Minecrafthas been one of the most popular games out there for almost a decade now, and there are some exciting things coming up for fans. A major update, aka the Caves and Cliffs update, is slated to arrive later this year in two parts.

Minecrafthas received the first Pre-release patch of the upcoming 1.17 update. Until now, we have only been receiving Snapshots which add new features to the game. From now, we will also be getting pre-releases apart from the snapshots coming on Wednesdays. These will be focusing on bug fixes. Here are the complete patch notes of the same.

NEW FEATURES IN 1.17 PRE-RELEASE 1

ADVANCEMENTS

CHANGES IN 1.17 PRE-RELEASE 1

THE CAVES & CLIFFS PREVIEW

Download theupdated datapack.

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 1.17 PRE-RELEASE 1

NEW TRIGGERS

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CHANGED TRIGGERS

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CHANGED PREDICATES

ITEM PREDICATE

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ENTITY PREDICATE

PLAYER PREDICATE

LIGHTNING BOLT

PERFORMANCE METRICS REPORTING

These will be saved to a zip file in debug/profiling/<yyyy-MM-dd_HH.mm.ss-[levelname]-[version]>.zip and could be used for performance regression analysis if included in bug reports.

The exact metrics, output format, and names are susceptible to change between versions. Our plan is to continue iterating on which metrics to capture.

CLIENT F3+L SHORTCUT

Pressing F3+L while in the game will start a recording for 10 seconds capturing metrics such as tick durations, used heap sizes and other more detailed stats.

Pressing F3+L before the 10 second limit will end the recording early.

This shortcut is always available to clients, even on multi-player servers where it will record client-side performance.

DEDICATED SERVER PERF START/STOP COMMAND

perf start will start a recording for 10 seconds capturing metrics such as tick durations, used heap sizes and other more detailed stats.

perf stop before the 10-second limit will end the recording early.

FIXED BUGS IN 1.17 PRE-RELEASE 1