Gold blocks were moved to match the Raw versions ordering
• The Copper Doors were moved to all the other Doors
• The Copper Trapdoors were moved to the group with all the other Trapdoors, this is not a trap
• Copper Blocks and Copper Grates are now sorted by Block type then by Oxidation level, instead of Oxidation level then Block type
• Tuff family
• Tuff Stairs, Tuff Slabs, Tuff Walls, and their polished versions were moved from the Nature tab to the Construction Tab into their respective groups
• Other blocks
• Bricks are now placed before the Slabs group
• This change only affects Bricks made from Clay and not all the brick blocks
• Chiseled Nether Bricks and Cracked Nether Bricks were moved next to the Nether Brick Block and Red Nether Brick
• Quartz Bricks placed next to the other Quartz blocks
• Rooted Dirt is now next to the other Dirt blocks
• Many Dirt blocks and Grass variants were shuffled around to match Java Edition
• Gravel is now ordered after the Stone group and is next to Sand and Red Sand
• Clay was moved from the Construction Category to the Nature Category, placed next to the Mud Block

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Other than these, Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.40.21 includes many technical updates and experimental changes. For average players, these technical changes and additions may not mean much, but addon creators should definitely take a look. Interested readers can read the official patch notes here.