Minecraft and Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Software updates (launch to February 2019)

In this post, you will find all there is to know about the Software updates for Minecraft on Nintendo Switch (originally released on June 21st 2018 worldwide) and Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (originally released on May 11th, 2017 in North America, and May 12th, 2017 in Europe and Japan).

Important note: this page lists updates for both the new version of Minecraft (Bedrock / Better Together update) and Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition. Since those are technically separate games, the updates are also separate. Make sure to check for which version the updates listed below are for:

• update listed as just “Minecraft” and version number as “Ver. X.X.X” = Bedrock version;
• updated listed as “Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition” and version number listed as “Patch XX” = Legacy version.

Important: this page is only for updates released between launch and February 2019. For the most recent updates, make sure to check out this page instead!

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Minecraft – Ver. 1.9.0 [Bedrock]

• Release date: February 5th 2019 (North America) / February 6th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

New Features:

• Added new flowers: Lily of the Valley and Cornflower 
• Added new signs for spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak 
• Added new stair, slab, and wall variants: 
  • Stone stairs and slabs
  • Granite stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Polished Granite stairs and slabs
  • Diorite stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Polished Diorite stairs and slabs
  • Andesite stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Polished Andesite stairs and slabs
  • Sandstone walls
  • Smooth Red Sandstone stairs and slabs
  • Smooth Quartz stairs and slabs
  • Brick walls
  • Stone Brick walls
  • Mossy Stone Brick stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Nether Brick walls
  • End Stone Brick stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Prismarine walls
  • Red Sandstone walls
  • Red Nether Brick stairs, slabs, and walls
  • Smooth Sandstone stairs and slabs
  • Mossy Cobblestone stairs and slabs
• Added a new option to the /gamerule commands called ‘showDeathMessages’ which allows players to select whether a message appears in chat when a player or tamed mob dies 
• Added new “Immediate Respawn” option with associated /gamerule 
• New feedback button in the pause menu – shows links to the Minecraft feedback site, MoJira bug tracker, and Mojang support

Changes:

• Added several new loading screen tips and trivia suggested by the community! 
• Added several new splash texts to the main menu 
• Added the ability to delete expired Realms from your worlds list
• Cauldrons can now hold Lava
• Tripwires are now activated when broken, unless broken with shears 
• A notification is now sent to chat when a tamed animal dies (MCPE-35138)
• How to Play button is now visible from the in-game settings menu 

Current Experimental Features: (Work in progress features that are only available when Experimental Gameplay is enabled in world settings)

• Minecraft Script Engine
  • The Minecraft Script Engine uses the JavaScript language
  • Scripts can be written and bundled with Behavior Packs to listen and respond to game events, get and modify data in components that entities have, and affect different parts of the game.
  • See the Minecraft Wiki for reference guides and sample packs
  • This functionality is currently only available on Windows 10 PCs
• Pillagers 
• Bamboo is now generated in Jungle biomes 
• Lanterns
• New block placeholders: (Functionality will come in a later update)
  • Cartography Table
  • Fletching Table
  • Grindstone
  • Bell
  • Barrel
  • Smithing Table
  • Smoker
  • Blast Furnace
• Crossbow weapon with new enchantments:
  • Multishot
  • Piercing
  • Quick Charge

For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:

• Updated templates for 1.9.0 with new resources and behaviors can be downloaded from net/addons
• Added tags – Custom tags can be applied to entities and players to create more flexible selector groupings
• Added “has_tag” filter in components to allow checks to see if an entity has a specified tag 
• Autocomplete in chat can be used for Tags 
• The number of commands run through functions can be limited with the new gamerule ‘functioncommandlimit’ (default 10k) to limit performance issues 
• Functions can now be run every tick, creating an update loop 
• Template worlds with locked world settings now will also lock player permissions. As a reminder, either can be unlocked from the world settings screen 
• Added an option in the manifest for any world template to lock the world settings and player permissions (previously only available to Adventure templates). The new field is `lock_template_options` which has a default value of `true` for an Adventure template and a default value of `false` for other template types
• Implemented support for raw JSON text in commands, signs, titles, and books
• Implemented ‘Translate’ parameter for Raw JSON text, allowing creators to define strings in multiple languages and serve the correct string to the player based on their set language (if the string is defined in that language) 

Fixes:

• Crashes/Performance
  • Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when replacing a wooden door with an iron door (MCPE-37941)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using Pick Block on a chest filled with written books 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when pistons pushed blocks 
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when changing network modes on Nintendo Switch 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when removing Gear VR headset during gameplay 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when quickly signing in and out of Xbox Live 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when resuming the game on mobile devices 
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when resuming the game on Windows 10 Mobile devices 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur after exiting the settings screen
  • Fixed a bug where the game could become unresponsive after being disconnected from a multiplayer game 
  • Shulker boxes in item frames no longer cause the game to crash
  • Optimizations to chunk synchronization between client and server

• General
  • Players can now join and play games with a minor version mismatch (MCPE-38945)
  • Players can no longer change their customized player permissions while playing multiplayer games 

• Gameplay
  • Fixed players spawning in mid-air and falling to their death when loading a world (MCPE-38374)
  • Fixed touch controls so players no longer get stuck in sneak position when underwater (MCPE-38212)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a sudden change in direction on touch screen devices (MCPE-35910)
  • End gateway portals now work correctly, even if the destination area has already been generated (MCPE-19699)
  • Fixed an issue with End gateway portals which could generate too closely, preventing travel back to the main island 
  • Defeating the Ender Dragon now drops the correct amount of XP and generates a Dragon Egg in converted worlds (MCPE-28864)
  • Auto-jump now works when trying to walk through scaffolding (MCPE-38342)
  • Fixed breaking blocks when trying to fire a crossbow on touch screen devices (MCPE-38465)
  • Touch controls now work correctly with scaffolding when using the ‘swap jump and sneak’ setting (MCPE-38063)
  • Fixed a rare instance of players being teleported into a boat while traveling near water

• Items
  • Fixed a bug that could result in lost items when crafting from the recipe book with a full inventory (MCPE-39621)
  • Vines collected with silk touch tools can be used correctly in banner designs (MCPE-35134)
  • Dropped items are now correctly displaced by slabs and glass (MCPE-12025)
  • Dragon’s Breath can now be quickly collected reliably in multiplayer games (MCPE-37815)
  • Crossbows no longer fire accidentally when interacting with blocks or mobs on touch screen devices (MCPE-38321)
  • Charged crossbows can now be used to melee attack mobs (MCPE-38314)

• Mobs
  • Cats now spawn in villages generated prior to the 1.8.0 update
  • Shulker boxes now push mobs when opening (MCPE-22480)
  • Pandas now panic when set on fire
  • Slimes will once again spawn in slime chunks as expected (MCPE-38388)
  • Endermen now make the scream sound when angered (MCPE-26719)
  • Phantoms now drop membranes correctly if killed with a fire aspect sword (MCPE-38493)
  • Skeleton jockeys now sit correctly on spiders and skeleton horses (MCPE-40057)
  • Fixed the position of riders on mounts that allow multiple passengers 

• Blocks
  • Scaffolding can now be placed on glass 
  • More blocks can be placed on scaffolding including mob heads and flower pots (MCPE-38942)
  • Horizontal flowing water will no longer turn into bubble columns over soul sand

• Realms / Dedicated Server
  • Operator permissions are now correctly granted as set in the “server.properties” file for Dedicated Servers 
  • Player permissions are no longer reset when rejoining a dedicated server 
  • Corrected an issue where large Realm downloads could be attempted when there was not enough storage space 
  • Optimized lighting processing on dedicated servers
  • Realms subscriptions can now be successfully purchased on Xbox One
  • Changing Realm game options now take effect after the owner presses the Play button 

• Graphical
  • Held items now show the correct texture when changing resource packs (MCPE-38302)
  • Clocks and compass items now load in correctly when joining a world (MCPE-36952)
  • Fixed Texel Anti-Aliasing so that terrain blocks now have sharper textures
  • Fixed items in hand sometimes appearing completely white 
  • Beacon beams once again use the proper texture (MCPE-38148)
  • Fixed the swimming animation of the “Syrena” skin in Pirates of the Caribbean Mash-up pack
  • Fixed leg geometry for one-legged characters in various skin packs 
  • Fixed Panda feeding animation 
  • Shulkers no longer turn black when attacking a player 
  • Sheep and Cats no longer appear black after being spawned with a spawn egg 
  • Tamed llamas no longer become bioluminescent creatures when their inventory is opened 
  • Strays once again have the correct texture layers (MCPE-38155)
  • Lit furnaces now show correctly when copied using Ctrl + Pick Block 
  • Scaffolding textures no longer z-fight with leaves (MCPE-38375)
  • Particles produced by witches are now purple rather than black (MCPE-30234)
  • The trident throwing animation no longer gets mixed up with the new crossbow animation (MCPE-38358)

• User Interface
  • Fixed missing “Save to Microsoft account” message when saving purchases on Nintendo Switch in handheld mode 
  • Slabs are no longer labelled “half slabs” in the creative inventory (MCPE-32542)
  • Improved text entry in various fields – text boxes can be highlighted and selected using the keyboard 
  • Updated low disk space error message 
  • Improved the error messages that previously stated the player didn’t have a licence for the game
  • Error messages are now more informative when trying to join an unavailable world 
  • Fixed the scaling of the Mojang splash screen when resuming a split-screen game 
  • The skin picker menu now only displays progress/loading animation when online 
  • Improved marketplace navigation when using a controller or keyboard
  • Marketplace content will now download correctly without getting stuck in the process (MCPE-37467)
  • Custom modal forms now support two lines again (MCPE-38705)

• Commands
  • Functions are now pre-compiled, improving their performance at run-time
  • Repeating command blocks now keep their ‘always active’ state when cloned (MCPE-36340)
  • Commands from command blocks no longer extend to other dimensions (This fix won’t affect existing command blocks) (MCPE-33892)
  • Special characters now display correctly when using the “/say” command
  • Falling block entities can now be killed using commands (MCPE-38300)
  • Fixed remaining commands that use relative coordinates that are below y3 (MCPE-35130)

• Add-Ons
  • Horses will spawn as different variants (rather than just one type) when unspecified in the behavior pack
  • Rideable entities that use the ‘minecraft:explode’ no component longer crash the game 
  • Blocks in the inventory once again follow the textures set in blocks.json 

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.8.1 [Bedrock]

• Release date: December 17th 2018 (North America) / December 18th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

Fixes:

• This hotfix is only available for Minecraft on Nintendo Switch and addresses an issue with saving to disk.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.8.0 [Bedrock]

