Bedrock Edition 1.16.200

1.16.200 is an upcoming minor update to with no set release date, which will add some of the first features from the Caves & Cliffs update behind experiments toggle, new audio settings, ray-tracing features, changes to death messages and fix bugs.

Blocks

 * Powder Snow
 * Entities, including mobs and players, can enter powder snow blocks.
 * Their movement is slowed down while inside, and fall damage is ignored.
 * Powder snow can be climbed similar to ladders or scaffolding. Downward movement cannot be accelerated.
 * Wearing leather boots prevents you from falling into Powder Snow
 * Have a slightly different texture than regular snow blocks.
 * When the player is inside the block, a powder snow block fog is rendered around them and an overlay texture is rendered on the HUD.
 * Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle)

Items

 * Goat Horn
 * Dropped by a goat if it rams into a block.
 * When used, makes a sound identical to the horn heard during raids.
 * Currently only available through experimental gameplay.


 * Spawn Eggs
 * Added goat spawn eggs.
 * Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle)

Mobs

 * Goats
 * Spawn in the Extreme Hills biome.
 * Take reduced fall damage.
 * Will sometimes attempt to ram other mobs, including players.
 * The ram target can be up to 16 blocks away, but the ram itself only goes 9 blocks. Goats will attempt to get closer to targets that are too far to be reached.
 * Will not attack goats and shulkers.
 * Drops a horn when they ram into a tree.
 * Can be bred with wheat.
 * Breeding results in 3 to 8 baby goats.
 * Have health.
 * On death, they do not drop items, but adults will drop experience.
 * Can be milked with a bucket, similar to cows.
 * Can be attached to a lead.
 * Currently behind Experimental Gameplay toggle (Caves and Cliffs sub-toggle).

Gameplay

 * Death messages
 * Added the following new death messages:
 * "[player] was sniped by [mob]" (Killed by a shulker bullet)
 * "[player] was spitballed by [mob]" (Killed by llama spit)

General

 * Options
 * Added more settings to the Audio settings:
 * Sound
 * Ambient/Environment
 * Blocks
 * Hostile Creatures
 * Friendly Creatures
 * Players
 * Jukeboxes/Note Blocks
 * Weather
 * Added "Upscaling", "Ray Tracing" and "Ray Tracing Render Distance" to the Video settings.
 * Upscaling used to boost frame rates on GeForce RTX graphics cards with NVIDIA DLSS 2.0.
 * Ray Tracing used to toggle the Ray Tracing on or off.
 * Ray Tracing Render Distance used to control the chunk render distance ray tracing are visible at once.

Blocks

 * Grass Path
 * Can now be made on top or side of dirt, coarse dirt, mycelium, and podzol.

Items

 * Netherite leggings
 * Changed the texture of the worn netherite leggings model.

Gameplay

 * Death messages
 * Changed the following new death messages to match :
 * "[player] was shot by skeleton" (Replaces "...shot by arrow" for skeletons)
 * "[player] was impaled to death by [player/mob]" (Replaces "...slain by Trident")
 * "[player] was fireballed by [player/mob]" (Replaces "...slain by Blaze/Ghast")

General

 * Marketplace
 * Added various UI elements to communicate ray tracing capabilities in the Marketplace (Windows 10 Only)
 * Resource packs in the Marketplace are now aware of ray tracing capabilities and will display a label indicating support in the UI
 * Attempting to purchase and/or download a resource pack that requires ray tracing will notify the user of a purchasing error when that user does not have the required min-spec hardware.


 * Options
 * Renamed "Master Volume" to "Main" in the Audio settings.


 * Scripting, Add-Ons, and Technical
 * Changed and  to use  when specifying
 * Items with the item lock component no longer cause the recipe book to show invalid recipe results


 * Blocks
 * Added to get a ground plane direction that doesn't return up or down
 * Added the ability to put block models into the models/blocks folder
 * Added the ability for item triggers to send events to the block they are interacting with (when there is one such as )
 * Added the ability to query the interacted face for both interactions with blocks and using in an item. Face can be queried with


 * Event Responses
 * and no longer throw content errors when valid effect names are passed in
 * Added documentation for to make creators aware they can use the value "all" in effect to remove all mob effects from a target

Fixes

 * Accessibility
 * Fixed a bug where UI screen reader did not read the screen title in-game
 * Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the shortcut button on the Pause Screen
 * Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the title on the Profile and Edit Character screens
 * Fixed an issue where the numbering of buttons in the Pause screen was wrong when using text-to-speech
 * Fixed several issues regarding text contrast
 * Fixed a bug where UI screen reader did not read the screen title and shortcut buttons on the Invite to game Screen
 * Fixed an issue where the screen reader was not reading updates often enough on some devices
 * Fixed the screen reader so messages with controller icons in the Chat Screen are read correctly
 * UI Screen Reader now reads the Open Chat Message while Text To Speech For Chat is turned off
 * Fixed an issue where the Servers tab would not correctly read text-to-speech prompts when not signed into a Microsoft account
 * Fixed various issues where text-to-speech indices on the start screen were not correct
 * Fixed issues where user interface controls would be improperly indexed in text-to-speech for popup modals
 * Reduced transparency on top row of buttons in Touch UI to improve readability


