{{Infobox version
|title=1.8.1-pre4
|image=Java Edition 1.8.1-pre4.png
|edition=Java
|type=Pre-release
|parent=1.8.1
|date=November 6, 2014
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'''1.8.1-pre4''' is the fourth pre-release for [[Java Edition 1.8.1]], released on November 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106161327/https://mojang.com/2014/10/minecraft-1-8-1-pre-release-1/|title=Minecraft 1.8.1 Pre-release 4|website=Mojang.com|author=[[Dinnerbone]]}}</ref>

== Changes ==
=== General ===
; [[Options]]
* Off/fancy/fast clouds.
* Off/on entity shadows.
* Fast/fancy now only controls leaves and rain particles.

; Performance
* Many optimizations.

== Fixes ==
{{fixes|fixedin=1.8.1-pre4|prefix=Minecraft
|;old
|349|Villagers ignore data tags in trading.
|954|Air blocks floating in water.
|25646|Music keeps playing when putting in a disc in a jukebox and breaking it at the same time.
|38372|Sprint glitch.
|58568|Item frames with items in them do not frustum culling properly causing severe FPS lag.
|59226|3D-dropped items not spinning.
|61587|{{cmd|summon}} Rotation.
|70472|Crash when trying to connect to a server with more than 73 characters address.
|72688|{{cmd|execute}} Detect gives false positive when in different dimension.
|;From the 1.8 development versions
|55767|Unable to hide wither skull names.
|;dev
|73147|Can't place blocks in certain areas at certain angles.
}}</onlyinclude>

== Trivia ==
* This version was previously removed from the [[launcher]] for some time, but was added back in September 2018.

== References ==
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