Minecraft 1.18 pre-release 5 for Java Edition: Full list of changes revealed

The developers of Minecraft took their sweet time fixing bugs after releasing the second 1.18 pre-release. However, they are now pushing out new pre-release versions very quickly. In the last three days, they have churned out four new 1.18 pre-releases.

For those unaware, Minecraft 1.18 pre-releases are test versions that have all the features coming in the 1.18 update. In pre-release versions, the developers try to fix all the bugs they come across and the ones that the community has reported.

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Minecraft 1.18 pre-release 5

After the pre-release 1, this is the first one that has a new modification. All other pre-releases had a ton of bug fixes.

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New changes

Only one change has been made in this pre-release. If any bedrock is generated at Y0 in a chunk, the new world generation will happen under any non-air block at Y0 in said chunk.

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List of main bug fixes

• Parrot wing texture reversed on bottom.
• Side texture of the stripped dark oak log is too bright.
• Top texture bark ring of dark oak log not updated.
• Pillagers have no texture hood.
• Lily Pad mirrors texture when placed.
• Incorrect texture of spruce door top/bottom.
• Few misplaced pixels left in the illusioner's textures.
• Slightly more opaque red glass and outline of blue glass.
• Outdated iron pallet used in anvil GUI hammer.
• Sound system warning messages are spamming the system log.
• Top texture of glass pane has not changed with the texture update.
• Cactus is vertically squished when inside a pot.
• Ice replaced with path blocks in villages.
• Old plank textures being used in lectern base plate texture.
• Melon seeds texture is not vertically centered.
• Inconsistent highlight color on armor.
• An incorrect pixel of carrot crop texture.
• Cave vines can generate floating.
• Cave vines hanging on cobwebs.
• Extra pixels in cocoa pod textures as of Texture Update
• Off-centered back of wild axolotls.
• Azalea trees can fail to generate.
• Azalea trees on icebergs.
• Melons in Jungle biomes.
• Azalea trees not generating.
• Stone in the side of hoodoos.
• Inconsistent colors in grindstone gui.
• Gamerule numbers not changing.
• Sweet berry bushes generating a lot less.
• Rooted dirt cannot replace terracotta.
• Up and down keys not working in servers section in multiplayer menu.

Interested readers can check out the other bug fixes from the official Minecraft article.