• Release date: December 11th 2018 (North America) / December 12th 2018 (Europe, Japan) (TBC)
• Patch notes:

New Features:

• Pandas now spawn in jungles where they roll, lounge, and laze around!
• Stray cats now spawn in villages
  • Cats can be tamed using fish
  • Ocelots are no longer tameable
  • Players can now feed ocelots to gain their trust
• Bamboo can now be found while fishing in jungles and will appear in some chests (Spawning naturally in the world will come in a future update)
• Scaffolding – A climbable block that can be crafted using bamboo 
• New Achievements
  • Where have you been? – Receive a gift from a tamed cat in the morning (20G)
  • Top of the World – Place scaffolding to the word limit (20G)
  • Zoologist – Breed two pandas with bamboo (40G)
• Added randomTickSpeed game rule 

For Map Makers and Add-On Creators:

• Updated templates for 1.8.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from net/addons
• Updates to Add-Ons that allow players to add new entities, particles, and animations. See ms/MinecraftAddons for more details and enable Experimental Gameplay in your world!
• Functions have come to Bedrock! Functions allow players to write the commands their worlds use in an external file, not just Command Blocks. See the Minecraft Wiki for more information

Experimental Gameplay:

(Only available when Experimental Gameplay is enabled in world settings)

• Crossbow weapon with new enchantments
  • Multishot
  • Piercing
  • Quick Charge

Changes:

• Phantoms are now afraid of cats and will not swoop down while cats are around 
• Increased the size of Tropical fish (MCPE-35877)
• Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse foals now have a chance of being spawned using a spawn egg 
• Added a crafting recipe for Packed Ice
• Separated Bone Meal, Ink Sac, Cocoa Beans, and Lapis Lazuli into their own dyes and unified all dye names
• The splash screen now has an animated loading bar 
• The following commands can now be run in-game without enabling cheats: 
  • /gamerule showcoordinates
  • /gamerule dofiretick
  • /gamerule tntexplodes
  • /gamerule domobloot
  • /gamerule naturalregeneration
  • /gamerule dotiledrops
  • /gamerule pvp
• A warning now appears when attempting to change settings on a world template, as it could change the creator’s intended experience
• Command blocks now have the default name of ! instead of @ 
• More skin packs are now shown in the skin picker menu, and each pack can be opened and viewed in its own page 
• The autocomplete list for player mentions now works in slash commands 
• The Remix3D upload service on Windows 10 is no longer available, but creations can still be exported as .glb 3D Object files
• Text-to-Speech can now be enabled on Nintendo Switch 
• Minecraft Marketplace:
  • Content can now be sorted by ‘Updates Available’ in your inventory
  • Content can now be sorted and filtered by rating when browsing the Marketplace 
  • Bundles of content can now be purchased

Fixes:

• Crashes/Performance
  • Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay 
  • Fixed a crash that would occur if the player was disconnected while loading resource packs 
  • Fixed a crash that would occur on Xbox One if the player signed out too quickly after signing in 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur during the splash loading screen on Windows 10 Mobile 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur on startup for Gear VR 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur due to a recent Windows 10 update (MCPE-36274)
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when hovering over a renamed firework charge (MCPE-37822)
  • Using a bucket of fish in a dispenser no longer crashes the game (MCPE-38194)
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when using lava buckets on fish 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when kelp grows 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when suspending and resuming the game on the main menu (154576)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur in worlds that contained locator maps
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when leaving the Realms settings screen 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when downloading or saving data on Nintendo Switch 
  • Fixed a crash that could occur on Switch when split screen players broke a large chest
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when killing and summoning a salmon with its navigation component removed 
  • Improved performance on some devices with less available memory
  • Fixed a bug where multiple UI screens could be opened at once, causing the game to crash 
  • Shulker boxes that contain tropical fish buckets no longer cause performance issues (MCPE-27167)
  • Fixed a bug that caused a significant performance drop when rendering chunks (MCPE-37192)
  • Improved the loading time of various game files 
  • Fixed delayed touch response on the bottom of the screen on iOS (MCPE-29718)
• General
  • Fixed the bug where the player would unexpectedly turn in a random direction on touch screens (MCPE-35910)
  • The “Body Guard” achievement can once again be unlocked after creating an Iron Golem (MCPE-33686)
  • Fixed an issue with custom player permissions that might not apply correctly in multiplayer (MCPE-34864)
  • Worlds larger than 1GB can now be copied and exported on Windows 10 (MCPE-37269)
  • Fixed an error that occurred when attempting to start a split screen session with a guest on Xbox One
  • Split screen players no longer get stuck on the loading screen when re-joining Old worlds
• Gameplay
  • Lightning no longer strikes if the destination is in a cold biome (MCPE-19015)
  • Players will no longer teleport when standing against a non-full block and reloading the game (MCPE-31242)
  • Fixed rare enchantments being too hard to get at higher levels
  • Potion of Slow Falling will now slow down Elytra descent (MCPE-34926)
  • The player locator map marker now faces the right direction when aboard a boat 
  • Players will now face forwards when entering a boat (MCPE-36795)
  • Explosions will now drop blocks if the default game mode is Creative and Tile Drops are enabled (MCPE-23498)
  • Planting crops continuously will no longer skip blocks (MCPE-35857)
• Items
  • Fixed a bug where only white firework stars could be crafted 
  • Crafting multiple cakes using the recipe book will now return the correct amount of empty buckets to the player (MCPE-37387)
  • Dyed beds now have the correct crafting recipe 
  • Fixed an exploit where rails could be duplicated (MCPE-36917)
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed Tridents to be duplicated (MCPE-37900)
  • Fixed Enchanted Tridents being lost from anvils following a server disconnect (MCPE-37526)
  • Flower pots that contain saplings will once again drop the correct type when broken (MCPE-37328)
• Mobs
  • Large Slimes and Magma Cubes now have the correct sized hitbox based on their size (MCPE-18518)
  • Fixed mobs not always taking fall damage when they should (MCPE-37257)
  • Tamed wolves will now tilt their heads when the player is holding meat (MCPE-17144)
  • Magma cubes no longer inflict damage during their death animation (MCPE-14426)
• Blocks
  • Kelp will now only grow into water source blocks or full downward flowing water, and no longer creates a new source block (MCPE-37155)
  • Pistons no longer drop as items when being pushed or pulled (MCPE-37492)
  • The hitbox of piston arms now matches the size and shape correctly (MCPE-13758)
  • Players no longer fall through Shulker Boxes as they open (MCPE-28812)
  • Double wooden slabs can now be placed regardless of crosshair position (MCPE-13799)
  • When the player has just moved out of a block space, they can no longer place a repeater or comparator that can’t be powered (MCPE-36762)
  • Mobs in minecarts no longer activate adjacent detector rails (MCPE-21863)

• Realms
  • Fixed the bug where players on Realms could be instantly killed in one shot by a Blaze fireball attack (MCPE-19535)

• Graphical
  • Fixed a bug that caused horses (and variants) to show flashing colors on certain devices (no more disco horses!) (MCPE-31726)
  • Fixed a bug where players could see through solid blocks when swimming
  • Water now renders correctly when surrounded by Barrier Blocks
  • Wall signs no longer show different types of wood particles when being broken (MCPE-16141)
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause black visual glitches to appear around blocks when riding a horse
  • The player’s hands are now properly rotated and positioned when aboard a boat and holding a bow
  • Fixed the Ghast projectile firing animation

• Audio
  • Ghast sounds are no longer repeated when they are shooting fireballs (MCPE-19156)

• User Interface
  • Multiple items can be collected when trading with villagers again when using touch controls (MCPE-32635)
  • Fixed incorrect interact buttons appearing briefly for certain mobs on touch screen devices 
  • The right bumper button now correctly scrolls through the tabs in the game menu on Nintendo Switch 
  • Reassigned Page Up and Page Down keys are now labelled correctly on the Settings screen 
  • The multiplayer toggle is now accurately shown when using platform restricted content on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
  • The Achievements button no longer appears in the pause menu if not signed into Xbox Live 
  • Controller hints now show the correct usage of “Open” and “Use” when looking at containers 
  • Health Boost and Absorption effects no longer have the same icon
  • Fixed the buttons used on the startup message for players using Windows Mixed Reality 
  • Removed “MCPE!” from the list of splash screen messages (MCPE-36741)
  • Search results in the Marketplace are now more consistent when searching through all content 
  • Only templates are suggested in the “Get More Templates” menu now 
  • Fixed incorrect message when accepting an invite from a notification on Nintendo Switch with certain parental controls set
• Commands
  • Running the ‘title’ and ‘subtitle’ commands will once again override any titles and subtitles currently on screen 
  • Relative coordinates in commands are once again consistent below 3 on the y-axis (MCPE-35130)
  • Using Shift + Tab to reverse cycle through slash command auto-complete suggestions now properly cycles to the end of the list 
  • Lava blocks no longer appear green in the command autocomplete area (MCPE-33788)
  • Player names that are made up of only numbers are now surrounded with quotation marks when using autocomplete for slash commands
• Add-Ons:
  • ‘minecraft:navigation.walk’ can now be used in component groups without causing the game to crash
  • Added a underscore to “frozen_river” in the ‘biomes_client.json’ file so it matches the other vanilla Resource Pack entries (MCPE-36799)

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.7.0 [Bedrock]

• Release date: October 16th 2018 (North America) / October 17th 2018 (Europe, Japan) (TBC)
• Patch notes:

New Features

• Added basic Scoreboard functionality – More Scoreboard features will be coming in later releases
• Food can now be eaten in Creative mode and Peaceful difficulty

Changes

• Mentions of player names are now highlighted yellow in chat
• Typing “@” in chat will show an autocomplete list of player names
• Command Block functionality can now be toggled using the ‘commandblocksenabled’ game rule
• Made it easier to find purchased content, search, and go home from the top of the Marketplace screen
• Improved search results, sorting, and filtering in the Marketplace

Fixes

Crashes/Performance

• Fixed the cause of over 20 crashes that could occur during gameplay 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a Trident with Channeling was shot from a Dispenser and hit a mob or player during a thunderstorm 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when breaking a door that many Villagers were trying to open or enter (MCPE-34742)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when using a 128x Resource Pack on Nintendo Switch 
• Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to stack Explorer Maps when trading with a Cartographer Villager
• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the settings screen right after loading a resource pack
• Fixed a crash that occurred when backing out of a Realm’s edit menu after attempting to download a world but not having enough free space 

