The update Minecraft 1.16.0.59 for Android primarily addressed issues related to mobs, gameplay, world generation, and graphics. Among the fixes was a resolution for crashes that occurred when attempting to combine different types of slabs.
Fixes in Minecraft 1.16.0.59
We have highlighted the most significant fixes in Minecraft PE.
Key Fixes:
The loading screen tips no longer include quotation marks.
The “Change Emote” button is now available in Minecraft on Android.
The letter “p” in the music disc “Pigstep” is now capitalized.
The bunker shape has been corrected.
Fire charges can now be found in the chests of ruined portals.
Ruined portals will now appear less frequently in MCPE 1.16.
Piglins and Hoglins now spawn eggs similarly to Java Edition.
Piglins’ arms now swing while walking as intended.
The flames now burn blue when ignited on the soul sand.
Gameplay Fixes:
Crafting recipes for logs have been added to prevent them from burning as fuel in furnaces.
Fire can now be extinguished by rain.
A recipe for crafting chains has been introduced.
Fire sounds have been added for soul fire.
Gold ore in Minecraft Pocket Edition can now be smelted in furnaces and blast furnaces.
Smelting ancient debris now grants experience points.
Quartz bricks can only be crafted using quartz blocks.
Shields can now be distributed and equipped by players in version 1.16.0.59.
Luck enchantments in Minecraft are functioning again.
Fixed the issue of cats spawning in trees.
Mob Fixes:
Fixed the rotation of hoglins.
A bug in the `MeleeAttackGoal` has been fixed, which prevented mobs from attacking while in a boat or minecart.
The spawn rates for piglets, hoglins, and zombie piglins have been normalized.
Gold armor can once again be properly equipped on pigs.
Zombie piglins are now immune to fire.
A bug that caused mobs to catch fire while standing on another entity in lava has been resolved.
Bees will no longer get stuck under stairs.
In Minecraft 1.16.0.59, adorable little heads have been added for baby hoglins.
Mobs are now correctly outfitted with netherite armor.
Pigs no longer get stuck on the edges of boats and minecarts.
Endermen can now spawn in the Soul Sand Valley biome.
Piglins and hoglins will now flee from Zoglins.
The correct sound is now heard when transforming hoglins into zoglins.