Minecraft Patch 2.85 Notes for PS4 & Xbox One

Minecraft patch 2.85 is rolling out on PS4, Xbox One, Android, Switch and PC. According to the official Minecraft 2.85 patch notes, the latest update adds minor crash fixes and tweaks. Apart from this, today’s Minecraft version 2.85 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a big Minecraft update 2.72 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Unfortunately, since the last MC patch 2.73, players are still facing issues with the game. Today’s Minecraft PS4 update 2.85 will fix a few of these issues.

Read more details below.

Minecraft Patch 2.85 Notes

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay.
• Address stability issues introduced with the 1.20.70 update.

The following changes were added previously.

Vanilla Parity Updates

Gameplay Changes

• Respawn Radius default in Advanced Settings now set at 10.
• No more fall damage when you drop from a height in a Boat.
• Fall damage affects the entity that hits the ground first, and passengers if the entity dies.
• Goat Horn sounds can be heard from up to 256 blocks away.
• Boss bar HUD color got a makeover.
• Lava and Water mixing now align with Java Edition.
• Vibrations occur when closing Boat, Raft, or Minecart inventories.

Mobs: What’s New and Improved

• Zombified Villager cure time varies between 3-5 minutes.
• Zombified Villagers display correct biome overlays.
• Witches target players within 16 blocks.
• Previously sheared Sheep drop wool upon death.
• Camels can’t dash in Lava or Water.
• Iron Golems avoid spawning in suffocating spaces.
• Iron and Snow Golems show crumbling particles when created.
• Cartographers skip offering exploration maps outside the overworld.

Audio Enhancements

• Guardians and Elder Guardians make land-flopping sounds.
• Wither Skeletons get unique audio.
• New sound for placing Wither Skeleton Skulls on Note Blocks.
• Item pickup sound plays with the ‘/give’ command.
• Stray Cats make begging sounds.

Bottle Sound Updates

• Filling Bottles from Water Blocks now has sound.
• Pouring from a Glass Bottle into a Cauldron makes a sound.
• Filling a Glass Bottle from a Cauldron also makes a sound.
• Drinking from a Glass Bottle? Yep, that has a sound too.

Water Splash Sound Changes

• Ambient sounds for water entry and exit play only when submerged below eye-level.
• Updated splash sound for entering water.

Experimental Features Simplified: What’s New and What’s Changing

Villager Trade Rebalancing

This feature doesn’t affect your regular worlds. To test it, activate the Feature Toggle in the Experiments Menu when you create a new world. We’re tweaking villager trades based on your feedback. These changes aren’t final; they’re still in the experimental phase. Want to share your thoughts? Follow this link. We’re keen on hearing more from you, especially after the recent Librarian and Wandering Trader updates.

Cartographer Updates

Cartographers used to sell just two types of maps: Ocean Monument and Woodland Mansion. Now they offer seven more, each leading to a different village or structure. This helps you find specific locations faster. Different biome cartographers will sell different maps. So, you can hop from one village to another using these maps.

New Maps Available:

• Desert Village
• Jungle Explorer
• Plains Village
• Savanna Village
• Snow Village
• Swamp Explorer
• Taiga Village

Armorer Overhaul

Buying diamond armor from Armorers now costs both Diamonds and Emeralds. This change aims to balance early and late-game advantages. New players will find Armorers useful for iron armor, Shields, and Emeralds.

Additional Changes:

• Master-level Armorers now buy Iron Blocks at good rates.
• Chainmail armor is a specialty of Jungle and Swamp Armorers.
• Savanna Armorers offer cursed diamond armor at a discount.
• Taiga Armorers let you swap one diamond armor piece for another.

Structure Loot Changes

Certain structures now have a higher chance of containing specific Enchanted Books.

Enchanted Books by Structure:

• Ancient Cities: Mending
• Mineshafts: Efficiency (Levels I-V)
• Pillager Outposts: Quick Charge (Levels I-III)
• Desert Temples: Unbreaking (Levels I-III)
• Jungle Temples: Unbreaking (Levels I-III)

Bug Fixes

Stability and Performance

• Resolved various in-game crashes.
• Fixed a specific crash in the Archold room on the Spellrune Marketplace map.
• Minecraft 2.75 addressed a crash involving water block tessellation.
• Eliminated game freeze due to zero-friction blocks.

Gameplay Mechanics

• Arrow effects won’t impact players if arrows are blocked.
• End and Nether villages won’t save in the Overworld.
• No more clipping through blocks while using Elytra.
• Improved liquid placement and retrieval with buckets.
• Minecraft patch 2.75 fixed slow movement on Soul Sand.
• Eliminated clipping through blocks in Creative Mode.

Mob Behavior

• Sniffer mobs now dig for the full duration.
• Camels walk naturally and stand still without leg movement.
• Fall damage negated for mobs in shallow water.
• Rabbits eat carrot crops again.

Block Interactions

• Corrected sign editing issues.
• Fixed a rare Item Frame bug.
• Third-person camera avoids Cauldron clipping.
• No damage from falling in Powder Snow.
• Sculk Blocks won’t drop XP with Silk Touch.

Item Adjustments

• Minecraft PS5 update 2.75 fixed Banner pattern inversion on Shields.
• Invalid offhand items won’t drop.
• Warped Fungus on a Stick displays correctly.
• Updated Explorer Map icons.

Accessibility

• Improved text-to-speech for chat and emotes.

User Interface

• Added Camel sprint button.
• Minecraft 2.75 update fixed touch control overlaps.
• Smithing Table tooltips corrected.
• No more overlapping item names and health bars.
• UI scaling for Brewing Stand improved.
• Enhanced Realm disconnect messages.
• Autocomplete moves caret to line end.

Graphics

• Enchanted armor glint is subtler.
• Minecraft 2.75 fixed random light appearances.
• Splash particles now emit at waist level.

Download free Minecraft update 2.75 on PlayStation 4, PC, Switch and Xbox One.