Minecraft 1.21.70.22 Beta

Minecraft Beta & Preview 1.21.70.22: New Chicken Variants & Desert Features

The latest Beta and Preview brings exciting new farm animal variants and desert biome enhancements. Let’s explore all the colorful additions and improvements!

New Experimental Features

Chicken Variants

• Two new chicken types introduced:
  • Cold Chicken: Lays unique Blue Eggs
  • Warm Chicken: Produces Brown Eggs
• Features:
  • Distinct textures and models for each variant
  • Spawn in corresponding climate biomes
  • Share spawn egg with regular chickens
  • Eggs can hatch into their respective variants

Desert Flora Enhancements

Cactus Flower

• New pink desert flower that grows on cacti
• Characteristics:
  • Growth chances:
    • 10% on 1-2 block high cacti
    • 25% on 3 block high cacti
  • Can be placed on cacti or blocks with center support
  • Usable in composters
  • Craftable into Pink Dye

New Dry Grass Types

1. Short Dry Grass

• Desert and Badlands native
• Can be bone mealed into Tall Dry Grass
• Placeable on sand, terracotta, and dirt

2. Tall Dry Grass

• Single block height (unlike two-block Tall Grass)
• Spreads Short Dry Grass when bone mealed
• Sheep can eat to regrow wool
• Usable as furnace fuel

Environment Updates

• Firefly Bush improvements:
  • Added moonlight-activated ambient sounds
  • Fixed held texture appearance
• Expanded biome categorization for animal variants:
  • Cold biomes (including Frozen Peaks, Taigas)
  • Warm biomes (including Deserts, Savannas)
  • Temperate biomes (including Plains, Forests)

Bug Fixes and Improvements

Block Updates

• Fixed block-related issues:
  • Resolved z-fighting in Flower Pots
  • Improved redstone-powered dispenser timing
  • Fixed destructible block animations
• Leaf Litter improvements:
  • Now placeable on any center-support block
  • Updated map color to brown
  • Fixed step sound categorization

Gameplay

• Fixed Riptide behavior in shallow water
• Improved server authoritative movement
• Addressed player movement issues

User Interface

• Enhanced Player Permissions screen with Ore UI
• Expanded Friends Drawer accessibility
• Fixed Encyclopedia typos
• Improved splash text readability
• Added new creative mode loading tips

Note: Some known issues are being tracked:

• Character sideways movement issues
• Multiplayer respawn animation bugs

Let me know if you’d like me to expand on any of these features or provide more specific details about the changes!