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Minecraft 1.21.4 Pre-Release 2

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	November 25, 2024
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.21.4
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073742048  hex: 400000E0
Data version	4182
Resource pack format	46
Data pack format	61
Minimum Java version	Java SE 21
◄◄  1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 ►► ◄  1.21.4 Pre-Release 1 1.21.4 Pre-Release 2 1.21.4 Pre-Release 3 ►

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1.21.4 Pre-Release 2 (known as 1.21.4-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.21.4, released on November 25, 2024, which fixes bugs.

This version has a bug where players could take damage when falling from 1 block, this was fixed in Java Edition 1.21.4 Pre-Release 3.

Changes

General

Data pack

• The pack format version is now 61.
• Renamed CookTime to cooking_time_spent.
• Renamed CookTimeTotal to cooking_total_time.
• Renamed BurnTime to lit_time_remaining.
• Added the field lit_total_time representing the total time the furnace should be lit.

Fixes

9 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.21

• MC-10025 – Burn time indicator of a furnace not working correctly after reloading the world.
• MC-197857 – Villagers trying to claim claimed beds.

From 1.21.1

• MC-275952 – Riding a minecart above the water with Frost Walker boots on will also give the Frost Walker effect.

From 1.21.2

• MC-277169 – Creaking moves while a player is looking at it while moving a certain way and looking through pale moss.

From the 1.21.4 development versions

• MC-278256 – Horses jumping multiple times in a row take fall damage.
• MC-278282 – "Tried to load a DUMMY block entity"/"Tried to load a block entity" errors at specific coordinates.
• MC-278370 – Winter drop feature flag is not added to the removed features list.

From the previous development version

• MC-278430 – Trim materials item tag is not deterministic in data generation.
• MC-278497 – Using items while sneaking slows down the player way less than in previous versions.

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