Java Edition 1.16.4

1.16.4 is an upcoming minor update to Java Edition set to release between October 26 and November 1, 2020, which will add the social interactions screen and fix bugs.

General

 * Added Social interactions screen.
 * Gives players the ability to disable chatting with certain players, thus hiding any messages receiving from them.
 * Opens with a configurable key binding, by default.
 * Whether a player is hidden resets when re-joining a server.

Items

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

General

 * Options
 * Added "joinedFirstServer" option to options.txt.


 * Servers
 * When the server and client version are incompatible, a message reading "Incompatible version!" will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!"


 * Technical
 * New network protocol scheme, with a high bit (bit 30) set for snapshots. The protocol version will increase by 1 for each snapshot, but full releases may keep the same protocol version as the previous full release in cases where the network protocols are compatible.
 * More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.