1.18 Release Candidate 3 — release journal
What 1.18-rc3 changed for data packs, measured against 1.18-rc2, the build before it. Released 2021-11-26; development build — not a release.
💡 No measured change
Same data pack format, same registries. That is the strongest safe-for-data-packs signal a diff can give, and it is still not proof — behaviour changes and bug fixes are invisible to it.
Formats
| 1.18-rc2 | 1.18-rc3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Data pack format | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Resource pack format | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Data version | 2857 | 2858 |
Registries
No registry gained, lost or changed an entry.
The official notes
This build has no article at its own address. Its notes are part of Minecraft 1.18 Release Candidate 4, which covers it — checked, not assumed: that article names 1.18-rc3.
The article has no technical-changes section — it lists bug fixes only, or predates that heading.
Minecraft Wiki page for 1.18-rc3.
In the journal
← 1.18-rc2 · All builds · 1.18-rc4 →
Sources
- misode/mcmeta — 1.18-rc3 summary — formats and registries, generated from the game’s own data.
- minecraft.net — Minecraft 1.18 Release Candidate 4 — section names only.