Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.20.3 Release Candidate 1

Published: December 1, 2023 - View official source

We're now releasing the first (and hopefully last) release candidate for 1.20.3. Unless something critical pops up, no further changes will be made for the full release, which is planned for next week.

Happy Mining!

FIXED BUGS IN 1.20.3 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

MC-266537 - Disparity between the read/write logic of the explosion packet

GET THE RELEASE CANDIDATE

Release Candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Release Candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

Minecraft issue tracker!

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