Vanilla

Download Vanilla 1.16.2 Server

The Vanilla server JAR for Minecraft 1.16.2, direct from the official source. Build details, release date and Java requirements below.

Java required

Java 8

Released

Aug 11, 2020

File size

36 MB

Channel

Stable

SHA-1 checksum

c5f6fb23c3876461d46ec380421e42b289789530

Latest stable build

1.16.2

Vanilla

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What's new in Minecraft 1.16.2

Minecraft 1.16.2 was released on Aug 11, 2020.

New features: 31
Technical changes: 24

Figures taken from the official release notes for this version.

Setup

Start script (Linux/macOS)

java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -jar server.jar nogui

Start script (Windows)

java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -jar server.jar nogui
pause

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Other Minecraft 1.16 builds of Vanilla

Other builds in the 1.16.x line. The newest stable is selected by default above.

1.16.5 1.16.4 1.16.3 1.16.1 1.16

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