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Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.21 Pre-Release 2

Published: June 10, 2024 - View official source

We're rounding out the week with the second Pre-Release of 1.21, with a lot of bug fixes. In case you did not catch the news, the full release of 1.21 is planned for the 13th of June!

Happy mining!

CHANGES

  • End Crystals are now immune to fire damage
  • Added an attestation checkbox when submitting a player report
  • Heavy Core, Trident and Mace are now considered of Epic rarity, giving their hover text a purple color

TECHNICAL CHANGES

  • Data Pack version is now 47

DATA PACK VERSION 47

  • Added new placement modifier type fixed_placement to place features in a set of fixed positions
  • Added new feature type end_platform for the obsidian platform in the end

FIXED BUGS IN 1.21 PRE-RELEASE 2

  • MC-223165 - The Snout Banner Pattern is treated as common in the game.
  • MC-269359 - "Field Masoned", "Skull Charge", "Flow", and "Guster" banner patterns are not mirrored on the backside
  • MC-269389 - Flow banner pattern is treated as common loot
  • MC-269390 - Guster banner pattern is treated as common loot
  • MC-270033 - Infested or Oozing effect cloud shrinks when silverfish or slime enters it
  • MC-271199 - Advancement 'Local Brewery' not granted on shift-clicking
  • MC-271754 - Copper doors can be used as furnace fuel
  • MC-271887 - Your FOV doesn't change back to normal after jumping off from soul sand/soul soil while wearing soul speed boots
  • MC-271892 - Your FOV doesn't immediately change when jumping onto soul sand/soul soil while having the slow falling effect and wearing soul speed boots
  • MC-272224 - 'in_bounding_box' vertical position for 'spawn_particles' effect is anchored incorrectly
  • MC-272241 - Error when traveling through nether portal outside world border
  • MC-272333 - The gamerule spawnRadius doesn't work anymore on respawn (always respawn at the same place)
  • MC-272547 - block.portal.travel sound no longer plays when entering End portal
  • MC-272550 - End crystals now receive fire damage causing them to explode instantly
  • MC-272553 - Naturally generated End Stone drops in cases where the Obsidian platform generates inside the island
  • MC-272556 - Ender pearls don't work correctly when riding entities and cause players to be teleported for a split second
  • MC-272559 - Players cannot traverse dimensions when throwing ender pearls into portals while riding entities
  • MC-272563 - The ender dragon death animation is rendered behind blocks when using "Fabulous!" graphic settings
  • MC-272571 - Server crashes upon updating from 24w21b to 1.21 Pre-release 1.
  • MC-272583 - Each time you pass through an end gateway with an ender pearl from the main island, a new portal is created
  • MC-272585 - Crash when bow or crossbow enchanted with multishot runs out of durability
  • MC-272588 - Wind Charges can trigger Wind Burst
  • MC-272595 - Breaking a Carrot/Warped Fungus on a Stick no longer gives a Fishing Rod
  • MC-272596 - Throwing an ender pearl into the end fountain skips the credits
  • MC-272625 - Game crashes when saving after teleporting a leashed entity to another dimension
  • MC-272638 - Leads attached to a boat are deleted when breaking the boat
  • MC-272639 - trial_spawner_bottom texture is different from Bedrock
  • MC-272650 - Can respawn mid-air with default spawnpoint

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.

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