Minecraft Beta - 1.16.20.53 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)
- Technical Update
- Full Changelog
Gameplay Update
PLEASE READ before participating in the Minecraft Beta:
- Joining the beta will replace your game with a work in progress version of Minecraft
- You will not have access to Realms and will not be able to join non-beta players while you're previewing the beta
- Any worlds played while in the beta cannot be opened in previous versions of the game so please make copies of worlds to prevent losing them
- Beta builds can be unstable and are not representative of final version quality
- The beta is available only on Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android (Google Play). To join or leave the beta, see aka.ms/JoinMCBeta for detailed instructions
Along with the bug fixes in this week's beta, we have made some changes to the way recipes are highlighted and selected when using a controller - we would love to hear your feedback on this while it is in the beta, so please head over to the feedback thread and let us know what you think!
User Interface and Input
- Recipe Select button prompt shows when hovering over a non-craftable recipe 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 stick
Performance and Stability
- Loom blocks will no longer cause an out of memory crash when using high resolution resource packs (MCPE-69848)
General
- Legacy chunk upgrades will no longer cause the chunk to become 100% air (MCPE-58514)
- Players can once again host 8 max player worlds on PlayStation 4 (MCPE-85009)
- /clear now correctly removes all blocks with the same block name when no data argument is passed in
- Piglins and Brutes can now spawn with enchanted weapons (MCPE-83536)
- Fixed an issue where the Hot Tourist Destination trophy would not unlock when visiting the last required Nether biome on PlayStation 4 (MCPE-85496)
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from being able to place beehives or bee nests from their inventory after an update (MCPE-62067)
- Fixed broken trading screen slots on iOS