Experimental Gameplay

The disclaimer that appears when toggling Experimental Gameplay in a world.

Experimental Gameplay is a game option exclusive to Bedrock Edition. It allows the player to test some unfinished or work-in-progress features, but toggling it allows players to have an early look.

Toggling

Experimental Gameplay is found in the world options when creating a world. Turning the option on does not disable achievements, however it can't be redisabled when it is and the world is created. Enabling it on an already existing world makes a copy called "[EX] World Name". The original world without experimental gameplay can still be played, although progress does not transfer through the two worlds.

Features

The point of Experimental Gameplay is for the player to look at some not-quite-finished features. As of 1.14.60, turning it on gives the player access to:

• Structure Block functionality
• Structure Voids

As of beta 1.16.0.63, there are no features that is behind Experimental Gameplay.

History

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added the experimental gameplay option.
					Turning on the experimental gameplay option gives the player access to the following features: stripped wood, prismarine stairs and slabs, tridents, drowned and new swimming animations.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Added nautilus shells, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
		release			All above features, except for drowned and nautilus shells, are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.0			Drowned and nautilus shells are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
1.7.0		beta 1.7.0.2			Added the scoreboard command and basic scoreboards, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.7.0.7			Scoreboards are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			Added crossbows and their enchantments, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added pillagers and bamboo jungles, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.9.0.2			Added many new job site blocks, which are available only through experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.9.0.3			Added Minecraft script engine, available only through experimental gameplay.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added composters, campfires, a new stonecutter block, sweet berries, ravagers, wandering traders, pillager outposts, new village structures, villager_v2, and zombie_villager_v2, which are available only through experimental gameplay.
					Crossbows, pillagers, lanterns, and entity scripting function are no longer only available behind experimental gameplay.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Added raid captains, raids, the Bad Omen status effect and the Hero of the Village status effect, which are available only through experimental gameplay.
					Bamboo jungles are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.11.0.3			Fletching tables, smithing tables, sweet berries, ravagers, the new villagers, pillager outposts, new zombie villagers and the new villages are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Wandering traders are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
		release			Raid captains, raids, the Bad Omen status effect and the Hero of the Village status effect are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Added save and load mode for structure blocks, which are available only through experimental gameplay.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added targets, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Targets, Structure Voids and Structure Block functionality are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.
					Added Lodestones, which are available only behind experimental gameplay.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Lodestones functionality are no longer available only behind experimental gameplay.