Minecraft: Bedrock Edition releases 1.16.100 update to public, focus on parity and bug fixes

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What you need to know

Minecraft is a creative open world survival game that constantly changes and evolves with updates.
A new update for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, 1.16.100, is now rolling out with a sizeable changelog filled with bug fixes and parity improvements.
The update is built on top of the Nether Update, but lays the groundwork for Minecraft's next major update coming next year.
The Nintendo Switch got the update early, but all other platforms should be getting the update right now.

After weeks of testing in the beta program, Minecraft is now pushing out its 1.16.100 update to all platforms, building on top of the Nether Update with a huge number of parity improvements, bug fixes, creator features, and more. This will likely be the last update for the Nether Update before Mojang Studios really goes to work on Minecraft's next major update, the Caves and Cliffs Update, which is coming in Summer 2021.

If you've been having any issues with Minecraft's Nether Update, it's highly recommended you install this update as soon as possible, as there are a ton of improvements and fixes here. Also, if you're on Nintendo Switch, you may have gotten this update early, which would have broken cross-play support. Those problems should be fixed as everyone else receives the update today.

If you're child plays Minecraft, this update will make the game a lot more stable and reliable for them. If they don't, Minecraft is one of the Best Games for Kids on Xbox for a reason, and can even be educational, like with the Build the Vote initiative.

The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.16.100 includes:

New features

Added a new Achievements screen design and brand new achievement artwork
Over a dozen new Character Creator items have been added and can be unlocked with achievements

Known issues

Xbox One controllers don't work as expected when playing on Oculus Rift

Vanilla parity changes & fixes

Sea Turtles now play a sound when they lay eggs
Dolphins will now dry out at the same rate as they do in Java Edition; 120 seconds
Undamaged Mending items will no longer prevent damaged Mending items from being repaired
Basalt can no longer be destroyed by Ghast fireballs
Basalt blocks now take slightly more time to destroy
TNT no longer activates when a Redstone Torch is placed directly on it
Experience Orbs now float in water
Adjusted Netherite movement in lava
Netherite armor no longer take durability loss when standing on magma blocks
Trade discounts from Hero of the Village and Curing Zombie Villagers now match the Java Edition
Phantom wings now make flapping sounds
Pistons can no longer be extended above the build height limit or into the void
Brewing Stands can now be crafted with Blackstone
Players can now spawn farmland with the /give command and pick it with Pick Block
Cod and Salmon killed by fire damage now drop cooked fish
It's now possible to place chains so that they are aligned horizontally
Floor and ceiling surface generation now correctly match Java Edition
- Soul Sand Valleys now have ceilings covered with Soul Soil and Soul Sand
- Basalt Deltas now have Basalt ceilings
Striders with passengers can now be tempted
Piglins now drop their inventory when zombified
Allow Piglins and Piglin Brutes to preserve equipment when zombified
Piglin Brutes now give 20xp instead of 10 when killed by player
Lanterns can now be placed underwater and do not pop when a water source block is placed on them
Piglins now offer similar bartering items as they do in Java Edition
Soul Fire no longer melts snow or ice blocks
Zombified Piglins no longer float above Striders while riding
Warped Fungus can now grow in Crimson Forests
Piglins now offer Nether Bricks instead of Nether Brick blocks when bartering
Baby Zoglin and Baby Hoglin now have drops after being killed by the player
Baby Zoglins now have cute, oversized heads
Wither Skeletons now automatically attack Piglins and Piglin Brutes
Hoglins will now flee from Respawn Anchors
Iron Golems now attack Hoglins
Zoglins now take damage from Healing effect and heal from Harming effect
If Ruined Portal chests contain Glistering Melon, they no longer contain only a single melon slice
Zombified Piglins that are jockeys on Striders now hold a Warped Fungus on a Stick
Piglin Brutes no longer have enchanted Golden Axes
All expected Nether plants can now be composted
Crimson and Warped Fungus can now be placed on Mycelium
Soul Speed enchantment found in chests is now limited to Bastion Remnant chests
Soul Campfires now drop Soul Soil instead of Charcoal when mined
Increased Strider health from 15 to 20
Piglins can now equip Shields, Elytra, Turtle Shells, and various Mob Heads
Piglin Brutes no longer become angry from specific blocks being broken, they still always attack a player on sight though
Baby Zombified Piglins now correctly display items held in their hands
Quick crafting a Piston will now work with Warped Planks and Crimson Planks
Baby Hoglins now deal appropriate damage
Piglins now spawn naturally in Nether Wastes on Peaceful difficulty

