Last week, Mojang released the most anticipated update in Minecraft's history. Minecraft 1.18 update, titled Caves and Cliffs Part II, was released to revamp the entire Overworld generation.

Mojang Studios is now releasing Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.1 Release Candidate 1 to testers, a snapshot that includes a handful of additional fixes for the upcoming 1.18.1 patch update.

Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.1 Pre-Release 1 is now available to test, and includes a handful of tweaks and fixes. If all goes well, the 1.18.1 patch update for Minecraft: Java Edition should ...

So far, developers have released one pre-release and two release candidates for version 1.18.1. If no new major issues are found, Minecraft 1.18.1 update will possibly release on December 10, 2021.