Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.80 Patch Notes - Minecraft Guide - IGN (2024)

The 1.20.80 Update for Minecraft Bedrock Edition has arrived, bringing the Armadillo and associated items, Wolf variants, Wolf Armor, and more!

This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the 1.20.80 Update for Minecraft, including a link to the full Patch Notes.

Armadillo

• The Armadillo has the following traits:
  • Spawns in Savannas and Badlands biomes
  • Drops Armadillo Scutes periodically
  • Drops Armadillo Scutes when brushed
  • Its favorite food is Spider Eyes

Rolling Up Behavior

• The Armadillo will roll up when it detects the following/upon the following conditions:
  • A sprinting player
  • A player in a vehicle or mounted
  • Undead mobs
  • A mob, or a player that has attacked it recently
• When rolled up, it does not walk, cannot eat, and will not be tempted by food
• It will continue to scan for threats, occasionally peeking to check the surroundings: if none are detected for 4 seconds, it will unroll
• In a rolled up state, its shell will protect it, and reduce the damage dealt to it, even allowing it to fully resist weak attacks
• Spiders and Cave Spiders will run away from Armadillos, and only if they are not in a rolled up state

It will not roll up if:

• It is fleeing
• It is in water
• It is in the air
• It is on a leash

Armadillo Scutes

• Armadillo Scutes can be used to craft Wolf Armor
• They are dropped by Armadillos
• Dispensers can be used to brush Armadillo Scutes off Armadillos

Wolf Armor

• The Wolf Armor will protect the wolf from most damage sources until the armor loses all durability and breaks
• Wolf Armor shows signs of increased breakage as durability goes down
• Players can repair the Wolf Armor with Armadillo Scutes while it is equipped on the Wolf, or on an Anvil using Armadillo Scutes
• Wolf armor can be dyed in similar fashion to Leather Armor
• Using Wolf Armor on an adult tamed Wolf will equip the armor on the Wolf
• Only a Wolf's owner can put a Wolf Armor on their tamed Wolf, and with this in mind; *Dispensers cannot put Wolf Armor on wolves
• Using Shears on a Wolf that is wearing armor will make it drop the armor
• Only a Wolf's owner can repair a Wolf Armor on a Wolf or shear a Wolf Armor from it, and with this in mind; Dispensers cannot remove Wolf Armor from wolves
• If a Wolf dies while wearing armor, it will drop the armor

Tamed Wolves Health & Damage

• Tamed Wolves now have 40 health points (20 hearts) instead of 20 health points (10 hearts)
• They no longer take half of the damage from most environmental sources like they used to do
  • In most cases this change will make no difference given the health boost, but now they can withstand more damage from players and arrows
• Feeding a Wolf now heals twice as many health points
• Adjusted spawning conditions for Wolves, allowing them to spawn on Coarse Dirt and Podzol blocks

Wolf Variants

• Pale Wolf
  • The familiar Wolf variant that now spawns in the Taiga biome, with a default pack size of 4
• Woods Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in the Forest biome. This will be the dominant Wolf variant that you will be able to find in the Overworld, since the Forest biome is very common
• Ashen Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in the Snowy Taiga biome
• Black Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in the Old Growth Pine Taiga biome, in smaller packs of 2 to 4
• Chestnut Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in the Old Growth Spruce Taiga biome, in smaller packs of 2 to 4
• Rusty Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in a new location for wolves - the Sparse Jungle biome, in smaller packs of 2 to 4
• Spotted Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in a new location for wolves - the Savanna Plateau biome, in larger packs of 4 to 8
• Striped Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in a new location for wolves, the Wooded Badlands biome, in larger packs of 4 to 8
• Snowy Wolf
  • A variant that spawns in the Grove biome. A rare type, that always walks alone

Realms Stories

Realms Stories is a new social hub for your Realm, and has the following features:

• The Story Feed
  • This lets you share your greatest gameplay moments with your fellow Realm members
• The Timeline
  • This lets you see when other members are playing on the Realm
• The Members tab
  • Shows a list of all Realm members and their permission levels
• Realm Events
  • Stories that get posted automatically when certain player actions are taken in the Realm. There are 19 unique Realm Events so far

Full Patch Notes

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, including existing experimental features, you can do so via the official Minecraft websites 1.20.80 Patch Notes blog post.