Minecraft was released more than a decade ago. Since then, many players have been continuously playing the game, with thousands of beginners joining every year.

After weeks of testing and refinement, Mojang Studios is finally releasing the 1.18.2 patch update for Minecraft: Java Edition, which includes dozens of fixes and technical updates.

The Java Edition version of 1.18.1 still needs to go through a round of testing.

Minecraft runs on Java version 17 as of this pre-release – and you can expect the same to be true of the live version of Java Edition once 1.18 officially lands.

Minecraft is a game that has grown in complexity over the years despite keeping its simple premise and gameplay, and much of this complexity is seen behind the scenes in the game's internal framework.

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Minecraft Java edition beta version There's a little bit more that's in the current Java snapshot version, as it's the only version at the moment with all the new mountain biomes.