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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 8

Minecraft releases Snapshot 8 with Realm Invite Codes, making it easier to join Realms, plus World Options screen improvements, renamed explorer maps, gameplay fixes, and technical updates for data packs, resource packs, and shaders.
New Features

This Wednesday, a hot new Snapshot enters the Realm! That's right, in 26.3 Snapshot 8, Realm owners can now create and manage Invite Codes, making it easier than ever to join the fun.

Alongside these additions, we've made further improvements to the World Options screen and included several gameplay fixes and technical updates.

Happy mining!

Explorer Maps

Renamed the following maps:

Buried Ancient City Map

Buried Mineshaft Map

Abandoned Camp Map

Realms

Realm owners can now create and manage Invite Codes

Each Realm can have up to five Invite Codes

Invite Codes can be configured to be active / inactive and deleted

The expiration of an Invite Code can also be configured

Players can now easily join a Realm by entering an Invite Code in a new "Join Realm" screen

Changes

Cushions are now only destroyed when fully covered by blocks that cause suffocation

New Villager trades, unlocked from a Villager leveling up their profession, will now update even if the player is in the process of trading with them

UI

World Options

Some further improvements have been made to the World Options screen, which is now accessible from the pause menu

The "Game Mode" button has been renamed to "Default Game Mode"

The "General" section has a new addition:

Personal Game Mode: your active game mode in the current world (equivalent to the
/gamemode
command, or F3+F4)

The "Multiplayer" section has a new addition:

Force Game Mode: controls whether other players game mode is forced to match the default game mode of the world or not

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 116.0

The Resource Pack version is now 96.0

Data Pack Version 116.0

World Generation
Features

Removed feature types:

minecraft:desert_well

Changed MINECRAFT:TEMPLATE

Changed
MINECRAFT:TEMPLATE

Added field
processors
: Namespaced ID or inline definition of a structure processor list to apply to the template

Placement Modifiers

Added MINECRAFT:RANDOMLY_SELECTED

Added
MINECRAFT:RANDOMLY_SELECTED

Randoly selects a Placement Modifier from a list and delegates placement to it.

Format:

placements
: Non-empty list of Placement Modifiers to pick from

Block Predicates

Added MINECRAFT:VOLUME_MATCH

Added
MINECRAFT:VOLUME_MATCH

Checks that every block in a volume matches a given Block Predicate.

Format:

min
: List of 3 integers in range
-16
to
16
specifying the lower corner of the volume as an offset from the test position

max
: List of 3 integers in range
-16
to
16
specifying the upper corner of the volume as an offset from the test position

match
: Block Predicate to test on each position

Resource Pack Version 96

Shaders & Post-process Effects
Removed Core Shaders

core/text_background.fsh
and
core/text_background.vsh
were removed and text background in Text Display Entities is now rendered using the text shaders

Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related Shader Changes

OIT_FORCE_ZERO_DEPTH
shader define was removed since the see-through text it was used for is now rendered in a separate pass outside OIT

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 8

MC-44654 - Some entities' positions are not updated on the client when teleported

MC-122731 - Camera movement stutters when turning in a boat

MC-206540 - Increased input delay when riding an entity

MC-236497 - The head rotations of passengers in boats are not correctly displayed for other players

MC-237679 - The head rotations of passengers in boats are constantly forced to turn in certain directions if the rider were to dismount the boat while moving left or right

MC-249200 - Several entities constantly deviate visually from their actual positions on the client when teleported

MC-253023 - Breaking paintings, item frames, glow item frames cannot trigger sculk shriekers

MC-258579 - The player's head does not rotate smoothly (with delay) in third person view while riding a vehicle

MC-259512 - Horizontal camera rotation lags when riding

MC-260780 - Shulker bullets always push fireballs south

MC-280250 - Projectiles sometimes desync when thrown/shot while moving

MC-300000 - Players desync when teleporting all users riding a happy ghast

MC-305214 - Arrows deflecting off of entities get offset

MC-308961 - When changing the game mode using debug hotkeys while in the World Options screen, the "Game Mode" button does not update

MC-309284 - Poplar leaves don't use the
dark_cutout
mipmap strategy

MC-309668 - Straw beds are not broken faster when using hoes

MC-309670 - Cushions z-fight with the tops of dragon heads

MC-309716 - Cushions can be broken in Adventure mode

MC-310066 - Tridents thrown by drowned still visually bounce off entities

MC-310097 - Experience orbs desync and appear to phase through blocks

MC-310103 - The "Text Background Opacity" setting makes the text darker when the "Text Background" setting is set to Everywhere

MC-310166 - The straw bed is not placed immediately after regular beds in the Creative mode inventory

