Java Edition 1.21.6 Pre-Release 3
Minecraft 1.21.6 Pre-Release 3


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| Release date |
June 4, 2025 | ||||||
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| Obfuscation maps | |||||||
| Protocol version |
dec: 1073742078 | ||||||
| Data version |
4432 | ||||||
| Resource pack format |
63 | ||||||
| Data pack format |
80 | ||||||
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1.21.6 Pre-Release 3 (known as 1.21.6-pre3 in the launcher) is the third pre-release for Java Edition 1.21.6, released on June 4, 2025.[1]
Additions
General
- Added
minecraft:player_sheared_equipmenttrigger.- Can trigger when a player shears off a shearable equipment from an entity.
- Conditions:
item- Item that is sheared.entity- The entity that was sheared.
Changes
Command format
- Added new category
ui.- Sounds in this category will continue playing when paused, similarly to
music.
- Sounds in this category will continue playing when paused, similarly to
Gameplay
- Added new sound volume category called "UI" for sounds played by UI elements, like button clicks.
General
- The pack format version is now
80.
Fixes
From released versions before 1.21
- MC-250107 – The entity shadows of ghasts are too small in relation to the size of their models.
From the 1.21.6 development versions
- MC-296371 – The entity shadows of happy ghasts are too small in relation to the size of their models.
- MC-296374 – The entity shadows of ghastlings are too small in relation to the size of their models.
- MC-296853 – The "Shear Brilliance" advancement is incorrectly given by shearing a lead off a wolf.
- MC-297113 – Hotbar shown in loading terrain screen.
- MC-297497 – The “Connection Lost” title isn’t displayed when being kicked from realms due to idle timeout.
- MC-297972 – Dialog body content is misaligned.
- MC-298353 – Ridden entities won't make the lead breaking sound when attached to a fence.
- MC-298412 – Subtitles are no longer shown when the master volume is set to zero.
- MC-298466 – When clicking the "yes" button to confirm command execution in a dialog, if the player is put into another dialog, the click sound from the "yes" button will not be played until it is closed.
From the previous development version
- MC-298492 – Disconnecting through dialog in configuration phase causes the client to crash.
- MC-298516 – While running
/dialog clearand/dialog showevery tick, pressing the warning button just after joining the world can crash the game. - MC-298520 – Items in slots now render behind the container title, mismatching 1.21.5 behavior.
Video
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References
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.21.6 Pre-Release 3" – Minecraft.net, June 4, 2025.