Java Edition field instrument

OlderCraft

Repair bench version core

Compatibility is a recorded fit, not a promise.

Pick a version. See what still connects.

Manual
COMPARE/1.17.1-VS-1.18
Record
Java Edition
Edition
2.0.0
Specimen A1.17.1protocol 756

Fit test CP–01 Curated crossing

Java 1.17.1 vs 1.18

Specimen B1.18protocol 757

Cut / context

The dated record assigns protocol 756 to Java 1.17.1 and protocol 757 to Java 1.18. The unequal published values produce a Direct mismatch.

This protocol result does not establish saved-data behavior or extension support. Use release-specific primary documentation for those separate questions.

Measurement Published record

Side by side

Fact1.17.11.18
Published2021-07-062021-11-30
Network protocol756757
Evidence statepublishedpublished

Fit result Deterministic protocol test

Handshake verdict

Direct mismatch

Protocol context

1.17.1 uses protocol 756; 1.18 uses protocol 757.

  • The recorded protocols differ: 756 versus 757.
  • Treat bridge support as Unknown until the server operator publishes dated, attributable evidence.

Uncertainty

A direct stock join does not match. A server-side translation layer may change the practical result, but version numbers alone cannot prove that one is installed.

Full records: 1.17.1 and1.18. Moving a world across this gap?Back up first.

Compiled 2026-07-14 from Mojang version manifest v2, minecraft.wiki protocol version record, PrismarineJS minecraft-data, ViaVersion documentation and repository.Curated comparison comparison-1.17.1-vs-1.18; last substantive change 2026-07-18; publication state published.