
Any mods that include world generation will, as a result, need to adjust to these changes. Minecraft 1.18 overhauls many systems used in world generation. Most of these new features have also been added to the 1.17 version of Fabric API.

To set up a development environment you will need to use Java 17, Loom 0.10, and Gradle 7.3 or higher. While not as large a step up as the previous move to Java 16 made in 1.17, Java 17 still provides some new features that can be used, such as Sealed Classes. This means mods can be compiled for Java 17 and use the latest features.


Once again, Minecraft has updated its Java version, this time to Java 17. Various technical changes have been made in both Minecraft and Fabric that will affect mod development for 1.18.Īs always, you can use the versions page to determine the recommended versions of Yarn, Fabric Loader, Fabric API, and Loom for any version of Minecraft. It will continue to receive updates as mods get ported, and new mods get created. The fifth edition of the All of Fabric modpack will be available on CurseForge very soon.ĪOF5 includes a wide selection of 1.18 Fabric mods. We kindly ask that you be patient as mod developers update their mods. Hundreds of mods have already been updated to support 1.18 and we expect there will be many new and updated mods being released soon.

Players should use Fabric Installer 0.9.0 and Fabric Loader 0.12.5 (at the time of writing) to play on Minecraft 1.18. This blog post will go over what the 1.18 update means for both players and developers. Since then, we have updated to all 7 experimental snapshots, 8 snapshots, 8 pre-releases, 4 release candidates, and the final release version of Minecraft 1.18. The release of Fabric for Minecraft 1.17 was almost 6 months ago. Minecraft 1.18: Caves & Cliffs, Part 2 is now released, and along with it, updates for Fabric itself and many mods already.
