Minecraft Combat Test 8b
Release date
August 21, 2020
Combat Test 8b is the eighth experimental version of a future combat revision.[ 1] Although it is a development version for a future release, this combat experiment is a fork of 1.16.2 . This version was released only on Reddit , so it does not appear in the launcher or in any Minecraft.net blog post.
Combat Test 8 was released earlier for private testing.
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Gameplay [ ]
Enchantments
Cleaving now adds +2/+3/+4 points of damage (was +1/+2/+3).
Trivia [ ]
Combat Test 8b has the same protocol version as Combat Test 8 and Combat Test 8c , which means these versions are cross-compatible with each other.
This is a rare time where 3 development versions have had the same protocol version.
Combat Test 8b has the same data version as 21w14a even though these versions should not be compatible with each other.
This means that they are compatible on singleplayer but not multiplayer.
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Minecraft : Java Edition versions
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