Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube788kEarlier this year at Minecraft Live 2024, Mojang announced a creepy new biome and mob update for the game.'The Garden Awakens update' has now officially launched - allowing players to explore this eerie new biome, meet the creaking, and uncover the "secrets" of its heart. You'll also get access to new blocks, hanging moss, and much more.Here are the full patch notes for this Minecraft update, courtesy of the official support page:Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.50 - The Garden Awakens (3rd December 2024)New FeaturesGameplay DropAdded Pale Garden Biome, Pale Oak tree, Pale Moss block, Pale Moss carpet, Pale Hanging Moss and Pale Oak wood setAdded Creaking mob, Creaking Spawn Egg and Creaking Heart blockSubscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube788kWatch on YouTube Creaking HeartA Creaking Heart is a "living" block generating in Pale Oak trees, covered on all sides by Pale Oak wood logs. It can spawn a Creaking mob when it is night time, and it is placed between two correctly aligned Pale Oak log blocks.Is active during night and dormant during daySends a trail of particles towards the connected Creaking when the Creaking gets hit by the playerWhen Creaking Heart block is destroyed, the connected Creaking is removedCreaking Heart cannot be moved by PistonsCreaking Heart cannot be used as fuelCreaking Heart spawning and despawning its Creaking emits vibrations from the Creaking's positionNaturally generated Creaking Hearts drop 20 to 24 experience, even when collected with Silk TouchCreaking MobThe Creaking mob spawns at night in the Pale Garden biome if there is a Creaking Heart block that has been generated in a Pale Oak tree. Gameplay features:An activated Creaking will not move if a player is looking at itCreaking is invulnerable to damageWhen hit, a particle trail is shown between the Creaking and the Creaking Heart block it is connected toWhen the Creaking Heart block the Creaking is connected to is destroyed, the Creaking is removedIs not affected by light levels but spawns and despawns based on day/night cycleCreaking cannot enter BoatsCreaking spawned from a Creaking Heart cannot go through portalsThe Creaking Spawn Egg will spawn a Creaking mob that is not connected to a Creaking Heart. The Creaking mob will persist through day and night, loads and saves, and will take damage from attacks and other damage sources. It has one point of health (half a heart)Creaking summoned from the Creaking Heart cannot be spawned with a spawn egg, nor can it be summoned with commands. It can only exist as a part of the Creaking Heart blockPlayer wearing a carved pumpkin on their head can look at Creaking without it freezing in placeWhen a Creaking Heart is destroyed, its Creaking will twitch for a few seconds before crumblingCreakings spawned by a Creaking Heart will crumble when stuck in a hole with a Player for more than 5 secondsThis prevents a potential soft lock, as the invulnerable Creaking would prevent the player from mining or placing any blocks, requiring them to exit and re-enter the world to force the Creaking to despawnA Creaking crumbling causes nearby Sculk Catalysts to bloomHowever, no Sculk will be placed since the Creaking does not drop any XPCreaking plays 4 different sway soundsCreaking plays new attack soundsEyeblossomEyeblossoms are new flowers that generate in the Pale Garden biome. Unique features:They exist in two variants: Closed and Open EyeblossomEyeblossoms transition between the two variants based on the time of dayDuring the night, Eyeblossoms will become OpenDuring the day, they will become ClosedIn dimensions that do not have a day/night cycle, they will remain as-isEyeblossoms planted on the ground will communicate with each other, helping each other to open or closeOpen Eyeblossoms have glowing eyes during the nightEyeblossoms can be obtained by bonemealing the grass in the Pale Garden biomeBees get poisoned when they interact with EyeblossomsSuspicious Stew made from Eyeblossom will have Blindness or Nausea effect depending on the variantGray or Orange Dye can be crafted from Closed and Open Eyeblossoms respectivelyEyeblossoms play sounds when opening and closingOpen Eyeblossoms emit ambient sounds when placed on a Pale Moss BlockOpen and Closed Eyeblossoms can now be used on Mooshrooms to obtain their respective Suspicious Stews when milking (MCPE-187754)New system for Pale Garden ambient soundsAmbient sounds in the Pale Garden biome do not come from the biome settings but are generated by blocks found in the biomePale Hanging Moss emits subtle atmospheric sounds when it is attached to Pale Oak Logs and Pale Oak LeavesCreaking Heart block emits a set of eerie sounds when it is active during night and surrounded by Logs on all sidesMusic volume now gradually