Minecraft Java Edition - 1.21.4 Release Candidate 1

Published: November 28, 2024 - View official source

After yesterday's announcement that the The Garden Awakens drop comes out on December 3rd, today we're releasing the first release candidate!

If no new critical issues surface, this is the version we are planning to ship as Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.4.

Happy Mining!

Changes

Added language support for Popoloca

Fixed bugs in 1.21.4 Release Candidate 1

MC-278494 - Resin Bricks appears twice in "mineable/pickaxe" block tag
MC-278548 - Spyglass is held incorrectly when used from the off hand

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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