Java Edition 1.17.1 Pre-release 2

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Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-release 2
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1.17.1 Pre-release 2 (known as 1.17.1-pre2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 1.17.1, released on June 29, 2021,[2] which adds the feature for the logging of named mobs' deaths and fixes bugs.

Additions

General

Languages

Changes

General

Languages

  • Removed the following languages due to incomplete translations:
    • East Allgovian German[note 3]
    • Manx
    • Sicilian[note 4]

Logging

  • Deaths of named mobs are now logged.

Fixes

8 issues fixed

From 1.17

  • MC-219290 – Calcite is too quiet compared to other blocks.
  • MC-221656 – Creative mode obtained bucket of axolotl/tropical fish only spawns one kind axolotl/tropical fish.
  • MC-226926 – Emerald ore generates too often.
  • MC-228599 – Attempting to walk through flowing water constantly switches the player from swimming into normal mode.
  • MC-229191 – Diamond ore distribution changed between 1.16.5 and 1.17.
  • MC-229441 – You can steal the item a villager is holding for trade by killing it.
  • MC-229614 – Wandering Trader obtained tropical fish are only white kob.

From the previous development version

  • MC-229983 – /clear command doesn't clear certain stacks after dropping items from them.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • Despite MC-221656 being marked as fixed, axolotls spawned from buckets obtained in creative inventory still only spawn as pink.

Notes

  1. ↑ Re-enables features set to release for 1.18.
  2. ↑ Also available for versions since 19w34a.
  3. ↑ Also removed from 1.15's assets.
  4. ↑ Also removed from 1.15's and 1.16's assets.

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