Minecraft Bedrock Update 1.20.40 Makes Major Experimental Changes

The experimental version of Minecraft, called Minecraft Bedrock, has received update 1.20.40, and the patch notes include several major changes. Some of the most notable ones include rebalanced villager trades, improved sounds in the game, fixes, balance updates, and much more. But most importantly, the biggest experimental changes include changes to the cartographer, armorer, and structure loot. Here is the complete list of patch notes for update 1.20.40 for Minecraft Bedrock.

Minecraft Bedrock Update 1.20.40 Patch Notes

Highlights

• Experimental: Rebalanced several Villager trades
• Updated and improved several in-game sounds
• Tweaked the splash sounds when entering and leaving water
• Buckets can no longer pick up liquids for a few ticks after they’ve been placed

Vanilla Parity

Gameplay

• Changed the default value of the Respawn Radius in the Advanced Settings to 10
• Falling from a great height while in a Boat no longer deals fall damage 
• Fall damage is now absorbed by the entity that lands on the ground when mounted and passed on to passengers if the mount dies
• Goat Horns can now be heard up to 256 blocks away
• Tweaked the boss bar HUD color 
• Flowing Lava and Water mixing mechanics now match Java Edition 
• Closing the inventory of Boat, Raft, or Minecart with Chest now emits vibrations

Mobs

• Zombified Villager curing time is now randomized between 3 and 5 minutes, to match Java Edition
• Zombified Villagers now have the correct biome overlays
• Witches now target players within a 16-block distance
• Sheep that have been sheared previously and have since grown back wool will now drop wool on death
• Camels can no longer dash while in Lava or Water
• Iron Golems no longer spawn naturally in 2-block-high spaces where they would start suffocating 
• Iron Golems and Snow Golems now have a crumbling-like particle effect when they are created
• Cartographers no longer offer exploration maps as a trade item when not in the overworld

Audio

• Guardians and Elder Guardians now make flopping sounds when on land 
• Wither Skeletons now have their own unique sounds
• Updated the sound that’s played when Wither Skeleton Skulls are placed on top of Note Blocks
• The sound for picking up items is now played when using the ‘/give’ command
• Stray Cats now play a sound when begging for food
• Changes to Bottles
  • Bottles now emit sounds when filling from Water Blocks
  • Pouring water or potions from a Glass Bottle into a Cauldron emits the appropriate sound
  • Filling a Glass Bottle with Water or Potion from a Cauldron now emits the appropriate sound
  • Drinking from a Glass Bottle now emits the appropriate sound
• Changes to water splash sounds
  • The ambient sounds for entering exiting water is now played only when actor is submerged below eye-level in water, matching Java Edition
  • The splash sound for entering water has been updated to match Java Edition

Experimental Features

Villager Trade Rebalancing

• Rebalanced the villager trade system and make it more fair and fun for everyone

Cartographer

• Cartographers can sell seven new maps 
• These new maps each point to a different village or structure and can be used to find seven different biomes
• Cartographers from different biomes will sell a different selection of maps
• New maps
  • Desert Village Map, Jungle Explorer Map, Plains Village Map, Savanna Village Map, Snow Village Map, Swamp Explorer Map, and Taiga Village Map

Armorer

• Buying diamond armor now requires paying a small amount of Diamonds as well as Emeralds
• Most master-level Armorers buy Iron Blocks (and pay very well for them)
• Chainmail armor is exclusively sold by the secret Jungle and Swamp Armorers
• The Savanna Armorer sells cursed diamond armor at reduced prices
• The Taiga Armorer can swap one piece of diamond armor for another

Structure Loot

• Ancient Cities: Mending
• Mineshafts: Efficiency (I to V)
• Pillager Outposts: Quick Charge (I to III)
• Desert Temples: Unbreaking (I to III)
• Jungle Temples: Unbreaking (I to III)

For more information on future updates and patch notes, keep a close eye on The Nerd Stash. We also have patch notes for other popular games, like Diablo 4 and Vampire Survivors.

Update 1.20.40 for Minecraft Bedrock is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, mobile, and PC.