Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.220.52

Beta 1.16.220.52 is the third and final beta version for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.16.220, released on March 18, 2021,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> which adds new Minecraft:lush caves blocks and changes the Minecraft:world generation downwards to Y=-64 behind experimental toggle.

Experimental

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

Blocks

Minecraft:Azalea

• Bush block which can be planted on Minecraft:dirt and Minecraft:grass blocks.
• Has either no blossoms or purple blossoms.
• Azalea can grow from Minecraft:moss blocks when Minecraft:bone meal is used.
• Can be used as fuel.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Azalea Leaves

• Has either no blossoms or purple blossoms.
• Yield azalea and sticks on decay.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Cave Vines

• A natural light source with a light level of 14 when it has berries.
• Drop Minecraft:glow berries.
  • Berries appear using Minecraft:bone meal.
  • Berries can be harvested by Template:Ctrl with the vine.
• Grow from glow berries when placed on the underside of a block.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Dripleaf

• Allows an entity to stay on it for 1.5 seconds (30 Minecraft:ticks), before the entity will fall through it.
  • The tilt happens in 3 stages: unstable, partial and full.
    • All the stages are solid except the full stage, which is when the player falls through.
    • When nobody is standing on it, it is set to none stage.
• Comes in two sizes: small and big. Small can be applied Minecraft:bone meal to grow into big.
  • Small Dripleaf can only be obtained with Minecraft:shears (otherwise breaks), and can only be planted on Minecraft:clay or underwater on clay and Minecraft:dirt blocks.
  • Big Dripleaf can be obtained with any Minecraft:tool or by hand as well as breaking it using Minecraft:projectiles and can be planted on grass and dirt blocks.
• The tilt can also be triggered by hitting the plant with a projectile.
• The tilt can be prevented by powering it with Minecraft:redstone, but hitting it with a projectile still tilts.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Hanging Roots

• Decorative blocks that can only be placed on the underside of a block.
• Obtained with Minecraft:shears, otherwise breaks.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Moss Block

• An opaque block with a grassy texture on all sides.
• Can be bonemealed to grow Minecraft:grass, tall grass, moss carpets and both types of azaleas on it and in its vicinity.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Moss Carpet

• Uses the same texture as the moss block, but one pixel thick.
• Crafted with moss blocks.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Rooted Dirt

• Decorative block with roots on its texture.
• Similar to Minecraft:coarse dirt, neither Minecraft:mycelium nor Minecraft:grass spread to it.
• Using a hoe turns it into normal Minecraft:dirt and drops a hanging roots.
• Using bone meal on some will grow hanging roots underneath.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Spore Blossom

• Can only be placed on the underside of a block.
• Sends particles downward and around the spore blossom when opened.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Minecraft:Signs

• Now has sounds for being dyed.

Minecraft:Block of Copper, Minecraft:Cut Copper, and variants

• Waxing the block emits yellow particles.
• Minecraft:Axes can now be Template:Control to scrape off wax and oxidation (one stage at a time).
  • Scraping off the wax from the block emits white particles.
• Minecraft:Lightning can now clean oxidation, reverting the oxidation process by one or several stages.
  • Chances of cleaning and number of reverted stages are higher the closer to the struck block.
• The Copper Block variant names are now changed to match Java Edition.
  • Renamed Copper Block to Block of Copper.
  • Removed the word "Block" from oxidized variants of Block of Copper, including waxed variants.
    • The IDs have also been updated.
• Copper Blocks ID are no longer stored into block states and now split between waxed and oxidization stages.
• Is now affected by the Template:Cd gamerule.

Minecraft:Copper Ore

• No longer rotated vertically when placing.

Minecraft:Lightning Rod

• Can now be Minecraft:waterlogged.
• Now emits particles when in contact with rain.

Items

Minecraft:Glow Berries

• Can be eaten to restore Template:Hunger.
• Grow on cave vines.
• Used to breed foxes.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

Mobs

Minecraft:Foxes

• Eat glow berries.

General

Minecraft:Particles

• Added the Template:Cd particles.
• Available under Experimental Gameplay.

World generation

Minecraft:Lush Caves generation

• Currently added as a feature code file, does not generate in the overworld yet, and can only be generated using Minecraft:add-ons.
• Adaptive to the environment: every type of cave generation can be a lush cave.
• Moss covers the floors and ceilings, along with Minecraft:moss carpets and Minecraft:grass on the floors.
• Minecraft:Spore Blossoms grow from the ceiling and drip particles.
• Contains Minecraft:clay pools where Minecraft:dripleaf plants grow out of them.
  • Minecraft:Clay pools will sometimes generate Minecraft:water sources over Minecraft:air, and the water is suspended and does not flow. This has yet to be fixed.
• Contains Minecraft:azalea bushes (both variants).
• Minecraft:Cave vines with Minecraft:glow berries grow from the ceiling and light up the caves.

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World generation changes, with Bedrock layers going all the way down to y=-64 on the old chunks.

Minecraft:Altitude

• Generation range and build limits have been expanded by 64 blocks down, to a total range of 384 blocks.
  • To allow old world to generate with the new build limits, old chunks will generate Bedrock layers all the way to Y=-64 to fill up the void gap between Y=0 and Y=-64.

Structures

• Underground Minecraft:caves, Minecraft:canyons and structures now generate all the way down to Y=-64.

Fixes

General

• Minecraft:Sign text is no longer invisible on older worlds (Template:Bug)
• Minecraft:Ink sacs and Minecraft:dyes now make sounds when used on signs (Template:Bug)
• Selecting featured offer on Profile Screen will properly redirect user to complete list of featured offers
• Fixed non-guest split-screen players' lost data on Xbox (Template:Bug)
• Made the sign-in buttons text fit the button in Portuguese-BR
• Use lighter color for text in Storage menu on Settings screen
• Fixed an issue where button textures were scaled wrong when applying resource packs
• Enabled navigating to the back button using only keyboard in some screens where it was not possible
• Fixed bug where switching between profile causes all other previewed profiles to be overridden by the initial one
• Template:Cmd Minecraft:command will apply the correct "data" argument for the sapling item (Template:Bug)
• Template:Cmd command will no longer remove an additional item from Minecraft:player's off-hand slot (Template:Bug)
• Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled the player's hand would still bob (Template:Bug)
• Fixed HudCursor not rendering inverted colors (Template:Bug)
• Piston and Sticky Piston are no longer appear black when Outline Selection is disabled (Template:Bug)
• Fixed fog in Nether biomes not rendering properly in some resource packs (Template:Bug)
• Glitchy lines are no longer visible on signs with text (Template:Bug)
• Fixed Minecraft:barrier bug where non full blocks were flashing due to barrier not writing the depth (Template:Bug)
• Non-persistent mobs no longer despawn immediately after loading into the Nether
• Drowned will now swing their arm when throwing Minecraft:tridents
• Fixed crash when entering a nether portal and throwing a Minecraft:bottle o' enchanting at the same time (Template:Bug).

Character Creator

• Steve pants no longer color the bottom of appearance's feet when no footwear is equipped
• Users in multiplayer games should no longer see other players using pieces on their appearance that they do not own as Steve
• Changing skins while in splitscreen should now properly save for all local users and update properly for remote users
• Alex shirt no longer looks corrupted when equipped with different pants
• "Hooray!" emote will now display in the emotes section if already owned (Template:Bug).

VR

• The death screen is now visible when behind full-screen effects (on fire, standing in a portal, etc) in VR
• Fixed translucent rendering of occluded UI elements, including when viewing menus near blocks
• Item aliases do not show up in autocomplete for duplicate items but commands can still succeed if the user runs the command with aliases.