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Minecraft 1.9.2 update available now, makes diamond armour great again

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Minecraft’s latest update is available now and comes with the usual tweaks and fixes veteran blocky builders would expect.

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One of the biggest fixes in update 1.9.2 is a fix for the issue that some players could not connect to some servers or their realms. This means you’ll be free to travel about like a dimension-hopping enderman.

Speaking of which…

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Yes, that’s an enderman in The Nether. It’s actually the first released shot of Minecraft 1.10, courtesy of developer Jens Bergensten. “This may be an odd little detail, but it makes a big difference and is the first screenshot from Minecraft (PC) 1.10,” he said in a tweet.

But back to the present, what else does update1.9.2 bring? One of the other big things is the addition of a ‘toughness’ stat, which will make diamond armour worth crafting again.

Mojang also fixed some reported bugs and improved the performance and memory usage of servers a bit. Command blocks in custom maps should also behave much better now, especially with long sequences that are executed every tick.

Here are the rest of the changes:

  • Added Elytra sound effects
  • Improved AI
  • Improved entity selectors
  • Loot tables now also work in dispensers and droppers
  • Hoppers can now pull items out of blocked chests
  • Increased limit for “executed command blocks per tick”