Minecraft Updated To Version 1.19.70 On Switch, Here's What's Included

Jun 25, 2023

Horse breeding, Sniffers, and archaeology

Minecraft has received another update ahead of its big 1.20 launch. Version 1.19.70 is a chunky one with the usual bug fixes and preparation for the new features, but we're also getting a few changes and a couple of new features ahead of 1.20.

Players will be able to get a sneak peek at Archaeology and the Sniffer mob, which have been added as new experimental features. Horse breeding has also been amended — now your pet horse can give birth to a foal that's potentially better than it in terms of stats.

Some of the changes bring the game in line with the Java version, while many of them fix some minor bugs and glitches. Let's get to all of them, then (via Minecraft.net):

Player Emotes

Several improvements have come to the emote system in Bedrock Edition!

Check out the New Emote Features for Bedrock Edition article for more details.

Improvements have been made with vanilla parity to align with Java Edition, especially with horse breeding, mobs, and blocks.

Gameplay

Mobs

Blocks

The Sniffer and Archaeology are now available for testing that are coming to Minecraft 1.20, now known as Trails & Tales! The sniffer and archeology are two experimental features that you can try out in this release.

As these features are still incomplete, in development, and considered a work in progress, be sure to backup your worlds before enabling experimental features. The features can be enabled by turning on the "Next Major Update" toggle in world settings.

Archaeology

Brush

Pottery Shards and Decorated Pots

Suspicious Sand

Sniffer

Torchflower

Stability and Performance

Gameplay

Mobs

Blocks

Items

Touch Controls

User Interface

Spectator Mode

Realms

In addition, technical updates and PC commands have been tweaked for PC players — read about all of those over on Mojang's official Minecraft website.

Let us know what you think of these changes in the comments.

[source minecraft.net]