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    9/15/23

    Minecraft 1.20.2 Release Candidate 1

    A Minecraft Java Release Candidate

    Here is the first (and hopefully last) release candidate for 1.20.2. Unless something critical pops up, no further changes will be made for the full release, which is planned for next week.

    Changes

    • The positions that all entities ride on minecarts have been adjusted to make more sense

    Fixed bugs in 1.20.2 Release Candidate 1

    • MC-265238 - trade_rebalance loot tables have a wrong type
    • MC-265388 - Mobs now sit too high in minecarts

    Get the Release Candidate

    Release Candidate are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Release Candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

    Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

    Cross-platform server jar:

    Report bugs here:

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