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October 2016 Update

The October 2016 Update is an update to all Legacy Console Editions except Nintendo Switch Edition. It is based on Java Edition 1.10.

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October 2016 Update
Release date Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U editions:
October 4, 2016
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita editions:
October 5, 2016
Version(s)

The October 2016 Update is an update to all Legacy Console Editions except Nintendo Switch Edition. It is based on Java Edition 1.10.

Additions

Blocks

Items

Mobs

World Generation

Enchantments

Sounds

DLC

  • Added the Chinese Mythology Mash-Up Pack

Mini games

Changes

Blocks

End portal frames

  • Added a particle effect when placing an eye of ender inside.

Huge mushrooms

  • Now have a chance of growing twice as tall as normal.

Stained clay

  • Are now named "Hardened Clay" (e.g., "White Hardened Clay").

Gold ore

  • Now generates in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79.

Items

Shears

  • Are no longer able to be enchanted with Silk Touch.

World generation

Villages

  • Now spawn with grass paths.
  • Are no longer restricted by biome boundaries.
  • Now have bridges when generated over water.
  • There's now a small chance for villages to spawn as zombie villages
  • Farms now include beetroots.

Mineshafts

  • Now generate in mesa biomes - previously they did not spawn at all, even underground.[verify]

Loot chests

  • Updated loot for loot chests in dungeons, temples, mineshafts etc.

Plains and sunflower plains

  • Now have a chance to generate trees.

Mobs

Endermen

Elder guardians

  • Now drop dry sponges instead of wet sponges.

Pigs

Gameplay

Health

  • Health regenerates faster when saturation is not empty and the player is not hungry: 1HP💔 per half-second versus 1HP💔 per 4 seconds.
  • Health regeneration increases exhaustion faster: now 4 exhaustion points (1 food point) per 1HP💔 instead of 3 (34 food points).

Enchantments

Sleeping

  • Changed the sleeping animation.

General

  • Updated all Texture and Mash-up Packs with new items & blocks.
  • Explosions no longer deal knockback to players, which are flying in Creative mode.
  • Replaced the "Show Description", "Show Ingredients" and "Show Inventory" tooltips in the crafting menu with "Info".