Changes

Added several new experimental toggles to enable previews of upcoming engine technology and support Add-Ons and Marketplace content
Added the new Mojang Studios logo splash screen on Android devices

Fixes

Performance / stability

Fixed a crash that could occur during gameplay
Fixed a crash that could occur when the player opened a Shulker Box they're standing on after rejoining a multiplayer session
Fixed a crash that could occur if a player joined a game in a sleeping state
Improved reliability of Nintendo Switch players joining other Nintendo Switch games
Adding tags to the Ender Dragon will no longer crash the game when reloading the world
Fixed a crash that could occur when a stunned entity loaded into the world
Fixed a crash that could occur when Player 1 in a split-screen session disconnected their controller
Optimized chunk loading performance
Various bandwidth optimizations

General

Fixed worlds disappearing from the worlds list during crash at world start on Xbox One
"The Beaconator" achievement can now be reliably unlocked
The "Archer" can now be reliably unlocked
Fixed the 'Super Fuel' achievement not being awarded when using lava bucket in a furnace
24-bit PNGs without an alpha channel are no longer accepted as valid custom skins

Gameplay

Fishing Rod will now correctly cast when close to a mob
Custom named boats and minecarts will now save their name after placing and breaking. Their names will also be shown in the world
Fixed empty worlds getting generated after closing a PS4 world import midway through the process
End City loot chests once again generate correctly
Fixed players and mobs not taking damage when walking through berry bushes
Killing mobs that have armor equipped with ranged weapons now results in armor loot

Mobs

Villagers no longer get locked into the wrong profession
Bees now leave their hive/nest after an allotted time in the End and Nether dimensions
Hostile mobs can now spawn in thunderstorms during the day
Foxes no longer take damage when falling on berry bushes
Fixed Vex movement along the x and z directions
Blaze now switch between melee attack and ranged attack based on the distance from the player
Mob's inactivity timer is now reset when closer than 32 blocks from the nearest player
Shearing a Snow Golem now drops a carved pumpkin
Turtles and Dolphins on land will now successfully move towards water
Ghasts once again spawn in all light levels
Mobs in lava were not able to find a path out. This fix makes it so they can enter a lava block if they are already in lava
Mobs can no longer move Minecarts they stand in
Mob spawn range now scales with simulation distance
Villagers from older versions now level up correctly when trading
Improved performance of farmer villagers when harvesting or sowing crops
Fixed a bug which could prevent farmer villagers from harvesting crops
Player-ridden Striders now jump onto magma blocks as well as non-full blocks in front of them when guided by Fungus on a Stick
Baby animals can once again be tamed, before growing up
Bees can now only exit Beehives and Bee Nests through air blocks
Slimes can now spawn in slime chunks inside frozen biomes

Blocks

Fixed issue where some walls were not correctly connected on world load
Walls converted from Console Edition saves are now joined properly
Water from bubble columns now flows as it should
Hoppers with containers above them can no longer collect dropped items
Fence gates now align with Blackstone Walls
Placing blocks on Crimson Roots and Warped Roots will now properly remove the roots
Target blocks no longer power additional blocks above them
Beehives and Bee Nests now show the correct front-facing texture
Lava and water textures are now visible after placing Slime block or Honey block next to or above them
End gateways will now correctly calculate distance to the center block when searching for an exit position
Plants and crops now grow more consistently when near chunk borders
Brown and Red Mushrooms can now be grown into huge mushrooms on Nylium
Cocoa Beans can now be placed on and survive on all jungle wood variants
Gravity affected blocks no longer break when their supporting block is moved by a piston
Falling blocks now break after falling for extended periods of time
Podzol no longer generates below the top layer when spawning large spruce trees
Observer block textures no longer get stuck in an active state after being moved by a piston
Fixed a bug that could cause falling blocks to duplicate near a portal
Fixed an issue that caused rails to not be powered correctly along the x-axis
Saplings no longer incorrectly transform into a bee nest when next to a tree and flowers
Dragon Egg no longer disappears if placed on pedestal and Ender Dragon is respawned
Signs can no longer be placed on End Rods

