Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.0.57

Beta 1.16.0.57 is the ninth beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.0, released on April 15, 2020, which adds more Nether Update features, more parity anminecraft d fixes bugs.

Blocks

 * Blackstone
 * Naturally generates in basalt deltas and bastion remnants.
 * Generates in all Nether biomes below lava level.
 * Can be used to craft stone tools and furnaces.


 * Blackstone Slab, Blackstone Stairs, Blackstone Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from blackstone.


 * Chain
 * Currently can't be crafted
 * Generates in Bastion Remnants
 * Has the appearance of top chain of lanterns, making them good for decorations.


 * Chiseled Nether Bricks
 * Crafted from 2 Nether brick slabs.


 * Cracked Nether Bricks
 * Obtained by smelting Nether bricks in a furnace.


 * Crying Obsidian
 * Generates in Ruined Portals.
 * Can be crafted into respawn anchor.
 * Obtainable through bartering.
 * Can be found in ruined portals and bastion remnant chests.


 * Gilded Blackstone
 * Variant of blackstone that can drop gold nuggets.


 * Hyphae
 * Variant of wood using the Nether types.
 * Also has a stripped variant.


 * Lodestone
 * Crafted with 1 netherite ingot and 8 chiseled stone bricks.
 * Using a compass on it turns the compass into a lodestone compass which points to the connected lodestone.
 * Works in all dimensions.
 * Currently only available through Experimental Gameplay.


 * Nether Gold Ore
 * Drops several gold nuggets.


 * Polished Blackstone
 * Crafted from 4 blackstone.
 * Can be crafted into pressure plates, buttons, slabs, stairs, and walls.


 * Polished Blackstone Bricks
 * Crafted from 4 polished blackstone.
 * Can be crafted into slabs, stairs, and walls.


 * Polished Blackstone Brick Slab, Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs, Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone bricks.


 * Polished Blackstone Button and Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
 * Redstone blocks crafted from polished blackstone.
 * Works like their stone counterparts.


 * Polished Blackstone Slab, Polished Blackstone Stairs, and Polished Blackstone Wall
 * Decorative blocks crafted from polished blackstone.


 * Quartz Bricks
 * Variant of quartz blocks.
 * Crafted from 4 blocks of quartz.


 * Respawn Anchor
 * Crafted with 6 crying obsidian and three glowstone.
 * Requires a diamond pickaxe or higher to mine.
 * Can be used to respawn in the Nether
 * It is charged with glowstone and can be charged up to four levels. Whenever someone who charged the respawn anchor dies, they respawn near it and the level goes down by 1.
 * Can be charged with dispensers.
 * When it is not charged, it does not do anything.
 * Similar to how a bed explodes in the Nether, attempting to use a respawn anchor in the Overworld or the End causes it to explode.


 * Soul Campfire
 * Acts the same as a normal campfire.


 * Twisting Vines
 * Another variant of vines found in warped forests.
 * Grows upward, unlike weeping vines.
 * Can be climbed.

Items

 * Piglin Banner Pattern
 * Creates a "Hoglin Face" on the banner.
 * Generates in abandoned Mineshaft and bastion remnant chests.


 * Pigstep Music Disc
 * Plays Pigstep, by Lena Raine.
 * Generates in bastion remnant chests.


 * Spawn eggs
 * Added strider and zoglin spawn egg.


 * Warped fungus on a stick
 * Crafted with a fishing rod and warped fungus.
 * Can be used to control striders in the same way a carrot on a stick controls pigs.

Enchantments

 * Soul Speed
 * Used to travel more quickly on soul sand and soul soil.

Mobs

 * Strider
 * A new passive mob that spawns in the Nether on lava oceans.
 * Can be saddled and controlled with warped fungus on a stick.
 * Is damaged by water and rain.
 * Can be bred with warped fungi.
 * Can spawn with zombified piglins or baby striders riding them.
 * If they spawn with a zombified piglin, they will also have a saddle equipped.


 * Zoglins
 * Created when a hoglin is brought into the Overworld.
 * Unlike hoglins, they cannot be bred or fed, and they do not flee from warped fungus.
 * Attack most mobs on sight, except for creepers and other zoglins.

World generation

 * Basalt deltas
 * A volcanic biome in the Nether with fog effects of ash.
 * Filled with pillars of basalt and large areas of blackstone.
 * Ghasts, magma cubes, and striders spawn in this biome.


 * Bastion Remnants
 * Structures built from blackstone and filled with piglins.
 * Contains chests, blocks of gold, and various forms of loot protected by piglins.
 * Generate in every biome except Basalt deltas.


 * Ruined Portal
 * Structure found in the Overworld and the Nether
 * May contain a Chest
 * Can be found underground

Gameplay

 * Emotes
 * You can toggle the emote menu with, or on Xbox one controllers, or Emote button.png by default
 * Added "Wave" emote

General

 * Ambience
 * Added ambient cave sounds.
 * Added ambient sounds for Crimson Forest, Warped Forest, and Soulsand Valley.


 * Music
 * Added Rubedo, Chrysopoeia, and So Below, by Lena Raine.
 * Added Update Aquatic underwater music.


 * Splashes
 * Added the following splash text:
 * "Honey, I grew the bees"
 * "Find your claw!"
 * "Everybody do the Leif!"
 * "<3 Max & 99 & Ducky"
 * "Bushy eyebrows"
 * "Edit is a name"
 * "From free range developers"

Command format

 * Used to kick players from a world.
 * Used to kick players from a world.

Blocks

 * Beacons
 * Can now be fed with netherite ingots


 * Smithing tables
 * Now has functionality and used to upgrade diamond tools.


