Players can follow the steps given below to install the Optifine mod for Minecraft 1.17: Step 1: Download the latest Optifine mod available on the official website for Minecraft version 1.17.

However, since it is not a final release, players have to enable snapshots to download the pre-release 1. Follow these steps to download Minecraft 1.17.1 pre-release 1: Open Minecraft launcher.