General

• Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions (MCPE-37343)
• Added additional messaging to disable Multiplayer in world settings to play split-screen without a Nintendo Switch Online membership 
• Guests rejoining in a different order than they joined for the first time no longer generate different progress during split-screen gameplay 
• Fixed player permission issues that prevented players from building or mining 
• Fixed Super Mario Mash-up Pack worlds not opening if created before version 1.6.0 (MCPE-37327)
• Fixed textures not applying on Nintendo Switch when the world is hosted on another platform 
• Fixed split-screen players not being able to join Local Network games on Nintendo Switch 
• Fixed Microsoft Account sign-in failures on Nintendo Switch 

Gameplay

• Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen (MCPE-33209)
• Swimming while moving the camera with touch controls no longer breaks blocks (MCPE-33470)
• Items can once again be dropped while in a boat 
• The Looting III enchantment once again increases mob loot drop chances (MCPE-35307)
• When a player equips a carved pumpkin as a helmet, that player’s marker now disappears from the Locator Maps of other players 
• Players no longer teleport to vehicles/mobs that are hit by an Ender Pearl when the vehicle/mob is in the player’s render distance 
• Fixed players getting stuck in the edges of Old Worlds at 128 or in the Void 
• When dealing a killing blow to mobs using Knockback, they now actually get knocked back! (MCPE-19222)

Items

• Enchantment Books are no longer lost after using an Anvil to rename an item and adding an incompatible enchantment 
• Tridents with Loyalty no longer get lost in the void when used in the End 
• Raw Cod and Cooked Cod items are now properly named 
• Phantom spawn eggs can now be obtained using Pick Block
• Players using controllers can again drop held items while in a minecart 
• Leads no longer detach and disappear when reentering a world (MCPE-33263)
• Infinity Bow arrows are no longer picked up immediately after being fired when the Bow is slightly drawn (MCPE-35821)
• Renamed spawn eggs now produce renamed mobs 
• Flaming arrows once again ignite Minecarts with TNT (MCPE-35776)

Mobs

• If a pet forgets what player is their owner after updating the game, it will sit down and wait for someone to interact with them & this player becomes the new owner of the pet.
• The pet doesn’t need to be re-tamed with items (MCPE-33152)
• Mobs can now walk through Soul Sand with Nether Wart (MCPE-12719)
• Skeleton Horses and Zombie Horses no longer die after a certain amount of time (MCPE-35215)
• Horses in the same boat as you no longer get hit when targeted by blocks in front of you (MCPE-30299)
• Releasing a Tropical Fish from a Bucket of Fish no longer releases a random fish but the one that was originally caught 
• Armored Withers can no longer be damaged with thrown Tridents 
• Drowned no longer have swimming animation while riding in boat 
• The inventory of ridden mounts can no longer be accessed by another player while you are riding it 
• Mobs can no longer spawn in small gaps unless they can fit (MCPE-31193)
• Enderman can no longer spawn in two block high gaps with Slabs above (MCPE-28626)
• Cured Zombie Villagers spawned from Zombie Villages can now be traded with (MCPE-34603)
• Pigs with Saddles now throw players off their back when they start moving though 2-block-high bodies of water 

Blocks

• Fixed a bug where it was sometimes not possible for a player to place a block in the same block space where they are standing (MCPE-31030)
• Sea Pickles now break instantly in Survival mode (MCPE-36250)
• Barrier Blocks can no longer be destroyed by the Ender Dragon (MCPE-34410)
• Monster Spawners no longer drop as items after an explosion (MCPE-32657)
• Rails are once again broken by flowing water

Realms

• A message now appears on the Realms list if Xbox Live privileges are preventing Realms from being played
• Clarified the text that appears when replacing a world on a Realm 

World Generation

• Ladders no longer generate in midair on village church structures 
• Fixed structures generating inside Ocean Monuments 

Graphical

• Fixed entities missing body parts on various Android devices (MCPE-34385)
• It is now easier to see through water in Flat worlds (MCPE-36078, MCPE-35244)
• Adjusted in-hand placement of Bows and Tridents in split-screen 
• Fixed visual effects not appearing when using an enchanted Trident with Riptide (MCPE-34448)

Audio

• The proper sound now plays when the Wither is spawned (MCPE-35179)
• Banners now have the correct placing and breaking sounds (MCPE-31188)
• Land-based mobs now play sounds underwater 

User Interface

• Fixed several items not stacking properly in inventory and chests when using touch input (MCPE-32347)
• Using the Quick Move option now properly stacks the taken items with stacks of the same item in the player inventory when there is an empty hotbar slot 
• Cursor D-pad input no longer gets stuck on the inventory screen or pause menu (MCPE-33895)
• Removed the “Take Half” tooltip when highlighting the Anvil’s output slot 
• Item tooltips that display “Can break” and “Can be placed on” now show the proper translation for the given blocks 
• Fixed incorrect button focus on the chat screen 
• Fixed formatted text getting cut off on the HUD 
• Fixed overlapping text on the Enchantment Table screen

Commands

• Fixed input on Minecarts with Command Block not saving between game sessions 
• Fixed trapdoors losing their orientation after being cloned 
• Autofill commands now recognize a player name in brackets and places it between quotes (MCPE-34913)
• The ‘/teleport’ command now reliably teleports riders with entities
• The ‘/subtitle’ command can now run whilst a title is visible on screen (MCPE-25685)

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.6.1. [Bedrock]

• Release date: September 4th 2018 (North America) / September 5th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

Changes:

• Added a button to clear login credentials if a Microsoft Account sign-in fails on Nintendo Switch

Fixes:

• Phantoms now definitely swoop down and attack people so watch out! (MCPE-36673)
• Fixed blocks often disappearing after being placed or reappearing after being destroyed (MCPE-31596)
• Several fixes to reduce lag in multiplayer games and Realms

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 17 [Legacy]

• Release date: September 4th 2018 (North America) / September 5th 2018 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available at the moment.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft – Ver. 1.6.0. [Bedrock]

• Release date: August 28th 2018 (North America) / August 29th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

New Features

• Phantom mobs will now spawn in the night skies if a player hasn’t slept in over three in-game days. (Please note that there is a bug currently where phantoms may not swoop down- we will be fixing this bug as soon as we can!)
• Barrier Blocks
  • Great for map makers to limit players and mobs to certain areas of the world
  • Can be placed in Creative mode and are invisible in Survival and Adventure modes
  • Can only be obtained using commands and do not appear in the Creative inventory

Changes

• Menu and inventory tabs can now be navigated using the [ and ] keys (Can be remapped in Settings)
• Pages can now be turned in the Book & Quill using the controller bumper buttons
• Personal Game Mode is now set to the Default Game Mode option when first joining a world
• Added the ‘doinsomnia’ game rule to toggle Phantom spawning when commands are enabled
• Added fresh new icons to game invite and achievement notifications on Nintendo Switch

Fixes

• Crashes/Performance
  • Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when using Pick Block in a spot where a mob just died
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when players were spawning and the spawn point was getting set every tick
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when joining a game and downloading Greek Mythology textures
  • Increased performance for menu load times

• General
  • Fixed the “Ahoy” and “Atlantis” achievements not unlocking on Nintendo Switch
  • Fixed an issue that caused touch screen actions to repeat after touch release
  • Fixed controls becoming unresponsive after resuming the game from standby (MCPE-22195)
  • Operator permissions are now granted to players when the host creates a world with Trust Player Permissions set to Operator
  • Fixed the upload failure that occurred when exporting to Remix3D

• Gameplay
  • Firework Rockets once again give the proper boost when using Elytra (MCPE-30821)
  • Crouching on ladders will no longer stop when opening the pause menu or inventory screen
  • Fixed the speed boost given by Dolphins being too slow when wearing armor with Depth Strider
  • The Resistance effect will now protect against the Wither effect (MCPE-21515)
  • Players no longer clip through blocks and suffocate while swimming (MCPE-34112)
  • Players are now able to return to the Overworld if an End Portal is on their spawn point (96153)

• Items
  • Buckets now stack properly when getting ejected from crafting output
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed players to obtain a ‘Water’ item (MCPE-28883)
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed items to be duplicated using the Recipe Book (MCPE-36167)

• Mobs
  • Guardians no longer attack fish (125705)
  • Fixed Guardians spawning even when Mob Spawning is disabled (MCPE-34027)
  • Fixed issues with the Ender Dragon disappearing or dying for little to no reason
  • Drowned now have a much easier time attacking players that are swimming above them
  • Fixed Strays and Skeletons having trouble leaving the water to attack players
  • Wolves no longer get stuck attacking Skeletons that are underwater
  • Fixed a bug where Parrots could ride Donkeys and Mules (MCPE-25737)
  • Blazes now attack Snow Golems (MCPE-13191)
  • Elder Guardians now drop Wet Sponges when killed
  • Fixed monster spawners appearing empty on converted Console Edition worlds
  • Hostile mobs in boats can no longer attack from every angle (MCPE-16938)
  • Dolphins can no longer attack players through solid blocks
  • Baby Horses, Donkeys and Mules can no longer be pushed through solid blocks (MCPE-20114)
  • Creepers no longer remain white or quickly flash when killed
  • Entities following a target entity will now navigate properly over slabs
  • Used chests can now be equipped to Mules and Llamas (MCPE-32152)

• Blocks
  • Underwater plants can now be placed in water columns that originate from the top water source blocks
  • Kelp now mimics Seagrass in its placement and can be placed on most blocks underwater (MCPE-33747)
  • Kelp that is planted by players will now grow over time
  • Chemistry blocks in a world uploaded to a Realm are no longer corrupted
  • Observers will now detect changes with Droppers, Dispensers, Brewing Stands, Farmland, Saplings, Sugar Cane, Fire, and Grass blocks
  • The amount of fuel in Brewing Stands now converts from Console Edition worlds (MCPE-34677)
  • Activating an End Portal will now replace any blocks inside the portal (MCPE-28344)
  • Fixed certain variants of Rails having an incorrect hitbox size
  • Land plants can no longer be placed underwater (MCPE-34124)
  • Command Blocks now correctly conduct Redstone power (MCPE-33021)
  • Fixed an issue that allowed rails to be duplicated (MCPE-18230)
  • Fixed the Cactus hitbox being displayed too low

• Realms
  • The owner of a Realm, once again, no longer counts towards the player limit of a Realm
  • Improved error messaging when attempting to join a Realm via invite link with an outdated version of the game

• World Generation
  • Fixed floating Rails that generated in abandoned mineshafts (MCPE-23189)

