{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft 12w16a
|edition=java
|type=Snapshot	
|image=Java Edition 12w16a.png
|parent=1.3.1
|date=April 19, 2012
|clientdl=[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/client-release/1.3/pre/12w16a.jar Client] ([https://archive.org/download/Minecraft-JSONs/12w16a.json .json])
|serverdl=[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/server-release/1.3/pre/12w16a.jar Server]
|exedl=[https://vault.omniarchive.uk/archive/java/server-release/1.3/pre/12w16a.exe .exe]
[[Category:Versions using legacy download site]]
|prevparent=1.2.5
|prev=12w15a
|next=12w17a
|nextparent=1.3.2
}}<onlyinclude>

'''12w16a''' is the second [[snapshot]] for [[Java Edition 1.3.1]], released on April 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421185052/https://www.mojang.com/2012/04/minecraft-snapshot-12w16a/|title=Minecraft Snapshot 12w16a|website=mojang.com}}</ref>

== Additions ==
=== Gameplay ===
; [[File:Bonus Chest.png|40px]] [[Bonus chest]]s
* Added bonus chest option to create world screen.
** When enabled, starts the user off with a chest surrounded by [[torch]]es nearby containing [[tool]]s, items, and blocks helpful to starting a Survival game, bonus chests may contain:
*** [[Log|Wood]]
*** [[Planks]]
*** [[Stick]]s
*** Stone and/or wooden [[pickaxe]]
*** Stone and/or wooden [[axe]]
*** [[Bread]]
*** [[Apple]]s

=== Command format ===
; [[Command]]s
* Added option to enable single-player commands to create world screen.
** The following commands are available: {{cmd|gamemode}}, {{cmd|toggledownfall}}, {{cmd|time}}, {{cmd|give}}, {{cmd|xp}}, and {{cmd|kill}}.
** These commands are enabled in previously generated Creative mode worlds.
** While using commands in singleplayer, the world around is paused, unlike in multiplayer.
* Typing <code>/</code> then pressing {{key|Tab}} shows a list of available commands; pressing {{key|Tab}} while writing a command auto-completes its arguments.
* Each command is now its own class internally.

=== General ===
; [[Demo mode]]
* Added a demo mode for non-premium users (won't be available until the full update).
** In the [[language]] files, a new text was added for the demo mode.
** The demo mode lasts for 5 in-game days (about 1 hour and 40 minutes) according to the language files.
** It also teaches the player how to use the [[controls]] and how to begin playing.

== Changes ==
=== General ===
; [[Control]]s
* Items can now be deleted from the hotbar by shift-clicking while on the Creative mode item selection screen.

; [[Language]] files
* Updated language files.</onlyinclude>

== References ==
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