MC-310175 - Missing resource warning when loading up the game

MC-310200 - The player's model flickers while falling into the void when viewed from certain angles

MC-310393 - Certain projectiles thrown at the world border rubberband repeatedly

MC-310476 - Projectiles only collide outright with the world border when underwater

MC-310530 - Changing the game mode in the World Options screen no longer changes the player's game mode

MC-310540 - A noise definition with
base_amplitude
set to 0.0 crashes the game during world load

MC-310543 - The JVM crashes with
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
in
atio6axx.dll
on Boot Camp (AMD Radeon Pro 555X)

MC-310549 -
invulnerable_time
never decreases for some entities

MC-310632 - Farmer villagers no longer throw excess wheat to other villagers

MC-310642 - Landing on farmland deals no fall damage when the block is prevented from being trampled

MC-310687 - Languages other than "English (US)" fail to load

MC-310691 - Stonecutter recipes for concrete stairs and slabs are missing

MC-310692 - The error message when the game is unable to load translations can extend outside the screen

MC-310705 - The difficulty lock warning screen shows the wrong difficulty after changing the difficulty

MC-310718 - Unused color attachments are unusable with the OpenGL rendering backend

MC-310726 - The mansion icon in the texture of woodland explorer maps doesn't match the respective icon on the map

MC-310728 - Cushions can still be used to see through blocks in third person mode

MC-310729 - Explorer maps from previous versions prevent saved hotbars from loading

MC-310743 - The category headers in the Debug Options screen are still different than the other options screens

MC-310757 - In OIT shaders,
coefficients[0]
is accumulated using
depth
but subtracted using
originalDepth

MC-310771 - The common abandoned camp map is named "Abandoned Campsite Map" instead of "Abandoned Camp Map"

MC-310783 - Resource packs with custom namespaces cause the "English (US)" language to fail to load

MC-310787 - Villagers do not level up until the trading window is closed for several seconds

MC-310789 - Chunks sometimes don't fade in correctly

MC-310812 - Placing and breaking cushions does not trigger sculk shriekers

MC-310917 - Chunk generation can corrupt on worlds upgraded from previous versions

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Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 7

Minecraft ships a final testing snapshot with new Concrete Stairs and Slabs in 16 colors, fresh Explorer Maps for abandoned camps and major structures, plus map and animation updates, technical data pack changes, and a long list of fixes.
Step up your building and exploring with the final features entering testing! You can now find different maps in some abandoned camps and craft Concrete Stairs & Slabs in 16 colors. Out now in 26.3 Snapshot 7!
Happy exploring!

New Features

Added Concrete Stairs and Concrete Slabs for all Concrete blocks

New Explorer Maps have been added to the Abandoned Camps

Abandoned Camp Explorer Maps

Added maps showing the location of other Abandoned Camps in the following biomes:

Bamboo Jungle

Cherry Grove

Birch Forest

Dappled Forest

Flower Forest

Pale Garden

Swamp

Windswept Forest

Added maps for the following structures:

Ancient City

Trial Chambers

Mineshaft

Desert Pyramid

Jungle Pyramid

Warm Ocean Ruins

Woodland Mansion

Changes

Cushions no longer prevent vibrations when placed, broken or interacted with

Updated loot table for the Abandoned Camp Barrel

Replaced Firework Rocket with Gunpowder in Abandoned Camp Chest loot table

The player icon on maps have been updated to always show the direction the player is facing

Added support for Realms to use additional server regions in Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Arizona, USA if they become available in the future

Explorer Maps

Explorer Maps are now their own items instead of renamed Filled Maps, and each has its own icon:

Ocean Explorer Map

Woodland Explorer Map

Trial Explorer Map

Jungle Explorer Map

Swamp Explorer Map

Desert Village Map

Plains Village Map

Savanna Village Map

Snowy Village Map

Taiga Village Map

Buried Treasure Map

Ancient City Map

Mineshaft Map

Desert Pyramid Map

Abandoned Campsite Map

Warm Ocean Ruins Map

Map and Empty Map have new icons

These items cannot be obtained from the Creative inventory

Existing Explorer Maps in old worlds are converted to the matching new item on load

Explorer Maps can still be cloned in a Crafting Table, and the copies keep their own item type

Explorer Maps and Buried Treasure Maps can no longer be zoomed out, neither in a Crafting Table nor at a Cartography Table

Buried Treasure Maps could previously be zoomed out at both

Explorer Maps could previously be zoomed out at a Cartography Table

Only maps in the
#minecraft:extendable_maps
tag can be zoomed out

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 115.0

The Resource Pack version is now 95.0

level.dat now contains a version_history list with prior data versions of the file

