Java Edition 16w05b

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Minecraft 16w05b
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16w05b is the fifty-third snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, released on February 4, 2016[1] to fix issues with the previous snapshots.

Changes

Items

Armor

  • Armor reduction in effective defense points due to attack strength now allows the effective defense to go as low as 20% of the armor points (was 25% since 16w02a).

Gameplay

Combat

  • Attack cooldown effect increased: now quadratic 20%–100% (was linear 50%–100% since 16w02a).

Explosions

  • Damage increased to (impact×impact+impact)×7×power+1 (was (impact×impact+impact)×4.5×power+1 since 16w02a).

General

Chat

  • Box is slightly higher than before.

F3 debug screen

  • In the bottom left corner on the main menu and the top left of the F3 debug screen, the version type is now displayed after the version number.
    • Example: "16w05b/snapshot".

Fixes

5 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.9

  • MC-17748 – Chat box is too low (covers heart bar).
  • MC-66114 – Mobs (unsuccessfully) attempt to jump 1.5 blocks high.

From the 1.9 development versions

  • MC-84562 – Controlling a pig only works if pig was lured with carrot on a stick before.
  • MC-89741 – Pigs don't jump up on to blocks while riding them with carrot on a stick.
  • MC-90192 – Cannot control saddled pig at all.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • 16w05b was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

References

Sources