• Graphical
  • Improved the Trident throwing animation
  • Visibility now increases over time when submerged in flowing water
  • Cocoa Beans now display correctly when using HD Resource Packs (MCPE-30552)
  • Field of View can once again be adjusted when the “FOV Can Be Altered by Gameplay” option is disabled (MCPE-32403)
  • Redstone dust now renders on the sides of Glass blocks (MCPE-21542)
  • Resource packs once again apply when joining a multiplayer game that has a pack enabled (MCPE-33770)
  • Fixed Texture Packs having a placeholder icon on the Pack Validation screen on Android devices
  • The Ender Dragon is no longer missing the texture on its neck when playing the Norse Mythology Mash-up Pack (MCPE-33966)
  • Food particles no longer gradually change position after swimming and will always come out of the player’s mouth area (MCPE-33984)
  • Fixed a rare case of Ender Chests from Console Edition worlds converting to normal Chests with Ender particles (MCPE-26717)
  • Leads no longer flicker when playing in split-screen multiplayer
  • Particles from Enchanted Arrows no longer drift in flowing water
  • Players no longer appear to be floating above Minecarts (MCPE-33787)
  • Swimming through certain waterlogged blocks no longer removes underwater fog (MCPE-33917)

• Audio
  • Lowered the volume of the ‘punching air’ and ‘punching mobs’ sound effects
  • Fixed the sounds of items breaking twice for Boats, Minecarts, Paintings, and Armor Stands

• User Interface
  • Items can once again be crafted from the Recipe Book while the Craftable filter is disabled and the player only has enough materials to craft a single recipe
  • Quickly moving a stack of items in the inventory with a controller no longer leaves items behind (MCPE-34694)
  • Opening Book & Quill on touch devices no longer causes blocks to break (MCPE-29752)
  • The gamepad cursor can now be used to navigate Villager trades (MCPE-33330)
  • Multiple items can now be collected from the Villager trading output slot (MCPE-32635)
  • Fixed overlapping issues with the Dragon Head equipped on the inventory screen
  • The Crafting Table’s output field hover state now matches the field’s size
  • Quick moving items from the hotbar to a container now works as intended (MCPE-19952)
  • Selecting the output of an uncraftable recipe no longer causes the output item to disappear
  • Levers now have a “Use” controller hint

• Commands 
  • Using ‘/fill doors’ now fills the chosen area with doors instead of air blocks
  • Using the ‘/setblock’ command on Redstone components will now properly update and power the mechanism (MCPE-21218)
  • Cloning containers no longer removes their custom names
  • Slabs with ‘can_place_on’ tags can once again be placed by players in Adventure mode

Add-Ons

• Updated templates for 1.6.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded from minecraft.net/addons
• Fixed several issues with Fish textures that pertained to Resource Packs
• ‘minecraft:behavior.player_ride_tamed’ will now override all other AI goals
• ‘movement.sway’ once again allows mobs to move properly

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.5.3 [Bedrock]

• Release date: August 7th 2018 (North America) / August 8th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

 

Missing Inventories after Updating to 1.5.0:

Some players may have lost their item inventories and character progress after updating to 1.5.0. To recover inventory from a player that was lost, you will need to:

1. Have had a Microsoft account or Nintendo account tied to that player when you last saw the player with its previous inventory. Without this, your data cannot be recovered
2. Do not uninstall/reinstall the game on the machine you last saw your old inventory on – this will destroy the cached data needed to recover your lost inventory. Merely updating the game should be fine
3. Log in to the same server, which has been upgraded to 1.5.3, from the same machine you last saw your old player/inventory on
4. Be in an area which allows for chests to safely spawn. If you aren’t, the game should inform you, and try again the next time you log in

Without the Microsoft account or Nintendo account and the same device with the original data, the data cannot be recovered.

Other Fixes:

• Xbox One worlds that were not appearing after updating to 1.5 will once again appear on the Worlds screen (MCPE-35364)
• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• Fixed a crash that could occur for the host when another player leaves the game
• Fixed a crash that could occur when joining a world that was converted from Xbox One Edition
• Fixed a crash that occurred when placing renamed items in an Anvil’s output slot
• Fixed an exploit that allowed custom skins with custom and invisible geometry, causing unfair advantages in multiplayer sessions

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.5.1 [Bedrock]

• Release date: July 19th 2018 (North America) / July 20th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
• The game will now prevent player inventories from being lost. For those who have lost items, the team is doing further investigation into the issue. Thank you for your patience (MCPE-35324)
• Fixed instances of not being able to login to a Microsoft Account on Nintendo Switch
• Fixed download process getting stuck when joining game with a Mash-up Pack applied
• Textures no longer become corrupted after applying certain packs in Global Resources on Nintendo Switch (MCPE-34633)
• Infinite notifications no longer occur when switching to Local Network mode during content download

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft – Ver. 1.5.0 [Bedrock]

• Release date: July 9th 2018 (North America) / July 10th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

New Features:

• Realms are now available on Nintendo Switch
• The Drowned – These dangerous, underwater zombies lurk in dark, deep water and will come up to the shore at night
• Sea Turtles – These gentle creatures can be found swimming in oceans and tanning on beaches. Protect their eggs so more can hatch!
• Turtle Shell and Scute items
• Potion of the Turtle Master
• Nautilus Shells – Can be found while fishing or held by the Drowned
• Conduits can now be constructed underwater and give players the Conduit Power effect. Craft them with Nautilus Shells & Heart of the Sea
• Bubble Columns – Magma Blocks create downward flowing columns and Soul Sand creates upward flowing bubbles
• New Achievements
  • One Pickle, Two Pickle, Sea Pickle, Four – Place four Sea Pickles in a group (20G)
  • Echolocation – Feed a dolphin fish to have it lead you to treasure (20G)
  • Do a Barrel Roll! – Use Riptide to give yourself a boost (30G)
  • Moskstraumen – Activate a Conduit (50G)
• Added new commands that only affect worlds with Education Edition enabled:
  • /ability – Sets a player’s ability
  • /immutableworld – Sets the immutable state of the world
  • /worldbuilder – Toggle World Builder status of caller 

Changes:

• Changed the menu background to be themed for Update Aquatic
• Undead mobs will now sink in water and can walk on the bottom
• Improved the steering of Boats when using keyboard and mouse by pressing W to move forward and S to reverse
• Dolphins can now be given Raw Fish or Raw Salmon and will swim towards the nearest Ocean Ruins or Shipwreck
• Husks that have sunk in water will now transform into Zombies and Zombies will transform into Drowned
• Skeleton Horses can now be ridden underwater
• Skeletons and Strays will switch from ranged to melee attacks while underwater and switch back when out of water
• Coral blocks will no longer die as long as one side is touching water
• Improved player swimming at the surface of water
• Tridents can now be enchanted with Mending and Unbreaking
• Added an animation when using Riptide in first person perspective
• Slightly decreased the friction of Blue Ice
• Updated the texture of the top of Kelp
• Updated the texture of Cooked Fish
• Updated the Riptide spin texture
• Default Field of View has been reduced from 70 to 60 and can be adjusted in Video Settings
• Tridents will no longer break blocks in Creative mode
• The Inventory button has been moved to the top of the Store page

Fixes:

• Crashes/Performance
  • Fixed several crashes that occurred during gameplay
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when suspending the game during world generation
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when a Piston moved a Cauldron underwater
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when playing Truffletop Town and dying while using Elytra and Fireworks
  • Increased performance when viewing particles from the Ender Dragon’s attack and lingering potions

• General
  • Personal Game Mode is now fully applied in Game Settings when switched from Survival to Creative
  • The first mouse click after re-mapping an action to a key is now recognized
  • Players will no longer inherit the host’s spawn, inventory, and location when rejoining a world with a Resource Pack removed
  • Fixed players not able to join worlds hosted by players who previously joined another player’s world
  • Fixed the controller not being detected when resuming the game from suspended state after changing profiles
  • Changes made to the ‘Trust Player Permissions’ setting during world creation will now persist after loading into the world
  • Resource and Behavior Packs are now properly enabled/disabled on Realms when restoring backups or replacing worlds
  • The Mob Griefing game rule now converts properly from Console Edition worlds
  • The ‘Castaway’ achievement no longer unlocks before completing the requirement

• Gameplay
  • Flying speed now stays constant while descending in Creative mode
  • Players will no longer gradually drift up or down when swimming straight ahead
  • Fixed experience orbs not always being picked up by players
  • Bone Meal is now depleted when used on Kelp from a Dispenser
  • Dropped items can once again pass under top slabs ( MCPE-25100)
  • Tall birch trees will once again generate in Mutated Birch Forests (MCPE-29698)
  • Fixed water flow being inconsistent and suspended around caves and ravines
  • Splash Water Bottles will now keep Dolphins hydrated on land
  • Pick Block now works in Survival mode (MCPE-12456)
  • Pick Block now selects the proper variant of Buttons and Pressure Plates
  • Players can no longer refill breath and breathe underwater by swimming into ice blocks
  • Sneaking and jumping into water no longer prevents jumping or swimming upwards (MCPE-32478)
  • Riptide can no longer be used while riding a mount
  • Fixed entering a Minecart from another Minecart (MCPE-32074)
  • Passengers in boats will now take damage when falling from a high place
  • Fire Resistance once again protects players from Blaze ranged attacks
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed players to get infinite lava buckets (MCPE-33280)
  • Fixed an exploit that generated unlimited items and XP from furnaces
  • Players without permission can no longer attack mobs shooting arrows at them
  • Protection enchantments once again protects players from all types of damage (MCPE-32945)
  • The Friendly Fire game rule now prevents damage from players using Fire Aspect, Flame, and Channeling enchantments
  • Decreased the damage given by standing in lava when armor with Fire Protection and Protection enchantments is equipped
  • TNT exploding underwater no longer deals damage to players and other entities
  • Activating a Dispenser with its exit covered and a bucket of fish inside will now drop the bucket of fish as an item

• Items
  • Fixed Tridents damaging multiple mobs in a single throw
  • Tridents can no longer be destroyed by explosions
  • Tridents thrown into Soul Sand now land properly and no longer prevent Loyalty from working (MCPE-32412)
  • Tridents thrown underwater will no longer produce infinite bubbles
  • Tridents fired from a Dispenser no longer have the exact same trajectory and will now lose durability
  • Woodland Explorer Maps once again point players correctly to Woodland Mansions (MCPE-33534)
  • Items will no longer get stuck in flowing water source blocks (MCPE-32389)
  • Dropped items no longer float against the water current (MCPE-33628)
  • Fixed received items disappearing after trading a renamed item with a Villager (MCPE-33830)
  • Throwable items will no longer hit the player when there is a Parrot riding on their shoulder
  • It’s once again possible to eat Raw Fish
  • Leather Horse Armor no longer loses its dyed color after world conversion
  • Arrows fired by Skeletons can no longer be picked up by players
  • Leads and Balloons can no longer be attached to Horses being ridden by players
  • Banners are no longer consumed from the inventory when placed in Creative mode

