Minecraft Pocket Edition 1.16.20

Minecraft Pocket Edition 1.16.20

Minecraft PE 1.16.20, released on August 11, 2020, is a minor update introducing the Piglin Brute and implementing performance improvements and bug fixes. It also includes refinements to the crafting interface and adjustments to mob behaviors and item mechanics.

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 1.16.20 Update Overview

Update Name: 1.16.20 Hotfix (for Nether Update)
Platform: Pocket Edition (PE)
Version Number: 1.16.20
Release Date: August 11, 2020
Revision Type: Minor Release

Released on August 11, 2020, Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 1.16.20 is a minor update that introduced the Piglin Brute mob and implemented several performance enhancements and bug fixes. This update also refined the crafting interface and addressed various issues related to mob spawning and item behaviors.

New Features and Changes

Items:

  • Blocks and Items:
    • Added Potion of Slowness (0:20 – Slowness IV)
    • Added Splash Potion of Slowness (0:15 – Slowness IV)
    • Added Lingering Potion of Slowness (0:05 – Slowness IV)
    • Added Arrow of Slowness (0:02 – Slowness IV)
    • Added Piglin Brute Spawn Egg

Mobs:

  • Hostile Mobs:
    • Introduced Piglin Brute.
  • Mob Changes:
    • Increased the maximum spawn radius for mobs to 44 blocks.
    • Zombies can now spawn underground again.
    • Dolphins, fish, and squid now spawn in bubble columns.
    • Baby pigs despawn properly.
    • Hoglins no longer attack in Peaceful mode when too close.
    • Piglins and Piglin Brutes can now spawn with enchanted weapons.
    • Piglins now spawn in Peaceful difficulty.
    • Piglins no longer naturally spawn on Shroomlights.
    • Piglin arms now function more like player arms.
    • Piglins killed while admiring Gold Ingots drop the admired Gold Ingot.
    • Gold Ingots given to baby Piglins are no longer consumed.
    • Piglins no longer drop up to a full stack of Gold Ingots when admiring them.
    • Piglins no longer pick up entire stacks of Gold.
    • Piglins no longer spawn with enchanted gear.
    • Adjusted arm animation for mobs that lose their weapons.
    • Tamed wolves no longer disappear when transitioning through Nether portals.
    • Husks now prefer iron armor over chain armor.
    • Zoglins now have distinct sounds from pigs.

Status Effects:

  • No new status effects added.

Enchantments:

  • No new enchantments added.

Game Commands:

  • Changes:
    • Updated /summon command syntax to include minecraft: prefix for certain entities (e.g., /summon minecraft:bee).
  • Command Fixes:
    • The /clear command now accurately removes all blocks with the same name when no data argument is provided.

General Changes

  • Netherite items no longer bounce on lava.
  • Using Bone Meal on flowers or grass blocks no longer consumes the item if nothing grows.
  • Quartz Blocks can no longer be created from Chiseled Quartz Blocks and Pillar Quartz Blocks in a Furnace.
  • Quartz Bricks can only be crafted from Quartz Blocks on the Stonecutter.
  • Fixed item duplication issues when reloading worlds with Piglins admiring items.
  • Resolved a crash that occurred when accessing the Manage Account button in Profile Settings.
  • Breaking a Furnace now drops stored experience from smelting.
  • Walls now connect to open trapdoors and glass blocks.
  • Loom blocks no longer cause memory crashes with high-resolution resource packs.
  • Boats are no longer slowed down by objects without collision.
  • Legacy chunk upgrades no longer cause chunks to become completely air-filled.
  • New Nether biomes, blocks, and structures no longer generate in worlds with fixed versions.
  • Fixed loot table generation issues in chests.
  • Local split-screen players can once again see the Ender Dragon and Ender Crystal.
  • Corrected player bounding box for safer spawn checks.
  • Target Block redstone signal zones are now correctly aligned.
  • Soul Sand no longer produces placeholder Soul Fire blocks on pre-Nether versions.
  • The ‘Open’ tooltip no longer displays when viewing Piglins.
  • Fixed notifications not appearing on iOS.

Crafting Interface Changes

  • Recipe Select button prompt now shows when hovering over non-craftable recipe book items using a controller.
  • Recipe items placed in the crafting grid can now be hovered over with a controller to see their tooltips.
  • Hovering over recipes with a controller shows them in the crafting grid if no recipe is selected.
  • Deselect a recipe or clear the crafting grid by clicking the right thumbstick on a controller.

Check out every update in Minecraft Pocket Edition versions.

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