lowers to zero when entering a Pale Garden and gradually resumes when leaving itPale GardenPale Garden is a biome variation of Dark Forest. Unique features:Pale Oak trees generate in this biomePale Moss blocks/carpet generate on the ground hereHanging Pale Moss generate hanging from the foliage of Pale OaksAnimal mobs do not spawn naturally in Pale GardensAdded new biome specific ambient soundsCreaking Heart block can generate in Pale OaksAdd the Pale Oak Sapling, Eyeblossoms, Pale Moss Block, and Hanging Pale Moss to the Wandering Trader (MCPE-187456)The seed picker will be updated with a Pale Garden option - if you want to generate the world you can also try out seed 3515201313347228787Pale Hanging MossPale Hanging Moss generates naturally in the Pale Garden biome under the foliage of Pale OaksPale Hanging Moss does not grow randomly, but can be bone-mealed to grow downPale Moss BlockPale Moss block generates naturally in the Pale Garden biomePale Moss CarpetPale Moss block generates naturally in the Pale Garden biome. Unique features:When placed, Pale Moss Carpet grows up to two blocks on the solid faces of any block that borders itPale Moss Carpet can be bone-mealed to grow to full on all solid faces of any block that borders itPale Oak TreePale Oak Saplings can be composted (MCPE-187457)Pale Oak Leaves drop Pale Oak Saplings that can be planted in a 2x2 configuration to grow Pale Oak treesPale Oaks logs can be crafted into the Pale Oak wood set:DoorFenceFence GatePlankSignHanging SignSlabStairsTrapdoorWoodStripped LogStripped WoodButtonPressure PlateBoatBoat with ChestResinResin Clumps are a new multi-face block:Dropped by the Creaking Heart when it is destroyedPlaced around the Creaking Heart when its Creaking is attackedCan be crafted into a Block of ResinCan be hardened into Resin Bricks in a furnaceResin Bricks can be crafted into the Resin Brick set:Brick blockStairsWallsSlabsChiseled Resin Brick blockBoth can be found in Chests in the Woodland MansionBlocks of Resin can be crafted into a Creaking Heart using two Pale Oak LogsResin Brick items can be used as a material for armor trimmingFeatures and Bug FixesAccessibilityFixed an issue with Haptic feedback on iOS (MCPE-145524)Add-OnsJoining worlds created from world templates on Realms and dedicated servers no longer prompt the user to download packs for templates they have locallyAudioSponges and Wet Sponges now play fall, hit, jump, land, break, hit and place sounds (MCPE-174345)Sponges now play a sound when absorbing water (MCPE-173582)Blocks & ItemsDeveloper's Note: We've fixed several issues where the tool used to mine some blocks didn't affect the drop or mining speed correctly. Related to these changes, any block that drops when its support is broken will also drop when mined with any tool.The following blocks now only drop when broken with a pickaxe: Blast Furnace, Cauldron, Dispenser, Dropper, Enchanting Table, Furnace, Hopper, and Smoker (MCPE-33950)The following blocks that require support now always drop when broken with any tool: all Copper Doors, Iron Door, Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate, Light Weighted Pressure Plate, Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate, and Stone Pressure PlateBudding Amethyst is now slower to mine with an improper toolThe following blocks (which always drop) are now mined faster when using the incorrect tool: Bell, Brewing Stand, Crafter, Ender Chest, Lantern, and Soul Lantern. Note that the Ender Chest is considered an 'always drops block' even though the drop is not an Ender Chest (MCPE-176374)Swords can now cut Bamboo Saplings instantly, as they do BambooAxes no longer mine Bamboo Saplings and Moss Carpets fasterPickaxes and Shovels no longer mine Bamboo as quickly as AxesMaces no longer mine Cobwebs faster than other non-Sword toolsHeavy Core is now faster to mine with any improper toolA Note Block placed above Heavy Core now plays the proper soundCrafter now can be mined quickly with any PickaxeIf you somehow manage to mine a Dragon Egg, which is almost impossible, it no longer requires a Pickaxe to drop and is equally quick to mine with any toolCopper Trapdoors and Copper Bulbs now require a Stone Pickaxe or better for drops and quick miningSwords no longer mine all blocks faster than bare hands, instead doing that only for some plant-type blocks that aren't already insta-minable, such as Leaves, Pumpkins, Big Dripleaf, Chorus Flower, Chorus Plant, Cocoa, Glow Lichen, Melon Block, Moss Carpet, and Vines (MCPE-93323)Stone Button and Polished Blackstone Button no longer require a Pickaxe to drop, and are now faster to mine with any improper tool (MCPE-162158)Updated Heavy Core's item textureThe following blocks now only drop when broken with a pickaxe: Blast Furnace, Cauldron, Dispenser, Dropper, Enchanting Table, Furnace, Hopper, and