Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2 Server Jar Download

Version facts

What changed

Newest upstream commits:

• #1 · 16 May 2023 Game will now display message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available
• "item": "minecraft:air" can now be used in datapack recipes to denote an ingredient that will match an empty slot. The following recipe types, however, do not allow for an empty ingredient: minecraft:crafting_shaped minecraft:crafting_shapeless minecraft:smelting minecraft:blasting minecraft:smoking minecraft:campfire_cooking minecraft:stonecutting
• The following recipe types, however, do not allow for an empty ingredient: minecraft:crafting_shaped minecraft:crafting_shapeless minecraft:smelting minecraft:blasting minecraft:smoking minecraft:campfire_cooking minecraft:stonecutting
• minecraft:crafting_shaped
• minecraft:crafting_shapeless

Compatibility

No plugins or mods — the unmodified game exactly as Mojang ships it (data packs still work).

Players need a Minecraft: Java Edition 1.20 Pre-Release 2 client on the same version.

Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2 in other server software

Known issues & safety notes

• Preview builds are experimental: they can corrupt or irreversibly upgrade worlds, and most plugins and mods do not support them yet. Test on a copy of your world.

How to set up Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2

1. Install Java 17 or newer (e.g. Eclipse Temurin) and check it with java -version.
2. Download server.jar from Mojang (button above) into an empty folder.
3. Start it once with the script below; it creates eula.txt and stops.
4. Set eula=true in eula.txt to accept the Minecraft EULA, then start again. Players join on port 25565.

#!/bin/sh
# start.sh — Minecraft 1.20-pre2
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
JAVA_MAJOR=$(java -version 2>&1 | awk -F'"' '/version/ {split($2, v, "."); print (v[1] == "1") ? v[2] : v[1]}')
if [ "$JAVA_MAJOR" -lt 17 ] 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "Java 17 or newer is required (found Java $JAVA_MAJOR)."
  exit 1
fi
java -Xms4G -Xmx4G -jar server.jar nogui

@echo off
REM start.bat — Minecraft 1.20-pre2
REM Needs Java 17 or newer: run "java -version" to check.
java -Xms4G -Xmx4G -jar server.jar nogui
pause

Rule of thumb: 2–4 GB for a few friends, 6–10 GB for a public server with plugins. Set -Xms equal to -Xmx and leave 1–1.5 GB for the operating system. How much RAM?

Docker

docker run -d -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=TRUE -e TYPE=VANILLA -e VERSION=1.20-pre2 --name mc itzg/minecraft-server

Uses the community itzg/minecraft-server image, which downloads the file itself.

Upgrading

• Newer: Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 3
• Previous: Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 1
• How to update a Minecraft server safely