Minecraft has been getting more and more popular with each passing day; this is why developer Mojang established the beta testing program for their game. If you want to try out all these new updates before they are released on official servers, then follow our tutorial below!
Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) version 1.17 release date continues rolling in like a tsunami… but not without what some would say was unnecessary delay thanks only two months ago where update 17w15a went live instead of earlier than planned – leading many players into wondering just when will we see another hotfix or patch again come October 15th? Thankfully though.
What’s changed:
Amethyst Bud
- Grows from budding amethyst, which is found in amethyst geodes.
Amethyst Cluster
- The final, mature stage of the amethyst bud, which grows from budding amethyst in amethyst geodes.

Azalea
- Bush-like blocks that can be planted on dirt and grass blocks.
Azalea Leaves
- Has variants with either no blossoms or pink blossoms.
Block of Amethyst
Block of Raw Metal
Block of Copper
Budding Amethyst
Calcite

Cave Vines
Cobbled Deepslate

Copper Ore
- Has the same rarity as iron.
Cut Copper

Deepslate – a dark-gray stone.
Deepslate Ore
Dripleaf
Dripstone Block
Glow Item Frame
Glow Lichen – a new light block, can be gathered only with shears.
Hanging Roots
Lightning Rod

Moss Block
Moss Carpet
Pointed Dripstone – used to create stalagmite or stalactite.
Powder Snow – a variant of snow, entities that walk over it sink into it.
Rooted Dirt – a block of dirt only with root texture on it.
Sculk Sensor – a Redstone component that sends and receives Redstone signals wirelessly.
Smooth Basalt
Spore Blossom
Tinted Glass – a black variant of glass that is transparent to players, but does not let light through.
Amethyst Shard – obtained from breaking amethyst clusters.
Copper Ingot
Glow Berries – underground food source, grow on cave vines.
Glow Ink Sac

Goat Horn – dropped by a Goat.
Raw Copper
Raw Gold
Raw Iron

Spyglass – can be crafted by combining 2 Copper ingots and an Amethyst shard.

Axolotl – the first amphibian creature in Minecraft, can be caught using a bucket. You can find axolotl in flooded caves.
Goat – a new mob, native to Mountain biomes. It’s able to jump high and drops the Goat horn.
Glow Squid – an underwater mob that behaves like a regular squid but glows.
As you can see, the amount of changes for this update is astounding, as well as the waiting time for it to release. Test the new features right now by downloading the latest 1.17.34 client for Android devices.
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