Data Pack Version 115.0

The following Block State fields has been renamed

Name is now id

Properties is now properties

The default Block State of a Block can now be referred to in a compact form directly by the Block id

minecraft:exploration_map no longer changes the type of the item it is applied to

Commands

Changes to SWING

When used on a player, the player's attack strength will no longer be reset

Added a new optional argument to set the swing animation to play

Allowed values:

whack

stab

If omitted, defaults to whack

Added a new argument to set the duration of the swing animation, if provided

Format: positive time value (by default in ticks)

If omitted, defaults to 6t

Data Components

Added MINECRAFT:ATTACK_ANIMATION

The animation to play when the item is being used to attack something

Format: object with fields:

type - swing animation type, one of whack or stab

duration - positive integer, the length of the animation in ticks

Added MINECRAFT:INTERACT_ANIMATION

The animation to play when the item is being used to interact with something

Format: Same as minecraft:attack_animation

Removed MINECRAFT:SWING_ANIMATION

This has been replaced by minecraft:attack_animation and minecraft:interact_animation

The none swing animation type has been removed

Existing items in the world will be migrated to using the default whack

Setting both of these new components to the same value will be functionally identical to the old component, except for:

The /swing command - animation type now specified by the command

Items being dropped by entities

Removed MINECRAFT:MAP_COLOR

Maps are no longer drawn as a tinted overlay, so there is nothing left for the color to apply to

Existing maps have the component stripped on load

See the Resource Pack section for the matching removal of the minecraft:map_color tint source

Loot Functions

Changed MINECRAFT:EXPLORATION_MAP

The map_color field has now been removed

The function no longer changes the type of the item it is applied to - it now only adds map data to the existing item

Previously it required a minecraft:map and produced a minecraft:filled_map

The item to produce is now chosen by the loot entry or villager trade itself, so a data pack that produced exploration maps has to change its item from minecraft:map to minecraft:filled_map (or one of the explorer map items)

If no matching structure is found, the item is left without a minecraft:map_id - use minecraft:filtered with minecraft:discard_item to drop those, as the vanilla loot tables and villager trades now do

Density Functions

Density Functions and noises are no longer evaluated with double-precision floating point values, but instead with single-precision

This affects all intermediate steps, not just the final result

Developer's Note: _We are aware that the details of floating point rounding have been used in some Data Packs, and this change may affect specific configurations. We have introduced alternatives for the use-cases that we are aware of, but please do share with us on feedback.minecraft.net or in the feedback Discord if you encounter use-cases that are no longer possible to support.

Tags

Block Tags

Added #concrete_stairs

All Concrete Stairs blocks

Added #concrete_slabs

All Concrete Slabs blocks

Item Tags

Added #concrete_stairs

All Concrete Stairs items

Added #concrete_slabs

All Concrete Slabs items

Added #cloneable_maps

Filled Map plus all Explorer Map items and Buried Treasure Maps, used as the input to the map_cloning recipe

Added #extendable_maps

maps that can be zoomed out with paper, either in a Crafting Table or at a Cartography Table

Resource Pack Version 95.0

Item Sprites

Removed item/filled_map_markings.png

Map Sprites

Added new Map textures:

abandoned_camp.png

ancient_city.png

desert_pyramid.png

mineshaft.png

warm_ocean_ruins.png

The following Icons have been updated in order to show player rotation on the map:

/player.png

/player_off_limits.png

/player_off_map.png

Item Models

Tint Sources

Removed minecraft:map_color

The minecraft:map_color component it read no longer exists

Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related Shader Changes

Renamed defines:

OIT_WAVELET_RANK - was previously WAVELET_RANK

OIT_COEFF_COUNT - was previously COEFF_COUNT

OIT_COEFF_ATTACHMENT_COUNT - was previously COEFF_ATTACHMENT_COUNT

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 7

MC-121375 - The Command (⌘) key on macOS is displayed as "Win" in the key binds screen

MC-189953 - The Super key on macOS is displayed as "Win" in the key binds screen

MC-218156 - Shipwrecks and ocean ruins can generate with empty buried treasure maps

MC-276079 - Sending a swing packet to the client causes it to send one back to the server

MC-302271 - Sniffers stop sniffing after relog

MC-302661 - Interacting with something while holding spears plays the spear jab animation

MC-302687 - Throwing items out of your inventory while holding spears plays the spear jab animation

MC-302705 - Having a spear in the main hand affects the hand animation speed for items held in the off hand

MC-304213 - Zombies, husks and drowned hold out the incorrect arm when holding spears

MC-304920 - Spears in third person look wrong when the left hand is the main hand

MC-309644 - Some textures of geyser plume particles still use inconsistent colors

