Java Edition 1.18 Pre-release 8
Minecraft 1.18 Pre-release 8


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| Release date |
November 24, 2021 | ||||||
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dec: 1073741880 | ||||||
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2855 | ||||||
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8 | ||||||
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1.18 Pre-release 8 (known as 1.18-pre8 in the launcher) is the eighth and final pre-release for Java Edition 1.18, released on November 24, 2021,[1] which fixes crashes and bugs.
Changes
Mobs
- No longer attack baby villagers.
Fixes
From released versions before 1.18
- MC-227537 – Crash: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "
it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectSet.remove(Object)" because "$$4" is null. - MC-230866 – Eating whilst traveling through a Nether portal prints error in game log.
From the 1.18 development versions
- MC-236783 – Parity issue: Ravagers still attack baby villagers in Java Edition.
- MC-241991 – Game freezes without crash logs when upgrading from 1.12.2 to 1.18 pre-5.
- MC-242375 – Cats no longer scare phantoms away.
From the previous development version
- MC-242646 – Falling in the void and trying to respawn crashes the game.
- MC-242647 – Crash for blocks finding block states:
Missing Palette entry for index 6.
Video
Video made by Slicedlime:
Trivia
- This update was released exactly 10 years after 11w47a, the first snapshot using the current naming format.
- This is the third time to feature an eighth pre-release, after 1.13-pre8 and 1.16-pre8.
References
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.18 Pre-Release 8" – Minecraft.net, November 24, 2021.