Minecraft 1.17.1 Java Edition pre-releases launched so far

Minecraft 1.17 Caves & Cliffs Part I has been out for nearly a month now. Since its initial release, Mojang has been releasing more pre-releases, mostly focusing on fixing bugs, although there have been some gameplay mechanics that have changed.

So far, there have been 3 Minecraft 1.17.1 pre-releases. Down below is every pre-release for Minecraft 1.17.1 thus far and what has been included in each of them.

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Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-Releases

Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-Release 1

Gameplay Changes

• Blue axolotls can now only be obtained through breeding
• Non-screaming goats now have a rare chance to produce a screaming goat when bred
• Status effects on goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming
• Raised the drop rate for copper ingots from Drowned to 11% + 2% per level of looting
• Powder snow now fills cauldrons 2 times faster than before (still pretty slowly, though!)
• Zombies, Zombie Villagers, Husks and Drowned will no longer pick up glow ink sacs

Fixed Bugs

• MC-123654 - Sun, moon, and/or clouds are not showing if render distance is below 4
• MC-131290 - Enchantments are saved as shorts, but are loaded as and function with integer values
• MC-156155 - Turkish lira sign (₺) appears as □ in the game
• MC-194736 - Duplicate text mapping for U+00B7
• MC-196999 - U+1FEC is wrong in Minecraft’s font
• MC-213986 - Pistons and dispensers can be used to create ghost blocks using powder snow
• MC-219018 - Ghost items can be created using /item (server doesn’t update client inventory correctly)
• MC-223350 - Loaded chunks sometimes don’t render until the player moves their head slightly
• MC-225816 - Hanging Roots appear large when an item entity
• MC-226461 - Logs can be replaced with stone near lava pools
• MC-226948 - Withers are now affected by potion effects
• MC-227387 - World gen datapacks will likely crash or softlock the game
• MC-227435 - Lag when placing heads of non-existent players when on servers
• MC-227483 - root_system feature config’s codec uses a wrong field
• MC-227520 - Overworld Fossils always generate at bedrock level
• MC-227557 - End portal texture appears stretched after world conversion
• MC-227618 - Small dripleaf is consumed without being placed when used on tall seagrass
• MC-227651 - Group for lapis lazuli ore smelting and blasting recipes is misspelled
• MC-227821 - Client crash when trying to create/edit realm immediately after deleting previous one
• MC-227891 - Ender pearls despawn when player logs out of a server
• MC-228219 - Thrown ender pearls disappear upon entering the exit end portal
• MC-228343 - java.lang.NullPointerException when random_selector default feature isn’t found
• MC-228430 - Very long loading pause while booting the game (“Failed to add PDH Counter”, caused by oshi)
• MC-228828 - Specifying the --server parameter when starting the game, causes the game to crash
• MC-229299 - Blue axolotls can spawn naturally

Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-Release 2

Technical Changes

• Deaths of named mobs are now logged

Fixed Bugs

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

Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-Release 3

Fixed Bugs

• MC-222731 - Captured axolotl constantly tries to leave water
• MC-224894 - Light tickets are released too early
• MC-228802 - Chunks not loading on a server / Cannot invoke “cmq.a(int, int, int)” because “☃” is null
• MC-228858 - Axolotls despawning though named and on leashes.
• MC-229246 - Piglins and piglin brutes no longer call other piglins after attacking one of them behind walls
• MC-229475 - Placing a small dripleaf results in the top half of water getting deleted
• MC-229887 - “Unable to create a jar-filesystem” warning logged upon starting the game

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