Java Edition 1.16.5 Release Candidate 1

Minecraft 1.16.5 Release Candidate 1
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Edition

Java Edition

Release date

January 13, 2021

Type

Release Candidate

Release candidate for

1.16.5

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Obfuscation maps

Client
Server

Protocol version

 dec1073741834
 hex4000000A

Data version

2585

Resource pack format

6

Data pack format

6

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

Minecraft 1.16.5 Pre-release 1
Mistaken original version
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

January 13, 2021

Downloads

Client (.json)
Server

Minimum Java version

Java SE 8

1.16.5 Release Candidate 1 (known as 1.16.5-rc1 in the launcher) is the first and the only release candidate for Java Edition 1.16.5, released on January 13, 2021,[1] which addresses two critical stability issues. This is the first release candidate released in 2021.

This version was reuploaded around an hour later to change the version string from "1.16.5 Pre-release 1".

Fixes

4 issues fixed

From 1.16.3

  • MC-203337java.lang.IllegalStateException: POI data mismatch: already registered.[note 1]

From the current version, hotfixed

  • MC-211307 – 1.16.5 Release Candidate 1 is called 1.16.5 Pre-release 1 within the game.[note 2]

Other

  • Fixed two major stability issues.[note 1]

Video

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Trivia

  • This is the first release candidate that was reuploaded since Java Edition RC2 on November 13, 2011.
  • This is the first development version to be released in 2021.
  • This is the first release candidate to be released in 2021.
  • This is the first time since development of 1.9 that a minor release has been in development during the snapshot phase of the following major release.
  • This version was released on the earliest calendar year out of all release candidates, on January 13.

Notes

  1. a b This fix occurred in the original upload of this version (1.16.5-pre1).
  2. This fix occurred in the reupload of this version (1.16.5-rc1).

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