It's time for pre-releases for Minecraft Java Edition 1.16.2!
From now on you should mostly see bug fixes leading up to the full release of 1.16.2 which we expect to happen in a few weeks.
This update can also be found on minecraft.net.
If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.
New Features in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
- New accessibility settings have been added to help with visual comfort
Accessibility
- Distortion effects such as nausea and the Nether portal overlay can now be reduced
- At lower values, the nausea effect is replaced with a green overlay as an alternative visualization
- Field of view effects shown after speed modifiers are applied can now be reduced
Changes in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
- Chains can now be placed in all orientations
- Endermen will no longer place their held blocks onto bedrock blocks
- Piglins now become angry with players who open or destroy a Chest Minecart
- Villagers now lose their job sites when changing dimension
- Chat delay has been added to the Chat Settings screen
Technical Changes in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
- Custom world generation and dimension settings now use the same folder pattern in data packs as other resources (
namespace/<type>/resource.json)
Fixed bugs in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
- MC-73884 – Throwable projectiles get destroyed at contact with non solid blocks
- MC-125758 – Bubble column does not affect egg, snowball, ender pearl, splash potion, lingering potion, fireball and shulker bullet
- MC-158987 – Raid still continues after a villager turns into a witch
- MC-163767 – Villagers get ejected from a minecart when converted to a zombie villager
- MC-167045 – Banners are rendered too dark in the inventory
- MC-170900 – New Nether plants can be picked up without shears/silk touch
- MC-174574 – Soul speed doesn't work when slabs and blocks of similar height are placed above the soul sand block
- MC-176015 – Strider suffocates when player is saddled on and looking up with Warped Fungus on a Stick
- MC-176034 – You can walk on striders
- MC-177651 – Despite being cold outside of lava, striders don't care about staying in lava
- MC-178061 – Chat Delay option doesn't exist in Chat settings
- MC-182330 – Crossbow-wielding piglins behave weirdly when they try to pursue invisible players
- MC-185490 – Separated Trader Lamas On Leads Cause TPS Hit
- MC-187398 – Smithing table and stonecutter recipes are not unlocked when used
- MC-187904 – Data packs cannot replace settings of vanilla dimensions during world creation
- MC-189414 – Smithing table doesn't calculate amount of output items correctly
- MC-189797 – Hoglins, Zoglins, melee Piglins, and Piglin Brutes do not properly attack invisible entities within normal range
- MC-191168 – Piglins that convert into Zombified Piglins while sitting on a minecart sometimes sink into blocks
- MC-192032 – Villagers don't always try to claim the closest workstation and are sometimes focussed on a non-existent one or one out of their reach
- MC-193213 – Leads are positioned incorrectly on players and Wandering Traders
- MC-194263 – Large End Cities do not generate correctly / get cut off
- MC-194299 – Template pools fail to load via datapack
- MC-194845 – Subspace Bubble advancement cannot be completed with 7 km distance
- MC-195062 – Raids often will not end in defeat when all villagers are dead if there are job sites in the village
- MC-195544 – Game crashes after killing a mob that is being ridden by a guardian while it is being ridden by a wither skeleton
Get the Pre-release
Snapshots are available for Minecraft Java Edition. To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.
Testing versions can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
Cross-platform server jar:
What else is new?
If you want to know what else is being added and changed in the Nether Update, check out the previous snapshot post.