Minecraft 1.18-pre2

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 1.18-pre1 with 1.18-pre2 — not copied from patch notes.

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Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft 1.18 Pre-Release 2, published 2021-11-16. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

39 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed Bugs in 1.18 Pre-Release 2 39

• MC-32813 Floating water / lava above caves / cave carver doesn't update water
• MC-206303 Minecarts have old textures on the bottom
• MC-217038 Large dripstone structures can be generated outside the caves
• MC-217056 Some high-speed particles lag/freeze the game
• MC-220061 Painting back texture is mirrored
• MC-223917 Goats on fire do not attempt to pathfind towards water
• MC-226689 Albert Pastore's name is grey and improperly indented in the credits
• MC-227163 Credits say ''IT Manager'' instead of ''IT Managers''
• MC-227204 "Explore, dream, discover" quote no longer appears after new credits
• MC-227206 Random names in the new credits use curly quotes/apostrophes
• MC-227231 Steven Silvester's name is misspelt in the credits
• MC-227239 In the credits, Elizabeth Batson's company name is improperly capitalized
• MC-227329 The usage and punctuation of "Inc" is still inconsistent in the credits
• MC-231782 Missing "(" in Frank Criscione credit
• MC-236756 Biome-exclusive mob spawn rates are reduced
• MC-236858 Seeds that spawn you in the middle of the ocean cause lag
• MC-237608 Server address shown when connection fails during server startup
• MC-238049 Passive mobs (cows, pigs, sheep, chickens) sometimes do not spawn
• MC-238076 UpgradeData in chunk is not migrated to new world height
• MC-238375 Crash and/or data corruption upon attempting to save a world with a world border center over 30 million blocks
• MC-238587 Sprinting while flying into a block causes the screen to rapidly zoom in and out
• MC-239397 Lava pockets generate in icebergs
• MC-239423 Kumi Tanioka isn't under "Music composed by" in the credits
• MC-239856 Upgrading old worlds causes vines to have the wrong block state
• MC-239857 Fences, iron bars, and glass panes often use an incorrect block state after conversion
• MC-239884 Water from old chunks don't properly propagate into new chunks
• MC-239899 Connected redstone does not properly upgrade from older versions
• MC-240030 Holes in worlds created in Alpha and Infdev below y=0 after conversion
• MC-240494 Duplicated mineshafts with new cave generation
• MC-240507 Mob Spawning in structures fails in pre-1.18 generated monuments/swamp huts/outposts
• MC-240570 Biomes in old chunks are not copied to new caves below Y=0 when chunks are extended
• MC-240610 "Allow Server Listings" option doesn't save its last setting
• MC-240783 Powder snow does not reduce or negate fall damage
• MC-241111 Some Mojang employees are not mentioned in the credits
• MC-241194 Crash: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "ddm.a(cao, cps, java.util.Random, gh)" because the return value of "java.util.function.Supplier.get()" is null
• MC-241199 Double chests have incorrect block states after upgrading old worlds
• MC-241208 Powered buttons, pressure plates, and tripwire hooks remain powered forever after upgrading old worlds
• MC-241234 Fossils get cut off at chunk borders
• MC-241413 Floating water generates around ravines

This build was part of the run-up to 1.18. Everything tested here landed in that release.