The Minecraft just release a new beta release called Minecraft 1.16.0.59. The new version is for Xbox, Windows 10, and Android, and it comes with many fixes and enhancements. The fixes covered almost all areas, such as crashes and stability, Gameplay, Graphics, Mobs, and others.
You may be excited to use the new version, but you have to make sure that you want to change your version with a work in progress version. The Minecraft 1.16.0.59 beta version will take over the existing one, and you will not be able to, for example, access to Realms or join non-beta players while you’re on the beta. Please read the disclaimer from Minecraft before installing it.
You will find below the full changelog from the Minecraft Feedback of the Minecraft 1.16.0.59 Beta:
Fixes of Minecraft 1.16.0.59
list of changes per category for the Minecraft 1.16.0.59 :
Crashes and Stability
- Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to stack different types of slab
General
- Removed quotation marks from loading screen tips
- Fixed the issue with ambient noises playing too frequently in the Nether
- Renamed various blocks, and renamed json files to reflect changed block names
- The “Change Emotes” Button is no longer missing on Android Device
- The “p” in “Pigstep” music disc is now capitalize
- Adjusted hopper hitbox shape
- Nether Sprouts item texture no longer extend outside the bounds of an Item Frame when rotated
Gameplay
- Spawned cave mobs aren’t counted as surface mobs anymore
- Added nether wood crafting recipes and make them not burn as fuel in furnaces
- Fire now ticks properly, and can be extinguished by rain
- Added chain crafting recipe
- Added fire sound for soul fire
- Gold ore can now be smelted in Furnaces and Blast Furnaces
- Smelting Ancient Debris now gives XP
- Quartz Bricks can be now only be crafted Quartz blocks
- Polished Basalt can now be crafted using a stonecutter
- Crafting polished Basalt now gives the player the correct amount of blocks in return
- Warped and Crimson Stems can no longer replace blocks when grown or are generated
- Shields can now be dispensed and equipped to players
- Fortune enchantment now works again
- Pumpkins and Melons will now grow when underneath observers
- Fixed a bug that would cause the Ender Dragon to reset after leaving and returning to fight area
- Fixed an issue with too many cats spawning in Villages
Mobs
- Hoglins no longer spin around when moving down full blocks
- Fixed bug in `MeleeAttackGoal` where mobs would not attack if they were sitting in a boat or minecart
- Tweaked spawn rates for Piglins, Hoglins, and Zombified Piglins
- Piglins now correctly equip golden armour when it is thrown to them
- Piglins that are admiring now drop gold ingot if one-shotted
- Hoglin and Strider babies now have the lead attached at the correct spot
- Zombified Piglins are now immune to fire damage
- Also changed the ‘fireimmune’ attribute to be correct for multiple mobs
- Wither skeletons now render armor correctly
- Fixed a bug where a mob could catch on fire if it was standing on an entity that was in lava
- Bees no longer get stuck under stairs
- Tweaked the Baby Strider hitbox which was too small
- Baby Hoglins now have ‘cute’ oversized heads
- Mobs now correctly equip Netherite armor
- Piglins can now exist in Peaceful difficulty
- Piglins no longer hover when aboard boats and minecarts
- Endermen can now spawn in the Soulsand Valley biome
- Piglins and Hoglins now flee from Zoglins
- The correct sound now plays when Hoglins transform into Zoglins
World Generation
- Ruined portals in nether now use Blackstone
- Fire charges can now be found in Ruined Portal chests
- Tweaked Ruined Portal loot tables – changed number of rolls to match Java
- Made Ruined Portals spawn less frequently
- Updated Bastion loot tables
- Magma Cube spawners now generate inside Bastions
- Walls in generated structures now form the proper connections
Graphical
- Tweaked Piglin and Hoglin spawn eggs to match Java
- Golden Tools that are being examined by Piglins render correctly in their hands
- Piglins arms now swing correctly when walking
- Fire now burns blue when burning on Soul Sand
User Interface
- Fixed iOS keyboard covering the text input box when typing