Items

Compass items will now point the correct direction when the player is in a boat
Compasses with custom names now retain their names when linked to a Lodestone
Compasses with Curse of Vanishing now retain their enchantment when linked to a Lodestone
Lodestone Compasses can now be enchanted with the Curse of Vanishing using an Anvil
Boots enchanted with Soul Speed no longer become stuck on mobs or the player after breaking
Smelted items (prior to 1.13) no longer contain incorrect damage values and can be stacked
Dropped items no longer float too low to the ground
Dragon Egg now always drops when it is destroyed by an explosion
Totem of Undying now applies the correct effects upon dying
Armor no longer gets stuck in the hot bar after interacting with an armor stand
Corrected map color representation for multiple blocks
XP orbs once again ignore world lighting, allowing it to always be at max brightness
Banner patterns can now be crafted in the 2x2 crafting grid
The "Thing" banner can now be crafted at the Loom
Fixed an issue that caused item durability to not be assigned until a world was reloaded
Spawn Eggs can now be used on an underwater Monster Spawner
Fixed dropped item stacks becoming invisible after merging with another item stack
Iron pickaxes can now be dropped by mobs during raids

Realms

Added more detailed error messages with possible solutions when a world fails to upload to a Realm
Fixed a crash that occurred when downloading large worlds from Realms
Selecting the "Manage" button for Realms subscriptions now opens the appropriate Microsoft account page
Content that is owned through a Realms Plus subscription now roams across all platforms

Graphical

Fixed an issue with the skybox background graphics not rendering correctly on some devices
Fixed an issue with missing animation when damaging bamboo
Fixed a graphical issue with glass blocks on the City Living world that affected some devices on Windows 10
Touchscreen input "Chat and Commands" UI element now has a darker border

Audio

Music is no longer interrupted when entering water in ocean biomes
Reduced raid horn sound

Crafting screen

Various improvements to the Crafting Screen experience when using a controller
Cobblestone is now shown as the default ingredient for stone tools
Items in the inventory will no longer move into the crafting grid when hovering over recipes
The selected recipe will no longer be cleared when changing tabs, even if you don't have all the necessary ingredients for that recipe
Picking up items while the cursor is hovering over a recipe now updates to the recipe's new index
Crimson and Warped Stems/Hyphae are now in their correct Creative inventory groups
Nether and Warped Wart blocks are no longer in an unfolding section in the creative menu

Structure blocks

Removed the name field from the structure block 3D Export screen
Fixed incorrect chunk position calculation for block changes that occur during the Structure Block preview window
Structure loading/saving no longer affects ticking blocks in nearby chunks
Fixed the Reset button not re-rendering the wireframe bounding box

User interface

Added Noto Sans font license button and pop-up dialog to Profile section of the Settings screen
Updated splash texts and loading screen tips
Fixed system language settings for Simplified and Traditional Chinese not honored by the game
Fixed an issue that meant the block highlight/selection box was extending above blocks
Time played now displays correctly on the Achievements screen
The Beacon container interface no longer shuffles items around the inventory slots when trying to quick-move items from the inventory while the hotbar is full
Pressing the 'Leave Boat' button on touch devices will no longer make the player hit a passenger or destroy the Boat
A button icon has been added to the NPC dialog screen to show which gamepad button to press to close the window (Education Feature)
The hovered slot data is now cleared properly whenever the cursor is moved off an item slot. This way the gamepad helpers are correct when not hovering over an item slot
The item name text that appears when the player changes the hotbar selection now anchors from the bottom. This way when it grows, it will not overlap with the hotbar
Fixed the 'Profile' button in the Pause Menu not being sized correctly
"Ride Exit" hint now clears action bar messages
The Smithing Table screen now contains the hammer icon and user interface elements appear correctly when using the "Pocket" UI profile setting
Custom names now modify boss bars
Grindstone no longer shows a result unless it changes the item
Fixed navigation problems between Featured Items, Achievement Rewards, Emotes, and the Dressing Room
Change Gamertag and Manage Account buttons on the Settings screen now open xbox.com URLs on iOS and Android
The Dressing Room now shows cached items when not connected to the internet

Commands, map makers & add-on creators

Because of how massive this changelog is, refer to here for all the changes and fixes related to commands and creation.

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