1.21 Pre-Release 4 — release journal
What 1.21-pre4 changed for data packs, measured against 1.21-pre3, the build before it. Released 2024-06-07; 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
| 1.21-pre3 | 1.21-pre4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack format | 48.0 | 48.0 |
| Resource pack format | 34.0 | 34.0 |
| Data version | 3950 | 3951 |
Registries
No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.
The official notes
Read the 1.21 Pre-Release 4 article on minecraft.net.
The article has no technical-changes section — it lists bug fixes only, or predates that heading.
Minecraft Wiki page for 1.21-pre4.
In the journal
← 1.21-pre3 · All builds · 1.21-rc1 →
Sources
- misode/mcmeta — 1.21-pre4 summary — formats and registries, generated from the game’s own data.
- minecraft.net — 1.21 Pre-Release 4 — section names only.