Java Edition 16w50a

16w50a

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Snapshot
Release date	December 15, 2016
Snapshot for	1.11.1
Downloads	Original client (.json) Reuploaded client (.json) Original server Reuploaded server
Protocol version	316
Data version	920
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16w50a is the first and only snapshot released for Java Edition 1.11.1, and the final snapshot released in 2016.

Additions

Iron Nuggets

• Can be crafted from iron ingots, but are also received from smelting iron tools and armor.
• Can be crafted into iron ingots.

Sweeping Edge enchantment

• Can be applied to a sword to increase the damage of the sweep attack.
  • Level 3 will make the sweep attack damage as potent as the regular attack damage.

Changes

Attack indicator

• When in crosshair mode, the weapon is fully cooled, and a mob or entity is in range of attack, the attack indicator will be visible and will include a small exclamation point underneath the crosshair (later changed to a plus-sign (+) in the final release)

Enchantments

• Mending is no longer compatible with Infinity on bows when trying to apply it in survival or when using the /enchant command.
  • In this snapshot, however, players can still add mending to an infinity bow, but not vice versa.
  • The player can also put Infinity on a Mending enchantment book, but not vice versa.
  • Old bows with both enchantments applied, will still keep their enchantments and remain working as they used to.

Fireworks

• While flying using elytra, using a firework will give the player a boost for a certain amount of time. This will emit a particle when in use.
  • Fireworks stay at the players location until they disappear or explode.
  • Longer flight duration on the rocket will make the boost last longer. The player can increase the flight duration of a firework by crafting it with gunpowder in the other slots.
  • Fireworks with an explosion will deal damage at the end of their flight.
  • The right-click on a block action for the fireworks is prioritized over the right-click ability in midair. This simply means that when the player looks at a block while flying and right-clicking, the rocket will shoot regularly, instead of being used as a boost.
• Firework explosions now hurt surrounding mobs and players.
  • The damage radius of the explosion is about 2-3 blocks and is the same for any shape (large ball, creeper, burst, etc.) and the damage decreases with the distance to the explosion.
  • The damage amount at close range is about 5 without armor on, and with full diamond armor, it equates to about 1.
  • Death message is "[player] went off with a bang".

Furnaces

• Iron and golden tools and armor can be smelted into nuggets. Iron and golden horse armor can also be smelted.
  • Yield 1 iron or golden nugget per item respectively.

Totem of Undying

• ID name changed from totem to totem_of_undying

Statistics

• Removed the 'Junk Fished' and 'Treasure Fished' statistics

Pistons

• Added a new byte tag source for the piston_extension block entity, which is true if the block represents the piston head itself, and false if it represents a block being pushed.

Arrows

• Added a new integer tag Color to be used by the arrow entity, for displaying the custom potion color of a fired arrow item that had a CustomPotionColor tag.

Fixes

32 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.11.1

• MC-7222 – 1-9 keys, hoppers/droppers and shift-clicking ignore stacking restrictions
• MC-23039 – Dropped item disappear in Creative
• MC-64702 – Cullface on snowlayer not working properly
• MC-67665 – Mouse click position always lags a few frames behind the crosshair
• MC-88484 – Decimal numbers are displayed using the default Locale value
• MC-92330 – "Fish Caught", "Junk Fished" and "Treasure Fished" Statistics do not work
• MC-93991 – Experience orbs play multiple instances of their sound when picked up
• MC-101197 – Cannot use leads on wild ocelots
• MC-104778 – Non-hostile wild wolves and ocelots cannot be put on leashes
• MC-105049 – Infinite durability for carrot on a stick
• MC-106117 – Clouds flicker between different positions when spectating minecart
• MC-106199 – "minecraft:" is not optional for entity ID in EntityTag and Spawners
• MC-107638 – Baby zombie villager voice sounds as deep as adult version
• MC-108319 – XP orbs sound effects mostly play high pitch sounds
• MC-108673 – Fences and cobble walls moved by pistons don't move entities in the upper part of their collision box
• MC-109028 – Picking up a flower from a flower pot makes no sound when you already have that flower in your inventory
• MC-109038 – Spawner with missing "minecraft:" in entity id (or with not lowercased entity id) spawns this entity until you reload the world
• MC-109805 – Farmland can be placed on invalid locations
• MC-109831 – Heads in inventory face backwards
• MC-109833 – "commands.title.usage" uses a different syntax
• MC-110065 – Shift-jumping on magma block deals damage to the player
• MC-110076 – Weighted pressure plate name gets truncated when applying enchanted book in anvil
• MC-110094 – Entities can fall through moving fences
• MC-110234 – Renaming a wither doesn't change the boss bar
• MC-110247 – Moving blocks can move entities into other moving blocks (also when they move in a different direction)
• MC-110333 – Mounted horse disappeared after 1.11 upgrade
• MC-110399 – Hopper: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot get property atw{name=facing, clazz=class cv, values=[down, up, north, south, west, east]} as it does not exist in atk{block=minecraft:<block>, properties=[]}
• MC-110598 – Unicode characters which are not converted 1:1 when calling toLowerCase result in wrong formatting
• MC-110756 – Llama yellow carpet model error
• MC-110783 – Final firework rocket of a stack does not explode
• MC-110808 – Eating Pufferfish in a stack of 1 does not give debuffs

Private issues

• MC-104724 – Bed god mode exploit

Reupload

This snapshot was accidentally released under "snapshot 1.11.1"; this was fixed the same day.

Trivia

• 16w50a was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.
• This was the last snapshot and any sort of update, to be announced on the Mojang blog.
  • This also happened to be announced after they moved to minecraft.net, despite them saying they would post no more news.

Video

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