Minecraft Java Edition - 1.21.5 Pre-Release 3

Published: March 18, 2025 - View official source

It's Tuesday, and today we're bringing you a third pre-release for Minecraft 1.21.5, with some fixes to recently introduced issues.

Fixed bugs in 1.21.5 Pre-Release 3

MC-295387 - fireball and small_fireball can no longer have their Owner, HasBeenShot, or LeftOwner fields modified
MC-297384 - The second horn in the cold cow texture is unused by the model
MC-299223 - F3 debug crosshair lost its outline
MC-299543 - Experience orbs follow players in Spectator mode

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:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

Minecraft issue tracker!

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