Silent change in the Wilderness Bound update flags third-party and even some Marketplace content, permanently locking achievements in existing worlds and triggering immediate player backlash on official channels.
If you play Bedrock Edition and use any add-ons outside the official Marketplace, your achievements are now disabled. The change rolled out with the Wilderness Bound update in mid-September and is hitting both new and old worlds. Players report the warning appearing even after removing the add-on, and some say it retroactively broke saves that worked fine before.
The official line used to be that achievements work with add-ons. A 2025 Minecraft article explicitly said so. Now the game flags anything without the precise “product_type”: “addon” metadata in the manifest, and even some Marketplace packs are triggering it according to recent reports. The result is a wave of frustrated posts demanding a revert.
What actually triggers the lockout
- Any behavior pack downloaded from sites like MCPEDL or created yourself
- Some Marketplace add-ons lacking the right manifest tag
- Existing worlds that previously had achievements enabled
- No easy way to restore progress without NBT editing or starting over
The main feedback thread has racked up comments in the last few days from players who can no longer use their custom coded packs or visual tweaks without sacrificing the achievement screen. Mojira tickets such as MCPE-242529 and duplicates are marked “Works As Intended” in some cases, which only adds to the anger.
This is not a small technical footnote. Bedrock’s appeal has always included easy access to free community add-ons. By making achievements incompatible with the vast majority of them, Mojang is effectively punishing the part of the player base that keeps the game alive outside the official store. The timing, right after a major content drop, feels especially tone-deaf.
This update was silently made during the 26.50 drop which means no one knew this change was coming. This has ruined many worlds that have been long standing with achievements on.
Some workarounds exist, such as editing world files with third-party NBT tools, but those come with their own risks and do not restore the packs themselves. Others are simply abandoning the worlds they have invested dozens or hundreds of hours into. The community is not buying the idea that this is working as intended.
The bigger picture
Minecraft has pushed the Marketplace harder in recent years. This change fits the pattern: make the official route smoother and the unofficial one painful. Whether it is a deliberate policy or sloppy implementation that Mojang refuses to roll back, the effect is the same. Custom content creators now have to jump through extra hoops or watch their audience lose incentive to play their packs.
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