Bedrock Beta: Minecraft is the GOAT and Has the GOAT and Powdered Snow

Take cover behind a block, equip a full set of protective Netherite armor, and grab all the emergency elytras you can spare! Yes, I’m panicking, and you will be too when you find out what this post is about. Not convinced? Then keep on reading and tremble in excitement/despair as we introduce you to a new Bedrock Beta, containing the most mischievous mob in the history of Minecraft – the GOAT.

It’s snow time! Let’s goat! While we open up a whole new barrel of ill-advised puns, join the latest Bedrock beta to try your hand at your first Caves & Cliffs features: powder snow and goats!



Learn exactly how to get started:



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You read it correctly: Goats are jumping, bouncing, and charging into the first Caves & Cliffs-themed Bedrock Beta. These cliff-climbing creatures can be found spawning in extreme hills biomes doing… whatever goats do in their spare time. Besides the occasional erratic jump, they also love to spontaneously ram any mountain hiker they get close to, sending them flying down the very mountain they just climbed. It’s not that these goats are hostile, just a bit passive-aggressive – I can relate, not having had my breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, or dinner coffee yet!

Now, goats aren't the only reason why you should think twice about traversing the mountainside. Powder snow – the snowiest snow since sliced snow – is also making an anticipated appearance. This porous block ignores fall damage, but mind your step or you will find yourself sinking right through it, greatly limiting your mobility. You could also wear a pair of leather boots, which will allow you to walk on powder snow blocks without sinking into one. But since I already recommended wearing Netherite armor, I feel that would be counterproductive.

How to Join The Minecraft Bedrock Beta:

• Xbox One and Windows 10 players can opt-in and out of the beta from the Xbox Insider Hub app. Please be aware that opting in and out of the beta may affect all user accounts on a shared device.
• For Windows 10 players, we have a video that shows this process: https://youtu.be/VcpNfG_3irw
• Android players can opt in and out from the Minecraft page of the Google Play Store.
• Please bear in mind that un-enrolling from the Minecraft Beta can sometimes take up to 24 hours.

A Minecraft beta is a fun way to get early access to new features that haven’t yet released and help the devs test them in order to improve them. Goats and powder snow are no exception. In this particular beta, the devs have also added an updated version of the experimental features toggle. This has to be enabled in order to try out the GOAT-acular content. Simply scroll down to “Experiments” and select “Caves & Cliffs” when creating a new world. If you already have a world you’d like to try it on, then choose “Edit” instead, scroll down to “Experiments, and select “Caves & Cliffs”. As always, we strongly recommend making a copy of your world before you try it out, as betas tend to make them incompatible with future versions. In case you encounter a bug, please report it using the Issue Tracker.