Java Edition 1.11.1/Development versions

This is a list of Java Edition 1.11.1 development versions.

16w50a

16w50a is the first and only snapshot for Java Edition 1.11.1, released on December 15, 2016,^[1]^[2] which adds iron nuggets, the Sweeping Edge enchantment, the ability to boost elytra with fireworks, and fixes bugs. This is the final snapshot released in 2016.

A pre-release version for 1.11.1 was uploaded to Mojang's server at the same time as 16w50a, titled 1.11.1 in-game. This upload was likely a mistake. 16w50a fixed two bugs from the 1.11.1 pre-release that were not present in the bug tracker.

Additions

Items

Iron nuggets

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

Enchantments

Sweeping Edge

Can be applied to a sword to increase the damage of the sweep attack.
- Level 3 makes 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 is visible and includes a small exclamation point underneath the crosshair (later changed to a plus-sign (+) in the final release^[3])

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 still keep their enchantments and remain working as they used to.

Fireworks

While flying using elytra, using a firework gives the player a boost for a certain amount of time. This emits a particle when in use.
- Fireworks stay at the players location until they disappear or explode.
- Longer flight duration on the rocket makes 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 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 shoots 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 5HP without armor on, and with full diamond armor, it equates to about 1HP.
- 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

34 issues fixed

From released versions before Java Edition 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^[1]

Notes and references

↑ ^a ^b "Minecraft snapshot 16w50a" (archived) by Maria Lemon – mojang.com, Dec 15, 2016.
↑ "Minecraft 1.11.1 Released" – Minecraft.net.
↑ MC-111635 resolved as "Works as Intended"

Navigation

[blogpost_16w50a-1] "Minecraft snapshot 16w50a" (archived) by Maria Lemon – mojang.com, Dec 15, 2016.

[2] "Minecraft 1.11.1 Released" – Minecraft.net.

[3] MC-111635 resolved as "Works as Intended"

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