• Mobs
  • The Ender Dragon will no longer get stuck if the player moves too far away. Silly dragon! (MCPE-31765)
  • Dolphins and Cod no longer get the jitters when swimming in groups
  • Silverfish can once again enter Stone blocks
  • Increased the collision size of fish mobs
  • Donkeys and Mules no longer become Horses after Console Edition world conversion
  • Mobs will no longer rotate their heads 360 degrees while in Boats
  • Baby animals will no longer take damage in boats
  • Zombie Villagers created during world generation are no longer super-fast and scary
  • Fixed issues with Zombie pathfinding and not attacking players
  • Guardians once again spawn in valid water source blocks (MCPE-29520)
  • Fixed two Elder Guardians sometimes spawning in each chamber of an Ocean Monument
  • Arrows fired by Skeletons and Strays can now damage the Wither
  • Dolphins can no longer fully clip through Magma Blocks
  • Mobs will no longer spawn on top of Redstone components (MCPE-27122)
  • Pumpkins are now consumed when creating an Iron Golem
  • Salmon will no longer get stuck on the edges of Old Worlds

• Blocks
  • Fixed the hitbox of Coral Fans
  • Blocks can no longer be placed with no other block to support it when sprint-flying underwater in Creative mode
  • Command Blocks can now be modified when set to ‘Repeat’ and ‘Always Active’
  • Fixed blocks that were removed underwater not creating source water blocks
  • Ice placed on Magma blocks in the Nether no longer create water source blocks when melted
  • Powered Observers now convert properly from Console Edition worlds
  • Cauldrons with varying levels of water now convert properly from Console Edition worlds
  • TNT can no long deal damage or destroy blocks underwater when placed on non-full blocks
  • Crops will no longer grow by repeatedly placing a full size, non-transparent block on top of them
  • Blocks can once again be repeatedly placed when flying sideways in Creative mode
  • Decreased the time is takes to break Coral Fans in Survival
  • Redstone, Torches, and Redstone Torches can no longer be placed on Seagrass underwater
  • Lava falling onto a water block with Seagrass or Kelp from will now become Stone
  • Armor Stands can now be destroyed by thrown Tridents
  • Fixed water flowing incorrectly from stairs that contained water source blocks
  • Blocks can no longer be placed underwater without highlighting another block while sprint-swimming in Creative mode
  • Top Snow will now break once it hits water
  • Top Snow falling on a Snow block no longer loses one layer

• World Generation
  • Ice bergs, Sea Grass, and Kelp can no longer replace blocks of an Ocean Monument when generated
  • Mutated Savanna Plateau and Mutated Mesa Plateau biomes now convert properly from old worlds
  • All overhangs and floating islands will once again generate with grass or snow under them (MCPE-32572)
  • Bryce Mesa biomes will now generate correctly (MCPE-30612)

• Graphical
  • The surface of water can now be seen when viewing from behind glass underwater
  • Fixed water not rendering when swimming against the bottom of a block
  • Fixed water not rendering when viewed at certain angles near the surface
  • Rain no longer severely limits view distance
  • Entities no longer become invisible based on the position of the observing player
  • Fixed the mining cracking animation being out of sync when mining from a boat
  • Particles now appear when player jump into water
  • Particles now appear when Tropical Fish flop into the water
  • Double doors once again display correctly
  • Fixed the texture of Dark Prismarine Stairs
  • Fixed water coloring in mutated biomes
  • Fixed the glint on enchanted Tridents in first person
  • Fixed the rotation of Tridents while charging in first person
  • Fixed some chunk rendering that caused players to see through the ground at certain angles (MCPE-30626)
  • Minimized animation delays with large stacks of falling blocks
  • The Lead attach point no longer appears in front of the player when swimming
  • Fixed some visual issues with Kelp
  • Lava will now render when the player’s perspective is right below the surface
  • Fixed Bows not appearing in the right hand when being charged (MCPE-31990)
  • Fixed the texture of the Wither’s armor not appearing properly with several Texture Packs
  • Fixed the rotation of Oak Trapdoor textures
  • Fixed seam lines appearing between Cactus blocks on the City Texture Pack
  • Fixed missing water textures while underwater and a block is placed above the water (MCPE-33264 / MCPE-32927)
  • Glass once again renders properly at further distances and certain angles
  • All Button items now display properly in the hotbar and when placed in an Item Frame
  • Fixed the cracking animation not appearing when mining blocks through the water surface
  • Fixed textures on low-end devices when the Education toggle was enabled
  • Fixed the delay in Ice textures appearing when using the Frost Walker enchantment
  • Enchanted Tridents no longer flash red when entering fire
  • Fixed helmets being visible after being destroyed by taking damage from a mob
  • Water now appears properly around Ladders (MCPE-32600)
  • Flowing water now angles properly when flowing down
  • Flowing water touching Stairs that contains a water source no longer causes water to flow from the solid face of the Stairs
  • Hay Bales now have the correct bottom texture when held or seen in Item Frames

• Audio
  • Fixed some Update Aquatic sound effects not playing on low memory devices (MCPE-30843)
  • Beacons now have sound effects
  • The drinking sound is no longer played twice when drinking a potion or Milk

• User Interface
  • The ‘Sign In’ button will now disappear from the main menu after signing in
  • Pressing the ‘Default Settings’ button will now only affect the control scheme that is selected
  • Improved messaging when there are no Old Worlds to sync
  • A controller tooltip will now appear when it is possible to place blocks underwater
  • Fixed the Marker on Treasure Maps disappearing when another player quits and rejoins a world
  • Cached Data once again appears on the Storage screen
  • Enchantment names can now be seen on the Enchantment Table screen with Pocket UI when using keyboard and mouse
  • Image thumbnails and game modes for worlds and world templates will now appear when searching on the Storage screen
  • The book on the Enchantment Table screen no longer overlaps the suggested enchantment’s name
  • Fixed spelling errors for Anemone and Red Lipped Blenny Tropical Fish
  • The “Manage who can send you invites” button in Profile settings now points to the proper location (MCPE-28270)
  • Pressing down on the controller no longer loses focus on the chat field
  • Changes to a world’s name when it is initially created from a template will now update properly after saving and quitting
  • The paper doll no longer sticks out of the frame on the inventory screen while swimming
  • Fixed Slowness levels over 4 not appearing on the Mob Effects screen
  • The player model in the skin picker no longer covers the rotate icons in certain GUI scales (MCPE-32545)

• Commands
  • The coordinates of Buried Treasure are now accurate when using the ‘/locate’ command
  • Seagrass obtained by commands is now functional and stackable
  • Special symbols in a player’s nickname no longer cause a syntax error when trying to teleport that player from the Host Options tab
  • Using the ‘/spreadplayers’ command will no longer set entities or players at y=255
  • Ladders no longer appear as invisible blocks with collision when placed using ‘/setblock’
  • Map items now have the proper name displayed in chat for players when using commands
  • Replacing or moving containers no longer causes the items from the container to drop to the ground

Add-Ons (Resource and Behavior Packs):

• Updated templates for 1.5.0 with new assets and behaviors can be downloaded at minecraft.net/addons
• Humanoid mobs can now hold items in their offhand. See ‘drowned.json’ for an example

• List of changes:

• adds support for Realms
• adds Update Aquatic Phase Two contents

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Mojang

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 16 [Legacy]

• Release date: June 20th 2018 (North America) / June 21st 2018 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added The Incredibles Skin Pack
• Fix for MCCE-#7401 – Sign with § æ Crashes World.
• Fix for MCCE-#7331 – Hostile Mobs’ Battle Royale Crashes The Game.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Ver. 1.4.1 (Bedrock / Better Together Update) [Bedrock]

• Release date: June 21st 2018 (worldwide)
• Patch notes:

• Known Issues:
  • Realms and Featured Servers are not available at this time and will be released in an upcoming update soon
  • Entities occasionally become invisible based on the position of the observing player
  • After entering a converted world, a client’s gameplay permissions are reduced to Visitor

  New Features:

  • Water has a completely new look and increased visibility while underwater
  • Dolphins
  • Tropical Fish
  • Cod, Salmon, and Pufferfish mobs
  • New ocean biomes of varying depths and temperatures
  • Shipwrecks
  • Ocean ravines and caves
  • Icebergs
  • Underwater ruins
  • Coral reefs
  • Buried Treasure and Treasure Maps
  • Swimming animation while sprinting in water
  • Heart of the Sea: Be sure to collect these for later to construct a Conduit that will be introduced in an upcoming update!
  • Trident weapon with new enchantments
    • Channeling
    • Loyalty
    • Riptide
    • Impaling
  • New water behavior
    • A water source block can be placed inside of most non-solid blocks
    • Flowing water will still not flow into non-solid blocks
    • Blocks can be placed underwater without creating pockets of air around them
  • Coral, Coral Fans, and Coral Blocks
  • Kelp, Dried Kelp, and Dried Kelp Blocks
  • Blue Ice blocks
  • Seagrass and Tall Seagrass
  • Sea Pickles can now be found on the ocean floor as a source of light
  • Stripped Wood
  • Wood variants for Buttons, Pressure Plates, and Trapdoors
  • Prismarine Stairs and Slabs
  • Fish can now be scooped into buckets
  • Minecraft: Education Edition Chemistry features can now be enabled under Cheats! For tips on getting started, check out the Chemistry Lab Journal

  
  Changes:

  • Beautiful new artwork for the game’s icon
  • Palleted chunks! This means we can now have (almost) infinite different types of blocks (and also no more BlockIDs). It also means the game should be less likely to crash due to being out of memory
  • New item textures for Raw Fish, Cooked Fish, Raw Salmon, Cooked Salmon, and Pufferfish
  • Pumpkins can now be sheared into Carved Pumpkins
  • Leads can now be attached to boats
  • Tweaks to the directional movement of the Gameplay Cursor for more predictable movement
  • The breath meter now slowly regenerates after being underwater
  • Players can now swim through 1×1 gaps
  • Items now float in water
  • Baby Zombies now burn in daylight
  • Spawn points can now be set using Beds during the day
  • The default author for books are now set to “Author Unknown”
  • Buttons made from Oak or Stone are now displayed as Oak Button and Stone Button, respectively

  Experimental Gameplay:

  Some Update Aquatic features are more unstable and are currently behind the Experimental Gameplay toggle.

  ‘Use Experimental Gameplay’ can be toggled in World Settings. These features may break your world so a copy of your world will be created with “[EX]” before the world name. This feature cannot be disabled once it is enabled for a world and any progress will not be saved to the original world.

