1.17 Pre-release 5 — release journal
What 1.17-pre5 changed for data packs, measured against 1.17-pre4, the build before it. Released 2021-06-03; development build — not a release.
💡 No measured change
Same data pack format, same registries. That is the strongest safe-for-data-packs signal a diff can give, and it is still not proof — behaviour changes and bug fixes are invisible to it.
Formats
| 1.17-pre4 | 1.17-pre5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack format | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Resource pack format | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Data version | 2720 | 2721 |
Registries
No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.
The official notes
Read the Minecraft 1.17 Pre-Release 5 article on minecraft.net. It lives at an earlier build's address: minecraft.net updated that article in place and retitled it for 1.17-pre5.
The article has no technical-changes section — it lists bug fixes only, or predates that heading.
Minecraft Wiki page for 1.17-pre5.
In the journal
← 1.17-pre4 · All builds · 1.17-rc1 →
Sources
- misode/mcmeta — 1.17-pre5 summary — formats and registries, generated from the game’s own data.
- minecraft.net — Minecraft 1.17 Pre-Release 5 — section names only.