Minecraft 1.18 Pre-release 5

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-18-pre-release-2#5

🔗 Minecraft 1.18 Pre-Release 6

🔃 Changes
- The numbers of features in cave biomes have been tweaked

⚙️ Technical Changes
- The game now saves chunks whenever there is time spare to reduce autosave spikes

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-236947: Signature attribute is stripped from java records
- MC-238930: Soul Sand and Soul Soil generate below the nether ceiling
- MC-238959: Falling block placing at Y=1 changes into dropped item when landing on Y=0
- MC-239880: Some chunks have missing blocks below 0
- MC-239900: Upgrading custom world to 21w43a ignores min_y and height

🔗 Minecraft 1.18 Release Candidate 1

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Size limit for server resource packs has been increased from 100 MB to 250 MB

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-242708: Moving through blocks in spectator mode causes a memory leak

🔗 Caves & Cliffs: Part II out today on Java

🆕 New Features
- Added an “Allow Server Listings” option to opt out of having your name displayed in server listings
- Added an Online options screen where you can now find the Realms Notifications option
- Added new Overworld biomes
- Added noise caves and aquifers
- Added world autosave indicator for single-player worlds

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Added an accessibility option to stop the sky from flashing during thunderstorms
- Added fall_from_height and ride_entity_distance advancement triggers
- Changed nether_travel to match other similar triggers
- Added an option to specify the audio device used by the game
- Replaced light and barrier particles with block_marker

🔗 Minecraft 1.18.1 Pre-Release 1

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Fixed an issue that would cause players on low-bandwidth connections to get timeout errors when connecting to a server
- World fog now starts further away from the player, to make distant terrain more visible
- Instead of applying fog as a spherical volume it is now applied as a cylindrical volume

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-219507: Beacon’s power reverts back to previous one on world reload
- MC-242729: Observer activating without any updates nearby, caused by /clone
- MC-243216: Chunk render distance on servers seems shorter than in 1.17.1

🔗 Minecraft 1.18.1 Release Candidate 1

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-229321: Bees inside of bee hives / nests sometimes despawn when the world is reloaded
- MC-243796: Random non fatal exceptions in console: Failed to store chunk ConcurrentModificationException
- MC-244190: Entity fog doesn’t match the fog of blocks around them

🔗 Minecraft Java Edition 1.18.1

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Fixed an issue that would cause players on low-bandwidth connections to get timeout errors when connecting to a server
- World fog now starts further away from the player, to make distant terrain more visible
- Instead of applying fog as a spherical volume it is now applied as a cylindrical volume

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-152198: Actual render distance is 2 chunks lower than render distance setting
- MC-219507: Beacon’s power reverts back to previous one on world reload
- MC-229321: Bees inside of bee hives / nests sometimes despawn when the world is reloaded
- MC-242729: “Observer activating without any updates nearby, caused by /clone”
- MC-243216: Chunk render distance on servers seems shorter than in 1.17.1

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w03a

🔃 Changes
- A seed of the number zero is no longer handled as a special case
- Any spaces before/after an inputted seed will now be trimmed
- Ender chests are no longer gift wrapped around Christmas

⚙️ Technical Changes
- The locate command now uses a namespaced id parameter
- Added command: placefeature

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-83938: Standing on entities with solid collision boxes (shulkers, boats) kicks you for flying
- MC-98727: Server: Entering a boat/minecart/horse while going upwards from jumping causes a kick for flying
- MC-111082: Riding a boat with NoGravity on a server without flight enabled causes kick for flying
- MC-126772: Underwater fog doesn’t hide edge of chunks correctly at low render distances
- MC-135989: Kicked for flying using trident with Riptide enchantment

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w05a

🔃 Changes
- A change in 22w03a that re-arranged Badlands biome layouts has been reverted to avoid causing generation changes and chunk borders. This change will be re-introduced later.

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-4533: Water graphical glitch when connecting diagonally
- MC-70848: Water looks like it flows up
- MC-105317: Structure blocks do not rotate entities correctly when loading
- MC-214289: Pointed dripstone can replace blocks when generating
- MC-216004: Wood pillars from mineshafts are generating on pointed dripstones

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w06a

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Any type present in registries (blocks, items, biomes, etc.) can now have tags

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-105317: Structure blocks do not rotate entities correctly when loading
- MC-239708: Superflat world “Water World” preset settings are obsolete for the 1.18 update
- MC-245937: Flashing particles when boosting upwards with firework rockets
- MC-248106: Parrot dying while using Riptide enchantment

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w07a

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Biome tags are now used to determine which biomes a structure can generate in

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-237110: Grass blocks can generate underwater
- MC-238977: Glow squids spawn in villager farms and wells in superflat worlds
- MC-243190: Rooted dirt can replace cave vines
- MC-244683: Tropical Fish in lush caves spawn in bubble columns
- MC-245857: Enchanting table registers block diagonally above the bookshelves as blocking said bookshelf

