Java Edition 1.21.5 Pre-release 2

Minecraft 1.21.5 Pre-release 2

Edition	Java Edition
Release date	March 12, 2025
Type	Pre-release
Pre-release for	1.21.5
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073742064  hex: 400000F0
Data version	4321
Resource pack format	55
Data pack format	71
Minimum Java version	Java SE 21
◄◄  1.21.4 1.21.5 ◄  1.21.5 Pre-Release 1 1.21.5 Pre-release 2

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1.21.5 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.21.5-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.21.5, released on March 12, 2025.

Changes

General

Data pack

• The pack format version is now 71.

Fixes

2 issues fixed

From the 1.21.5 development versions

• MC-280482 – Main menu is totally broken when using Mesa 25.0

From the previous development version

• MC-296644 – Game crashes while rendering section / java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read field "b" because "$$3" is null

Additional crash fixes​

Video

Video made by Slicedlime: