New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Mojang has released the first, and potentially final, release candidate for Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.9. The update comes as the development team looks to finalise the next patch, with the aim of ensuring a smooth launch for the full version.

According to Mojang, if no further issues are discovered, this release candidate will be the last step before the official 1.21.9 update rolls out to players worldwide. "Happy mining!" the team said in a statement accompanying the release.

This release candidate addresses several bugs reported in previous versions, including an issue where creakings could spawn even when the "spawnMonsters" game rule was set to false (MC-302243), and a visual bug where the texture in the ce...