Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.230.52 adds axolotl and deepslate from 'Caves and Cliffs Update'

The latest Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta is arriving for Minecraft beta testers on Xbox, PC, and Android devices. Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.sixteen.230.52 adds a handful of new features from the upcoming Caves and Cliffs Update, which is shaping up to exist one of the largest releases yet for Minecraft.

In this beta, players volition be able to play with the new axolotl, a new multi-colored neutral mob that can fight on your behalf, play dead, and more. Mojang Studios has also added the new deepslate block, which we've seen in Minecraft: Java Edition snapshots already. Deepslate will supersede stone and asphalt in the earth below a sure depth, and tin can be used for crafting simply like cobblestone.

There are too a scattering of bug fixes, and a couple of known problems that beta players should look out for.

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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Beta 1.16.230.52 includes:

New features

Axolotl

Spawning - Axolotls will spawn underground, in h2o
Tempting & Breeding - Holding a bucket of tropical fish will cause nearby axolotls to follow the player on both land and water. Axolotls cannot be tamed only they tin can be bred by feeding them buckets of tropical fish
Attacking - Axolotls will set on fish, squid, drowned, and guardians!
Colors - Axolotls come in a variety of colors, all with an equal chance of spawning except for bluish. Blue axolotls accept a modest risk of spawning as a mutation when convenance 2 axolotls
Drying Out - Axolotls can survive on dry state for a few minutes. Subsequently that they will start to dry out and have continuous damage until rehydrated
Playing Dead - When taking harm, there is a chance that the axolotl will play dead. While playing dead, the axolotl will regenerate health and mobs will be unable to target the axolotl
Combat Regeneration - When a player kills a mob that the axolotl was attacking, they are rewarded with the regeneration effect, and their mining fatigue is removed if they have it
Bucketing - Axolotls can exist picked up with buckets, like fish

Deepslate

The post-obit Deepslate blocks have been added:
- Deepslate
- Cobbled Deepslate
- Cobbled Deepslate Slab
- Cobbled Deepslate Stairs
- Cobbled Deepslate Wall
- Polished Deepslate
- Polished Deepslate Slab
- Polished Deepslate Stairs
- Polished Deepslate Wall
- Deepslate Tiles
- Deepslate Tile Slab
- Deepslate Tile Stairs
- Deepslate Tile Wall
- Deepslate Bricks
- Deepslate Brick Slab
- Deepslate Brick Stairs
- Deepslate Brick Wall
- Deepslate Lapis Ore
- Deepslate Iron Ore
- Deepslate Aureate Ore
- Deepslate Redstone Ore
- Deepslate Diamond Ore
- Deepslate Coal Ore
- Deepslate Emerald Ore
- Deepslate Copper Ore
- Cracked Deepslate Tiles
- Cracked Deepslate Bricks
- Chiseled Deepslate
Generation:
- Deepslate is generated in blobs below y = 16
- Ore is generated as normal, when ore is generated where Deepslate has been generated, Deepslate ore is generated instead

Known issues

Axolotls don't spawn naturally in the world
Leads attached to axolotls float too high above their heads
Placing Glow lichen on all sides of a unmarried cake tin cause a crash

Bug fixes & tweaks

General

Improved underwater visibility in all sorts of water, water-filled caverns in particular
Oxidized Copper Block variants tin now be waxed!
Tweaked which blocks tin can exist placed on pointed dripstone, to match Java Edition
Pointed dripstone now correctly breaks when pushed by piston
Dripstone and pointed dripstone now have right sounds when walking / jumping on them
Glow lichen is now nether the nature category of the Creative inventory
Lightning Rods at present correctly activate Observers when struck by lightning
Big dripleaf can now exist waterlogged
Large dripleaf now untilts correctly after getting hit by a projectile
Small dripleaf can now besides exist placed on clay, farmland, grass, moss block, and podzol as long as its stem is underwater
Moss block now blocks water
Ladder, vines, twisting vines, weeping vines, sweet drupe bush-league, nether sprouts, and fire can now be placed on Moss blocks
Spore Blossom correctly drib itself when broken with Shears
Mobs tin at present pathfind across moss blocks
Lush caves tin can now comprise classic "jungle" vines
Fixed a problems where the screen reader did not read the focused button on some screens
Fixed a bug where English screen reader pronounced "A button" as "a push button", now saying "Button A" instead
Trident in Players' and Mobs' hands are now correctly positioned in all perspective modes
Trident raising blitheness modified for showtime person to more closely match the previous version
Water Buckets can now be used to option upwardly fish

Mobs

Rabbits can now raid carrot crops
Animals can no longer be fed infinitely until they are bred

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