We're now releasing the first (and hopefully only) release candidate for Caves & Cliffs: Part II. If there are no major issues following this release, no further changes will be done before the full release. 

Happy mining!

TECHNICAL CHANGES IN 1.18 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

• Size limit for server resource packs has been increased from 100 MB to 250 MB

FIXED BUGS IN 1.18 RELEASE CANDIDATE 1

• MC-242708 - Moving through blocks in spectator mode causes a memory leak

GET THE RELEASE CANDIDATE

Release candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the release candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Release candidates can corrupt your world, so please make a backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

• Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

• Minecraft issue tracker!

Want to give feedback?

• Head over to our feedback website or come chat with us about it on the official Minecraft Discord.