Beta 1.16.210.57 is the seventh beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.210, released on January 28, 2021,[1] which added the copper related features, and fixes bugs.[2]
Additions[]
Blocks[]
- Can be crafted with 4 copper ingots, and can also be crafted back into 4 copper ingots.
- Oxidises and changes texture to a turquoise-green over time.
- Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create a Waxed Copper Block.
- Can be crafted into cut copper.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
- Generates randomly underground in small blobs, but this has been confirmed to be a placeholder.
- Has the same rarity as iron.
- Generating starts at the same minimum level(s) as iron.
- Can be smelted into a copper ingot.
- Can be randomly rotated.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
- Can be made into stair and slab variants.
- Oxidises and changes texture over time.
- Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create Waxed Cut Copper Block.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
- Oxidises and changes texture over time.
- Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create a Waxed Cut Copper Slab.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
- Oxidises and changes texture over time.
- Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
- Can be crafted with 3 copper ingots.
- Nearby lightning strikes within a 64-block radius get redirected to the lightning rod.
- Gives off a redstone signal with a strength of 15 if hit by lightning.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
Items[]
- Obtained by smelting copper ore or as a rare drop from drowned.
- Used to craft copper blocks and lightning rods.
- Available under experimental gameplay.
Changes[]
Blocks[]
- Can now put honeycomb to wax copper blocks.
- Now renamed as "Redstone Dust" to match Java Edition.
Mobs[]
- Now drops copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
- Only possible with Caves & Cliffs experiments toggle enabled.
Fixes[]
- Accessibility
- Keyboard inputs can now adjust slider settings when the cursor is outside the UI frame.
- Screen Reader now informs the player when the "Chat Settings" menu has been opened.
- Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the permission toggles' titles on the Permissions Screen.
- Screen Reader now reads Whisper and Announcement messages.
- Performance and Stability
- Improved the smoothness of UI transition animations for some devices (MCPE-41772).
- Improved performance for actors using TemptGoal.
- General
- Fixed an issue that prevented player interaction after using the '/clone' command on a double chest block (MCPE-109119).
- Using the
/clone
command to clone a block of the same type is no longer treated as a failed operation (MCPE-83352). - Fixed players taking fall damage when opening Shulker Boxes (MCPE-105490).
- Nether Brick now gives XP from being smelted (MCPE-100030).
- All mobs that use a melee attack have had their ability to hit targets above and below them restored.
- The target still must be within melee attack distance to be hit.
- This only affects world versions greater than or equal to 1.16.210.
- Graphical and User Interface
- Tool and armor recipes now display the selected item background when selected in the recipe list
- Wireframe of a structure block in the Overworld will no longer render in Nether and The End (MCPE-75231)
- Audio sliders will now always highlight when hovered over with a mouse
- Durability bar is now visible when holding items with decreased durability in a window (MCPE-105893)
- Added more helpful Video Settings messages for ray tracing on supported and non-supported platforms.
- Structure blocks no longer auto-save the data when the structure name text box is deselected (MCPE-101055).
- The scoreboard data of an entity is no longer removed if the entity is being teleported to an unloaded area of the world.
- Teleporting away from a structure animation to unload it no longer causes the game to crash.
- Commands, Scripting, and Add-ons
- A warning now appears when attempting to move a locked item in and from containers.
References[]
- ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.16.210.57 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" – Minecraft Feedback, January 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Copper and lightning rod now in Bedrock Beta" – Minecraft.net, January 28, 2021