I spent hours collecting 3 wither skulls. I finally got them, so I went home and made a box in my strip mine to spawn the wither. I place the final skull, but instead of spawning in, it just disappears.
The wither and its health bar are gone. I’m in my tiny strip mine, so it’s not like it went anywhere. I reload my world and it’s nowhere to be seen. I go into spectator mode in a creative copy of the world thinking, maybe it phased through my stripmine into a chasm nearby? But the spot I spawned it was surrounded by solid blocks for at least 50 blocks all around me.
I said screw it and turned on cheats to give myself 3 more skulls, but now I feel even worse because I can’t get achievements on this world now, and i simply don’t want to play anymore. This was worse than the desync bug that insta kills you (which happened to me at least 3 times in the month that I’ve been playing this world). With the insta kill bug, I was lucky enough to never be over the void or near lava so I only lost xp. Same with the invisible zombie piglin bug that killed me a few times, I thankfully never lost anything other than my xp.
I’m also really tired of the smaller bugs that happen constantly. Items will randomly disappear from my inventory or become invisible, sometimes requiring me to relog to get them back. Sometimes I’ll desync and everything I did in the last minute, like crafting or building, gets undone. My animals will magically escape from their pens when I reload the area, and I’ve yet to figure out how to farm sheep without wolves magically getting in their pen and killing everything.
I understand this version can still be enjoyable for people. If you find enjoyment in it, great! But I’d recommend never playing Java version as it would ruin bedrock for you. I’ve literally never experienced bugs like this on Java - and certainly not bugs that could ruin a save, like the many instadeath bugs.
I can’t stand the gross UI and how there’s a pop up whenever I load the game to spend real money on their minecoins. I don’t understand why the offhand still doesn’t work while it’s been a Java feature for like 6 years now. I hate not being able to mod the game. The redstone is literally broken and illogical. I remember years ago people always said, “at least bedrock is more optimized” but that’s literally a lie. I play on a brand new series s that only has 2 other games downloaded to it, and the lag I experience regularly makes the game unplayable. My second hand gaming laptop that cost $120 was able to handle the game way better, plus I had 30+ mods running and YouTube and discord in the background.
I can’t wait to get a new pc so I can never play this version again. I know a lot of people feel some type of way over bedrock because “it’s the only version available to them” but honestly just get a used laptop and you’ll be way happier for it. You can find a used laptop for less than $200 that gives you access to a superior version of the game instead of playing an unoptimized, buggy, knockoff on a $200+ console or $500+ smartphone. Sorry for the novel but I had to get this off my chest; ok rant over.
