The changelog said that you can unlock achievements with add-ons installed, but it seems that it is actually limited to marketplace add-ons.
This seems like a deliberate design for game balance, but it's very inconvenient for me.
The above text was translated using Google Translate, so there may be some unnatural parts.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 9
4 more links
As mentioned by @SmokeyStack_ on twitter, existing Add-Ons that are not from the marketplace will need to update their manifest to include a
product_type
.Maybe Mojang will provide a way for no longer updated Add-Ons to easily bypass this without the need for modification, or maybe they will not, but third-party Add-Ons can definitely have achievement support.