Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.210.57

Beta 1.16.210.57 is the seventh beta version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.16.210, released on January 28, 2021,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which added the Minecraft:copper related features, and fixes bugs.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Dispensers

• Can now put Minecraft:honeycomb to wax Minecraft:copper blocks.

Redstone

• Now renamed as "Redstone Dust" to match Java Edition.

Mobs

Minecraft:Drowned

• Now drops copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
  • Only possible with Caves & Cliffs experiments toggle enabled.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggles.

Blocks

Minecraft:Copper Block

• Can be crafted with 4 copper ingots, and can also be crafted back into 4 copper ingots.
• Oxidizes 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.

Minecraft:Copper Ore

• 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.

Cut Copper Block

• Can be made into stair and slab variants.
• Oxidizes 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.

Minecraft:Cut Copper Slab

• Oxidizes 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.

Minecraft:Cut Copper Stairs

• Oxidizes 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.

Minecraft:Lightning Rod

• 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

Minecraft:Copper Ingot

• Obtained by smelting copper ore or as a rare drop from drowned.
• Used to craft copper blocks and lightning rods.
• Available under experimental gameplay.

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 (Template:Bug).
• Improved performance for actors using TemptGoal.

General

• Fixed an issue that prevented player interaction after using the '/clone' command on a double chest block (Template:Bug).
• Using the Template:Cmd command to clone a block of the same type is no longer treated as a failed operation (Template:Bug).
• Fixed players taking fall damage when opening Shulker Boxes (Template:Bug).
• Nether Brick now gives XP from being smelted (Template:Bug).
• 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 (Template:Bug)
• 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 (Template:Bug)
• Added more helpful Video Settings messages for ray tracing on supported and non-supported platforms.

Minecraft:Structure block

• Structure blocks no longer auto-save the data when the structure name text box is deselected (Template:Bug).
• 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.