Minecraft Release 1.16.20 - What's New?

A new release version of Minecraft Bedrock (PE) 1.16.20 has been released, which adds the Brutal Piglin to the game, introduces a number of changes, and fixes various bugs in the game!

New Features

• Brutal Piglin:
  • The Brutal Piglin is a stronger version of the regular Piglin, residing in bastion remnants and guarding treasures.
  • The Brutal Piglin is not distracted by gold.
  • The Brutal Piglin attacks players immediately, even if they are wearing golden armor.
  • The Brutal Piglin is equipped with an axe.

Crafting Interface:

• When using a controller, tooltips for creating items in the crafting table now appear.
• Items selected by a recipe placed in the crafting grid can now be hovered over with the controller to see their tooltip names.
• On the controller, when hovering over recipes, they will be displayed in the crafting grid if the recipe is not selected.
• Using the controller, you can now cancel the selection of an item to craft, and the right stick can clear the crafting grid.

Bug Fixes:

• Performance / Stability:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash on PlayStation 4 when other players used custom skins.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking the "Manage Account" button.
  • Loom blocks no longer cause memory issues when using high-resolution resource packs.
• Main:
  • Worlds can now be uploaded to Realms on Nintendo Switch again.
  • Fixed a bug where online play on PlayStation 4 only allowed five players instead of eight.
  • Fixed a bug where the "Hot Tourist Destination" achievement did not unlock after visiting the last required Nether biome on PlayStation 4.
  • Custom skins now work correctly in multiplayer again.
  • Emotes can no longer be used before they are unlocked.
  • Fixed notifications not appearing on iOS.
• Gameplay:
  • Fixed a bug where breaking a furnace did not drop accumulated experience.
  • Boats are no longer slowed down by non-collidable objects.
  • Updating old chunks no longer leaves just air.
  • New Nether biomes, blocks, and structures no longer generate in worlds with a fixed version.
  • Fixed chests with loot tables not generating loot until opened or destroyed.
  • Splitscreen players can now see the Ender Dragon and End Crystals again.
• Mobs:
  • The maximum mob spawn radius is now 44 blocks with a simulation distance of 4.
  • Zombies now prefer iron armor over chainmail.
  • Tamed wolves no longer despawn when returning to the world through a Nether portal.
  • Changed hand animation for mobs when their weapon is removed.
  • Piglins no longer spawn with enchanted equipment.
  • Piglins now pick up only one gold ingot at a time, instead of all at once.
  • Gold ingots picked up by baby Piglins are no longer consumed.
  • Piglins no longer spawn on shroomlights.
• Blocks:
  • Walls now connect to open trapdoors.
  • Walls now connect to glass blocks.
  • Fixed pressure plates so they no longer have collision.
  • Melon and pumpkin stems now break again when the block underneath is destroyed.
  • Slime blocks pushed by pistons now push players correctly again.
  • Fixed a bug where players could not place beehives or bee nests from their inventory after updating.
  • Soul campfires now emit the correct light level.
  • Nylium now breaks in the same time as wooden blocks.
  • Quartz blocks can no longer be crafted from smooth quartz blocks and quartz pillars in a furnace.
  • Fixed recipes when crafting a barrel from warped or crimson slabs.
  • Quartz bricks can no longer be crafted from anything other than quartz blocks in a stonecutter.
  • Target block zones for a specific redstone signal level no longer shift due to old arrow geometry.
• Items:
  • Netherite items no longer bounce off lava.
  • Using bone meal on flowers or grass blocks no longer consumes the item if nothing can grow.
  • Fixed item duplication bugs when reloading the world while a Piglin holds an item.
• Sound:
  • Zoglins now have their own sounds.
  • Netherite armor now has a unique sound when used.
  • Weeping vines now produce sounds.
  • Fixed the placement sound of Nether Wart.
  • Crimson/Warped wood blocks and stripped wood now make sounds when placed or walked on.
  • Cave sounds no longer play in content from the game store prior to version 1.16.
• User Interface:
• Commands:
  • Fixed the message text when locating a ruined portal with the '/locate' command.
  • Improved performance when using the '/fill' command.
  • The '/clear' command now correctly removes blocks with the same name when no arguments are passed.
  • Selectors now use the current position of the entity instead of the previous one.
  • Fixed a bug where command blocks would unexpectedly stop working.
• Add-ons:
  • Updated the Piglin geometry file.
  • Fixed a bug where the content log reported various errors when the player used a beacon.
  • The 'rider_can_interact' field can now be applied to 'minecraft:rideable' again.
  • Animation behavior components will no longer attempt to reload after pause-resume and if a mob or player is riding something.
  • The Drowned geometry no longer breaks when using other resource packs.

You can download the new version for Android on the page [DOWNLOAD MINECRAFT PE RELEASE 1.16.20].