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.
 * A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen.

Items

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

General

 * Accounts
 * When logging in with a Microsoft account, players blocked in that account are now also blocked in the game, and account restrictions are now respected.


 * Accessibility
 * A button to open a link to the Accessibility Guide can now be found in the Accessibility Options screen.


 * Crashes
 * More information is now added to the crash log in cases where poor performance causes the server to crash.


 * Multiplayer
 * When the server and client version are incompatible, a red message will be shown instead of the dark red message.
 * When multiplayer is disabled, the message displayed will now read, "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your Microsoft account settings." instead of "Multiplayer is disabled. Please check your launcher settings."


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


 * Protocol versions
 * 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.


 * 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 will be displayed, instead of "Client out of date!" or "Server out of date!".


 * Social Interactions
 * The status of a player is now listed below their name on the Social Interactions screen.
 * A new tab is available to filter by Blocked players in the Social Interactions screen.
 * Chat from blocked players is always hidden.
 * Realms invites from blocked players are hidden.
 * Changed and removed the textures of a few UI elements on the social interactions screen.


 * Splashes
 * The splashes relating to the Black Lives Matter movement have been added to splashes.txt. These splashes were added to the game via a launcher update but were not in splashes.txt.