Happy Friday! The first pre-release for 1.17.1 is now available for download. This pre-release introduces a few changes to some gameplay mechanics, and it also fixes a bunch of bugs.

Changes in 1.17.1 Pre-release 1

Blue axolotls can now only be obtained through breeding
Non-screaming goats now have a rare chance to produce a screaming goat when bred
Status effects on goats now also apply when the goat is jumping or ramming
Raised the drop rate for copper ingots from Drowned to 11% + 2% per level of looting
Powder snow now fills cauldrons 2 times faster than before (still pretty slowly, though!)
Zombies, Zombie Villagers, Husks and Drowned will no longer pick up glow ink sacs

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Technical Changes in 1.17.1 Pre-release 1

In case of DNS-based redirection, the client will send the hostname actually used to connect (this restores the pre-1.17 behaviour)

Bugs fixed in 1.17.1 Pre-release 1

MC-123654 Sun, moon, and/or clouds are not showing if render distance is below 4
MC-131290 Enchantments are saved as shorts, but are loaded as and function with integer values
MC-156155 Turkish lira sign (₺) appears as □ in the game
MC-194736 Duplicate text mapping for U+00B7
MC-196999 U+1FEC is wrong in Minecraft's font
MC-213986 Pistons and dispensers can be used to create ghost blocks using powder snow
MC-219018 Ghost items can be created using /item (server doesn't update client inventory correctly)
MC-223350 Loaded chunks sometimes don't render until the player moves their head slightly
MC-225816 Hanging Roots appear large when an item entity
MC-226461 Logs can be replaced with stone near lava pools
MC-226948 Withers are now affected by potion effects
MC-227387 World gen datapacks will likely crash or softlock the game
MC-227435 Lag when placing heads of non-existent players when on servers
MC-227483 root_system feature config's codec uses a wrong field
MC-227520 Overworld Fossils always generate at bedrock level
MC-227557 End portal texture appears stretched after world conversion
MC-227618 Small dripleaf is consumed without being placed when used on tall seagrass
MC-227651 Group for lapis lazuli ore smelting and blasting recipes is misspelled
MC-227821 Client crash when trying to create/edit realm immediately after deleting previous one
MC-227891 Ender pearls despawn when player logs out of a server
MC-228219 Thrown ender pearls disappear upon entering the exit end portal
MC-228343 java.lang.NullPointerException when random_selector default feature isn't found
MC-228430 Very long loading pause while booting the game ("Failed to add PDH Counter", caused by oshi)
MC-228828 Specifying the --server parameter when starting the game, causes the game to crash
MC-229299 Blue axolotls can spawn naturally

Minecraft 1.17.1 Pre-Release 1