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Minecraft · 1.21 Pre-Release 4
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Minecraft1.21 Pre-Release 4Jun 8, 2024, 9:00 PM

New Features and Bug Fixes in Pre-Release 4

Official Post

Happy mining!

Changes

  • The changes to Burn Time reduction from Fire Protection and Knockback reduction from Blast Protection from pre-release 4 have been reverted
    • We have heard your feedback, and we expect to rebalance these two enchantments in the future to find a better place for them
    • Values are now the same as in 1.20.6
    • These effects still stack from wearing multiple pieces (changed from 1.20.6)

Fixed bugs in 1.21 Release Candidate 1

  • MC-272888 – Zooming with riptide still applies mace wind burst if held in main hand
  • MC-273007 – Projectiles have incorrect motion when shot from a vehicle which was entered with player velocity
  • MC-273158 – Animals stay floating after getting on a boat

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:

Report bugs here:

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