 * Jigsaw Block
 * Changed texture.
 * Now has functionality and can be obtained by command.


 * Basalt
 * Can now be made if lava touches blue ice while flowing over soul soil.


 * Honey Block, Honeycomb Block, Netherrack, Nether Brick, Nether Quartz Ore, Bone Block and Soul Sand.
 * Added new sounds.


 * Soul Fire Torch
 * Renamed "Soul Fire Torch" to "Soul Torch".
 * Can now also be crafted with soul sand.


 * Soul Fire Lantern
 * Renamed "Soul Fire Lantern" to "Soul Lantern".


 * Block of Netherite
 * Netherite blocks can now be used as the base of a beacon.


 * Target
 * Are no longer only available through Experimental Gameplay.

Items

 * Hoe
 * Are now the default tool for nether wart blocks, warped wart blocks, hay bales, sponges, wet sponges, leaves, dried kelp blocks, target blocks and shroomlight.
 * Can be now enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.


 * Fungi, Nether Sprouts, Roots, Nether Wart, Nether Wart Block, Warped Wart Block, Twisting Vines, and Weeping Vines
 * Can now be composted.

Mobs

 * General
 * Mobs that panic now do so for all damage types


 * Creepers
 * Now deal damage when in a boat on water.


 * Magma Cubes
 * Spawn commonly in basalt deltas.


 * Piglins
 * Updated the bartering to match Java Editon.
 * Piglins now "inspect" the gold ingot before giving the player an item, as opposed to giving the item instantly.
 * The health has been reduced from to.
 * Now have their own new sounds.


 * Hoglins
 * Changed hoglin model to match Java Edition.
 * Now have new sounds.
 * Now drop leather when killed.

World Generation

 * Soul Sand Valleys
 * Soul sand generates below lava level.
 * Now generates Nether Fossils.


 * Bee Nests
 * Now have a 3% chance to generate in flower forest.
 * Now have a 5% chance to generate in plains and sunflower plains.
 * Now have a 0.035% chance to generate in forest, wooded hills, birch forest, tall birch forest, birch forest hills, and tall birch hills biomes.

Command format

 * Can now be used in the Nether.
 * Can now be used in the Nether.

Gameplay

 * Trading
 * Villager trade values have been changed to closely match Java Edition.

General

 * "New Server" window
 * Created a new server tab play screen layout to provide more information about third-party servers.
 * Added new information sections about third party servers: description, screenshots, available games, and news/updates.
 * Removed colors from third party server messages for accessibility purposes.
 * Added message which explain what adding a server does.


 * Server moderation
 * Players can be now be kicked or banned from worlds by pausing and going to the "Player Permissions" screen.
 * Anyone with Operator permissions will be able to kick players.
 * Kicked players will not be able to rejoin LAN games while the world is open.
 * Realm owners can now change permissions of players in their Realm from the "Player Permissions" screen.
 * Latency value is now provided separately from the user count when in a multiplayer world.


 * Pause screen
 * The name of the Realm is now shown on the pause screen when in a Realms world.

Fixes

 * Crashes
 * Fixed a crash related to exploding beds in the nether.
 * Fixed a crash that could occur when typing a character into chat that we don’t have a font sheet for.
 * Using the command with Soul Fire no longer causes the game to crash.


 * General
 * Light propagation now works correctly, fixing hostile mob spawning.
 * Typing in the inventory Search field no longer creates lag.
 * The smooth camera option (from full keyboard gameplay) is no longer jittery, and is smooth again.
 * Fixed an issue with the Marketplace not always loading in correctly.
 * Fixed an issue with notifications not showing in iOS.
 * The hay blocks in the town center in the Abandoned Village seed are now generated correctly.
 * The screen reader now only reads the generating world message once when converting worlds to Bedrock
 * Ender Dragon’s fireball lingering particles are no longer invisible
 * Activator rails now dismount players and other mobs at the correct position.
 * The Wither’s spawning explosion no longer breaks obsidian.
 * Obfuscated text color code works on signs placed in the world.
 * Bamboo has been changed to be unpathable by mobs to prevent them getting stuck.
 * Target block redstone signal duration is based on projectile type - Long for trident and arrows, short for other projectiles.
 * Armor stands no longer shift and fall through blocks when a world is reloaded.
 * Fixed ping latency clarity for users.


 * Gameplay
 * Giant spruce trees once again generate podzol underneath.
 * Fixed an issue with player experience being lost when reloading a world.
 * Minecarts no longer collide with other minecarts on parallel tracks.
 * Falling top snow can no longer break solid blocks.
 * Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed villagers and players to respawn inside blocks when getting out of bed.
 * The XP cost is now readable in the anvil UI screen.
 * Bamboo can now be placed on top of bamboo saplings without Experimental Gameplay being enabled.


 * Mobs
 * The Iron Golem's legs don't swing as far anymore.
 * Reduced the melee attack range of mounted mobs.
 * Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented mobs from burning on bottom-half slabs.
 * Turtles now lay eggs correctly.
 * Guardians can now spawn in bubble columns.
 * Fixed a bug that caused Vex mobs to move too slowly when moving on X and Z axes.


 * Blocks
 * Smooth quartz now uses the correct texture.
 * Using Silk Touch on giant mushrooms now drops the correct blocks.


 * Scripting and add-ons
 * Implemented AvoidMobTypeDefinition and converted hardcoded properties to be data-driven.
 * A content error will now show up if you provide an invalid item name to in the  field.
 * Add documentation for.
 * Adding a new subject to filters so damage sensors can filter on projectiles.
 * Fixed an issue with custom brewing recipes.