Minecraft Xbox One Edition 1.17.40 Version History

Mob Changes

• More mobs will now spawn underground in the Overworld
• Cartographers now more consistently give new maps on all platforms
• Fix for MCPE-23835 - Mobs no longer casually stroll into open flames
• Fix for MCPE-28055 - Villagers can no longer spam doors open and closed
• Fix for MCPE-63931 - Fixed failure to render Leads when attached to mobs out of view
• Fix for MCPE-74242 - Armor no longer renders on Pillagers and Vindicators, but the mobs are still granted armor effects
• Fix for MCPE-123229 - Fixed an issue with mob rendering that caused Vindicator Axes to be visible even when they're not attacking on older Resource Packs
• Fix for MCPE-127381 - Improved mob pathing around partial blocks
• Fix for MCPE-132195 - Bees now spawn properly in the world
• Fix for MCPE-137158 - Tropical Fish no longer lose their colors upon grabbing them with a Water Bucket and then releasing them
• Fix for MCPE-140145 - Iron Golems now spawn only on solid blocks

Game Command Changes

• Fixed alignment of the sidebar display from the /scoreboard command when text length changes
• Fix for MCPE-74281 - Command Blocks with 'Needs Redstone' and a non-zero 'Delay in Ticks' will now execute only if they remain powered for the delay duration
• Fix for MCPE-78363 - Education Edition items are no longer shown as an option when using @e[type=]
• Fix for MCPE-130835 - Fixed the ability to summon experience orbs via the /summon command

Experimental Features

• Added new world/cave generation when upgrading saved chunks below y=0 using the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle. Chunks previously upgraded with Bedrock underneath will not see this change.
• Added a new mountain biome called Stony Peaks which is a variant of lofty/snow-capped peaks that uses stone and gravel instead of snow and ice, and is used to avoid temperature clashes such as a snow-capped peak sticking up from a jungle 
• Corrected vegetation in Mountain Meadows
• Dripstone Clusters can now only be found in the Dripstone biome
• Dripstone features now only generate in Dripstone biome
• Mountain biomes now have correct feature places to match the Java Edition side-snapshot
• Infested Stone can be found under new mountains
• Tweaked ore distribution to match the Java Edition side-snapshot
• Clouds are now at Y level 192
• Tweaked biome placement, river size, and terrain shapes for a better Overworld experience 
• Tweaked mob spawning in mountain and cave biomes to match the Java Edition side-snapshot 
• Trees in swamps can now generate slightly deeper when in water
• Dripstone features now generate at Deepslate depths
• Flat worlds with the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle enabled will properly upgrade to use the new dimension heights
• Upgrades older flat worlds to the new extended heights available with the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle
• New flat worlds using the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle will generate starting at y=-64
• The placement logic of Small Dripstone feature has been refactored so frequency is similar but exact positions will differ
• Vines can now grow down below zero height
• Fix for MCPE-125117 - Deepslate now generates at lower depths
• Fix for MCPE-125233 - Copper Ore now generates up to y=96 instead of y=64
• Fix for MCPE-125800 - Vines now generate in Lush Caves instead of generating above the surface
• Fix for MCPE-136638 - Maps now correctly show the colors of blocks below a Y level of zero
• Fix for MCPE-136939 - Villages now generate in the style of the biome in which they are located

Character Creator

• Back appearance pieces will no longer cover the left and right arrows in the profile screen
• Sidebar no longer opens upon expanding any of the classic skin packs in the Dressing Room
• Fix for MCPE-120818 - In Character Creator, tweaked color tint for the default Steve skin to match default Steve
• Fix for MCPE-139022 - Improved the navigation flow for Character Creator so that it always switches to the selected Character Creator profile

Realm Changes

• All changes to settings made on new worlds before creation are now transferred to the world after creation
• Enabled 'server authoritative block breaking' on Realms
• Skins that are equipped from Marketplace while in-game now apply to the player's character

General Changes

• Beehives now generate in the world facing South
• Sea Grass no longer spawns under Lily Pads during world generation to avoid breaking them
• Fixed an issue causing Marketplace downloads on Nintendo Switch to fail after entering and leaving a world
• World settings are now carried over on to Realms when replacing worlds
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using Character Creator
• Fix for MCPE-28765 - Fixed an issue that caused players to be set on fire upon changing dimensions if there was Lava underneath the Nether Portal
• Fix for MCPE-59580 - Players are now able to activate Elytra gliding while moving upward
• Fix for MCPE-60807 - Players can no longer eat food at full hunger in Survival mode
• Fix for MCPE-66933 - Trapdoors now rotate correctly when loaded from a Structure Block
• Fix for MCPE-121708 - Dungeons are no longer misplaced or missing outside of the Caves & Cliffs experimental toggle
• Fix for MCPE-127565 - Powder Snow no longer disappears when looking at it from a distance
• Fix for MCPE-128372 - Improved world visibility culling for underground situations to eliminate seeing sky at the end of tunnels/stairs
• Fix for MCPE-129861 - Amethyst geodes are now much less likely to generate in Strongholds, and if they do they will not destroy End Portals
• Fix for MCPE-132772 - Falling Stalactites are now offset properly to avoid interacting with entities outside their intended hitbox
• Fix for MCPE-140659 - Holding Top Snow in hand while hovering over Grass Blocks no longer causes incorrect behavior