Minecraft 1.17.40.20

Developers have released a test version – Minecraft 1.17.40.20 on Android. The update added a new biome, made 19 changes, fixed 28 bugs and added 31 technical innovations.

New biome – Stone Peaks

Generated on the tops of mountains. Appear on the border of warm and cold biomes. For example, when moving from the Jungle to the Snowy Peaks.

• Warm variant of Snowy and High Peaks
• Covered with Stone and Gravel

Experimental functions

Made 15 changes. Most important:

• Fixed the vegetation in the Mountain Meadows
• Drip formation is generated only in the Karst Cave
• Dropper traits only appear in the Karst Cave
• Infested block is generated under the new Mountains
• Clouds are now at level y=192
• Changed the location of biomes, river sizes and landscape shapes
• Trees in swamps grow deeper in water
• Deep shale is generated at lower levels
• Fixed incorrect colour of blocks on Maps below level zero
• Cave Vine is not generated on the surface
• Cave Vine can grow down below level zero
• Fixed the mismatch of Villages to the biome
• Made like in Java snapshot
• Elements of Mountain biome
• Ore distribution
• Spawning frequency of mobs in mountains and caves

Changes

Added 4 new features. Read more:

• Hives are generated by entering north in Minecraft
• Improved the creation of Maps by Mapmakers
• Armour is no longer displayed on Bandits and Raiders, but the effects remain
• More mobs will spawn in the Upper World caves

Version problems

There is a problem that the developers have already noticed: bee nests are generated too often.

Technical changes

Added 31 technical changes for addon development. Important:

• Mobile devices (ARMv7) now support the Render Dragon graphics engine