Smoker (MCPE-33950)The following blocks that require support now always drop when broken with any tool: all Copper Doors, Iron Door, Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate, Light Weighted Pressure Plate, Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate, and Stone Pressure PlateBudding Amethyst is now slower to mine with an improper toolThe following blocks (which always drop) are now mined faster when using the incorrect tool: Bell, Brewing Stand, Crafter, Ender Chest, Lantern, and Soul Lantern. Note that the Ender Chest is considered an 'always drops block' even though the drop is not an Ender Chest (MCPE-176374)Fixed an issue where the color of a Shulker Box was not listed as part of the name (MCPE-182930)Grass and Nylium no longer decay to Dirt and Netherrack when below Slime, Honey, Hopper, or Chemical Heat (Education Edition block) (MCPE-62132)Grass and Nylium now decay to Dirt and Netherrack when below ObserverTrial Spawners with a Mob set by a Spawn Egg no longer revert to an empty state when their cooldown ends (MCPE-185960)Azalea, Flowering Azalea, Mangrove, Cherry, and Pale Oak Leaves no longer display black pixels from a distance (MCPE-156469)Mangrove Leaves now have a dedicated texture for when "Fancy Leaves" is disabled (MCPE-170516)The orientation of the Pale Oak Leaves texture is no longer randomized for each blockMoss Blocks now have a quieter step and land sound (MCPE-176933)Decorated Pots no longer activate Observers on world loadSculk Sensors now detect Eyeblossoms opening and closingFixed all Skull block variants being turned into skeleton_skull when opening a world-template version locked below 1.21.40 or structures. Please note, this fix will not apply to already overwritten chunksTextures for Bricks, Nether Bricks, Red Nether Bricks, Resin Bricks, and related blocks have been updated to be horizontally aligned with all other brick blocks (MCPE-187806)Closed Eyeblossoms no longer poison BeesThe Poison effect from Open Eyeblossoms now also damages Bees while they are within the block, rather than only upon exitingReduced the duration of the Poison effect applied by Open EyeblossomsAdjusted the frequency of ambient sounds emitted by Eyeblossoms, Creaking Hearts, and Pale Hanging Moss to better align with JavaThe effect durations of Suspicious Stew have been adjusted to be the same across versionsSuspicious Stew from Open Eyeblossom now grants the same Blindness duration as Suspicious Stew from Azure Bluet (MCPE-187802)EDU ToggleFixed an issue where content log errors and warnings would appear when loading a world with Education Edition toggle enabled (MCPE-170791)FeaturesStandardized the blocks that trees can replace when growing, with a few exceptions (MCPE-187302) (MCPE-187301)All trees can now grow through leaves, with the exception of Cherry trees cannot grow through their own leaves (MCPE-168029)All trees can grow on dirt-like blocks (MCPE-187739)Tall Grass generates properly with its top part in the Lush Caves biome (MCPE-125799)The following feature types are now unable to place internal-only featuresminecraft:aggregate_featureminecraft:snap_to_surface_featureminecraft:surface_relative_threshold_featureminecraft:weighted_random_featureGameplayThere is now a warning message when you are prevented from entering an unloaded chunkNow the respiration enchantment reduces the chance of taking drowning damage (MCPE-46922)Players can no longer earn achievements or trophies after dying and respawning as a spectator in hardcore modeMace damage now scales with distance fallen when it is used by mobsPlayers will keep their inventory after dying on Easy and Peaceful as we're testing ways to adapt our difficulty levels. Your feedback is greatly appreciated on this pageThe kill command or any damage greater or equal to the target's current life will now kill it in base game versions below 1.18.20Zombified Piglins spawned by Nether Portals now have a 15-second cooldown before they can use the Portal againUsing an empty Bundle now causes an animation to play in both first and third personSecond passenger in a Boat or Camel will now also have the warning message when hitting unloaded chunk.All projectiles on fire now ignite Minecart with TNT & TNT blocks (MCPE-183512)Holding the jump button when falling on a Slime Block no longer cancels the bounce (MCPE-185354)Sneaking while landing on a Slime Block no longer causes fall damageDeveloper's Note: The intended way to stop bouncing on a Slime Block is now to sneak. Previously players could stop bouncing by holding the jump button, but this was an unintentional oversight that worked since the jump effectively cancelled out the movement from the block. This caused other types of bugs such as when hitting a mob with a Mace with Wind Charge enchantment while holding the jump button. The new player jump behaviour