Mojang has released a new Minecraft update 2.44 for PS4, PC and Xbox One players. According to the official Minecraft 2.44 patch notes, the latest update added allay duplication, locate biome command capabilities, and a swath of new improvements. Apart from this, today’s Minecraft version 2.44 also includes stability improvements.
Previously, a big update added various bug fixes and tweaks. Recently, a hotfix was also released. Unfortunately, since the last major update, players are still facing issues with the game.
Today’s Minecraft version 2.44 will fix a few of these issues. Read more details below.
Minecraft 2.44 Patch Notes (Bedrock) – July 12, 2022
New Features:
Allay Duplication
When an Allay hears a Jukebox playing, it will do a dance animation
If the Jukebox stops playing, or if the allay gets too far away from the Jukebox, it will stop dancing
If the Allay is given an Amethyst Shard while dancing, it will play a small amethyst sound, make a heart, and duplicate into another Allay
After duplication, both Allays will have a 5-minute cooldown before being able to duplicate again
Changes:
Expanded the ‘/locate’ command into locate structure and locate biome
The Trader Llama now has its own spawn egg
Added the player’s cause of death to the death screen
Music is now included in the game files on iOS, so players no longer need to be download the music pack from the Marketplace
Added Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support on iOS
Fixes:
Performance / Stability
Fixed a crash that could occur when Boats are unloaded from the world
Fixed a crash that could occur when a Wither is loaded into the world
Fixed a crash that could occur in multiplayer when a player left the game while changing dimension
Fixed a crash that could occur when a Fishing Rod was cast through dimension-changing portals
Fixed a crash that could occur when players died while affected with Withering
The game no longer crashes when entering the Coin Starter Bundle screen
Loading a world no longer takes a very long time when having the Holiday Creator Features experimental toggle enabled
Gameplay
Players are no longer pushed by Doors as they close.
Items now stack properly in the offhand when inventory is full.
Equipping items in armor slots through inventory screen now produces sounds.
Players can now hear each other equipping items in armor slots
Fixed a bug where players could take fall damage when walking around on Scaffolding at certain heights (even when not actually falling).
Fixed a bug that reset the player’s vertical camera angle upon entering a Boat.
Advanced Pick Block now copies the items inside when used on a Boat with Chest.
Resistance effect is no longer one level weaker than it should be.
Haste I will now properly increase the player’s mining speed.
Conduit Power I now grants the effect of Haste I instead of Haste II
Fixed an issue with extra health from Health Boost not persisting after exiting the world.
Container entities like Boat with Chest can now be opened on mobile devices without crouching if all the seats are occupied
The player no longer endlessly jumps after entering a Boat while holding down the jump button.
Fixed a bug causing player hitboxes to not reset if they die while swimming.
Fixed an issue where new users given Operator permissions by default were not able to use operator commands
Fixed an issue where worlds that gave Operator permissions to new players only gave Member permissions
Removed the Vanilla Experiment and Wild Experiment toggles, since they no longer have any active experimental content
World Generation
Fixed a bug where upgrading old worlds could result in water columns below y=0
Mangrove Swamps are now denser to more closely match Java Edition.
There is still work to be done to increase the density of Mangrove trees in water
Grass blocks in Mangrove Swamps now have Dirt blocks underneath them.
Clay patches now correctly generate in Mangrove Swamps
Campground structures now generate correctly in Ancient Cities.
Updated Ancient City structures to match Java Edition
Sculk Vein feature can now generate within the same height-span as the Sculk Patch feature.
Mobs
Fixed issues with mobs disappearing after going through Nether portals..
Fixed a bug causing tamed mobs to disappear when they go through a Nether portal in a multiplayer world.
Villagers now spawn as Swamp Villagers in Mangrove Swamp.
Villagers will now flee from Zoglins.
Parrots are once again poisoned by Cookies.
The Trader Llama now has the correct name displayed when opening its inventory.
Fixed a bug that prevented Trader Llamas from becoming aggressive towards entities that attack the Wandering Trader.
The Wandering Trader will now flee from Zoglins
The Wandering Trader will now drink Milk to clear its Invisibility effect.
Fixed a bug causing riding passengers to stop riding when reloaded if they were across chunk borders
Breaking a Boat with Chest or Minecart with Chest will now anger nearby Piglins.
Fixed entities disappearing when importing worlds converted from legacy console editions of Minecraft
Fixed a bug where Slimes would no longer spawn in flat worlds made before 1.18.
Fixed a bug where failed Slime spawn attempts would reduce the spawning rates of other mobs.
Wither now breaks Obsidian when attacked by players.
Wither no longer breaks surrounding blocks after a shorter delay than intended after being attacked
Entities entering Nether portals exit in same relative position and rotation to the portal.
Edited health points of Cod, Pufferfish, Salmon, and Tropical fish to be 3, matching Java Edition
Shulker projectile now adds effect “Levitation” instead of “Levitation II” on hit
Frog
Tadpoles now grow up into Temperate Frog in Meadow, and into Cold Frog in Deep Dark
Frogs no longer lay Frogspawn on shallow, flowing water.
Allay
Allays can now follow players through Nether portals.
Taking a stackable item from an Allay now correctly adds this item to existing stacks.
Taking a stackable item from an Allay no longer cause item duplication
Allay pickup range is changed from 64 to 32 blocks to match Java Edition.
Allay now retains information about the vibration it is reacting to through save and load
Items held by Allays now glow in darkness.
Warden
Warden can now path through lava.
Warden can now pass through water.
Warden is no longer pushable while emerging or digging
If the Warden is in liquid when attempting to despawn, it will not do the digging animation, instead it will just despawn without any animation/sound.
Warden now always chases a nuisance after it roars at it
Warden now increases its anger towards an attacking nuisance by 100 anger for each attack
There are no longer graphical artifacts from the Warden’s emerge or dig particle effects.
Warden’s hurt animation no longer differs between Bedrock Edition and Java Edition.
Wardens can now spawn on more types of non-full blocks, such as upper Slabs, Redstone Dust, Snow layers, Buttons, and Tripwires.
Known limitations: The current solution doesn’t allow spawning on some types of blocks such as Leaves and lower Slabs
Warden now retains information about the vibration it is reacting to through save and load
Warden’s Sonic Boom attack now bypasses enchantment damage reduction such as Protection.
Blocks
Nether Sprouts and Fungi can now be placed on Mud and Muddy Mangrove Roots
Froglight walk sound volume is now more similar as other blocks walk sound volume.
Mob Spawners now drop XP only when destroyed by a Pickaxe
Fixed a visual issue where Barrier Blocks would show a red texture/overlay when being viewed from the inside.
Renamed “Flowered Azalea Leaves” to “Flowering Azalea Leaves”
Lapis Lazuli Block is now named Block of Lapis Lazuli.
Cut Copper Slab and its variants can now be placed on the top half of a block on the first attempt.
Campfires can now provide full-faced bottom support to other blocks
Lecterns can now provide full-faced bottom support to other blocks
Weeping Vines can now be placed underneath all blocks which can provide full-faced bottom support.
Fixed an issue where Carved Pumpkins launched from Dispensers weren’t equipping to nearby mobs
Bell now rings when hit by any type of projectile
Hit sound is now played when Amethyst block is hit by projectiles.
Amethyst Clusters are no longer destroyed if attached to a Sculk Sensor
Structure Blocks can no longer be waterlogged.
Download free Minecraft update 2.44 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
