Minecraft 1.16 Pre-Release 1

It's time for 1.16 pre-releases!

Going forward you should mostly see bugs being fixed. Additionally, pre-releases doesn't necessarily tend to our usual cadence of releasing on Wednesdays, so keep an eye out!

New Features in 1.16 Pre-release 1#

• Added new "Fabulous" graphics option - uses per-pixel blending layers for some transparent elements

Changes in 1.16 Pre-release 1#

• You can now milk Cows and Mooshrooms in creative mode
• You can now get stew from Mooshrooms in creative mode
• When you use an empty bucket on water in creative mode, you now get a bucket of water. If you have a bucket of water in your inventory already, no additional water buckets will be added when you use your empty bucket on water.
• When any villager is struck by lightning, the witch it is converted to will no longer despawn
• Added gamerule universalAnger (disabled by default), which makes angered neutral mobs attack any nearby player, not just the player that angered them. Works best if you disable forgiveDeadPlayers.
• Added gamerule forgiveDeadPlayers (enabled by default), which makes angered neutral mobs stop being angry when the targeted player dies nearby.
• Zombified piglins no longer attack innocent bystanders (unless you enable gamerule universalAnger)
• Zombified piglins stop being angry if the targeted player dies nearby (unless you disable gamerule forgiveDeadPlayers)

Technical Changes in 1.16 Pre-release 1#

• Smithing recipes can now be added or changed through data packs
• Game will now detect critical datapack issues, like missing required tags and prevent world from being loaded

Data Pack Selection#

• Data packs can now be selected before world is created
• "Copy world" option will also copy data packs present in source world

Pack Selection Screen#

• Packs can now be dropped directly on data and resource pack selection screens
• Dropped files and directories will be copied to appropriate places

Smithing Recipes#

There's now a smithing recipe type. Recipes of this type are used in the smithing table to upgrade one item type into another type, maintaining tags.

• base - Ingredient specifying an item to be upgraded.
• addition - Ingredient specifying valid items to trigger the upgrade.
• result - Item specifying the resulting type of the upgraded item.

Fixed Bugs in 1.16 Pre-release 1#

• MC-4520 Aggressive neutral mobs become neutral when the world is reloaded
• MC-9856 you cannot pick up buckets of water/lava in creative mode
• MC-36322 Unable to milk cows in creative
• MC-64623 Lightning bolts cannot be targeted by selectors
• MC-69032 When a mob hits a zombified piglin, and that mob dies, the zombified piglins attack you
• MC-90969 Cannot get mushroom stew from mooshrooms / milk from cows in creative mode
• MC-106968 Snow golems aren't damaged by splash or lingering water bottles
• MC-127004 Waterlogged blocks cause z-fighting when looking at them from a distance
• MC-138675 Wither skulls inflict the Wither effect on players in Creative mode
• MC-138713 "Two by Two" advancement does not require donkeys or mules
• MC-158906 After sleeping in a bed, players aren't positioned in the center of a block
• MC-159500 Hostile mobs attacking bees also cause the bees to attack players
• MC-161969 Casting issue: Adding ender eyes to end portal frames at high distances causes particles to lose precision
• MC-163950 Ice bordering water causes z-fighting issues from a distance
• MC-164692 Entering a boat does not play the hand animation
• MC-165669 Hand animation is playing when you're aiming at a block through the mob and use the spawn egg
• MC-165734 Minecarts with furnace still display a hand animation with incompatible items when not on a rail
• MC-166188 Bees still hitting player after death
• MC-166524 Trying to dye a sheep with the same color as sheep displays hand animation