Minecraft 1.18.1 Release Candidate 3

We’re now releasing the first (and hopefully only) release candidate for Minecraft 1.18.1. This release candidate fixes crashes and bugs. If there are no major issues following this release, no further changes will be done before the full release.
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Happy mining!

Edit: We've now released 1.18.1 release candidate 3, fixing a critical security issue.

Fixed bugs in 1.18.1 Release Candidate 2

• MC-245010 - Sometimes certain chunks will never load

Fixed bugs in 1.18.1 Release Candidate 1

• 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

Get the Release Candidate

Release candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the release candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Release candidates can corrupt your world, so please make a backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

Want to give feedback?

• Head over to our feedback website or come chat with us about it on the official Minecraft Discord.