It hasn't always been this way, but hosting a Minecraft server has gotten much easier than it used to be, and this remains the same for Minecraft 1.18.

How to download the update Once the update has been released, players can follow these steps to download the Java Edition of Minecraft 1.18: Step 1: Launch the Minecraft launcher.

To make sure you don't have to suffer the indignity of fighting things yourself, we've got some suggestions for the best Minecraft XP farms for 1.18 on both Bedrock and Java versions of the game.

Minecraft server operators are among the most-vulnerable to Log4j and should patch immediately.