  • Drowned mobs
  • Nautilus Shells

  Fixes:

  • Performance / Stability
    • Many optimizations to chunk rendering and game performance
    • Chunk generation is now prioritized first to the chunks closest to the player
    • Fixed several of the top crashes that occurred during gameplay
  • General
    • ‘Delicious Fish’ achievement can now be unlocked after cooking and eating Salmon
    • Disconnecting a controller while making input no longer continues that input until the controller is reconnected
  • Gameplay
    • Crops can now be harvested continuously
    • Fixed Villager trade items not being replenished
    • Fixed some Villager trades not granting XP
    • Bows will now inflict the same amount of damage to players and mobs
    • Protection enchantment no longer makes players immune to fire damage
    • Fixed fire spreading from covered lava
    • Fixed Pick Block replacing the currently selected hotbar slot, even if other slots were empty
    • The second player in split-screen can no longer die if their personal game mode is set to Creative
    • Experience can now be earned from cooking Porkchops in a Furnace
    • Players are no longer set on fire when walking on non-full blocks placed next to a lava source
    • Fixed player faces on maps so they no longer turn into arrows when they move too far from other players but will turn into arrows when close to other players
    • Fishing will now give the proper chance of catching a stack of 10 Ink Sacs
  • Items
    • Fixed items losing durability when used on other players and the PvP game rule is disabled
    • Enchanted Apples can now be found in loot chests
    • Name Tags can now be found from Villager trading and fishing
    • Diamonds will now appear in the loot chests of Jungle Temples and Strongholds
    • The starting maps for Old Worlds are now zoomed in to level 1/4
    • Maps will no longer show a green marker only for the last map that was placed in an item frame
    • Glass Bottles can now be filled from water sources in Creative mode
    • Pickaxes now break Stone Buttons faster than hands
    • Bows can no longer be used to mine while charging
  • Blocks
    • Extra blocks will no longer be placed when placing a block straight down
    • Glass Panes now align to Stairs
    • Increased the hitbox of Soul Sand
    • Grass blocks will now turn into Dirt if Grass Path blocks are placed above them
    • Fixed flowers that disappeared after being generated with Bone Meal
    • Vines can no longer be placed invisibly under leaf blocks
    • Leaves no longer cut through blocks when growing trees using Bone Meal
    • Anvils now drop as items when falling on Torches
    • Stone Slabs and Cobblestone Walls now have the proper blast resistance
    • Top Snow falling on a Top Snow Block no longer loses one layer
    • Breaking Cobblestone that is being pushed by a Piston no longer drops an invalid ‘Update’ block
  • Redstone
    • Automated Chicken cookers using slabs will now function properly
    • Fixed Redstone not powering horizontally adjacent blocks
    • Hoppers and Droppers can now only put Music Discs inside Jukeboxes
    • Minecart with Hopper and TNT will no longer shake on Activator Rails
    • Renamed Shulker Boxes no longer lose their names when fired from a Dispenser
    • Daylight Sensors can no longer generate power in the Nether
    • Undyed Shulker Boxes can no longer be placed inside other Shulker Boxes using Hoppers and Droppers
    • Mobs in Minecarts no longer activate rails next to them as they try to walk
    • Observers no longer visually cut Redstone Dust
    • Rails will now take block power into account when attaching to other rails
    • Dispensers, Droppers, and Redstone Lamps now activate properly when Redstone Dust is placed on top of them
    • Trapped Chests with slabs or stairs above no longer power Redstone Dust adjacent to the block below when the chest is open
    • Glazed Terracotta can no longer be pulled using Slime Blocks and Sticky Pistons
    • Minecarts no longer get stuck when passing through blocks on diagonal rails
    • Armor can now be equipped to an Armor Stand using a Dispenser
  • Mobs
    • Baby Chickens no longer get stuck in the corners of fences
    • Fixed mobs shaking while riding in Minecarts
    • Horses can no longer be steered in deep water
    • Llamas now form a caravan when following Llamas on a Lead instead of acting silly and running around in circles
    • Llamas can now be healed by feeding them Hay Bales and Wheat
    • Mobs no longer view closed doors as valid paths and shouldn’t get stuck when trying to walk through them
    • Mobs can no longer spawn on carpet
    • Mobs are now able to spawn when the player is below a height of 30 blocks
    • Mobs will no longer spawn on transparent blocks like Glass and Fences
    • Rabbits will now follow players that are holding carrots and flowers in Survival mode
    • Elder Guardian and Zombie Villager spawn eggs can now be obtained with Pick Block in Creative mode
    • Smaller mobs can no longer trample farmland and crops
    • Fixed medium Slimes not dealing damage to players
    • Endermites will no longer suffocate when riding in Minecarts and Boats that are not on rails or in the water
    • Fixed Villager behavior when it’s raining so they now disperse to separate houses
    • The Wither will now face the right direction when attacking
    • Pigs being steered using Carrot on a Stick will no longer jump up slab staircases and simply walk up them
    • Mob spawners will now stop spawning when there are 6 or more mobs in the vicinity
    • Zombies and Skeletons now burn during daytime in warm biomes when it’s raining in other biomes
    • Fixed Witches not spawning inside Witch Huts
    • Wolves will no longer run from Llamas if they are out of sight
    • Increased the spawn rate of Slimes
    • Increased the spawn rate of Ghasts in the Nether
    • Increased the spawn rate of Ocelots
    • Spiders no longer give up so easily when attacking
    • Fire Resistance potions now protect Snow Golems from dying in warm biomes
    • Parrots will now properly dismount when the player it’s riding dies
    • Parrots riding on players’ shoulders will no longer hinder block placement while sneaking
    • Parrots will no longer leave player shoulders when boarding a Boat
    • Iron Golems will no longer turn hostile toward the player that spawned them
    • Iron Golems no longer spawn when Mob Spawning is disabled
    • When riding a boat and hitting a mob with the Knockback enchantment, the mob will no longer always be knocked toward the East
    • Zombies and Skeletons now burn in daylight while in boats
  • Crafting
    • Enchanted Apples can no longer be crafted (Golden Apples are still craftable)
    • Crafting items that used ingredients in the hotbar no longer causes the hotbar to get shuffled when using a controller
    • Mossy Stone Bricks can no longer be crafted from themselves and no longer results in loss of blocks
    • Bucket, Water Bucket, Lava Bucket, and Milk have been moved to the ‘Items’ inventory tab
  • Exploits
    • Players can no longer attack others with bows when Friendly Fire is disabled
    • Minecart with Hopper can no longer duplicate items
    • Items can no longer be duplicated using Item Frames and Hoppers
    • Exploding Creepers and Beds in the Nether can no longer ignite TNT in worlds that have ‘TNT Explodes’ turned off
    • Any item held by a player that is killed by Thorns armor will no longer be duplicated
    • Rails can no longer be duplicated when pulled by two pistons simultaneously
    • Breaking a Cauldron, Furnace, Banner, Beacon, Jukebox, or Daylight Sensor with Silk Touch no longer drops two of each item
    • Breaking an Ender Chest with Silk Touch will no longer drop Obsidian
    • Items can no longer be duplicated using Item Frames and Hoppers
    • Switching between bows while aiming will no longer transfer item durability
    • Players can no longer attack through walls in third-person perspective
    • Killing an animal attached to a Fence with a Lead no longer duplicates the Lead
  • Graphical
    • The line is now properly connected to the Fishing Rod and floater
    • Rain is now visible through glass
    • Sugar Cane now has proper biome coloring
    • Beacons will now shine through lava
    • Maps are no longer cut off when being held on vertical split-screen
    • Jungle Leaves now have transparency when held in-hand
    • Slimes now emit slime particles when jumping
    • Fixed a missing piece of the Hopper texture
    • Flickering no longer occurs when looking through leaves that are next to snow
    • Split-screen players will no longer share parts of the sky box backgrounds when they are in separate dimensions
    • Block breaking animation no longer goes out of sync when jumping or changing tools
    • Fixed the jumping animation for Spiders
    • Fixed shadow issues with Chorus Flowers when Smooth Lighting is disabled
    • Fire, Cobwebs, and Leaves can no longer be seen through blocks at certain distances
    • Jumping on a Horse, Donkey, or Mule while pushing against a wall with items attached to it no longer causes black blocks to appear around the wall
    • Fixed the Wither textures during spawning and death animations
    • Fixed the Axe not being attached to Vindicator’s hand when attacking
    • Pistons and beds no longer have large visual outlines for a split second when being placed
    • Fixed being able to see through lava when Blindness effect is used
    • End Crystal beam is now centered at the Crystal and not at the fire base
    • End Crystal items now have the enchantment effect
    • Zombie Villagers now produce red particles while being cured
    • Resource Packs will now affect the look of the gamepad cursor
    • The moon will no longer graphically stutter when Do Daylight Cycle is disabled
    • TNT ignited by Redstone now shows the hopping animation
    • Items held by Zombie Villagers are now in the right position
    • Undyed Shulker Boxes no longer flash when being placed
    • Particles left after Dragon’s Breath attack and Lingering potions no longer leave visual artifacts
    • Smooth lighting will now be changed immediately after toggling in Settings
    • Fixed floating items that appeared after a player died and remained until they respawned when Keep Inventory was enabled
    • Chests are now placed in Item Frames with the proper rotation
    • Rain, smoke particles, and shadows are no longer visible through lava
    • Fixed a rare issue where rain and snow would fall through roofs
    • Disconnected water flows no longer visually show as connected
    • Farmland and Grass Paths no longer have water textures when seen underwater
    • Water source blocks surrounding Glass, Slime blocks, and Sea Lanterns no longer turn into flowing water blocks
    • Snow covered leaves no longer appear red when Smooth Lighting is disabled
    • Fixed the appearance of bubbles around the Guardian laser attack
  • Audio
    • Fixed the sound effect not playing when equipping armor from the hotbar
    • Fixed missing sound when moving through End Gateways
    • The proper sound effects will now play when using Ender Chests, Brewing Stands, Armor Stands, Furnaces
    • Thrown entities no longer play footstep sounds
    • Sound will no longer continue to play on the disconnect screen
    • Minecarts will no longer make walking sounds after being pushed off and back on to rails
  • User Interface
    • Fixed world names not being editable if they contained over 24 characters
    • The oxygen bar is no longer misplaced when getting out of a boat and diving underwater
    • Several improvements to navigating menus while using a controller
    • World save size is now properly reported immediately after saving and exiting
    • The number of worlds on the Worlds tab is no longer overlapped by the world icon
    • Changing Screen Safe Area size and GUI scale will now set the proper positions for the hotbar, health, hunger, and paper doll
    • Deleting a world with a colored name no longer has extra colored text in the confirmation prompt
    • The player model no longer appears in from the ‘Choose New Skin’ button
    • Disabling Controller Hints will now turn off hints on in-game menus
    • Fixed the Creative hotbar not always clearing when X is pressed on the controller
    • When editing a page in Book & Quill, pressing B on the controller will now quit page edit mode instead of the whole book screen
    • Items can now be dropped by moving them into the grey space of the Creative inventory screen
    • Fixed the gamepad cursor snapping incorrectly when highlighting the off-hand slot and clicking the Left Thumbstick
    • Fixed not being able to snap the gamepad cursor between the Furnace fuel slot and output slot
    • Fixed incorrect items appearing in Creative inventory searches
    • Shulker Box inventory tooltips are now properly translated to other languages
    • A loading screen will now appear when applying Global Resources
    • The Jukebox now has a controller tooltip for block use
    • Fixed a delay in the ‘Boost’ button appearing when mounting a Pig with Carrot on a Stick in hand
    • Fixed lowered frame rate when unfocusing from the Book & Quill
    • HUD opacity now affects Banners and mob heads in the hotbar
    • Fixed delays when typing in chat and other text fields
    • Sea Lanterns now appear in the proper category when searching the inventory
    • Fixed double notifications appearing when importing a world
    • A warning now appears instructing players not to close the game when exporting a world
    • Fixed some worlds not appearing on the Available Templates list when not downloaded
    • Navigating left or right on the Available Templates list will no longer move focus to the top of the list
    • Several translation fixes for Español (Mexico)
    • Cached Data now appears on the Storage screen
  • Commands
    • Cloned Banners no longer appear as blank black Banners
    • The “Facing” component of ‘/teleport’ is no longer executed before teleporting a player
    • Redstone Dust can no longer be placed in air, or blocks not suited for it, using commands
    • Players can now be killed using ‘/kill’ when they have a resistance effect of 4 or higher
    • Fixed repeating damage sound and animation when using ‘/effect’ to get health and simultaneously taking damage
    • The screen will no longer shake when standing on Magma blocks after applying Regeneration effect of 255 or more
    • Teleporting entities to or from a ticking area no longer fail to render or be interacted with
    • Players will no longer receive an Unknown Map when using ‘/replaceitem’ command to place a map in the off-hand slot
    • Items will now be received immediately and correctly when using ‘/give’ command with a Chain Command Block
    • Teleporting a horse while it’s being ridden now works as intended
    • Buttons cloned in a “pressed” state no longer remain pressed forever
    • Repeatedly teleporting TNT vertically will no longer separate the visual block from its explosive location
    • Ocelots no longer spawn in groups when spawned using commands
    • ‘/clear’ will now clear items held in hand when playing in Classic UI
    • Commands in chains of Command Blocks will now run sequentially when other chains are running nearby

