Minecraft Java Edition - 1.21.5 Pre-Release 2
Published: March 12, 2025 - View official source
We're shipping some crash fixes in today's pre-release.
Technical Changes
- The Data Pack version is now 71 since this was missed in Pre-Release 1
Fixed bugs in 1.21.5 Pre-Release 2
- MC-280482 - Main menu is totally broken when using Mesa 25.0
- MC-296644 - Game crashes while rendering section / java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "b" because "$$3" is null
- Additional crash fixes
Get the Pre-Release
Pre-Releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, 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:
Report bugs here:
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