Minecraft Third Time's the Lava Fix - Minecraft 1.18 Pre-release 3 Is Out!

Third Time's the Lava Fix - Minecraft 1.18 Pre-release 3 Is Out!
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Third Time's the Lava Fix - Minecraft 1.18 Pre-release 3 Is Out!

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 08:33 AM PST

We've now released 1.18 pre-release 3 with additional bugfixes and some performance improvements. The update is set to release on November 30th, and you can read more about that here. Mark your calendars!

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.

UPDATE: We've now released Pre-release 4, fixing crashes.

Bugs fixed in 1.18 Pre-release 4

MC-241774 - Crash when going nether portals or creating a single biome world with nether biomes // java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0
MC-241775 - Crash when going through end portals or creating a single biome world with end biomes // java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException: -5
MC-241778 - Game crashes or freeze when loading and upgrading the 1.17.1 version of the Superflat world // java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: z: Biome decoration

Technical Changes in 1.18 Pre-release 3

Starting server.jar with an empty bundlerMainClass will now just validate and extract files, then exit

Bugs fixed in 1.18 Pre-release 3

MC-109260 - Full-width punctuation characters are rendered incorrectly
MC-185263 - Non full chunks in cache memory "semi-leak"
MC-223840 - Lava blocks from "Lava Aquifers" don't get updated when a cave cuts through underneath them
MC-231818 - You can no longer use the up or down arrow to navigate between servers in the multiplayer menu
MC-236740 - Server-side lag spike sometimes occurs when attempting to locate a buried treasure or opening/breaking a chest containing a map
MC-236764 - Lighting lags behind world generation
MC-239397 - Lava pockets generate in icebergs
MC-239610 - Severe world corruption due to 1.18 snapshots failing to deserialize chunks that 1.17 loads fine
MC-239682 - Out of memory crash: World generation exhausts Java heap space
MC-239950 - Feature placement doesn't check for biomes, causing unnecessary lag
MC-240229 - Rain and snow fall on the same blocks in a certain height range
MC-240483 - Foxes that spawn in grove biomes aren't the snowy variant
MC-240589 - Game froze for several minutes and then crashed while flying around and loading chunks
MC-241245 - Generated Deepslate overwrites ore veins (mainly Iron ore veins)
MC-241255 - Gigantic Performance Drop after a couple of minutes
MC-241352 - Directory structure is not consistent between server and client

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: