Minecraft: Bedrock Edition drops 1.16.210.56 beta, adds new 'Caves and Cliffs Update' experimental features

Minecraft: Java Edition started the twenty-four hour period with the first Caves and Cliffs Update snapshot of the year, and at present Minecraft: Boulder Edition is following accommodate with the release of the 1.16.210.56 beta for the Under Update. Yes, this beta is nevertheless a part of the long-released Under Update branch, but at that place's yet plenty to be excited about in this beta.

The experimental features toggle present in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition has gained some new features from the upcoming Caves and Cliffs Update, which will fifty-fifty rival the already ginormous Under update in sheer size and detail. We still have a piddling longer to look before nosotros showtime getting steady and proper betas under the Caves and Cliffs Update co-operative, but players can nonetheless try out pointed dripstone and sculk sensors correct at present.

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The full changelog for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.210.56 includes:

New experimental features

Dripstone

Added pointed dripstone blocks
- These can be found in the creative inventory for now
A pointed dripstone block tin can exist placed in the ceiling and on the floor, creating stalactites and stalagmites
Falling on a stalagmite causes increased fall harm
Breaking the ceiling in a higher place a stalactite causes information technology to autumn towards the basis and will cause harm on affect with entities
Stalactites take a dripping water and lava animation
Known problems:
- When hanging Pointed Dripstones starting time falling their position is slightly offset
- Sneaking while placing tips of opposing stalactites and stalagmites merges them
- Placed pointed dripstone can be destroyed by lava on Bedrock
- If actor is killed by stalactite or stalagmite fall impairment, custom death message is non displayed
- Pointed dripstone item is rendered differently in-paw on Bedrock compared to Java Edition
- Placing pointed dripstones in h2o results in the h2o being removed
- Histrion receives 2 points of impairment when jumping on a stalagmite

Sculk sensor

Introducing the bizarre, tendril-filled earth of sculk – prepare for sculk sensors to pitter-patter you out with their unique ability to detect nearby vibrations
A vibration is anything that causes physical motion; if you are conscientious, there are some motions that are undetectable to sensors by sneaking. There are still quite a few of these events missing though - stay tuned!
These sneak-friendly vibrations currently include walking, falling to the ground
The current list of vibration events are every bit follows (more than volition be added in future updates):
- Step
- Swim
- Block Identify
- Cake Destroy
- Elytra Free Autumn
- Striking Ground
- Splash
- Projectile Shoot
Sculk sensors will not listen to vibrations that are direct created past other sculk sources
When a vibration is detected, a signal is sent from the source location to the sensor at a speed of one game tick per block
Other vibrations cannot be detected by a sensor when a signal is already traveling to it
When the signal has arrived, the sensor will exist activated for 40 game ticks (approximately ii seconds)
While activated, the sensor cannot notice other vibrations
Sculk sensors tin can detect vibrations in an 8-block radius effectually it
Known issues:
- Sculk sensors cannot be waterlogged
- Wool occlusion is non yet added to the blocks' functionality. This will be added in a after beta

Problems fixes

Full general

Fixed Pork Chop achievement and trophy being unlocked by raw porkchop
Fixed a issues where foxes wouldn't knock off and eat sweetness berries
Clicking "Download Template" when missing required templates of an existing world now correctly downloads the required templates
Fixed issues that allowed players to identify custom spawn eggs by default in Take chances mode

Commands

The /setblock control now supports setting the connected country for the soul_lantern cake
The /setblock control now supports setting the rotation state for the chain block
SetBlock and SetBlockAtPos events at present support custom cake states

Blocks

Set for sure Marketplace worlds having incorrect block data when played on Realms and multiplayer betwixt mobile and PC

World generation

Mcstructure files saved with entities no longer crash game when loaded into the world

Technical changes

A boolean parameter called ignore_game_mode is added for the block consequence response decrement_stack, set to imitation by default. Thus decrement_stack no longer decreases the item stack when playing in Artistic by default

Known problems

A crash may occur when suspending and resuming the game on Android
The patch notes screen may contain an invalid link to the Marketplace

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