Minecraft PE 1.16.221

Download Minecraft 1.16.221 for Android and keep building through the Caves and Cliffs experience — this stability hotfix restores visible paintings, fixes several crashes, and repairs Realms friend invites.

Minecraft 1.16.221 — What’s new?

Minecraft 1.16.221 is a lightweight hotfix for Minecraft Bedrock that keeps the Caves and Cliffs development on track. It’s a small update, so you can install the full version on Android and jump straight back into your worlds without losing progress. Missed an earlier build? Grab it from the full list of Minecraft PE 1.16 versions.

Bug fixes in 1.16.221

The focus of this version is stability. Mojang fixed the issues below:

• Placed paintings are visible again.
• Fixed cases where the game would not launch past the loading screen after updating on PS4.
• Fixed a soft lock when setting friend permissions on a Realm during the initial invite.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during gameplay.
• Fixed a crash when loading Behavior Packs that contain GameTests.

Caves and Cliffs content you can explore

This branch still includes the experimental Caves and Cliffs blocks and mobs — turn on the experimental toggle when you create a world.

Axolotl

The axolotl is a new mob that spawns in underground water and comes in several colors. Scoop one up with a water bucket, feed it a bucket of tropical fish to breed it, and let it help you fight drowned, guardians, and other underwater enemies.

Deepslate

Deepslate sits at the lowest cave layers. Mining it drops cobbled deepslate, which you can craft into stairs, slabs, walls, and other sturdy building blocks.

Glow lichen

Glow lichen coats cave walls and emits light level 7 to brighten the dark. Break it with any tool, use shears to collect it, and spread it faster with bone meal.

Azalea, moss and spore blossom

Azalea and flowering azalea are decorative plants you can place on grass, moss, or clay. Moss spreads across nearby dirt, sand, gravel, and stone with bone meal and crafts into a moss carpet. Spore blossom hangs from the underside of a block and drops falling spore particles that make it easy to spot from far away.

How to download Minecraft 1.16.221

Tap the link below to get Minecraft 1.16.221 for free and test every fix on your phone or tablet. Once it is installed, enable the experimental features and dive back into your caves.

Is Minecraft 1.16.221 free to download?

Yes. You can download the full Minecraft 1.16.221 build for Android for free and update over your current version.

Does 1.16.221 work on Android phones and tablets?

It runs on any Android device that already supports Minecraft Bedrock, and installing it keeps your existing worlds intact.