Minecraft 1.16.200.53 Changelog

New Features:

New Sound Volume Options

• Added a variety of volume sliders for various sound categories (eg. hostile, blocks, weather etc.)
  • These will play a preview of the relevant sounds in the main settings menu, and will play the default click sound when in game 

Ray Tracing

• Enabled Ray Tracing on Windows 10 on GPUs with Raytracing Hardware Support
  • Added Upscaling Options to Video Options
  • Added Ray Tracing toggle Ray Tracing render distance slider to video-settings

Bug Fixes

Performance and Stability

• Fixed several crashes that could occur during gameplay
• Fixed a bug where Minecraft would occasionally crash when loading a local world

General

• 'Strawberry Blonde' color now has correct name in the character creator
• Fixed a bug where if the view bobbing setting was disabled the player's hand would still bob
• Fixed an issue where loot tables with a 'set_data' function produced incorrect loot items

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Servers tab would not correctly read text-to-speech prompts when not signed into a Microsoft account
• Fixed various issues where text-to-speech indices on the start screen were not correct
• Fixed issues where user interface controls would be improperly indexed in text-to-speech for popup modals
• Reduced transparency on top row of buttons in Touch UI to improve readability

Gameplay

• Netherite Armor now gives a ninety percent reduction in Knockback

Mobs

• Bees will no longer stray more than 22 blocks from their home Beehive

Graphics, Textures, and User Interface

• Ghost items in the crafting grid now have a different colored background depending on item availability in the inventory
• The Player Permissions menu can now be navigated using a controller regardless of the players permission level

Marketplace

• Added various UI elements to communicate ray tracing capabilities in the Marketplace (Windows 10 Only)
  • Resource packs in the Marketplace are now aware of ray tracing capabilities and will display a label indicating support in the UI
  • Attempting to purchase and/or download a resource pack that requires ray tracing will notify the user of a purchasing error when that user does not have the required min-spec hardware. In this instance, we communicate the missing min-spec hardware required to the player
• Owned packs are now refreshed correctly after restarting the game