It's time for 1.16 pre-releases!

Going forward you should mostly see bugs being fixed. Additionally, pre-releases doesn't necessarily tend to our usual cadence of releasing on Wednesdays, so keep an eye out!

New Features in 1.16 Pre-release 1

Added new "Fabulous" graphics option - uses per-pixel blending layers for some transparent elements

Changes in 1.16 Pre-release 1

You can now milk Cows and Mooshrooms in creative mode
You can now get stew from Mooshrooms in creative mode
When you use an empty bucket on water in creative mode, you now get a bucket of water. If you have a bucket of water in your inventory already, no additional water buckets will be added when you use your empty bucket on water.
When any villager is struck by lightning, the witch it is converted to will no longer despawn
Added gamerule universalAnger (disabled by default), which makes angered neutral mobs attack any nearby player, not just the player that angered them. Works best if you disable forgiveDeadPlayers.
Added gamerule forgiveDeadPlayers (enabled by default), which makes angered neutral mobs stop being angry when the targeted player dies nearby.
Zombified piglins no longer attack innocent bystanders (unless you enable gamerule universalAnger)
Zombified piglins stop being angry if the targeted player dies nearby (unless you disable gamerule forgiveDeadPlayers)

Technical Changes in 1.16 Pre-release 1

Smithing recipes can now be added or changed through data packs
Game will now detect critical datapack issues, like missing required tags and prevent world from being loaded

Data Pack Selection

Data packs can now be selected before world is created
"Copy world" option will also copy data packs present in source world

Pack Selection Screen

Packs can now be dropped directly on data and resource pack selection screens
Dropped files and directories will be copied to appropriate places

Smithing Recipes

There's now a smithing recipe type. Recipes of this type are used in the smithing table to upgrade one item type into another type, maintaining tags.

base - Ingredient specifying an item to be upgraded.
addition - Ingredient specifying valid items to trigger the upgrade.
result - Item specifying the resulting type of the upgraded item.

