Cozy Camp Preview: Cushions, Straw Beds and Better Abandoned Camps

The latest Bedrock preview is a small one, but it has a lovely theme: camping. New items for resting and sitting, better abandoned camps and forests that feel a bit more alive. Here's what's in it and what we think.

Cushions

The Cushion is the star for us. You can place it and sit on it, which makes campsites, houses and roleplay builds feel lived in straight away.

• There are 16 colours to craft.
• They go on flat surfaces and sit on top of the block underneath. They don't move around.
• Remove the block under one and it breaks, so be careful when you rebuild floors.

Builder tip: put a few in different colours around a campfire. It's a quick way to make a scene look finished.

Straw Bed

The Straw Bed lets you sleep through the night without changing your spawn point. The catch is that it breaks after one use. It's crafted from hay bales.

We think this is a smart addition. Anyone who has slept in a random bed far from home and then respawned in the middle of nowhere will see the point. Carry a couple on long trips and your home spawn stays put.

Abandoned camps and forests

Abandoned camps can now show up in more forest-type areas, can include straw beds and generate with procedural trees, so they blend into the landscape better. Forests also got adjusted fog, updated leaf textures and new ambient sounds. It's subtle, but it changes the mood when you walk through.

Fixes

Leaves render better, door and sign textures were cleaned up, the missing wool stair and slab recipes are finally there, and a few visual issues on Android were fixed.

For creators

Rotation features are easier to use, custom block rendering got improvements, editor tools received fixes, and there are new options for cinematic tools, images, sounds, blocks and world editing.

What this means for you:

• Resource pack makers: leaf textures changed, so if your pack retextures leaves, check it in the preview and make sure it still looks right.
• Add-on makers: cushions are a nice reminder that small decor blocks can make a big difference. In GodCraft you can make your own custom-shaped blocks and give them your own textures, so a themed set of camp furniture is a fun weekend project.
• If you use custom blocks with rotation, test them in the preview. Rendering and rotation changes are exactly where existing add-ons can look a little different.

Worth knowing

This is a preview, so things can still change or be removed before the full release. Don't test it in your main world. Make a copy first.

We'd love to see cushions on more surfaces, and maybe a straw bed you can pack up again. Would you use them in your builds? Tell us in the comments.