Scaffolding, as the in-game help screen says, cannot be built more than 4 blocks horizontally.
However, They can go up to 6.
Is the Help screen wrong or is this a bug?
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By the way, make sure to update your version of the minecraft beta because the how to play section has been updated there to not cause further confusion.
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Not a bug. The amount of scaffolding that can be placed from its base support was increased in the 1.11.0.4 beta.