Minecraft 1.16.2 Pre-Release 1

It's time for pre-releases for Minecraft Java Edition 1.16.2!

From now on you should mostly see bug fixes leading up to the full release of 1.16.2 which we expect to happen in a few weeks.

New Features in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

• New accessibility settings have been added to help with visual comfort

Accessibility

• Distortion effects such as nausea and the Nether portal overlay can now be reduced
• At lower values, the nausea effect is replaced with a green overlay as an alternative visualization
• Field of view effects shown after speed modifiers are applied can now be reduced

Changes in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

• Chains can now be placed in all orientations
• Endermen will no longer place their held blocks onto bedrock blocks
• Piglins now become angry with players who open or destroy a Chest Minecart
• Villagers now lose their job sites when changing dimension
• Chat delay has been added to the Chat Settings screen

Technical Changes in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

• Custom world generation and dimension settings now use the same folder pattern in data packs as other resources (namespace/<type>/resource.json)

Fixed bugs in 1.16.2 Pre-release 1

• MC-73884 Throwable projectiles get destroyed at contact with non solid blocks
• MC-125758 Bubble column does not affect egg, snowball, ender pearl, splash potion, lingering potion, fireball and shulker bullet
• MC-158987 Raid still continues after a villager turns into a witch
• MC-163767 Villagers get ejected from a minecart when converted to a zombie villager
• MC-167045 Banners are rendered too dark in the inventory
• MC-170900 New Nether plants can be picked up without shears/silk touch
• MC-174574 Soul speed doesn't work when slabs and blocks of similar height are placed above the soul sand block
• MC-176015 Strider suffocates when player is saddled on and looking up with Warped Fungus on a Stick
• MC-176034 You can walk on striders
• MC-177651 Despite being cold outside of lava, striders don't care about staying in lava
• MC-178061 Chat Delay option doesn't exist in Chat settings
• MC-182330 Crossbow-wielding piglins behave weirdly when they try to pursue invisible players
• MC-185490 Separated Trader Lamas On Leads Cause TPS Hit
• MC-187398 Smithing table and stonecutter recipes are not unlocked when used
• MC-187904 Data packs cannot replace settings of vanilla dimensions during world creation
• MC-189414 Smithing table doesn't calculate amount of output items correctly
• MC-189797 Hoglins, Zoglins, melee Piglins, and Piglin Brutes do not properly attack invisible entities within normal range
• MC-191168 Piglins that convert into Zombified Piglins while sitting on a minecart sometimes sink into blocks
• MC-192032 Villagers don't always try to claim the closest workstation and are sometimes focussed on a non-existent one or one out of their reach
• MC-193213 Leads are positioned incorrectly on players and Wandering Traders
• MC-194263 Large End Cities do not generate correctly / get cut off
• MC-194299 Template pools fail to load via datapack
• MC-194845 Subspace Bubble advancement cannot be completed with 7 km distance
• MC-195062 Raids often will not end in defeat when all villagers are dead if there are job sites in the village
• MC-195544 Game crashes after killing a mob that is being ridden by a guardian while it is being ridden by a wither skeleton