Java Edition 1.21.5 Pre-release 2

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Minecraft 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.[1]

Changes

General

Data pack

Fixes

3 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

Other

  • Fixed some other crashes.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

  • Unlike the surrounding versions, this version has a lowercase "r" in the word "pre-release".

References

Sources