By contrast, the Oracle Java requires a paid license if you were to use it for any commercial and production purposes, such as getting paid for streaming Minecraft or hosting Minecraft server. AdoptOpenJDK is a JDK based on the OpenJDK binaries that is free for anyone to use. In this article I will guide you through how to install the latest Java version on your Windows PC and set your Minecraft Launcher to use that Java version.Īt the time of writing, the latest Java version is 15, and we will be using AdoptOpenJDK 15 for the upgrade. There have been many other Java editions releases since then that have many improvements that can give significant performance boost in terms of Minecraft FPS. While Java 8 is still supported, it was released back in 2014, making it pretty old for today’s standards. The default Java version that comes bundled with Minecraft is Java 8.
