We heard Friday would be a Pre-tty cool day to release the second Pre-Release for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.9, so here we are! This pre-release contains fixes to various issues introduced in previous snapshots, as well as a missed bump to the Data Pack major version.

Happy Crafting!

Changes

• Copper Golems will now oxidize even when the game rule doDaylightCycle is disabled
• The Copper Golem's behavior for turning into a statue has been tweaked to match Bedrock
  • Copper Golems no longer need to be close to the center of an empty block position in order to turn into a statue
  • Copper Golems now have the possibility to turn into a statue as soon as they become fully oxidized

Technical Changes

• The Data Pack version is now 88.0, to match the breaking change to /setworldspawn and /spawnpoint in the 1.21.9-pre1

Fixed bugs in 1.21.9 Pre-Release 2

• MC-300362 Copper golems do not oxidize when doDaylightCycle is disabled
• MC-301566 Occasional sound crash on resource pack reload
• MC-301706 Server Management Protocol does not support parameters as object (by-name)
• MC-301770 The below_name plate is not displayed higher for players and mannequins named “deadmau5”
• MC-301963 Copper golems cause huge lag spikes when checking chests
• MC-302088 Oxidized Copper Golems take an extremely long time to turn into a statue
• MC-302112 Posed mannequins don't use the correct hitbox
• MC-302117 Text display billboarding is broken
• MC-302120 Dimension-specific world spawn point causes mob spawning in other dimensions to fail
• MC-302148 Copper Golem does not get close enough to search the chest, getting permanently stuck
• MC-302164 Breaking change to /setworldspawn and /spawnpoint in minor datapack version