Java Edition 1.16.2

1.16.2 is an upcoming minor update to with an unknown release date, which will add piglin brutes and fix some bugs.

Items

 * Spawn eggs
 * Added the piglin brute spawn egg.

Mobs

 * Piglin brutes
 * Stronger variants of piglins that wield golden axes.
 * Are always hostile towards players, unlike piglins.
 * Have health.
 * Only spawn during world generation in bastions.

General

 * Tags
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains mycelium, podzol, crimson, and warped nylium.
 * Used to determine which blocks mushrooms can be placed on and which blocks huge mushrooms can grow on even if the light level is high.
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains netherrack, basalt, and blackstone.
 * Added block tag.
 * Contains stone, granite, diorite, and andesite.
 * Added item tag.
 * Contains cobblestone and blackstone.

Items

 * Crimson and warped fungus
 * Can now be placed on mycelium.

Mobs

 * Zoglins
 * Can now be leashed.

World generation

 * Bastion remnants
 * Now spawn piglin brutes on world generation.
 * Normal piglins may still spawn.

Gameplay

 * Advancements
 * Piglin brutes can be used for the "Monster Hunter" advancement and count toward the "Monsters Hunted" advancement.

General

 * Menu
 * Dropping resource packs into the menu now updates the list of resource packs without needing a reload.
 * Data packs can now have a pack.png in the root folder, and will display it in the data pack menu.