• Additional notes: this “update” is actually a separate version of the game that you have to download from the Nintendo eShop [Europe / North America]. If you already own Minecraft on Nintendo Switch, you get it for free!
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 15

• Release date: May 29th 2018 (North America) / May 30th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added Egyptian Mythology Mash-Up Pack
• Fix for Minecarts being destroyed by Lava
• Fix for MCCE #7207 – Some Skins are Buggy
• Optimized Beacons: This will allow a larger number of beacons to be placed before any noticeable fps decrease.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 14

• Release date: April 24th 2018 (North America) / April 25th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack
• Fixed a crash that would occur when players looked at a Cauldron while holding a Water Bottle obtained by Fishing

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 13

• Release date: March 27th 2018 (North America) / March 28th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added Star Wars Sequel Skin Pack
• Added Halo Mash-Up Pack
• Added Chat message to inform users once they reach the maximum number of Ender Crystals in a world.
• Fix for MCCE-#3522 – Over the sky barrier.
• Fix for MCCE-#6536 – Save file can be corrupted when flying over the Sky Barrier.
• Fix for MCCE #6383 – The Player could experience severe FPS drops when then Enderdragon spawn particles.
• Fix for MCCE-#6734 – Sharpness Particles Replaced by rain drops.
• Fix for MCCE-#6802 – Sticky Pistons do not pull chests back.
• Fix for MCCE #4683 – Vertical pointing Dispensers spawn mobs in the wrong positions.
• Fix for MCCE #4701 – Mining Fatigue has little to no effect.
• Fix for MCCE-#6764 – The comparator detects 6 power for a cauldron instead of 3.
• Fix for MCCE-#6603 – Grass spreads under tilled dirt / farmland.
• Fix for MCCE #4956 – The back of an observer block does not light up when powered.
• Fix for MCCE #4986 – Parrots that have been tamed disappear after moving away from them. Tamed Ocelots and Wolfs shouldn’t despawn now either.
• Fix for MCCE-#6224 – No Music Disc Collection Messages.
• Fix for MCCE-#6425 – Water collected using a bucket that is past the world’s limit can place water that doesn’t move.
• Fix for MCCE #6599 – Farming Beetroot has a net loss overall when harvesting.
• Fix for MCCE-#5384 – Game crashes to ps3 xmb menu (Due to memory leak with Cave Spiders) – PS3/Xbox 360.
• Fixed a crash when loading a pre 1.8 save with Cooked Fish in an Ender Chest.
• Fixed a bug where Endermen weren’t teleporting upon taking damage directly from Players.
• Fixed a bug where holding a stack of two or more items prevented players from performing the “Take/Place” action on Armor Stands.
• Fixed a bug where some mobs weren’t correctly chasing players through doors.
• Fixed a bug where mobs could breed through walls and fences.
• Fixed a bug where players could sometimes enter a round of Levitation Potions in Tumble without any Potions.
• Fixed a bug where Cauldron sound effects were louder than intended.
• Fixed a bug where fuel in Brewing Stands was consumed at the wrong time.
• Fixed a bug where Zombie Pigmen stayed angry at dead players.
• Fixed a bug where placing a large number of beacons filtered by stained glass would cause the game to crash.
• Fixed a bug where the player would take damage or be placed within the block above when exiting a Minecart.
• Fixed a bug where the Ender Dragon could be trapped in a Boat and killed easily.
• Fixed a bug where Grass Path blocks mined with the Silk Touch Enchantment would give the player a Dirt block.
• Fixed a bug where the Beacon’s secondary power could not be activated without having the primary power activated as well.
• Fixed a bug where Mounted mobs could not breed.
• Optimised the block updating of Chest Blocks causing frame rate issues in worlds with a large number of chests.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 11

• Release date: Decemb

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 12

• Release date: January 30th 2018 (North America) / January 31st 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added Moana Character Pack.
• Added Skin Pack 1
• Fixed MCCE-6589: Pistons of both types can’t move Cauldrons.
• Fixed MCCE-6531: Placing a bed next to a cactus crashes the game.
• Fixed MCCE-6376: Observer Blocks don’t detect some changes, like other powered Observers.
• Fixed MCCE-6465: Unable to place vines under torches.
• Fixed a bug where Animals are not running away when hit on Peaceful Difficulty.
• Fixed a bug where Tamed Horses with no items equipped despawn after a Player leaves the area.
• Fixed a bug that was reducing the Horizontal distance a Horse would travel when Jumping
• Change to explosions so that TNT cannons in Mashup worlds work as they used to.
• Fixed a bug where a block could not be moved while a sign was attached to it
• Fixed a bug where a block could not be moved while a Banner was attached to it
• Fixed a bug where Tripwire hooks on the sides of Pistons would drop when the Piston was extended/retracted.
• Fixed a bug where Comparators would not register Chest and Trapped Chest size changes.
• Fixed a bug where Rails and Torches couldn’t be placed on Glowstone, Sea Lanterns, Glass, or Ice.
• Fixed a bug where Flowerpots, Doors, and Pumpkins couldn’t be placed on Glass.
• Fixed a bug where Redstone, Levers, and Buttons couldn’t be placed on Pistons.
• Fixed a bug that would allow players to Open Shulker Boxes while ‘Trust Players’ and ‘Can Open Containers’ options are disabled.
• Enchantment Experience costs in Creative Mode now match Bedrock Edition
• Pistons can now move small chests but only if the new position would have been valid for players to place a new chest.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 11

• Release date: December 19th 2017 (North America) / December 20th 2017 (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Added Norse Mythology Mashup Pack.
• Added Festive Tumble Arena.
• Added New Horse Model.
• Added Dyeable Leather Horse Armour.
• Cauldron changes.
  • Cauldrons can be filled with potions.
  • Tipped Arrows can be created using an Arrow with Cauldrons filled with potions.
  • Water can be dyed.
  • Armour can be dyed in a Cauldron filled with dyed water.
• Baby Zombie jockeys can now ride any mobs.
• World generation changes.
  • Added Fallen Trees & Dying Trees.

• Village Changes.
  • Tables have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate.
  • Added Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages.
  • Added Chests to Ice Plains and Cold Taiga Villages.
  • Ice Plains & Cold Taiga Villages won’t generate crops.
  • Paths around village wells now made up of grass path (sandstone in desert).

• Dispenser changes.
  • Fireworks will fire in the direction the dispenser is facing.
  • Mob heads will drop to ground unless they are being placed on a block that would cause a Wither or Snow Golem to spawn.

• Updated Wither Boss behavior.
  • Explodes and spawns Wither Skeletons on half health.
  • Change to dash attack.
  • Remove health regeneration.
  • New birth and death animations.

• Armor Stands now have arms and multiple poses.

• Additional notes: there is no “Patch 10” for the Nintendo Switch version of the game, for some reason.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 9

• Release date: November 14th 2017 (worldwide)
• Patch notes:

• • Added Minecon Earth Skin Pack

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 8

• Release date: October 26th (North America) / October 27th (Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• • Added Stranger Things Skin Pack.
  • Add a time-limited Halloween Tumble arena, including specially themed layers!
  • Added the “Custom” game type to the Battle Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including:
    • Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets.
    • Enable choosing the number of rounds to play before the winner is selected.
    • Enable forcing map size.
    • A variety of different options to manage how players heal, and how quickly they get hungry.
    • Added the No Armor item set to Custom Battle games, an item set designed to keep the combat fast-paced and exciting.
    • Added the High Power item set to Custom Battle games, allowing you to play Battle with some of the most powerful items in Minecraft!
    • Added the Decayed item set to Custom Battle games; every item breaks after a few uses, so you’ll need to keep moving.
    • Added the Food Central item set to Custom Battle games. Food is only found in the centre chests, and equipment only in the outer chests.
  • Added the “Custom” game type to Tumble Mini Game with a huge variety of new settings, including:
    • Enable choosing the number of lives per round that each player gets.
    • Enable choosing the number of layers, and controlling the size of the layers.
    • Added Fireworks as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games.
    • Added Splash Potions of Levitation as a usable weapon in Custom Tumble games.
    • Added Spectator Participation to Custom Tumble games!

