Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.210.57

**Beta 1.16.210.57** is the seventh beta version for Bedrock Edition 1.16.210, released on January 28, 2021, which added the copper related features, and fixes bugs.

## Additions

### Blocks

Copper Block
* Can be crafted with 4 copper ingots, and can also be crafted back into 4 copper ingots.
* Oxidises and changes texture to a turquoise-green over time.
* Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create a Waxed Copper Block.
* Can be crafted into cut copper.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

Copper Ore
* Generates randomly underground in small blobs, but this has been confirmed to be a placeholder.
* Has the same rarity as iron.
* Generating starts at the same minimum level(s) as iron.
* Can be smelted into a copper ingot.
* Can be randomly rotated.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

Cut Copper Block
* Can be made into stair and slab variants.
* Oxidises and changes texture over time.
* Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create Waxed Cut Copper Block.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

Cut Copper Slab
* Oxidises and changes texture over time.
* Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create a Waxed Cut Copper Slab.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

Cut Copper Stairs
* Oxidises and changes texture over time.
* Can be stopped from oxidizing by combining it with a honeycomb to create Waxed Cut Copper Stairs.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

Lightning Rod
* Can be crafted with 3 copper ingots.
* Nearby lightning strikes within a 64-block radius get redirected to the lightning rod.
* Gives off a redstone signal with a strength of 15 if hit by lightning.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

### Items

Copper Ingot
* Obtained by smelting copper ore or as a rare drop from drowned.
* Used to craft copper blocks and lightning rods.
* Available under experimental gameplay.

## Changes

### Blocks

Dispensers
* Can now put honeycomb to wax copper blocks.

Redstone
* Now renamed as "Redstone Dust" to match *Java Edition*.

### Mobs

Drowned
* Now drops copper ingots instead of gold ingots.
	+ Only possible with Caves & Cliffs experiments toggle enabled.

## Fixes

Accessibility
* Keyboard inputs can now adjust slider settings when the cursor is outside the UI frame.
* Screen Reader now informs the player when the "Chat Settings" menu has been opened.
* Fixed a bug where the UI screen reader did not read the permission toggles' titles on the Permissions Screen.
* Screen Reader now reads Whisper and Announcement messages.

Performance and Stability
* Improved the smoothness of UI transition animations for some devices (MCPE-41772).
* Improved performance for actors using TemptGoal.

General
* Fixed an issue that prevented player interaction after using the '/clone' command on a double chest block (MCPE-109119).
* Using the `/clone` command to clone a block of the same type is no longer treated as a failed operation (MCPE-83352).
* Fixed players taking fall damage when opening Shulker Boxes (MCPE-105490).
* Nether Brick now gives XP from being smelted (MCPE-100030).
* All mobs that use a melee attack have had their ability to hit targets above and below them restored.
	+ The target still must be within melee attack distance to be hit.
	+ This only affects world versions greater than or equal to 1.16.210.

Graphical and User Interface
* Tool and armor recipes now display the selected item background when selected in the recipe list
* Wireframe of a structure block in the Overworld will no longer render in Nether and The End (MCPE-75231)
* Audio sliders will now always highlight when hovered over with a mouse
* Durability bar is now visible when holding items with decreased durability in a window (MCPE-105893)
* Added more helpful Video Settings messages for ray tracing on supported and non-supported platforms.

Structure block
* Structure blocks no longer auto-save the data when the structure name text box is deselected (MCPE-101055).
* The scoreboard data of an entity is no longer removed if the entity is being teleported to an unloaded area of the world.
* Teleporting away from a structure animation to unload it no longer causes the game to crash.

Commands, Scripting, and Add-ons
* A warning now appears when attempting to move a locked item in and from containers.

## References

1. ↑ "Minecraft Beta - 1.16.210.57 (Xbox One/Windows 10/Android)" – Minecraft Feedback, January 28, 2021.
2. ↑ "Copper and lightning rod now in Bedrock Beta" – Minecraft.net, January 28, 2021