{{Infobox version
|title=Minecraft 1.20 Pre-release 2
|image=1.20-pre2.jpg
|image2=Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 2.png
|edition=Java
|type=Pre-release
|date=May 16, 2023
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|clienthash=42a04baaf41f8d132f08f515aca4b0050d68fb1c
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|parent=1.20
|prevparent=1.19.4
|prev=1.20 Pre-release 1
|next=1.20 Pre-release 3
|nextparent=1.20
}}<onlyinclude>

'''1.20 Pre-release 2''' (known as '''1.20-pre2''' in the launcher) is the second pre-release for [[Java Edition 1.20]], released on May 16, 2023,<ref>{{Mcnet|minecraft-1-20-pre-release-2|Minecraft 1.20 Pre-Release 2|May 16, 2023}}</ref> which fixes bugs.

== Changes ==
=== Gameplay ===
; Creative inventory
* [[Fish bucket]]s are now listed in the same order as the fish items.
* [[Dead coral]] blocks are now listed in the same order as the live corals.
* [[Wither rose]] is now grouped with other small flowers.
* [[Mangrove roots]] and [[muddy mangrove roots]] are now grouped with [[log]]s rather than [[leaves]].

=== General ===
; [[Title screen]]
* Game now displays message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available.

; [[Recipe]]
* {{cd|"item": "minecraft:air"}} can now be used to denote an ingredient that matches an empty slot.
** The following recipe types, however, do not allow for an empty ingredient:
*** {{cd|minecraft:crafting_shaped}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:crafting_shapeless}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:smelting}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:blasting}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:smoking}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:campfire_cooking}}
*** {{cd|minecraft:stonecutting}}

; [[Tag]]
* Removed {{cd|d=and|sunflower|lilac|rose_bush|peony}} from {{cd|#replaceable}} block tag.

== Fixes ==
{{fixes|fixedin=1.20 Pre-release 2
|;old
|1310|Dispensed boats and rafts get stuck inside of dispensers used to place them.
|117815|The sign GUI remains open when the said sign is destroyed.
|121433|Non English letters are lower case in controls setting, while English are upper case.
|124327|Changing the name of an item and then emptying the text field in an anvil doesn't make the rename unavailable, keeps last non-empty name on output item.
|132076|Lowercase Letters in controls menu + "Not Bound" is missing.
|159633|Command feedback messages are unnecessarily created during function execution.
|165562|Command suggestion report "incorrect argument" when cursor is at the start of a node without suggestions.
|175504|Single quotation marks are not supported in NBT paths.
|220096|Graphics warning button(s) improperly capitalized.
|224976|{{cd|NativeImage.setPixelRGBA}} throws exception with message {{cd|getPixelRGBA}}.
|226344|Changing the {{cd|Owner}} tag of a projectile doesn't affect the outcome of the projectile unless the world is reloaded.
|227890|If you are falling with leather boots through powder snow, you still fall through.
|228529|Tutorial keybind components are lowercase.
|237960|New potion effect GUI doesn't work when using Programmer Art.
|250197|Glass bottles are inconsistently referred to throughout some advancement description strings.
|252216|{{cd|65540: Invalid scancode -1}} logged in key bind menu when an option is unbound.
|252408|Chat restriction strings consist of inconsistent concluding punctuation.
|256833|Ridable entities that can be steered build up fall damage when on climbable blocks.
|257052|You cannot double-click on languages within the "Language" menu to select them.
|257370|Buckets of fish are not sorted in the same order as the fish items.
|257512|Dead tube coral in creative inventory is in wrong order.
|258360|Horse armor loses its NBT data when equipped on horses via right-clicking.
|258461|The "Detect structure size and position:" string displayed within the structure block GUI is improperly capitalized.
|260468|Wither rose is not grouped with other small flowers in the creative inventory.
|260602|{{cmd|data modify from string}} index failure does not return 0 for {{cmd|execute store success}}.
|260711|Some words within {{cmd|datapack list}} command feedback messages are always pluralized.
|260712|Some words within {{cmd|scoreboard}} command feedback messages are always pluralized.
|260713|Some words within {{cmd|team}} command feedback messages are always pluralized.
|260715|Some words within {{cmd|bossbar}} command feedback messages are always pluralized.
|260716|Some words within {{cmd|fill}}, {{cmd|fillbiome}}, and {{cmd|clone}} command feedback messages are always pluralized.
|261024|{{cmd|execute if loaded}} does not guarantee entities are loaded.
|261080|Player can fall through scaffolding when loading a world.
|261433|Shield doesn't block TNT explosion.
|262440|Sniffers can sniff while in love and pathfinding to their lover.
|262518|The {{cd|mco.configure.world.uninvite.player}} string contains an unnecessary space before the question mark.
|;dev
|261233|Minecart movement is not reliably detected by sculk sensors.
|261349|Chiseled Bookshelf won't rotate when placed as part of a structure.
|261816|Most two block tall flowers do not block enchanting tables / are part of {{cd|#minecraft:replaceable}}.
|261988|Inconsistency with Mangrove Roots and Leaves in the Creative Tab.
|262033|The command block GUI remains open when the said command block is destroyed.
|262106|Smithing recipe must have template to work.
|262135|Recipe book GUI is positioned incorrectly.
|262181|NBSP is a valid invisible character that can be used to rename items to have blank names.
|262213|Baby sniffer's head is smaller on the first frame of existing.
|262310|Telemetry description strings consist of inconsistent concluding punctuation.
|262311|The {{cd|telemetry.event.game_load_times.description}} string is missing an article before the word "execution".
|262355|Death messages for falling from climbable blocks do not work.
|262441|Baby sniffers stand a bit too far away from players that are tempting them.
|262445|The text cursor no longer renders above text.
|262446|Text within buttons renders above the semi-transparent black lines at the edges of menus.
|262471|Random skylight underwater where it shouldn't be, that cuts off at the chunk border.
|;previous
|262506|Parts of beds render through the alternative recipe GUI in the recipe book.
|262508|{{cd|torchflower_crop}} causes the game to crash and locks the world when pollinated by bees.
|262531|{{cd|death.attack.genericKill.player}} displays raw translation string (is untranslated).
|262542|Loot tables have the same loot sequence in each dimension.
|262557|Ender Dragon respawns and exit portal does not open if the world was Saved and Quit in End before killing the dragon.
}}</onlyinclude>

== Video ==
{{Slicedlime|FMlikjPuOyY}}

== Trivia == 
* The update image is a reference to the famous photograph {{w|Lunch atop a Skyscraper}} by {{w|Charles Clyde Ebbets}}<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/173877869640941568/381490427255324672/1108062752657907802|author=Slicedlime|invite=https://discord.gg/w3J9hXnEbr |server=Slicedlime's fan server}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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