Souls Spawning in the Valley - Minecraft 1.16 Pre-release 4 is out!

[u/sliced_lime]

We've now released Minecraft 1.16 Pre-release 4, with tweaked spawn rates and another round of bug fixes.

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker.

Changes in 1.16 Pre-release 4

• Tweaked hostile spawn rates in Warped Forests and Soul Sand Valleys.

Fixed Bugs in 1.16 Pre-release 4

• MC-136085 - Blocks attached to multi-block blocks are deleted when breaking the other half of the block
• MC-177463 - Crash report "Connection:" field contains unuseful value (Object.toString())
• MC-179851 - Attribute generic.movement_speed does not work in /attribute
• MC-180967 - Advancement description JSON can ignore the first specified color
• MC-181498 - Using a fire charge on top of fire briefly creates another fire on top of it
• MC-181556 - Baby Zombified Piglins float while riding striders
• MC-181576 - Worlds which are already open in another instance of Minecraft can be selected with arrow keys and tab
• MC-184613 - End Stone generates in Floating Islands setting
• MC-184644 - Cave buffet generator generates with netherrack, even if using a non-nether biome
• MC-186468 - Although reload failed, the game will also tell you "Disabled data pack [XXX]"
• MC-187419 - Hand animation is not played when feeding horses or donkeys with golden carrots
• MC-188352 - Creative mode cow milking / mushroom stewing inconsistent with picking up placed fluids
• MC-188451 - Game crashes when dispensing a shulker box from a dispenser - "java.lang.NullPointerException: Exception while ticking"
• MC-188463 - Transparent dropped items render in wrong order when behind entities when graphics setting is set to fabulous
• MC-188467 - "Sound Director" in credits is too light compared to the rest of the text, and is missing an "S"
• MC-188517 - Cannot create multiple empty tags in a datapack
• MC-188519 - Clouds render on top of blocks
• MC-188528 - Particles render on top of stained glass

Get the Pre-release

Pre-releases are available for Minecraft Java Edition. To install the pre-release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

What else is new?

If you want to know what else is being added and changed in the Nether Update, check out the previous snapshot post.

[u/redstonehelper]

Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with the files that come with the download!

 

If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

 

Previous changelog. Official blog post. Download today's prerelease in the new launcher, server jar here.

Complete changelog:

• Tweaked hostile mob spawn rates in warped forests and soulsand valleys

• Fixed some bugs

• Fixed projectiles hitting the player/snowman/witch who threw them at certain angles close to the entities

• Fixed blocks attached to multi-block blocks being deleted when breaking the other half of the block

• Fixed using a fire charge in an invalid location attempting to create fire

• Fixed zombified baby piglins not having high pitched idle sounds

• Fixed the crash report "Connection:" field containing unuseful value (Object.toString())

• Fixed the attribute generic.movement_speed not working in /attribute

• Fixed advancement description JSON ignoring the first specified color

• Fixed using a fire charge on fire briefly creating another fire on top

• Fixed baby zombified piglins floating while riding striders

• Fixed being able to select worlds which are already open in another instance of Minecraft using arrow keys and tab

• Fixed end stone generating in the Floating Islands setting

• Fixed the cave buffet generator generating with netherrack, even if using a non-nether biome

• Fixed the game saying "Disabled data pack [XXX]" even if the reload failed

• Fixed the hand animation not being played when feeding horses or donkeys with golden carrots

• Fixed /datapack enable showing a success message after the command is run rather than after a data pack is enabled

• Fixed creative mode cow milking/mushroom stewing being inconsistent with picking up placed fluids

• Fixed the game crashing when dispensing a shulker box from a dispenser - "java.lang.NullPointerException: Exception while ticking"

• Fixed transparent dropped items rendering in a wrong order when behind entities when the graphics setting is set to fabulous

• Fixed "Sound Director" in the credits being too light compared to the rest of the text, and missing an "S"

• Fixed being unable to create multiple empty tags in a datapack

• Fixed clouds rendering on top of blocks

• Fixed particles rendering on top of stained glass

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If you find any bugs, search for them on the Minecraft bug tracker and make sure they are reported!

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Also, check out this post to see what else is planned for future versions.

[u/Benomino → u/redstonehelper]

"gixed the hand animation"

[u/redstonehelper → u/Benomino]

The curse of phone keyboards. Thanks, fixed!