With Minecraft Live just around the corner, we are getting closer to the release of the first drop of the year. Today we're shipping the first 1.21.5 Release Candidate with a few bug fixes, which means if no new critical issues surface, this is the version we are planning to release as Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.5.

Fixed bugs in 1.21.5 Release Candidate 1

MC-295383 "Received missed or reordered chat message from server" string doesn't make logical sense
MC-295412 Lighting of magma block is incorrect
MC-295416 Beacon receives wrong shading from nearby blocks

1.21.5 Release Candidate 1

Spring to Life

Release date Mar 20, 2025

Version 1.21.5
World version 4323
Protocol version 1073742066
Minimum Java version 21
Data Pack version 71
Resource Pack version 55
Available in launcher

Download

client.jar 27.64 MB client.json 42.7 KB server.jar 54.62 MB

Other files

client.txt 10.18 MB server.txt 7.66 MB asset.json 470.89 KB

Start java server

batch command line

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar server.jar nogui

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