Java Edition RC2

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

RC2 was reuploaded twice. The first reupload fixed a bug causing multiplayer not to work, while the second corrected the version number from "RC1" to "RC2".

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).
 * 1.17 marks the second version of Minecraft to release two release candidates since 1.0.0.
 * As with RC1, RC2 was released on the latest calendar date out of all release candidates, on November 13.