is to always pick the highest between existing vertical velocity and jump velocity.Fixed one case where blocks would fail to place if a player would place a block and then change their selected slot before the server handled the block placement. This would reject the block placement because the server didn't expect the slot to change (MCPE-112420)Blackstone can now be used to repair stone tools and stone weapons (MCPE-71859)Fixed clients sometimes not matching the servers rain/snow weather state (MCPE-131325)GeneralThe world spawn point algorithm has been improved, so that locations with good biomes but far from the world's origin are preferred over really bad locations but closer to the origin (MCPE-120237)Player spawn algorithm has been improved so it is more difficult to spawn in water or powder snow. (MCPE-120237)GraphicalTextures with multiple variations will now load PBR texture data. (MCPE-174191)Removed the unintended darker tinting of Kelp (MCPE-169713)Sky color now gradually transitions when traveling between different biomes, rather than changing abruptly (MCPE-90625)Liquids such as still Water and still Lava no longer tessellate incorrectly when Copper Grates cover them (MCPE-178719)MobsEvokers and Vindicators no longer attack Pillagers when hit by them (MCPE-42373)Breeze now plays the correct idle sound if not on a solid surface (MCPE-180023)Feeding Bees Open Eyeblossoms now applies the Poison effectFeeding Bees Wither Roses now applies the Wither effectRavagers can now destroy all types of leaf blocks, rather than a limited selection (MCPE-169375)Magma Cube model part UVs no longer overlap each otherWitherThe spawn and death animations smoothly transition it between a white color overlay and its normal textures (MCPE-64537)The Wither will no longer move during its spawning animation (MCPE-48265)The Wither's heads now look at their target more consistently (MCPE-32826)RealmsRealms Stories opt-in/opt-out now only applies to the Timeline. Any Realm user can see the Story Feed and Members tab, regardless of whether the user has opted in, and regardless of whether the Realm owner has opted in.Users can now share screenshots from the Screenshot Library to Realms StoriesKnown issue: 'Last played' date on list of Realms fails to populateFixed a bug where new invite links on Realm are shown as Expired after being created on Kindle devicesAdded a loading modal when changing active realms slots to prevent a glitch where multiple Realms Slot Settings Screen are pushed to the stack because of player's button mashing the Edit World buttonFixed issue where game mode and difficulty were not being preserved after uploading or replacing world in Realms Slot.Fixed an issue where players were unable to create a new world on an active RealmFixed bug where loading screens while loading a realm were not showing Realms UI elements.Fixed crash on several platforms when navigating back to Realms Stories after inviting a player on the manage members screenFixed bug where player saw "Unable to connect to Realm" error when deleting an expired RealmFixed bug where player was asked to download resource packs that had already been downloadedFixed bug where adding a friend via Find Friends failed to update the Members list until the page refreshedFixed bug where "Remove Member" button was narrated incorrectlyRealm EventsAdded a new Realm Event related to mobs.SoundsAdjusted volume & pitch for break, hit, place, fall, step & land sounds for the Amethyst BlockWet Sponges now play correct block sounds (MCPE-187287)Fall & step sound events for Sponge, Wet Sponge, Creaking Heart, Resin Brick and Resin blocks changed to "player"Stability and PerformanceFixed a crash that could sometimes occur after uploading and joining a RealmFixed an issue where the game would occasionally hang when loading resourcesImproved game loading stabilityTrial ChambersChanged contents of chest in end_2 to reference a loot tableTrial SpawnerSome Trial Spawners did not have an extra Breeze out at once when OminousUser InterfaceChange the order of tabs in the Settings screenFixed a bug where players on the manage members screen are not updated when returning from 'Find friends'Improved feedback to user when Realm uploads fail due to namingWhen enabling experiments in world settings (OreUI) we no longer faulty state that it would "Automatically turn on Cheats". (MCPE-181435)The item currently selected inside a Bundle is now correctly displayed as part of the Bundle's icon when the Bundle is placed in the inventory or Crafting Table's crafting gridThe sounds of moving items in or out of a Bundle now originate from the player's location instead of the corner of the block the player is standing on (MCPE-186619)Fixed a bug where the world name text would sometimes show up wrong on the pause menu (MCPE-179702)Fixed a visual glitch which