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Minecraft Java Edition 18w48b changelog

Released 3 December 2018

This is the official changelog from the Minecraft Feedback site, published by Mojang Studios. FoxyNoTail shows it here so every version is easy to find; the text is © Mojang Studios / Microsoft.

Read the original on minecraft.net Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Contents (6 sections)
  1. CHANGES IN 18W48B
  2. CHANGES IN 18W48A
  3. GRINDSTONE
  4. UPDATED PLAINS VILLAGES
  5. DEDICATED SERVER
  6. GET THE SNAPSHOT

29 November 2018

CHANGES IN 18W48B

  • Fixed a nasty crash
  • Fixed an issue with server port

CHANGES IN 18W48A

  • Added Grindstone functionality
  • Updated plains villages

GRINDSTONE

  • Moved inventory/crafting table repairing into the Grindstone, this will be its new home
  • Has the ability to remove all non-curse enchantments from an item; for each enchant removed some XP is reimbursed

UPDATED PLAINS VILLAGES

  • The plains villages have got an updated look
  • The new look is adapted to the Plains biome, both when it comes to climate and to available resources
  • Uses the mysterious Jigsaw block for generation
  • Adds new structure files, quite a lot actually

DEDICATED SERVER

SERVER.PROPERTIES

  • difficulty and gamemode settings now accept string names (integer values are still allowed as legacy option)
  • Server will exit faster if eula.txt is not set

COMMAND LINE

 

  • Added new option --help. Not going to tell you what it does.
  • New command line option initSettings initializes eula.txt and server.properties with defaults, then exits

 

GET THE SNAPSHOT

GET THE SNAPSHOT

To install the snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Launch Options" tab.

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

Cross-platform server jar:

Report bugs here:

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