PRE-RELEASE 6 | Minecraft Java Edition 1.16 Nether Update

1.16 Pre-release 6 (known as 1.16-pre6 in the launcher) is the sixth pre-release for Java Edition 1.16, released on June 15, 2020,^[1] which adds new material and map colors and fixes bugs.

Additions[edit]

Gameplay[edit]

Advancements

Added player_interacted_with_entity advancement trigger.
- item matches the item which was in the player's hand during interaction.
- entity matches the entity which was interacted with.

Materials

Added seven new material colors:
- #bd3031 CRIMSON_NYLIUM
- #943f61 CRIMSON_STEM
- #5c191d CRIMSON_HYPHAE
- #167e86 WARPED_NYLIUM
- #3a8e8c WARPED_STEM
- #562c3e WARPED_HYPHAE
- #14b485 WARPED_WART_BLOCK

Changes[edit]

Mobs[edit]

Hoglins and zoglins

Each tusk can now be individually textured.
Now have their knockback resistance increased.

Piglins

Can now spawn with enchanted armor.

Ravagers

Now have their knockback resistance increased.

Zombified piglins

Changed the subtitle for angry grunts from "Zombified Piglin angers" to "Zombified Piglin grunts angrily".

World generation[edit]

Zombie villages

The zombie villagers that spawn in zombie villages will no longer despawn.

Gameplay[edit]

Advancements

The advancement "Oh Shiny" is now also earned when the gold ingot is used on a piglin, whereas previously it would only be earned when a piglin picks up a gold ingot.

Map colors

With the addition of new material colors, map colors have been updated accordingly.
- Warped stems, stripped warped stems, and warped planks now use the WARPED_STEM color instead of the COLOR_CYAN color.
- Warped hyphae and stripped warped hyphae now use the WARPED_HYPHAE color instead of the COLOR_CYAN color.
- Warped nylium now uses the WARPED_NYLIUM color instead of the COLOR_CYAN color.
- Warped fungi and twisting vines now use the COLOR_CYAN color instead of the PLANT color.
- Warped wart blocks now use the WARPED_WART_BLOCK color instead of the COLOR_CYAN color.
- Crimson stems and stripped crimson stems now use the CRIMSON_STEM color instead of the COLOR_RED color.
- Crimson hyphae and stripped crimson hyphae now use the CRIMSON_HYPHAE color instead of the COLOR_RED color.
- Crimson nylium now uses the CRIMSON_NYLIUM color instead of the COLOR_RED color.
- Crimson fungi and weeping vines now use the NETHER color instead of the PLANT color.
- Crimson planks now use the CRIMSON_STEM color instead of the NETHER color.

General[edit]

Game mode toggling

Opening the game mode switcher now has a default selection if the player has not entered a different game mode before in that world.
- By default, the player will now select Creative if currently in any other game mode, and Survival if currently in Creative.

Recipe book

There is now a text that says "Search..." in the recipe book.

Fixes[edit]

39 issues fixed
From released versions before 1.16

MC-30939 – Nether portal continues emitting light, even if portal is broken.
MC-45749 – Potion particles always spread from the northwest corner of a block, regardless of impact.
MC-163333 – Plains houses and decorations can generate in taiga villages.
MC-166593 – Zombie villagers in zombie villages are not persistent.
MC-167386 – Binding hotbar hotkeys to mouse thumb button will not interact the way it should.
MC-167554 – Enchantment glint on shields is rendered incorrectly.

From the 1.16 development versions

MC-171543 – Ravagers can easily be knocked back with the Knockback enchantment.
MC-172027 – Datafixer for minecraft:recipes/misc/composter advancement is missing.
MC-172442 – Piglins do not spawn with enchanted gear.
MC-172592 – Breaking a larger than normally possible Nether portal makes the game crash with a java.lang.StackOverflowError.
MC-173413 – Lead knot is tied sound plays again when exiting a nether portal.
MC-174279 – Baby piglins do not run from wither skeletons.
MC-175993 – Enchantment glint of lodestone compass or enchanted compass/clock jumps when compass/clock rotates.
MC-177779 – Zoglins following an enemy do not go through lava.
MC-177929 – End gateways do not always teleport the player when throwing an ender pearl into it.
MC-178573 – Piglins are afraid of extinguished soul campfires.
MC-178947 – Explosion damage can be blocked by fire.
MC-181465 – Bartering with a piglin with an equipped shield using right click deletes the shield instead of dropping it on the ground.
MC-182309 – Command autocomplete does not sort strings that start with the given word to the top.
MC-182325 – Iron golem causes lag when it cannot attack its enemies.
MC-183759 – "Oh Shiny" advancement does not activate when right clicking.
MC-184277 – Last game mode for game mode switcher and F3 + N is always survival after relogging.
MC-184813 – Superflat world corruption when converting the world.
MC-186614 – New nether mobs make too many noises under certain circumstances.
MC-186617 – Zombified piglins sound angry too many times when hit constantly.
MC-187031 – Piglin swinging animation does not match attacking or targeting animation.
MC-187420 – Zombified piglins make angry sounds too frequently.
MC-187490 – Piglins that pick up gold while pathfinding will continue pathfinding.
MC-187522 – Server does not generate amplified/large biome worlds.
MC-187622 – Piglins can still remove Curse of Binding enchanted helmets/carved pumpkins after they've inspected a golden helmet.
MC-187853 – Water/lava does not move entities unless they move first.
MC-188054 – Redstone in jungle temples does not look like a line.
MC-188581 – Glass placed in item frame is not rendered properly.
MC-188659 – New "swap items with offhand" feature does not work if the control is bound to the 4th or 5th mouse button.
MC-188702 – When loading in a redstone dot via a structure block, the dot gets set to a redstone cross.

From the previous development version

MC-188987 – When standing on certain non-full blocks, the player gets pushed off if there is a lower area next to the block.
MC-189081 – Chains create water sources.
MC-189256 – Hoglin and zoglin tusks textures are not separate.
MC-189326 – Lecterns do not stack with other lecterns after being placed down and broken.