Minecraft 1.18.1

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 1.18 with 1.18.1 — not copied from patch notes.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.1, published 2021-12-10. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

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

Fixed Bugs in 1.18.1 6

• MC-152198 Actual render distance is 2 chunks lower than render distance setting
• MC-219507 Beacon's power reverts back to previous one on world reload
• MC-229321 Bees inside of bee hives / nests sometimes despawn when the world is reloaded
• 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
• MC-243796 Random non fatal exceptions in console: Failed to store chunk ConcurrentModificationException

Fixed Bugs in 1.18 Release Candidate 1 1

• MC-244190 Entity fog doesn't match the fog of blocks around them

Fixed Bugs in 1.18.1 Release Candidate 2 1

• MC-245010 Sometimes certain chunks will never load

Every build Mojang published on the way to 1.18.1, in order.

1. Pre-release

   1

   Feature-complete; only bug fixes land between here and release.

   1.18.1-pre1

2. Release candidate

   3

   The build Mojang intends to ship unless a blocking bug turns up.

   1.18.1-rc11.18.1-rc21.18.1-rc3

3. Release

   1.18.1

   The build that shipped. Everything above led here.