Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

1.16.2 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.16.2-pre1 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the first pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.16.2, released on July 29, 2020,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which adds two new options relating to effects, allows chains to be placed along any axis and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Font

• Added 11 fractional glyphs:

Glyph	Unicode	Name
⅐	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅑	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅕	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅖	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅗	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅘	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅙	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅚	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅒	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
↉	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⅟	Template:Cd	Template:Cd

File:Emoji Added in JE 1.16.2 Pre1 and Relative Items.png

Emoji added in this version and relative items.

• Added 8 emoji relating to items in the game:

Glyph	Unicode	Name	Item
🗡	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🏹	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🪓	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🔱	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🎣	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🧪	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
⚗	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink
🛡	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:ItemLink

• Added 3 other glyphs:

Glyph	Unicode	Name
⯪	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
⯫	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Ɑ	Template:Cd	Template:Cd

Minecraft:Options

• Added a new "Distortion Effects" slider, which affects screen distortion effects such as Minecraft:Nausea and the Minecraft:nether portal distortion.
  • Ranges from OFF (0%) to 100%.
  • As the slider goes lower, a green overlay appears more intensely on the screen.
    • Despite the options menu saying this replaces the Nausea effect at lower levels, it actually acts as an inverse relationship. The distortion is not truly disabled unless the slider is set to "OFF."
• Added a new "FOV Effects" slider.
  • Affects intensity of the change of FOV when doing things such as Minecraft:sprinting, aiming a Minecraft:bow, walking on Minecraft:soul sand or Minecraft:soul soil with Minecraft:Soul Speed, or having the Minecraft:Speed or Minecraft:Slowness effects applied.Template:More info
• "Chat Delay" is now also available in chat settings.
  • Previously, it was only available in accessibility settings.

Changes

Blocks

Bubble columns

• Affect projectiles as expected.

Chains

• Can now be placed in all orientations.

Crimson and Minecraft:warped roots

• Now require shears to drop.

Various non-solid blocks

• No longer block projectiles.Template:More info

Mobs

Minecraft:Endermen

• No longer place their held blocks onto Minecraft:bedrock.
  • This is to prevent them from placing blocks on the bedrock ceiling, allowing mobs to spawn.

Minecraft:Piglins

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

Minecraft:Striders

• Now attempt to pathfind to, and stay in Minecraft:lava.

Minecraft:Strider jockeys

• The zombified piglin riding a strider now spawns holding a Minecraft:warped fungus on a stick.

Minecraft:Villagers

• Now lose their job sites when changing dimensions.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Soul Speed

• The Soul Speed boost is now kept when jumping and when the soul block is covered by non-full blocks, such as slabs.

General

Minecraft:Custom dimensions and Minecraft:custom world generation

• Now use the same folder pattern in data packs as other resources: namespace/<type>/resource.json.

Font

• Minor changes to some glyphs.