Java Edition 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

Minecraft 1.16.2 Pre-release 1
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	July 29, 2020
Pre-release for	1.16.2
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	Pending
Data version	Pending

Java Edition 1.16.2 Pre-release 1 (1.16.2-pre1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.16.2, released on July 29, 2020,

Changes

Blocks

Chains

• Can now be placed in all orientations.

Crimson and warped roots

• Now require shears to drop.

Mobs

Endermen

• Will no longer place their held blocks onto bedrock.

Piglins

• Now become angry with players who open or destroy a chest minecart.

Villagers

• Now lose their job sites when changing dimension.

Strider jockeys

• The zombified piglin will now spawn holding a warped fungus on a stick.

General

Font

• Minor changes

Fixes

27 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.16

• MC-73884 – Throwable projectiles get destroyed at contact with non solid blocks.
• MC-125758 – Bubble column does not affect eggs, snowballs, ender pearls, splash potions, lingering potions, fireballs, or shulker bullets.
• MC-158987 – Raids still continue after a villager turns into a witch.
• MC-163767 – Villagers get ejected from a minecart when converted to a zombie villager.
• MC-167045 – Banners are rendered too dark in the inventory.
• MC-185490 – Separated trader llamas on leads cause server performance (TPS) issues.

From 1.16

• MC-170900 – New Nether plants can be picked up without shears or Silk Touch.
• MC-174469 – Soul Speed does not work when jumping.
• MC-174574 – Soul Speed does not work when slabs and blocks of similar height are placed above the soul sand block.
• MC-176015 – Strider suffocates when player is saddled on it and looking up with warped fungus on a stick.
• MC-176034 – You can walk on striders.
• MC-177651 – Despite being cold outside of lava, striders do not care about staying in lava.
• MC-178061 – Chat Delay option does not exist in Chat settings.
• MC-182330 – Crossbow-wielding piglins behave weirdly when they try to pursue invisible players.
• MC-187398 – Smithing table and stonecutter recipes are not unlocked when used.
• MC-187904 – Data packs cannot replace settings of vanilla dimensions during world creation.
• MC-188103 – Striders do not use the #strider_warm_blocks tag in pathfinding.
• MC-189414 – Smithing table does not calculate amount of output items correctly.
• MC-189797 – Hoglins, zoglins, melee piglins, and piglin brutes do not properly attack invisible entities within normal range.
• MC-191168 – Piglins that convert into zombified piglins while sitting on a minecart sometimes sink into blocks.

From 1.16.1

• MC-192032 – Villagers do not always try to claim the closest workstation, and are sometimes focused on a non-existent one, or one out of their reach.
• MC-193213 – Leads are positioned incorrectly on players and wandering traders.
• MC-195062 – Raids often will not end in defeat when all villagers are dead if there are job sites in the village.
• MC-195544 – Game crashes after killing a mob that is being ridden by a guardian which is being ridden by a wither skeleton.

From the 1.16.2 development versions

• MC-194263 – Large End cities do not generate correctly, and get cut off.
• MC-194299 – Template pools fail to load via datapack.
• MC-194845 – Subspace Bubble advancement cannot be completed with 7km distance.