Tutorials/Bedrock Edition beta program (2024)

Requirements[]

The beta program is only available on Windows, Xbox One and Android.

Warnings[]

Beta versions are not fully tested and may contain bugs that crash the game or corrupt your world. It is recommended to regularly back up worlds when playing in the beta program or only play in new worlds.

Joining[]

Windows 10/11 and Xbox One[]

You must own the digital version of Minecraft, not the disc version.

Open the Microsoft Store app.
Search for the Xbox Insider Hub app.
- The search bar is in the top right of the window.
If the Xbox Insider Hub app is not installed, install it.
Launch the Xbox Insider Hub app.
Open the Previews menu and click the card titled "Minecraft for Windows 10".
Click "Join", then click "Continue".
- The latest beta will now be downloaded if updates are set to automatic in the store.

Android[]

Open the Google Play Store.
Search for "Minecraft" and open the app store page.
Scroll down to the section titled "Become a tester" and click "Join".
- The Play Store will now soon install the latest beta version.

Leaving[]

Windows 10/11 and Xbox One[]

Open the Microsoft Store app.
Search for the Xbox Insider Hub app.
Launch the Xbox Insider Hub app.
Open the Previews menu and scroll down to the card titled "Minecraft for Windows 10".
Click "Manage".
Make sure the beta program is selected then click "Leave Preview" and finally click "Continue".
- You have now exited the beta.
The game may need to be reinstalled.
1. On Windows, back up the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds folder.
2. Uninstall the game and reinstall it from the Store.

Android[]

Open the Google Play Store.
Search for "Minecraft" and open the app store page.
Scroll down to the section titled "You're a beta tester" and click "Leave".
- The Play Store will now soon install the latest release version.

Tutorials

Introductory

Newcomer survival	The first day/beginner's guide The second day The third day Hunger management Things not to do Simple tips and tricks Your first ten minutes
Shelters	Best biomes for homes Best building materials Building and construction Navigation Shelters Shelter types

General

Challenges

Non-standard survival	Adventure survival Half hearted hardcore Hardcore mode Surviving in a single area indefinitely Infinite desert survival Island survival Manhunt Mob switch Nomadic experience Skywars survival Superflat survival Flat survival Ultra hardcore survival
Challenge maps	Beating a challenge map Creating a challenge map

Constructions

Farming

Blocks and items	Amethyst Armor Azalea Bamboo Basalt Bedrock Blaze rod Bone meal Cactus Chorus fruit Clay and mud Cobblestone Cocoa bean Copper Crops (Beetroot, Carrot, Potato, Wheat) Dirt Dragon's breath Dripstone Egg Fern Fish Flower Froglight Glow berries Glow ink sac Glow lichen Goat horn Gold Hanging roots Honey Ice Iron Kelp Lava Meat Moss block Mushroom Music disc Nautilus shell Nether growth Nether vine Nether wart Obsidian Powder snow Pumpkin, Melon Rooted dirt Sculk growths Scute Seagrass Sea pickle Snow Soul soil Sugar cane Sweet berries Tree Trident Vine Villager trading hall Wither rose Wool Duplication
Mobs	Mob farming Mob grinding Monster spawner traps Allay Animals Axolotl Blaze Cat Cave spider Creeper Drowned Ender dragon Enderman Frog Goat Guardian Hoglin Iron golem Magma cube Phantom Piglin bartering farm Raid Shulker Slime Squid Turtle Villager Wandering trader Warden Witch Wither Wither skeleton Zombie Zombie villager Zombified piglin
OP farms	End of light mob farms

Enchanting
and smelting

Blockbreaking

Mechanisms

Basic redstone	Automatic respawn anchor recharger Basic logic gates Combination locks Command block Flying machines Hopper Item sorting Item transportation Mechanisms Observer stabilizer Randomizers Redstone music Redstone tips Rube Goldberg machine Shulker box storage Villager trading hall
Detectors	Block update detector Comparator update detector Daylight sensor Day night detector
Minecarts	Train station Minecarts Storage Storage system
Traps	Snow golems TNT cannons Trapdoor uses Trap design Traps
Pistons	Piston uses Piston circuits Quasi-connectivity Zero-ticking Instant repeaters
Advanced redstone	Advanced redstone circuits Arithmetic logic Calculator Command stats Hourly clock Morse code Printer Redstone computers Redstone telegraph

Servers

Server setup	Setting up a server Server startup script FreeBSD startup script OpenBSD startup script Ubuntu startup script Setting up a Hamachi server Setting up a Minecraft Forge server Setting up a Spigot server Ramdisk enabled server

Technical

Maps	Custom maps Map downloads Command NBT tags Falling blocks Updating old terrain using MCEdit
Resource packs	Creating a resource pack Loading a resource pack Sound directory
Data packs	Creating a data pack Installing a data pack Custom world generation
Creating Minecraft media	Creating videos Livestreaming
Game installation	Installing snapshots Joining and leaving the Bedrock Edition beta program How to get a crash report Installing Forge mods Custom Minecraft directory Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive with the old launcher Recover corrupted saved world data Run Minecraft through Google Drive Save game data to Dropbox (world data only) Saved data Dropbox guide

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Tutorials/Bedrock Edition beta program (2024)

Contents

Requirements[]

Warnings[]

Joining[]

Windows 10/11 and Xbox One[]

Android[]

Leaving[]

Windows 10/11 and Xbox One[]

Android[]