Java Edition 16w04a

16w04a is the fifty-first snapshot released for Java Edition 1.9.

Command format

 * General
 * Running "Searge" as the command in a command block (without a preceding "/", also case insensitive) will now set  to the previous output.

Gameplay

 * Enchanting
 * Added a sound for taking damage from thorns.


 * Weather
 * Rain sounds are now more ambient/less loud and sound more realistic.

Blocks

 * Lily pads
 * Bounding box changed again, now $3/32$ block tall and inset $1/16$ from all sides (since 15w49a, was $15/256$ block tall and only three of the four edges were inset).

Non-mob entities

 * Boats
 * Will now move forward and backwards using the and  key, and will steer left and right using the  and  keys respectively.
 * The boat will stay in one place when pressing the and  keys at the same time, but the paddles will be moving.
 * Now faster and stay at a consistent speed, unlike previous snapshots.
 * Now sink when underwater, or within flowing water of any depth.
 * Crafting recipe no longer requires wooden shovel.
 * Riding a boat no longer subjects water-sensitive mobs to being damaged by water, and no longer protects sunlight-sensitive mobs from being damaged by sunlight.
 * The player will now be dismounted onto land if possible.
 * Now break lily pads, instead of passing right through them.
 * Now no longer pick up mobs larger than the boat


 * Minecarts
 * Players no longer board minecarts when while crouching.

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * Unlike most of the first-of-the-week snapshots, this was released on a Thursday instead of Wednesday, similar to the snapshots before 14w26a.
 * 16w04a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.