How to play with friends on Minecraft: Java Servers are the basic building block of Minecraft's multiplayer mode. Anyone playing together will need to be on the same server.

Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.2 Pre-Release 1 includes a handful of technical changes and a couple of bug fixes, but isn't terribly exciting overall.

Impending Minecraft updates always mean a flurry of snapshots and pre-release builds in the weeks leading up to release, and Minecraft: Java Edition 1.18.2 has been no different.