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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox version &lt;br /&gt;
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|image=16w02a.png&lt;br /&gt;
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|type=Snapshot&lt;br /&gt;
|date=January 13, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;16w02a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the forty-ninth [[Minecraft:snapshot]] for [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9]], released on January 13, 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;blogpost&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{link|url=https://www.mojang.com/2016/01/minecraft-snapshot-16w02a/||archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202011018/https://www.mojang.com/2016/01/minecraft-snapshot-16w02a/|title=Minecraft snapshot 16w02a|author=Searge|website=Mojang.com|date=Jan 13, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This is the first snapshot released in 2016.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Additions ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Options]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Volume slider labeled &amp;quot;Voice/Speech&amp;quot; under &amp;quot;Music &amp;amp; Sounds&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
** Intended to be used for voice acting in custom maps.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{tweet|SeargeDP|687741330995429376|that&amp;#039;s the idea, yes|January 14, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Changes ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Blocks ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Air]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now translatable into other languages, for the purposes of superflat customization.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Beacon]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now immediately activate when placed on valid pyramids.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Bedrock]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Can no longer drop itself as an item.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Stone button]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now break faster with pickaxes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Wooden button]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now break faster with axes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Items ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Armor]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Changed damage/armor values again to protect armored players against &amp;quot;backstabbing&amp;quot; creepers.&lt;br /&gt;
** Reduction in effective defense points due to attack strength no longer takes the effective defense below 25% of the armor points.&lt;br /&gt;
** Max (20) armor points damage reduction increased back to 80% (was 66% since [[Minecraft:15w36a]]).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mobs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;General&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Mobs are now knocked back from non-entity damage sources such as cacti (reverted in [[Minecraft:16w03a]]).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Ender dragon]]s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* When summoned using {{cmd|summon EnderDragon}}, stay in the same position no matter what.&lt;br /&gt;
** Unlike summoning a dragon with &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;{NoAI:1b}&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, it still flaps its wings.&lt;br /&gt;
** These dragons do not show their boss health bar, nor do they take damage from any attack other than {{cmd|/kill}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Non-mob entities ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Armor stand]]s&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Marker &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;ArmorStand&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;s now only outlines their equipment when glowing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Command format ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{cmd|help}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now outputs various [[Minecraft:Easter eggs#Searge says|messages]] prefixed by &amp;quot;Searge says:&amp;quot; when run in a command block.&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Yolo&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: /achievement take achievement.understandCommands @p&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Ask for help on twitter&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: /deop @p&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Scoreboard deleted, commands blocked&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Contact helpdesk for help&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: /testfornoob @p&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: /trigger warning&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Oh my god, it&amp;#039;s full of stats&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: /kill @p[name=!Searge]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Have you tried turning it off and on again?&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Searge says: Sorry, no help today&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{cmd|playsound}} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Now accepts a sound &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;source&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; as its second parameter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Minecraft:Selector]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;m&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** Now supports both negation and literal gamemode values. &lt;br /&gt;
*** Example: &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;@p[m=!1]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;@p[m=c]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;@p[m=!spectator]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Gameplay ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Combat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Attack cooldown does not have as great an effect on damage: reduction is linear 50%–100% rather than quadratic 0%–100%.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fixes ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{fixes|fixedin=16w02a|prefix=Minecraft&lt;br /&gt;
|;old&lt;br /&gt;
|233|The portal travel sounds &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;travel.ogg/trigger.ogg&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; swapped/played at wrong time.&lt;br /&gt;
|1072|No translation for &amp;quot;Air&amp;quot; in the superflat customization.&lt;br /&gt;
|4040|Jump Sprinting on redstone wire produces grayscale particles.&lt;br /&gt;
|4661|Chickens (And small mobs) cannot path when standing in/next to fences.&lt;br /&gt;
|14722|Social zombies are not affected by {{cmd|gamerule doMobSpawning}}.&lt;br /&gt;
|23952|Bad alignment when using wide Unicode fonts.&lt;br /&gt;
|27912|Hindi: some text is not centered.&lt;br /&gt;
|41542|Displacement of mipmap levels slider in traditional Chinese language pack.&lt;br /&gt;
|44140|Acacia and dark oak stairs do not burn and cannot be lit with flint and steel.&lt;br /&gt;
|46258|The &amp;quot;ø&amp;quot; Character has an extra pixel.&lt;br /&gt;
|46690|Items and experience drop upon death in Spectator mode.&lt;br /&gt;
|60692|The game mode selector &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;m&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; doesn&amp;#039;t work with negation.&lt;br /&gt;
|73304|Scoreboard &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;teamkill.&amp;quot;color&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is not registering entities.&lt;br /&gt;
|74072|Unicode character &amp;quot;Small H with Stroke&amp;quot; (&amp;amp;#295;) is one pixel too high.&lt;br /&gt;
|74392|Copying written books creates stacks of size 0, and duplicates the original.&lt;br /&gt;
|76313|Pressing the crouch key while flying will slow player down.&lt;br /&gt;
|78557|Buttons don&amp;#039;t have a special tool assigned – compare pressure plates.&lt;br /&gt;
|79604|Explosions do not repel players in Creative mode.&lt;br /&gt;
|81687|Villagers accept fewer items for the same number of emeralds.&lt;br /&gt;
|82677|{{cmd|give @p minecraft:anvil 1 3}} will crash the game.&lt;br /&gt;
|;dev&lt;br /&gt;
|85304|Ender dragons go to X,Y,Z {{=}} 0,0,0 when spawned in any type of world.&lt;br /&gt;
|87894|Creeper explosion damage is disproportionate to armor protection and to damage from other mobs.&lt;br /&gt;
|88268|Glowing &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;CustomName&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; items have blurry names.&lt;br /&gt;
|88668|Old hopper minecarts have &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Enabled:0b&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and do not gather items.&lt;br /&gt;
|89592|Death screen death message still shows when &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;showDeathMessages&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; is false.&lt;br /&gt;
|89917|Using pick block on boats only gives the oak variant.&lt;br /&gt;
|92208|Summoned &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;MinecartHopper&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; defaults to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Enabled:0b&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
|93083|Sound sliders not working with the new sounds.&lt;br /&gt;
|92783|Setting &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;LastOutput&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; of a command block to an invalid JSON string causes a crash.&lt;br /&gt;
|93093|Console spam: &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;quot;PLAYER is sending move packets too frequently (19 packets since last tick)&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|93119|A survival player can obtain the bedrock item.&lt;br /&gt;
|;previous&lt;br /&gt;
|94466|Zombies won&amp;#039;t climb stairs.&lt;br /&gt;
|94776|Chicken will not follow a player with seeds up stairs.&lt;br /&gt;
|95129|Zombies don&amp;#039;t want to walk up a block, in some situations.&lt;br /&gt;
|;Private issues&lt;br /&gt;
|59196|Players can tick themselves arbitrarily.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;blogpost&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/onlyinclude&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Videos ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trivia ==&lt;br /&gt;
* 16w02a was previously removed from the [[Minecraft:launcher]] for some time, but was added back in September 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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