Version information

Sodium mc1.18.2-0.4.1

Reproduction Steps

1. Install the latest version of Fabric for Minecraft 1.18.2 correctly.
2. Put the sodium file in the mods folder inside .minecraft folder.
3. Start Minecraft using the fabric 1.18 instance.
4. Enjoy.

Crash Report file

A mod crashed on startup!
net.fabricmc.loader.impl.FormattedException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not execute entrypoint stage 'preLaunch' due to errors, provided by 'sodium'!
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.init(Knot.java:164)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.launch(Knot.java:68)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClient.main(KnotClient.java:23)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not execute entrypoint stage 'preLaunch' due to errors, provided by 'sodium'!
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointUtils.lambda$invoke0$0(EntrypointUtils.java:51)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.util.ExceptionUtil.gatherExceptions(ExceptionUtil.java:33)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointUtils.invoke0(EntrypointUtils.java:49)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointUtils.invoke(EntrypointUtils.java:35)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.Knot.init(Knot.java:162)
... 2 more
Caused by: net.fabricmc.loader.api.EntrypointException: Exception while loading entries for entrypoint 'preLaunch' provided by 'sodium'
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointContainerImpl.getEntrypoint(EntrypointContainerImpl.java:56)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointUtils.invoke0(EntrypointUtils.java:47)
... 4 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Mixin transformation of me.jellysquid.mods.sodium.client.SodiumPreLaunch failed
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.getPostMixinClassByteArray(KnotClassDelegate.java:418)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.tryLoadClass(KnotClassDelegate.java:322)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.loadClass(KnotClassDelegate.java:218)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassLoader.loadClass(KnotClassLoader.java:145)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.util.DefaultLanguageAdapter.create(DefaultLanguageAdapter.java:50)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointStorage$NewEntry.getOrCreate(EntrypointStorage.java:117)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.entrypoint.EntrypointContainerImpl.getEntrypoint(EntrypointContainerImpl.java:53)
... 5 more
Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.throwables.MixinApplyError: Mixin [fabric-resource-loader-v0.mixins.json:ResourceMixin from mod fabric-resource-loader-v0] from phase [DEFAULT] in config [fabric-resource-loader-v0.mixins.json] FAILED during PREPARE
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinError(MixinProcessor.java:638)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinPrepareError(MixinProcessor.java:585)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.prepareConfigs(MixinProcessor.java:543)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.select(MixinProcessor.java:462)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.checkSelect(MixinProcessor.java:438)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:290)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass(MixinTransformer.java:234)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClassBytes(MixinTransformer.java:202)
at net.fabricmc.loader.impl.launch.knot.KnotClassDelegate.getPostMixinClassByteArray(KnotClassDelegate.java:413)
... 14 more
Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.InvalidMixinException: @mixin target type mismatch: net.minecraft.class_3298 is an interface in org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo$SubType$Standard@de88ac6
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo$SubType.validateTarget(MixinInfo.java:553)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.getTargetClass(MixinInfo.java:1027)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.readTargetClasses(MixinInfo.java:1008)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinInfo.parseTargets(MixinInfo.java:896)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinConfig.prepareMixins(MixinConfig.java:869)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinConfig.prepare(MixinConfig.java:777)
at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.prepareConfigs(MixinProcessor.java:540)
... 20 more

Additional information

I have the same (or alike]) issue with Minecraft 1.17.2. I already have checked the versions of Minecraft, Fabric, Sodium and Java, all are up to date. I also tried putting the latest version of Fabric Api inside the mods folder but it won't work either.

i have the same problem, optifine works fine but sodium insta-crashes

Could you try updating Fabric API?

i think if you launch the game successfully once it will work after that, i got that same error but with a bunch of different mods (essential client, cull less leaves, including sodium) but i disabled every one of them that gave me that preLaunch error, and once the game successfully opened, I closed it and was able to launch it with those same mods that were causing issues successfully.
I was adding mods onto a multiMC instance, so the instance had never been opened beforehand.

i think if you launch the game successfully once it will work after that, i got that same error but with a bunch of different mods (essential client, cull less leaves, including sodium) but i disabled every one of them that gave me that preLaunch error, and once the game successfully opened, I closed it and was able to launch it with those same mods that were causing issues successfully. I was adding mods onto a multiMC instance, so the instance had never been opened beforehand.

Idk tried nothig works...

ві еблані? нормально обясніте

I found solution. Take attention to your minecraft folder's name. For example I have used MultiMC and named my instance with
cyrillic symbols. When I rename this folders with just numbers it successful fixed this problem. So, you need to use only Romanic symbols to name your minecraft folders. My english is not perfect if you didn't understand something just ask

For example I have used MultiMC and named my instance with
cyrillic symbols. When I rename this folders with just numbers it successful fixed this problem

Weird, I use Modrinth App and I have some instances with Cyrillic folder names. Sodium works just fine, and I've never experienced any crashes.

May be I just have a luck. When I get this crash issue I have noticed 1 thing, crash report had some file path and there was a directory named "??????" I've checked this file and it was named in Russian then I renamed it with English and Minecraft started without any issues