Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.7 Release Candidate 1 changelog

Today we are shipping Release Candidate 1 for 1.21.7, a hotfix release that takes care of some critical issues that managed to sneak their way into the Chase the Skies drop (1.21.6). The hotfix also includes a new music disc and a painting of the good boy Dennis. If no other critical issues are found, this will be the version for 1.21.7 that can be expected to be released soon. Happy mining!

New Features

• Added a painting of a good boy by artist Sarah Boeving
• Added music disc "Lava Chicken" by Hyper Potions
  • Drops when defeating a Baby Zombie riding a Chicken (Chicken Jockey)

Fixed bugs in 1.21.7 Release Candidate 1

• MC-297748 - The moon is rendered incorrectly on some Qualcomm graphics
• MC-298448 - Filled maps are rendered incorrectly on some Qualcomm graphics
• MC-298681 - Text displays with the "shadow" tag enabled and the "see_through" tag disabled exhibit z-plane fighting at a close distance
• MC-298710 - TTF glyphs are incorrectly rendered over some elements
• MC-298832 - The breaking particles of droppers and dispensers facing up or down appear incorrect on some Qualcomm graphics
• MC-298856 - Blindness and darkness fog effects no longer work underwater
• MC-298898 - TextureAtlas leaks textures after resource reload
• MC-298919 - Sometimes you pass through the happy ghast when you get off while going forward
• MC-299017 - Text on glowing signs is not visible on some graphics
• MC-299071 - Memory Leak in ItemStackRenderState leads to OutOfMemoryError

Get the Release Candidate

Release Candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Release Candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

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