The Minecraft 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2 is now available, having come just after the latest snapshot 24w40a was replaced. This second update focuses on the upcoming Pale Garden and makes changes to the Pale Hanging Moss. There are also improvements to the design and features of Pale Garden as well as tweaks for stabilization.Minecraft 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2's changes are primarily focused on the Winter Drop and are essentially meant to fix critical bugs to improve the gameplay experience ahead of the coveted Pale Garden's official release. This is the second Pre-Release version to come out ahead of the upcoming official launch.Here's everything we know about the Minecraft 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2.Everything to know about Minecraft 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2Experimental FeaturesWinter DropPale MossPale Hanging Moss now only drops when cut with Shears or destroyed using tool with Silk TouchPale Moss Carpet is now more efficient to destroy with SwordPale Moss Carpet now plays the correct step sound when walking over itAlso read: 5 features Minecraft fans want to see in Pale GardenBug fixesFixed bugs in 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2MC-54532 - Sneaking while falling on Slime Blocks inflicts fall damageMC-160810 - Some items are held sideways in the left handMC-266480 - Breeze can jump on top of honey blocksMC-266494 - Jump Boost does not affect the breeze's jumpMC-269851 - Breeze idle animations are different than Bedrock EditionMC-275834 - Jumping when falling onto a slime block no longer cancels the bounce effectMC-275941 - Consumable item components with inlined sound event definitions cause undefined behaviorMC-276072 - Tridents enchanted with Loyalty fly around drowned upon returning to themMC-276605 - Throwing an ender pearl through a portal or gateway often results in the player being placed slightly too lowMC-276624 - The Nether portal can send you back when your ender pearl lands in the portalMC-276716 - Thrown ender pearl teleport position is inconsistentMC-276813 - Minecraft no longer prints an error to the game log when trying to render a character without a defined glyph in the loaded fontsMC-276825 - Transmute recipes allow air as outputMC-276906 - Specifying a block tag in an item's can_place_on or can_break component in a recipe or loot table causes a validation errorMC-276954 - Ender pearl interaction with bubble columns is still brokenMC-276963 - Mobs standing inside both lava and water produce the fire extinguishing sound every tickMC-276978 - Mobs produce the fire extinguishing sound every tick while standing in lava in the rainMC-277000 - Entities can be damaged by fire without being ignitedMC-277073 - Pale moss and pale moss carpets cannot be broken faster using hoesMC-277091 - Pale oak boats are in the chest boats tag in place of pale oak chest boatsMC-277096 - When selecting a biome in the single biome world type, there is no translation for the pale gardenMC-277135 - Entity collision order is now locationalMC-277165 - Particles produced upon creakings spawning are spawned one block too far to the eastMC-277175 - #overworld_natural_logs block tag contains #pale_oak_logs instead of pale_oak_logMC-277212 - The "options.accessibility.high_contrast_block_outline.tooltip" string is missing an article before the word "targeted"MC-277309 - Missing translations for Pale Oak Wall (Hanging) SignsMC-277376 - Consumable block animation inherits shield behaviorsMC-277389 - Armor stand in the smithing table interface no longer renders armor when appropriateMC-277392 - The realms description text and the game mode text within the realms menu can intersect one anotherMC-277398 - The horse armor equipping sound is unusually loudMC-277402 - Horse armor doesn't render properly in horse inventory againMC-277404 - Entities' limbs are incorrectly positioned for a brief second when entities are damaged while riding entitiesMC-277405 - Mounts no longer receive damage when riding them through sweet berry bushesMC-277409 - Text on glowing signs no longer looks different to text on normal signsMC-277417 - /tp no longer works when run from a command block without context from "execute as"MC-277424 - The pale garden can prevent trial chambers from spawningMC-277438 - Wolf Armor no longer shows cracks when damagedMC-277452 - Player idle timeout does not kick playersAlso read: Minecraft Bundles of Bravery drop gets its first pre-releaseThese changes are aimed at improving the gameplay experience and fixing disruptive bugs. The arrival of previews essentially sets the stage for an upcoming update. Mojang also stated that it will not follow the usual format of dropping snapshot cadence on Wednesdays as it is currently focused on fixing bugs and implementing stabilization fixes.