 * Performance and Stability
 * Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
 * Large numbers of scheduled instant updates should no longer crash the game
 * Fixed occasional crash when going through a portal or flying around
 * Fixed a crash that would occasionally occur while flying or moving around the game world
 * Fixed a bug where Minecraft would occasionally crash when loading a local world


 * General
 * Only preview items will be shown in crafting screen when auto crafting an item on controller. This prevents rapid updates of the recipe book
 * Fixed a bug where End Portal blocks were not removed after an End Portal Frame block is destroyed. Filled blocks other than end portal blocks will remain in place
 * Fixed paperdoll such that it can now always be rotated with the mouse when in the dressing room
 * 'Strawberry Blonde' color now has correct name in the character creator
 * Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled the player's hand would still bob
 * Fixed an issue where loot tables with a function produced incorrect loot items


 * Gameplay
 * Death message bugfixes
 * Death message for being shot by Shulker is now "sniped by shulker" instead of "slain by shulkerBullet"
 * Death message for being fireballed by Blaze or Ghast is now "fireballed by " instead of "slain by "
 * Death message for being shot by Skeleton is now "shot by skeleton" instead of "shot by arrow"
 * Death message for being spit at by Llama is now "spitballed by Llama" instead of "slain by Llama spit"
 * Death message for being killed with a trident is now "was impaled to death by " instead of "slain by Trident"
 * Nether Brick Blocks are once again craftable
 * Fixed the number of Nether Bricks in the Crafting Table
 * Double chests no longer lose contents when reloading the world
 * Compass is no longer consumed when used on a Lodestone in creative mode
 * Cocoa Pods generated in jungle now generate in the proper direction
 * Signs no longer replace decorations when attempting to place in the same space as the decoration
 * Right-clicking a snow block with a shovel no longer breaks the snow block
 * Dirt paths (formerly grass path) can now be made by using a shovel on dirt, podzol, mycelium or course dirt (as well as grass)
 * Updated the Netherite leggings texture
 * Twisting Vines can no longer be placed on Composter blocks while sneaking
 * Netherite Armor now gives a ninety percent reduction in Knockback


 * Mobs
 * Increased allowed spawn distance for raid mobs as well as improved the ability to find a valid raid spawn position
 * Villagers will no longer steal workstations from each other
 * Mobs no longer randomly stop attacking and following their targets
 * Piglins that are close together can no longer pick up the same item if it's dropped between them
 * Mobs no longer spawn in Wither Roses
 * Bees now only exit at the front of Bee Hives and Bee Nests
 * Bees will no longer stray more than 22 blocks from their home Beehive


 * Commands
 * commands now play the sound correctly for all players in range
 * command duration is now capped at 1,000,000 seconds
 * Add ticking area commands performed in the same tick now disallow adding areas with the same name twice
 * Placeholder text message for the command success no longer returns to player
 * argument is no longer ignored in 's times command


 * Graphics, Textures, and User Interface
 * Update Zombified Piglin texture to remove flickering of loincloth
 * "Classic Controls - Intense" font color now matches the surrounding text in VR Controls menu
 * [X] button in Chat Settings is no longer present when using a controller
 * Profile screen has been improved, now characters will be visible and can be selected or modified as soon as they load
 * Fixed a bug where the visual focus indicator was lost when hovering on tabs
 * Glowsticks no longer use placeholder textures (Education Feature)
 * Loading screen tips won't display the key "tips.game.62"
 * Avoid purchasing Realm if player cancels out of "Purchase History Needed" dialog
 * Ghost items in the crafting grid now have a different colored background depending on item availability in the inventory
 * The Player Permissions menu can now be navigated using a controller regardless of the players permission level


 * Technical
 * Fixed face occlusion with data driven blocks to properly account for unit cube transparent vs unit cube opaque
 * Fixed a crash caused by heap corruption with and  components
 * Data-driven blocks no longer have their top faces rotated 180 degrees when carried or in inventory
 * Mobs are no longer teleported back and forth outside solid objects if there is not enough space for multiple entities
 * Fixed items not being placeable in additional horse equipment slots. Does not fix all equippable behaviors
 * Inventory size on the component has to be increased to match the equippable slots in order for the server to accept the item placement
 * The tooltip for item with item lock component will no longer show when game rule showtags is disabled


 * Components
 * Armor with the lock in inventory component can now be placed in the armor slots


 * Items
 * Fixed an issue of anyone using 'query.get_equipped_item_name' with an item that was renamed wouldn't get the right result.


 * Marketplace
 * Owned packs are now refreshed correctly after restarting the game

Trivia

 * 1.16.200 has the highest minor version number across all editions, at "200".