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RC2 is the second and final release candidate for Java Edition 1.0.0, released on November 13, 2011,[1] which changes the lighting of blocks in the inventory and fixes a bug.

RC2 was reuploaded twice. The first reupload fixed a bug that broke multiplayer,[2] while the second corrected the version number from "RC1" to "RC2".[3]

Changes[]

Inventory
  • The lighting of blocks in inventory screens has been adjusted.

Fixes[]

1 bug fixed
  • Fixed a bug that caused all tools to break quickly after loading a world that was saved in RC1.

Trivia[]

  • This was the last release candidate for a version until 1.16 Release Candidate 1 in June 2020, a period of 8 years, 7 months and 5 days (3140 days).
  • 1.16.2 marks the second version of Minecraft to release two release candidates since 1.0.0.
  • This Release Candidate has the most reuploads in a single version.

See Also[]

References[]

  1. "So yeah, let's do a release candidate 2"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, November 13, 2011
  2. "Ok RC2, now with multiplayer! http://assets.minecraft.net/rc2/minecraft.jar (+ minecraft_server.jar)"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, November 13, 2011
  3. "Uploaded new RC2 that says "RC2" \o/"@jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, November 13, 2011
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