India, Sept. 23 -- Minecraft's 1.21.9 Pre-Release 3 may appear minor, but it delivers a meaningful set of changes. Mojang has removed a long-standing boss bar bug from 2012, adjusted goat behavior, and resolved a number of crash and command issues ahead of the final 1.21 release.

One of the bigger surprises in this pre-release is the fix for MC-35329, a visual bug that was reported in May 2013, which made the boss bar stay visible even after you moved out of range or defeated the boss.

This was especially annoying when fighting bosses like the Wither and Ender Dragon, especially in multiplayer, where after the boss was defeated, the bar would stay at the top of the screen even if there were no instances of the boss on the screen. This b...