It is now time for pre-release 8 for Minecraft 1.18 which contains more fixes for crashes and bugs.

This update can also be found on minecraft.net.

If you find any bugs, please report them on the official Minecraft Issue Tracker. You can also leave feedback on the Feedback site.

Bugs fixed in 1.18 Pre-release 8

• 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
• 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
• MC-242647 - Crash after respawning

Get the Pre-release

Snapshots & pre-releases are available for Minecraft Java Edition. To install the pre-release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

What else is new?

If you want to know what else is being added and changed in Part II of the Caves & Cliffs Update, check out the previous pre-release post.

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