1.16.2 Release Candidate 2 — release journal
What 1.16.2-rc2 changed for data packs, measured against 1.16.2-rc1, the build before it. Released 2020-08-10; development build — not a release.
💡 No measured change
Same data pack format, same registries. That is the strongest safe-for-data-packs signal a diff can give, and it is still not proof — behaviour changes and bug fixes are invisible to it.
Formats
| 1.16.2-rc1 | 1.16.2-rc2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack format | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Resource pack format | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Data version | 2576 | 2577 |
Registries
No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.
The official notes
This build has no article at its own address. Its notes are part of Minecraft 1.16.2 Pre-Release 2, which covers it — checked, not assumed: that article names 1.16.2-rc2.
The article has no technical-changes section — it lists bug fixes only, or predates that heading.
Minecraft Wiki page for 1.16.2-rc2.
In the journal
← 1.16.2-rc1 · All builds · 1.16.2 →
Sources
- misode/mcmeta — 1.16.2-rc2 summary — formats and registries, generated from the game’s own data.
- minecraft.net — Minecraft 1.16.2 Pre-Release 2 — section names only.