Java Edition 1.21.8 Release Candidate 1
Minecraft 1.21.8 Release Candidate 1
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| Release date |
July 15, 2025 | ||||
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| Release candidate for | |||||
| Downloads | |||||
| Obfuscation maps | |||||
| Protocol version |
dec: 1073742083 | ||||
| Data version |
4439 | ||||
| Resource pack format |
64 | ||||
| Data pack format |
81 | ||||
| Minimum Java version | |||||
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1.21.8 Release Candidate 1 (known as 1.21.8-rc1 in the launcher) is the first and only release candidate for Java Edition 1.21.8, released on July 15, 2025,[1] which addresses various graphical and stability issues on certain devices.
Fixes
From 1.21.5
- MC-295947 – The game screen freezes after a while on some Intel integrated graphics.
- MC-296107 – Entities and block entities become visually corrupted after a while on some Intel integrated graphics.
- MC-296585 – Flickering and other graphical corruption appears after summoning one or multiple
text_displayentities on some Intel devices. - MC-296908 – Text and texture atlases become visually corrupted after a while on some Intel integrated graphics.
From 1.21.6
- MC-297784 – Entities are shaded incorrectly after a while on Intel graphics of Gen11 architecture.
- MC-298903 – Items in the inventory can turn into a solid color and then disappear and text can render colored while on some Intel integrated graphics.
- MC-298908 – Items in the inventory are lit as if from the opposite direction on some Intel integrated graphics.
- MC-299144 – Crash with AMD graphics card when loading Resource Pack with invalid shader.
Video
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References
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.21.8 Release Candidate 1" – Minecraft.net, July 15, 2025.