Fixed Bugs in 1.16 Pre-release 1

MC-4520 Aggressive neutral mobs become neutral when the world is reloaded
MC-9856 you cannot pick up buckets of water/lava in creative mode
MC-36322 Unable to milk cows in creative
MC-64623 Lightning bolts cannot be targeted by selectors
MC-69032 When a mob hits a zombified piglin, and that mob dies, the zombified piglins attack you
MC-90969 Cannot get mushroom stew from mooshrooms / milk from cows in creative mode
MC-106968 Snow golems aren't damaged by splash or lingering water bottles
MC-127004 Waterlogged blocks cause z-fighting when looking at them from a distance
MC-138675 Wither skulls inflict the Wither effect on players in Creative mode
MC-138713 "Two by Two" advancement does not require donkeys or mules
MC-158906 After sleeping in a bed, players aren't positioned in the center of a block
MC-159500 Hostile mobs attacking bees also cause the bees to attack players
MC-161969 Casting issue: Adding ender eyes to end portal frames at high distances causes particles to lose precision
MC-163950 Ice bordering water causes z-fighting issues from a distance
MC-164692 Entering a boat does not play the hand animation
MC-165669 Hand animation is playing when you're aiming at a block through the mob and use the spawn egg
MC-165734 Minecarts with furnace still display a hand animation with incompatible items when not on a rail
MC-166188 Bees still hitting player after death
MC-166524 Trying to dye a sheep with the same color as sheep displays hand animation
MC-167042 Casting issue: Campfire embers are generated at a point that loses precision at high coordinates
MC-167044 Casting issue: Enchanting table book does not open for the player at high distances in some cases
MC-167046 Casting issue: Lava ember particles and lava popping sounds lose precision on creation at high coordinates
MC-167047 Casting issue: TNT blocks ignited by other explosions lose precision at high coordinates
MC-167091 Casting issue: Water particles dripping from leaves lose precision at high coordinates
MC-167195 Bees anger towards players in survival when killed in one hit
MC-167971 Casting issue: Particles emitted by redstone repeaters lose precision at high coordinates
MC-168675 Settings that update after closing the video settings menu don't if you change the fullscreen setting
MC-170872 Casting issue: Nether biome particles suffer from precision loss
MC-170944 /locatebiome messages do not fit for all biome names
MC-171035 Casting issue: Particles from falling rain lose precision at high coordinates
MC-171037 Casting issue: smoke produced by lava during rain loses precision at high coordinates
MC-171663 Right-clicking on unemployed villagers sometimes cause hand animation to stop after a villager has a profession
MC-171683 Crimson and warped doors can't have transparent textures
MC-172259 Baby Hoglin/Zoglin have their head slightly above their neck, it seems that their head is partly floating
MC-172531 Small mobs get stuck in fence corners
MC-172610 When not aiming at a block through a ridable mob while using a spawn egg on it, the player starts riding the mob and a baby mob is spawned
MC-174815 Piglins don't automatically attack withers
MC-175028 Sometimes hoglins don't avoid warped fungus
MC-175215 Respawn anchors destroy blocks when detonated underwater
MC-175409 Soul speed "effect" stays when you levitate/fly off of soul sand or soul soil
MC-175476 Respawn anchor doesn't cull block faces
MC-175911 Soul Speed lasts after leaving soul blocks
MC-176041 Using a spawn egg on a strider while aiming at lava spawns both a baby and an adult strider
MC-176188 Striders are not damaged by splash or lingering water bottles
MC-176225 Accelerating a baby strider's growth does not display hand animation
MC-176470 Respawning in the nether does not de-aggro zombified piglins
MC-176637 Closing game during Mojang load screen causes NullPointerException
MC-176640 You can set your spawn point inside dangerous blocks
MC-178567 Shearing sheep does not display hand animation again
MC-178618 Feeding a flower to a brown mooshroom does not perform hand animation
MC-178961 /loot ... fish ... command no longer has any functionality
MC-179561 Retreating baby hoglins sometimes won't pathfind to the opposite direction of the player
MC-180111 Hoglins angered for reasons other than being attacked by the player ignore placed repellents.
MC-180922 Right clicking a mob with a spawn egg to spawn the baby variant doesn’t play the hand swing animation when not aiming at a block through the mob
MC-182308 Chicken jockeys cannot despawn
MC-182748 Casting issue: Redstone dust particles are generated at the wrong positions at high coordinates
MC-182883 Parity issue: Baby hoglins don't follow adult hoglins
MC-183766 Who Is Cutting Onions Improperly Capitalized
MC-183767 Incorrect filename for "Serious Dedication" advancement in vanilla data pack
MC-183792 piglin_loved item tag has unnecessary items
MC-183821 "Game Mode Switcher" bottom hint text isn't centered
MC-183825 New nether challenges don't grant experience points
MC-183893 Gold nugget isn't under #piglin_loved
MC-184679 Using custom world generation, temperature is written wrong
MC-184947 Carriage return symbol can be seen when importing or exporting world generation settings to or from certain worlds
MC-185095 "thrown_item_picked_up_by_entity" advancement trigger does not work for players
MC-185377 Bone mealing kelp creates a large field of particles, rather than only within the kelp's block space
MC-185480 Casting issue: Smoke particles emitted by campfires during rain form at the wrong positions at high coordinates
MC-186062 Warning "Could not find uniform named InSize in the specified shader program." when loading resources
MC-186064 Clouds render in front of everything for some users
MC-186067 Some structures' loot chests do not contain any items
MC-186071 Clouds are visible and don't render correctly when they are turned off
MC-186074 Particles render in the wrong order with transparent blocks when using certain graphics cards
MC-186075 GPU usage in latest snapshot significantly higher than before, causing lag or crash for some users
MC-186080 Entities, block entities, and items are rendered black on some graphics cards
MC-186088 Block hitboxes once again cause semi-transparent blocks not to render behind them
MC-186089 Functions load before entity tags do, causing loading errors.
MC-186101 Some commands in functions cause a NullPointerException
MC-186108 Enchantment glint does not render on dropped/thrown items
MC-186109 You can use multiplayer commands on a singleplayer world
MC-186124 Lightning bolt doesn't render
MC-186204 Items render in front of other entities, transparent blocks, and blocks with special renderers
MC-186253 Held translucent blocks make the water, clouds, particles, and placed translucent blocks behind them invisible in third person mode.
MC-186274 Purple light from Ender Dragon's Death doesn't appear
MC-186284 Player's point of view is upside down in 20w22a
MC-186314 Villagers become fixated on potential job site
MC-186335 Bees age calculation inside hive/nest is broken
MC-186455 Persistent villagers without experience can despawn after converting to a witch
MC-186464 Enabled data packs still show up in the "/datapack enable" list
MC-186478 Tag minecraft:tick doesn't work when joining a world
MC-186480 Inner parts of slime blocks and honey blocks disappear again while the block is moved by a piston
MC-186600 Nether gold ore is gray on a map
MC-186696 Totem of Undying causes red or blue tint in the screen when in F5 mode

Minecraft 1.16 Pre-Release 1