Minecraft Bedrock 1.16.20.3 Official Changelog

Minecraft - 1.16.20 (Bedrock)

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Piglin Brute

  • Piglin Brutes are stronger versions of Piglins that live in bastion remnants and protect the treasures there
  • Unlike their cowardly and greedy counterparts, the Piglin Brutes cannot be distracted by gold and aren't afraid of anything
  • Piglin Brutes attack players on sight, no matter how the player is dressed
  • Piglin Brutes wield axes and don't need any armor because they're just that tough!
  • Recipe Select button prompt shows when hovering over a non-craftablerecipe book item using controller( MCPE-79725 )
  • Recipe selected items put in crafting input grid can now be hovered over with controller to see their tooltip names
  • On controller, hovering over recipes will show them in the crafting grid when no recipe is selected
  • On controller, you can deselect a selected recipe when hovering above that selection in the recipe book. You can also clear the crafting grid by clicking the right thumbstick
  • Performance / Stability
    • Fixed a crash thatoccurredon PlayStation 4due to other players using custom skins
    • Fixed a crash that could occurwhen pressingtheManageAccount button in Profilesettings
    • Loom blocks no longer cause an out of memory crash when using high resolution resource packs( MCPE-69848 )
  • General
    • Worlds can once again be uploaded to Realms on Nintendo Switch ( REALMS-474 )
    • Players canonce againhost 8 max player worldson PlayStation 4( MCPE-85009 )
    • Fixed an issue where the Hot Tourist Destinationtrophy would not unlock after visiting the last required Nether biomeon PlayStation 4( MCPE-85496 )
    • Meeting requirements for someachievements offlinewill nowunlock it after reconnecting
    • Custom skins once again work properly in multiplayer ( MCPE-48207 )
    • Emotes can no longer be equipped before unlocking them ( MCPE-84810 )
    • Fixednotificationsnotappearingon iOS
  • Gameplay
    • Breaking a Furnace will now drop the stored experience from smelting ( MCPE-71651 )
    • Boats are no longer slowed down by objects with no collision ( MCPE-81316 )
    • Legacy chunk upgrades will no longer cause chunks to become 100% air ( MCPE-58514 )
    • New Nether biomes, blocks, and structures no longer generates into worlds with a fixed version ( MCPE-66357 )
    • Parity:Fixed chests with loot tablesnotgeneratingloot until opened or destroyed
    • Local split-screen players can once again see the Ender Dragon and Ender Crystal( MCPE-67596 )
    • The bounding box of the player used for spawning is now the correctsize,so wedon't think a player is in a dangerous spot when they areactuallysafe
  • Mobs
    • Mobs max spawn radius is now 44 blocks ( MCPE-79359 )
    • Zombies can spawn underground again( MCPE-52743 )
    • Dolphins, fish, and squid now spawn in bubble columns again ( MCPE-73967 )
    • Baby pigs now despawn properly ( MCPE-76373 )
    • Hoglins no longer attack on Peaceful mode when too close ( MCPE-71939 )
    • Piglinsand Brutes can now spawn with enchanted weapons( MCPE-83536 )
    • Piglins now spawn on Peaceful difficulty
    • Piglins no longer naturally spawn on Shroomlights
    • Piglin arms are now behaving more like the players arms and less like zombie arms ( MCPE-74089 )
    • Piglins killed with a single blow while admiring Gold Ingots now drop the admired the Gold Ingot :(
    • Gold Ingots given to baby Piglins are no longer consumed
    • Piglins no longer drop up to a full stack of Gold Ingots upon giving them one by right-clicking and reloading a world while they are admiring it, instead it drops something from its loot table
    • Piglins no longer pick up entire stacks of Gold( MCPE-76080 )
    • Piglins no longer spawn with enchanted gear
    • Tweaked arm animation for mobs that have their weapons removed ( MCPE-83581 )
    • Tamed wolves no longer disappear when returning to overworld through a Nether portal
    • Husks now prefer iron armor over chain armor
  • Blocks
    • Walls now connect to open trapdoors ( MCPE-79490 )
    • Walls now connect to glass blocks ( MCPE-79483 )
    • Pressure plates have been fixed to have no collision again( MCPE-80276 )
    • Melon and pumpkin stems now break again when the block below them is destroyed ( MCPE-79577 )
    • Slime blocks pushed by pistons launch players correctly again ( MCPE-62419 )
    • Fixed an issue that preventedplayersfrom being able to place beehives or beenests from their inventory after an update( MCPE-62067 )
    • Soul Campfires now emit the correct light level( MCPE-73890 )
    • Hyphae blocks now take as long as stem blocks to destroy( MCPE-72045 )
    • Quartz Block can no longer be created from Chiseled Quartz Block and Pillar Quartz Block in a Furnace
    • Fixed recipes when crafting a Barrel from Warped or Crimson Slabs
    • Quartz Bricks can no longer be crafted from anything but Quartz Blocks on the Stonecutter
    • Target Block's zones for particular redstone signal strength are no longer misplaced because of old Arrow geometry
    • Setting Soul Sand on fire no longer produces a placeholder Soul Fire block on pre-Nether version locked content
  • Items
    • Netherite items no longer bounce on lava( MCPE-65372 )
    • Using Bone Meal on flowers or grass blocks no longer consumes the item if nothing can grow ( MCPE-73889 )
    • Fixed issues around duplicating items when reloading a world while Piglin is admiring an item
  • Audio
    • Zoglins now have sounds distinct from pigs( MCPE-73220 )
    • Netherite armor now has a unique sound when equipped MCPE-69047 )
    • Climbing vines now plays sound( MCPE-69741 )
    • Corrected sound for placing Nether Wart
    • Placing or stepping on Warped or Crimson processed materials or planks now make wood sounds( MCPE-69029 )
    • Ambient cave sounds are no longer played in Marketplace content prior to 1.16
  • User Interface
    • Wither health bar no longer depletes to zero after half of the health is gone ( MCPE-79661 )
    • Wither health bar now reappears when returning from another dimension
    • The 'Open' tooltip is no longer displayed when looking at Piglins( MCPE-79376 )
    • Speed of credits roll is no longer dependent on framerate
  • Commands
    • Fixed an issue with several commands being used while cheats were disabled ( MCPE-92557 )
    • Madeusing the'/fill'command more efficient, improving performance
    • Using the '/locate' command to find a Ruined Portal will no longer return placeholder text( MCPE-79323 )
    • The '/clear' command now correctly removes all blocks with the same block name when no data argumentis passed in
    • Making command selectors use the current position of an actor rather than the previous position of an actor
    • Fixed an issue that could causeCommand Blocksto stop workingunexpectedly
  • Add-Ons
    • Updated Piglin geometry and entity files: Fixed issue with scaling carried item for baby humanoid mobs
    • Accessing a Beacon no longer spams the content log with warnings( MCPE-66357 )
    • The'rider_can_interact'fieldon'minecraft:rideable'isnowused again
    • Behavioranimation components will no longer try to reload after a suspend resume and a mob/player rides something
    • Drowned geometryisno longer broken in content packs