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I’ve confirmed on v26.3 that the issue has been fixed now. Thank you!

Okay, I made an addon to reproduce the issue. But I can’t seem to attach the file via “Edit Report”. I’m going to update the description after posting this.

This affects 1.21.93 on iOS. In fact the issue has been there for like years. At first I thought Mojang wanted to punish players for using classic skins. But if not, please fix it.

This still affects 1.21.81. In fact it became far worse as of 1.21.80. My iPad becomes alarmingly hot only after 5 minutes or so.

@Mega_Spud: The game doesn’t crash though…?

I don’t know the exact version the issue started manifesting, but it definitely didn’t happen on 1.21.5x or earlier. On older versions the game drained much less power, and the battery didn’t overheat.

I also confirmed that turning WiFi off could indeed work around the issue. But it’s of course not a viable option because obviously one cannot play the game on a server without network access.

I can confirm this issue on M1 iPad Pro (11-inch, 3rd generation), MCBE 1.21.72, iPadOS 18.3.2. MCBE drains 50% of the battery within just an hour, and no other applications do that.

I play MCBE exclusively on a BDS server at the moment, so at first I thought it was due to excessive network activity caused by the now-enforced “server-auth-with-rewind” mode. But I heard from other iOS users that the problem also happens while playing on a singleplayer world, apparently disproving my theory.