could occur when navigating between the death screen and game menu.Fixed a bug with inventory touch controls where items could not be distributed across existing item stacks of the same item (MCPE-164543)Added UI controls for enabling/disabling beds working and the percentage of players sleeping needed to pass the nightThe items "short_grass", "fern", "seagrass" and "vine" are now brighter in the inventory, they used to be incorrectly multiplied by a shade a green (MCPE-53775)Hid Create from template button and Import world button when in Trial mode.Tweaked position of paper doll to not overlap with UI bars (MCPE-186341)Mobile devices: Going into windowed/split-screen mode no longer overwrites saved positions of customized controls (MCPE-185964)Thai font rendering improvements for chat and signs. (MCPE-166005)Added missing quickswap animations in GUI for several blocksBundles that are moved under a player's cursor now correctly update their tooltipThe size of Shield items no longer changes when the item is moved between slotsBundles that are moved under a player's cursor now correctly update their tooltipIt is now possible to collect crafting output with a bundle to add the crafted items to the bundleTouch Controls: Fixed a bug where boats were interactable during control customization (MCPE-184404, MCPE-184406)Touch controls: in joystick modes, it is now possible to double tap "fly up" to stop flying. (MCPE-185237)Touch controls: tapping fly up and fly down in quick succession no longer causes the player to stop flying. (MCPE-185236)Tools in the hotbar no longer animate when their durability decrease (MCPE-186979)Remove 'X' closing button from the Command Block UI when player is using GamepadA popup now appears showing the item's name when it is selected in a Bundle's tooltip on touch screen devicesEnabled selecting disabled buttons on the 'join friends' menu while crossplay is turned offDualsense gamepads now have correct tooltip icons on mobile devicesFixed spacing on Realms Stories and Timeline pagesTouch Controls: Fixed a bug where boats were interactable during control customization . (MCPE-184404)Fixed a bug where the death screen and new bed screen would sometimes have incorrect textures applied when resource packs were used (MCPE-178701, MCPE-184050)Items in a Bundle tooltip now have a gray backgroundTouch controls: Fixed a bug where the camera could sometimes get stuck after leaving a boat . (MCPE-184406)Bundle tooltip correctly appears after being placed from the cursorGamepad tooltips are now correct when hovering the crafting output in Inventory Screen and Crafting Table Screen with a bundle on the cursorScreenshots: Added the ability to Feature and Showcase screenshots for others to see when they visit your Profile. Added ability to set custom world thumbnail from screenshots.Using the scroll wheel when hovering a Bundle placed in hotbar with creative inventory search tab active now selects an item in the BundleFixed a spelling error in an advanced tip for worlds with resource packsFixed a bug where duplicate gamepad input hints would be shown in certain scenarios on the death screen when using multiple input methodsMigrated JSON UI Trial Mode modal that was shown in Create New World and Edit World to Ore UIUpdated Sleep ScreenThe sleep screen in Minecraft Bedrock Edition has been redesigned.Updated the animation to make it feel more sleepyMessage about the number of players sleeping needed to skip the night has been rewrittenButton style and layout has been updatedChat button is hidden when playing aloneLeave us your feedback at aka.ms/mcbedrocksleepscreenfeedbackVanilla ParityFoxes can now pick up BundlesManaging to kill a Wolf, Bee, or Silverfish in one hit no longer angers nearby mobs of the same typeManaging to kill a Zombified Piglin in one hit no longer angers nearby Zombified Piglins (MCPE-68327)BlocksResin Clumps and Glow Lichen now play their step sound when on top of a block an actor is walking on.Head Blocks can now be placed on the side of blocks even if they lack a supporting block below themFixed Glow Lichen playing the Grass sound when stepped on instead of the Vine sound like Java (MCPE-188087)ItemsChiseled Stone Brick can now be crafted in the Stonecutter using Stone Brick (MCPE-50057)Added two more recipes each for Sandstone Stairs and Red Sandstone Stairs (MCPE-135605)Chiseled Sandstone and Cut Sandstone can now be used to craft Sandstone StairsRed Chiseled Sandstone and Red Cut Sandstone can now be used to craft Red Sandstone StairsPurpur Slabs can now be crafted using Purpur Pillars (MCPE-135606)MobsVexes summoned by an Evoker now start taking damage after 30 to 119 seconds (MCPE-44454) And some other additions including hardcore modeWill you be checking out this latest update for Minecraft? 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