Java Edition 1.18.1 Pre-release 1

Minecraft 1.18.1 Pre-release 1

Edition	Java Edition
Type	Pre-release
Release date	December 3, 2021
Pre-release for	1.18.1
Downloads	Client (.json) Server
Obfuscation maps	Client Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741885  hex: 4000003D
Data version	2861
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1.18.1 Pre-release 1 (known as 1.18.1-pre1 in the launcher) is the first and only pre-release for Java Edition 1.18.1, released on December 3, 2021, which makes changes to the fog and fixes bugs. This was the final pre-release released in 2021.

Changes

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

4 issues fixed

From released versions before 1.18

• MC-219507 – Beacon's power reverts back to previous one on world reload.

From 1.18

• 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.

Other

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

Video

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