Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2

{
 "title": "Minecraft 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2",
 "images": [
 "1.21.2-pre2.jpg",
 "Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2.png"
 ],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "''(link to Java Edition article, displayed as Java Edition)''",
 "label": "(link to Edition article, displayed as Edition)"
 },
 {
 "field": "October 10, 2024",
 "label": "Release date"
 },
 {
 "field": "(link to Pre-release article, displayed as Pre-release)",
 "label": "(link to Version types article, displayed as Type)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(link to Java Edition 1.21.2 article, displayed as 1.21.2)",
 "label": "Pre-release for"
 },
 {
 "field": "[https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/ddce56810f6776f29638f519c06f129fd3b74038/client.jar Client] ([https://piston-meta.mojang.com/v1/packages/2cc1812074363d632788150579789cd606c5bb69/1.21.2-pre2.json .json])<br />[https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/eddbd98f45ec134898b9a7657f4e3b679692dc45/server.jar Server]",
 "label": "(link to Tutorial:Installing a version#Manual version installation article, displayed as Downloads)"
 },
 {
 "field": "[https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/034e2983f5babfa5046398004e50ee36f186d66d/client.txt Client]<br />[https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/b9be9473e27741555386c3a6ef5d9934d0a9094a/server.txt Server]",
 "label": "(link to Obfuscation map article, displayed as Obfuscation maps)"
 },
 {
 "field": " <span style=\"font-size:smaller\"><abbr title=\"decimal\">dec</abbr>: </span>1073742038<br /> <span style=\"font-size:smaller\"><abbr title=\"hexadecimal\">hex</abbr>: </span>400000D6",
 "label": "(link to Protocol version article, displayed as Protocol version)"
 },
 {
 "field": "4074",
 "label": "(link to Data version article, displayed as Data version)"
 },
 {
 "field": "41",
 "label": "<span style=\"white-space: normal;\">(link to Pack format#List of pack formats article, displayed as Resource pack format)</span>"
 },
 {
 "field": "57",
 "label": "<span style=\"white-space: normal;\">(link to Pack format#List of pack formats article, displayed as Data pack format)</span>"
 },
 {
 "field": "<span class=\"plainlinks\">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_SE_21_.28LTS.29 Java SE 21]</span>",
 "label": "<span style=\"white-space: normal;\">Minimum Java version</span>"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [],
 "footer": "<table style=\"margin: auto; word-break: break-word;\">\n<tr style=\"background: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\" >[[Java Edition 1.21.1|<span style=\"margin-right:-0.35em\">◄</span>◄  1.21.1]]</td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\">'''[[Java Edition 1.21.2|1.21.2]]'''</td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\" >[[Java Edition 1.21.3| 1.21.3 <span style=\"margin-right:-0.35em\">►</span>►]]</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"background: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\">\n[[Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 1|◄  1.21.2 Pre-Release 1]]\n</td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\">''' 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2'''</td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.4em\">\n[[Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 3| 1.21.2 Pre-Release 3 ►]]\n</td>\n</tr>\n</table>"
}

1.21.2 Pre-Release 2 (known as 1.21.2-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.21.2, released on October 10, 2024,^[1] which fixes bugs.

Slime block

• Now cancel fall damage when sneaking.

The changes listed below are only present when the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack is enabled.

Pale hanging moss

• Now only drops when cut with shears or destroyed using a tool with Silk Touch.

Pale moss carpet

• Is now more efficient to destroy with a sword.
• Now plays the correct step sound when walked on.

Tags

• Added pale_moss_block and pale_moss_carpet to the #mineable/hoe block tag.
• Added pale_moss_carpet to the #combination_step_sound_blocks and #sword_efficient block tags.
• Replaced #pale_oak_logs with pale_oak_log in the #overworld_natural_logs block tag.
• Replaced pale_oak_boat with pale_oak_chest_boat in the #chest_boats item tag.
• Added pale_garden to the #has_structure/trial_chambers biome tag.

38 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.21

• MC-54532 – Sneaking while falling on Slime Blocks inflicts fall damage.
• MC-266480 – Breeze can jump on top of honey blocks.
• MC-266494 – Jump Boost does not affect the breeze's jump.
• MC-269851 – Breeze idle animations are different than Bedrock Edition.

From the 1.21.2 development versions

• MC-275834 – Jumping when falling onto a slime block no longer cancels the bounce effect.
• MC-275941 – Consumable item components with inlined sound event definitions cause undefined behavior.
• MC-276072 – Tridents enchanted with Loyalty fly around drowned upon returning to them.
• MC-276605 – Throwing an ender pearl through a portal or gateway often results in the player being placed slightly too low.
• MC-276624 – Nether portal can send you back when your ender pearl land in the portal.
• MC-276716 – Thrown ender pearl teleport position is inconsistent.
• MC-276813 – Minecraft no longer prints an error to the game log when trying to render a character without a defined glyph in the loaded fonts.
• MC-276825 – Transmute recipes allow air as output.
• MC-276906 – Specifying a block tag in an item's can_place_on or can_break component in a recipe or loot table causes validation error.
• MC-276954 – Ender pearl interaction with bubble columns is still broken.
• MC-276963 – Mobs standing inside both lava and water produce the fire extinguishing sound every tick.
• MC-276978 – Mobs produce the fire extinguishing sound every tick while standing in lava in rain.
• MC-277000 – Entities can be damaged by fire without being ignited.
• MC-277073 – Pale moss and pale moss carpets cannot be broken faster using hoes.
• MC-277081 – Creakings summoned via spawn eggs disappear when entering end portals.
• MC-277091 – Pale oak boats are in the chest boats tag in place of pale oak chest boats.
• MC-277096 – When selecting a biome in the single biome world type, there is no translation for the pale garden.
• MC-277135 – Entity collision order is now locational.
• MC-277165 – Particles produced upon creakings spawning are spawned one block too far to the east.
• MC-277175 – #overworld_natural_logs block tag contains #pale_oak_logs instead of pale_oak_log.
• MC-277212 – The "options.accessibility.high_contrast_block_outline.tooltip" string is missing an article before the word "targeted".
• MC-277309 – Missing translations for Pale Oak Wall (Hanging) Signs.
• MC-277376 – Consumable block animation inherits shield behaviors.
• MC-277389 – Armor stand in the smithing table interface no longer render armor when appropriate.
• MC-277392 – The realms description text and the game mode text within the realms menu can intersect one another.

From the previous development version

• MC-277398 – The horse armor equipping sound is unusually loud.
• MC-277402 – Horse armor doesn't render properly in horse inventory again.
• MC-277404 – Entities' limbs are incorrectly positioned for a brief second when entities are damaged while riding entities.
• MC-277405 – Mounts no longer receive damage when riding them through sweet berry bushes.
• MC-277409 – Text on glowing signs no longer looks different to text on normal signs.
• MC-277417 – /tp no longer works when run from a command block without context from "/execute as".
• MC-277424 – The pale garden can prevent trial chambers from spawning.
• MC-277438 – Wolf Armor no longer shows cracks when damaged.
• MC-277452 – Player idle timeout does not kick players.