🔗 Minecraft 1.18.2 Pre-Release 1

🔃 Changes
- Users running Minecraft in a 32-bit environment will receive a warning in the main menu about the upcoming end of 32-bit environment support

⚙️ Technical Changes
- The data pack version is now 9
- It is now possible to add custom structures in experimental datapacks
- locate and locatebiome commands now support tags (prefix with # to distinguish from normal ids)
- The locate command parameter is now a configured structure rather than a structure type. For instance, you can now use /locate village_desert or /locate shipwreck_beached
- A lot of the cave generation is now configurable through data packs

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-3524: Structure related mobs do not spawn in flat type world generation
- MC-146854: Player movement favors x axis when in a corner
- MC-179315: Ruined portals never generate in superflat worlds by default
- MC-210612: Strongholds do not generate in certain customized worlds despite /locate saying otherwise
- MC-241288: Support for custom structures has been removed

🔗 Minecraft 1.18.2 Pre-Release 2

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Added spline density function: general-purpose building block that allows you to express almost any function using a cubic spline

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-243766: Unable to put focus on “Copyright Mojang AB. Do not distribute” using Tab key
- MC-248638: Strongholds can generate in The Void biome
- MC-248681: Superflat worlds cannot be created without using presets
- MC-248694: An empty generator-settings string crashes the server when starting up
- MC-248717: Fortress mobs can spawn outside of fortresses

🔗 Minecraft 1.18.2 Release Candidate 1

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-244682: Some custom dimensions settings can cause the server to stop running, but not crash
- MC-248764: Some worldgen datapacks can kill the internal server (possibly related to density functions)

🔗 Minecraft Java Edition 1.18.2

🔃 Changes
- Users running Minecraft in a 32-bit environment will receive a warning in the main menu about the upcoming end of 32-bit environment support
- If you’re playing in South Korea, we added gameplay timers and notices in compliance with gaming laws to help remind players to take occasional breaks from gameplay
- A seed of the number zero is no longer handled as a special case
- Any spaces before/after an inputted seed will now be trimmed
- Dolphins will now more accurately pick the closest structure regardless of type

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Added command: placefeature
- The locate command now uses a namespaced id parameter
- The locate command parameter is now a configured structure rather than a structure type. For instance, you can now use /locate village_desert or /locate shipwreck_beached
- locate and locatebiome commands now support tags (prefix with # to distinguish from normal ids)
- It is now possible to add custom structures in experimental datapacks

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w11a

🆕 New Features
- Added the Deep Dark biome

- Added Frogs & Tadpoles
- Added mangrove blocks
- Added mud and mud brick blocks
- Added Sculk, Sculk Veins, Sculk Shrieker and Sculk Catalyst blocks

⚙️ Technical Changes
- The data pack format is now 10
- The resource pack format is now 9
- Added 3D Blending
- Added new font glyph provider for spaces
- Added estimated GPU utilization percentage to performance profiling metrics and F3 debug screen
This is only available for graphics devices that support GPU timer queries



🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-67308: Door top and side textures flip illogically when opened and closed
- MC-95103: Shield item rendering not adjusted to the center
- MC-99930: Brewing stand extends arms and inverts its texture when bottles are placed
- MC-106510: Long structure names (over 64 characters) do not fit in the Structure Block GUI
- MC-109055: Large Cocoa Pod texture is inconsistent

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w12a

🆕 New Features
- Added Darkness mob effect
- Added Sculk Shrieker functionality
- Added the Warden mob
- Added boat with chest
- Added the Swift Sneak enchantment

🔃 Changes
- The Deep Dark biome is now less flooded than surrounding areas
- Leaves are now waterloggable
- Removed debug hotkey cycling render distance

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-149805: While editing a book, you cannot use Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End to jump to the beginning or end of the text
- MC-165503: Fence gates (between walls) aren’t affected by ambient occlusion/smooth lighting
- MC-176081: Striders with NoAI still get cold
- MC-177321: Soul sand doesn’t have smooth lighting / ambient occlusion
- MC-179916: Foxes path towards origin (0,0) during a thunderstorm

🔗 Minecraft Snapshot 22w13a

🆕 New Features
- Added Allay mob
- Added Ancient Cities

🔃 Changes
- The recipes for minecart with chest/furnace/tnt/hopper are now shapeless
- When broken each minecart variant drops itself as an item, instead of splitting into two items (such as chest and minecart)
- Only wool and wool carpets now block the sounds coming from noteblocks

⚙️ Technical Changes
- Added kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst advancement trigger
- Sculk shrieker block state changes
- Renamed some game events

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- MC-249103: Z-fighting can be seen on the underside of frogs’ feet
- MC-249110: Z-fighting textures inside the frog’s mouth
- MC-249115: Frogs spawn with wrong color in some biomes
- MC-249132: Frogs are not required to be bred for the Two by Two advancement
- MC-249349: Dispensing a Bucket of Tadpole dispenses the item, instead of water with a tadpole