Release Information:
Minecraft Bedrock Edition v1.21.90—also known as the Chase the Skies update—was officially released on June 17, 2025. This release arrives roughly two weeks after the Java Edition’s 1.21.6 update and brings Bedrock players a host of new features, graphical enhancements, and quality‑of‑life improvements.
Key Features:
Happy Ghast Flying Mount:
Players can now raise a tameable “Happy Ghast” from a dried block found or crafted in the Nether, then soar above the Overworld alone or with friends once the ghastling is fully grown. Flying on a ghast opens up new opportunities for sky‑high base building and rapid cross‑map travel.
Vibrant Visuals Mode:
Bedrock Edition users gain access to Minecraft’s largest official visual overhaul. Vibrant Visuals introduces enhanced lighting, volumetric fog, reflections, color grading, and reworked textures for biomes, mobs, and blocks—turning everyday environments into atmospheric vistas. To enable it, select “Vibrant Visuals” under Graphics Mode; performance may vary on older consoles and Android devices.
Locator Bar:
A new HUD element replaces the Experience Bar when multiple players are nearby. It displays directional indicators toward other players (within a 120° field of view) and uses up/down arrows if they’re above or below you. Sneaking, wearing a mob head or pumpkin, or activating invisibility cloaks you from the Locator Bar.
Craftable Saddles & Leashing Improvements:
Saddles can now be crafted using 3 leather and 1 iron ingot, with a recipe popup appearing when you first pick up leather. Shears can remove saddles from mobs more easily, and leather has been added to certain loot tables in place of saddles. Leashes also attach more reliably to caravans of camels and to your new Happy Ghast.
New Music & Miscellaneous Additions:
A brand‑new music disc joins the game’s soundtrack, and the Player Locator Bar helps track wandering friends. Small tweaks—such as improved player‑tracking tools and new crafting features—round out the content.
Bug Fixes & Quality‑of‑Life:
- Various fixes for Vibrant Visuals (e.g., corrected ambient lighting in the Nether, fog settings in humid biomes, and TAAU artifacts)
- Resolved issues with water rendering on the underside of clouds and black-box glitches on End Portals
- Night Vision now behaves more consistently in Vibrant Visuals mode
- Improved stability for multiplayer Realms when mixing players with and without Vibrant Visuals enabled.
Conclusion:
v1.21.90 brings a compelling mix of gameplay and visual enhancements that reinforce Bedrock Edition’s identity. The Happy Ghast mount and Locator Bar add fresh mechanics, while Vibrant Visuals delivers the long‑awaited graphical facelift. Although performance may suffer on older devices and Java Edition players will bide their time for certain features, this update marks one of the most ambitious drops for Bedrock yet.
