Java Edition 1.18.1 Pre-release 1

1.18.1 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.18.1-pre1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Java Edition 1.18.1, released on December 3, 2021, which make the fog to start from further away, as well changed the shape of the fog from spherical to cylindrical volume, and fixes some bugs.

General

 * Fog
 * 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.

Fixes

 * Other
 * Fixed an issue that would cause players on low-bandwidth connections to get timeout errors when connecting to a server.