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Minecraft 1.16.2-pre1

Feature-complete; only bug fixes land between here and release. Full source data for this version is extracted and browsable below.

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Contents (7)
  1. What changed in 1.16.2-pre1
  2. Block states changed
  3. New in-game text
  4. Fixes
  5. Development cycle
  6. Browse this version
  7. Neighbouring versions

Java What changed in 1.16.2-pre1

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 20w30a with 1.16.2-pre1 — not copied from patch notes.

Block states changed

BlockAddedRemoved
Chainaxis = x y z—

New in-game text 6

KeyText
options.fovEffectScaleFOV Effects
options.fovEffectScale.offOff
options.fovEffectScale.tooltipControls how much the field of view can change with speed effects.
options.screenEffectScaleDistortion Effects
options.screenEffectScale.offOff
options.screenEffectScale.tooltipStrength of nausea and Nether portal screen distortion effects. At lower values, the nausea effect is replaced with a green overlay.
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Fixes 25

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft 1.16.2 Pre-Release 1, published 2020-07-29. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

25 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed bugs in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1 25

  • 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

Development cycle

This build was part of the run-up to 1.16.2. Everything tested here landed in that release.

Minecraft 1.16.2The release this one led to

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