• •  Players can now spectate Battle and Tumble Mini Games as a Parrot, Vex, or floating head.

• Additional notes: this update is required for the last DLC pack. Click here for more details!
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 7

• Release date: August 29th (North America) / August 30th (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Added Glide Myths Track Pack; Drift through the clouds of Icarus, dive into conflict in Excalibur, and ride with the Kelpies in Celts.
• Added “Strangers – Biome Settlers 3” Skin Pack.
• Enable transferring save from Wii U Edition (click here for more details!)
• Fixed slow moving mobs in water.
• Endermen and Endermites should always be hostile to each other.
• Polar Bears should not attack the player when in peaceful mode.
• Wither Skeletons no longer fear daylight, and will attack anything that lives.
• Zombie Horses and Skeleton Horses can now be tamed and leashed.
• Skeletons shouldn’t attack Village Golems.
• Strays now flee from Wolves.
• Wolves should not become hostile against mobs that they can’t directly see.
• Fix for Farmer Villagers not planting seeds often enough.
• Crafting any kind of Boat now requires a Wooden Shovel.
• String can now be crafted from Web.
• Purpur Stairs and Slabs can now be crafted from both Purpur Blocks and Pillars.
• Stone Slabs, Redstone Repeaters, and Redstone Comparators can now be crafted from Stone, Granite, Andesite, Diorite, and their Polished variants.
• Observers should register changes to Item Frames.
• Observers should register changes to Doors.
• Observers should register changes to Flower Pots.
• Observers should not output extra signals for fire block state changes.
• Observers should not output multiple signals when lava or water is place in front of them.
• Pistons can now push Daylight Sensors.
• Potion durations have changed.
• Fixed area in the Mini Game Lobby that caused players to become invulnerable in the Mini Game if they were in this location when the round started.
• Fix for MCCE-5523 – Pick Block in Creative
• Fix for MCCE-5549 – Hotbar is not centered in splitscreen battle
• Fix for MCCE-2000 – Zombies get stuck in water
• Fix for MCCE-2868 – Levitation effect all in Capitals

• Additional notes: for more details about the save data transfer and the DLC, check out this post!
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 6

• Release date: July 25th (North America) / July 26th (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Added Canyon, a free Glide track.
• Added Biome Settlers 2 Skin pack.
• Added Terracotta and Glazed Terracotta layers to Tumble.
• Enable 1080p display when placed in the Nintendo Switch Dock.
• Improved performance in Solo Glide when restarting the level (particularly with split-screen spectators).
• Totem of Undying now also applies Fire Resistance II.
• Fixed some areas where it was possible to escape from Battle maps or Glide tracks.
• Fixed a bug where players were unable to milk a Cow in Creative Mode.
• Fixed a bug where players were being teleported back to the Nether portal shortly after arriving in the other dimension.
• Fixed a bug where broken Banners wouldn’t stack with crafted Banners.
• Fixed a bug where Wheat, Ladders, and Banners were not correctly spawning in Woodland Mansions.
• Fixed a bug where Monster Spawners in Woodland Mansions were Pigs instead of Spiders.
• Fixed a bug where the Item Frame icon appeared when holding a Map.
• Fixed an incorrect death message when players were killed by Zombie Villagers.
• Fix for custom names of Mobs not being shown in death messages.
• Fix for being unable to unlock “Sniper Duel”.
• Fix for being unable to unlock “Camouflage”.
• Fix for MCCE #5183 – Player can kill a tamed Parrot with PvP disabled.
• Fix for MCCE #5062 – Farmer Villagers only plant one seed after harvesting a whole crop of seeds from a field.
• Fix for MCCE #4103 – Time spent on the Pause menu when under water counts towards the “Free Diver” trophy.
• Fix for MCCE #3112 – When trying to throw food, Villagers throw it in the wrong direction.
• Fix for MCCE #5219 – Two types of Bone Block with different pictures.
• Fix for MCCE #4989 – Zombie Villager Spawn eggs are the wrong colour.
• Fix for MCCE #5261 – Flower hitbox is displaced.
• Fix for MCCE #4897 – Beds explode when TNT Explodes is disabled.
• Fix for MCCE #4954 – Mobs can’t move with a block above them.
• Fix for MCCE #3010 – Constructing an End portal in a certain method can lead to the End Portal being created next to the portal frame.
• Fix for MCCE #5292 – Only regular Skeletons spawning in the Nether.
• Fix for MCCE #5151 & MCCE #5208 – Item frames don’t show the custom name of their items.

• Additional note: the update is required for the latest DLC Packs! Click here for more details.
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 5

• Release date: June 29th (North America) / June 30th (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Fix for issue causing the loss of Shulker Box contents on loading from a previous save.
• Fix for Empty Bucket not being returned to inventory after crafting a Cake.
• Fix for Furnaces not leaving an Empty Bucket after using a Lava Bucket as fuel.
• Fix for efficiency enchantments on tools not working correctly.
• Fix for pistons not extending when the piston above them extends.
• Fix for Horse armour not appearing on horses that don’t have markings.
• Fix for Pistons no longer being available in the Crafting menu.
• Fix for observers outputting constant power if they can detect changes from another observer.

• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 4

• Release date: June 27th (North America) / June 28th (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Added Mini Game Heroes Skin Pack.
• Added 7 New Achievements
• Added Biome Scale Slider
• Added Find Balanced Seed option
• Added Llamas, new mobs that can be tamed and ridden, and will form caravans when led.
• Added Parrots. Try letting them ride your shoulder, but be careful what you feed them!
• Added Woodland Mansions, and the mobs that inhabit them: Vindicators, Evokers, and the annoying Vexes that they summon.
• Added Explorer Maps to help you find Ocean Temples and the new Woodland Mansions, and the new Cartographer Villager to sell them to you.
• Added Observer Blocks.
• Added Totem of Undying item.
• Added Curses of Binding and Vanishing.
• Added Spawn Eggs to the Creative Menu for Skeleton Horses, Zombie Horses, Elder Guardians, Strays, Wither Skeletons, Husks, and Zombie Villagers.
• Updated Textures for Mule and Donkey Spawn Eggs.
• Added dyeable beds
• Added display of status effects on the HUD.
• Reduced the amount of Food Bar drain player many actions cause, but increased the drain caused by health regeneration.
• Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of Stairs
• Iron bars, glass panes and fences adjacent to the full-block side of a stair will now visually connect.
• Carpet and snow layers can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs.
• Beds are now bouncy, though they do not completely reduce all fall damage.

Bug Fixes

• MCCE-4806 – No option to invert X axis on the Nintendo Switch
• MCCE-3488 – Villager trading broken
• MCCE-4793 – Loose dual wielded item when you die
• MCCE-4731 – Shulker box miss colored in Natural texture pack
• MCCE-4910 – Shulker Boxes on Natural texture pack
• MCCE-4746 – Sleeping with an elytra
• MCCE-3357 – End portals stop appearing after respawned dragon death
• MCCE-2998 – Slime Block Glitch
• MCCE-4715 – Potions firing from dispenser crash.
• MCCE-2744 – Fences Attaching to Nether Brick Fences
• MCCE-3165 – Tutorial World
• MCCE-4830 – Skin-Pack: Magic: The Gathering, Ajani skin has bugs
• MCCE-4840 – Color of shulker box incorrect in Natural texture pack
• MCCE-4834 – skeletons spawn in a 2 high space with trapdoors on ceiling
• MCCE-4663 – Weapon durability shows when interface opacity is low
• MCCE-4727 – Textures wrong
• MCCE-3973 – Donkeys don’t spawn
• MCCE-4710 – Invisible Chat Box
• MCCE-1899 – Squid spawning limit super low…
• MCCE-3386 – Game freezes
• MCCE-2983 – Piston translocation will not work in future versions. Bug?
• MCCE-2479 – It’s possible to step up 1 pixel height from Grass Paths to Farmland blocks.
• MCCE-4644 – Birch boat texture is broken in cartoon texture pack

• Additional notes: this update is required to get the latest DLC. For more details about said DLC, click here!
• Source: 4J Studios

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 3

• Release date: May 30th (North America) / May 31st (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Added Glide!
• Updated Switch Features to be inline with other platforms
• Added Adventure Time Mash-up Pack.
• Added Magic: The Gathering Skin Pack.
• Added Chinese Mythology Battle Map.
• Added Temple, a free Glide track.
• Your best run in Glide will now be recorded (as long as it is under 5 minutes), and a Ghost will fly alongside you in Solo Mode to help you improve!
• The default controls have been changed slightly, and you can now define your own control scheme in the options menu.
• Added Pick Block – This is unassigned by default.
• Added Off-hand slot for Maps and Arrows.
• Added Shulker Box item.
• Added Shulker Shell item.
• Added Iron Nugget item. You can now smelt Iron and Gold armour into nuggets.
• More items can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
• Added new Note Block sounds
• Added some new sound effects for filling Cauldrons, paddling Boats, using a Fishing Rod, and End Portals.
• Using a Firework while gliding with Elytra will now give you a boost. Don’t try this at home!
• Added Concrete Powder Blocks – 16 Different colors!
• Added Concrete Blocks – 16 Different colors!
• Added Glazed Terracotta Block – 16 Different patterns!
• Changed the color of Dyes, Wool and Banners

Bug Fixes

• MCCE-4554 – Take Damage when falling into slime block
• MCCE-4704 – Fall Damage being taken in 1×1 areas
• MCCE-4551 – Falling in shallow water is damaging players
• MCCE-2308 – Player Glitched out in Battle Mode
• MCCE-2902 – Squids not spawning in anything man-made
• MCCE-4604 – Battle Mode Spawn Glitch
• MCCE-2019 – Some times when with a arrow or hit the players scren will freeze or shake.
• MCCE-4223 – elytra fly glitch
• MCCE-3164 – Rabbits
• MCCE-4662 – Exp from Coal not going to mending
• MCCE-4591 – Map direction icon skewed
• MCCE-4278 – Banner are giant

• Additional notes: the update is required for the Adventure Time Mash-Up Pack;
• Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 2

• Release date: May 19th (worldwide)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Fix for false presses of Home and Screenshot buttons reported in Retail
• Fix for Swap AB not functioning with Switch Pro Controllers
• Added Missing Campfire Tales Skin Pack

• Additional notes: none.
• Official website: click here!

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition – Patch 1

• Release date: May 11th (North America) / May 12th (Europe, Japan)
• File size: ???MB
• Patch notes:

• Various Bug Fixes

• Additional notes: Day 1 update;
• Official website: click here!

How to download updates for Minecraft and Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates manually, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet

Click here for more Software updates!