MC-309671 - Shelf mushrooms still use the wrong sounds

MC-309679 - Cushions can be used to see through blocks

MC-309732 - The straw_bed_head block model is stored in two directories

MC-309797 - Cushions can be placed inside full blocks when the player's head intersects them

MC-309875 - New translations for the tooltip of the "Improved Transparency" option are wrongly backported

MC-309931 - Placed cushions face inconsistent directions

MC-310057 - Pressing the "Advancements" key bind while its menu was opened from the pause menu closes both menus

MC-310062 - Armadillos do not follow players holding spider eyes

MC-310094 - The decimal point keypad key is displayed as "key.keyboard.99" in the key binds menu

MC-310105 - The Menu key is displayed as "key.keyboard.101" in the key binds menu

MC-310109 - The keypad plus-or-minus key is still not prefixed with "Keypad"

MC-310110 - The keypad left and right parentheses keys are still not prefixed with "Keypad"

MC-310112 - Using a Nether portal in Spectator mode while spectating an entity teleports the player to the incorrect location

MC-310118 - Pressing Windows+D to minimize all windows makes the game no longer visually update with the Vulkan rendering backend

MC-310337 - The game log outputs the incorrect minimum format version requiring the pack_format field in pack.mcmeta

MC-310358 - The conditions for depthBiasEnable differ between OpenGL and Vulkan

MC-310529 - The World Options menu UI breaks when resizing the game window

MC-310532 - Trying to lock the difficulty of the world resets the difficulty

MC-310536 - The category headers in the World Options screen are formatted inconsistently with other settings screens

MC-310550 - Command+W on macOS now closes the window

MC-310553 - The campsite_wooded_badlands_4 and campsite_swamp_2 abandoned camp structures contain overlapping cushions

MC-310556 - Pressing Alt+F4 closes the game window on kwin_wayland even when the "Quit Shortcuts" option is disabled

MC-310590 - Adding the entity_outline post effect to the player, restarting the game, and entering the same world causes the game to crash

MC-310595 - The Option key on macOS is displayed as "Alt" in the key binds screen

MC-310610 - Several abandoned camp structures contain underwater oxidized copper chests that are not waterlogged

Get the Snapshot

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

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Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 6

Minecraft releases Snapshot 6 with a refreshed Abandoned Camp, a redesigned World Options menu, and updated terrain rendering. It also adds technical changes for packs, commands, noise settings, shaders, and fixes numerous bugs across gameplay, UI, and performance.
It's yet another Tuesday, and it seems that we've officially run out of quippy snapshot intros until the next delivery. Anyway, here's Snapshot 6, bringing some tweaks and improvements to the Abandoned Camp, a new World Options UI, as well as changing up how terrain is rendered.

Happy camping!

Changes

Added a new Abandoned Camp campsite variant for each biome

Minor tweaks to Abandoned Camp structures

UI

Fixed an issue where Realm owners could not select automatic region preference as their Realm region

World Options

The World Options button has been moved to where the Open to Lan button used to be, accessible from the pause menu

The World Options screen is divided into two sections: "General" and "Multiplayer"

The "General" section contains the same options as the previous World Options screen

The "Multiplayer" section contains three options:

LAN: changes the multiplayer scope of the world

Command Access: Controls whether players that join your world can use commands or not

Port: the port number to use when opening the world to LAN

The Online button used to access the Online Options screen will now always be shown in the Options menu

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 113.0

The Resource Pack version is now 94.0

Terrain blocks are now rendered with MultiDrawIndirect on supported devices

Data Pack Version 113.0

Commands
Changes to PUBLISH

The gamemode argument has been removed

Instead, the default game mode of the world should be set using the defaultgamemode command or the Game Mode button in the World Options screen, while player-specific game modes should be set using the gamemode command

Data Components
Changed MINECRAFT:COOKING_FUEL

burn_time and speed_multiplier can now additionally be defined by an inline number

Changed MINECRAFT:BREWING_FUEL

uses and speed_multiplier can now additionally be defined by an inline number

Changed MINECRAFT:COMPOSTABLE

layers can now additionally be defined by an inline number

Entity Data

Added invulnerable_time tag which makes a mob temporarily invulnerable for a specific number of ticks

Loot Table Types
Changed MINECRAFT:BLOCK_INTERACT

origin is now available in context, as the center of the block being interacted with

World Generation
Noises
The format of Noises (defined in the worldgen/noise registry, or inline in noise-based Block State Providers) has been updated.

Noises define a fractal Brownian motion (fBm) configuration with the following properties:

Produces output values (approximately) fitting a normal distribution

Unless otherwise specified, fits the output amplitude to [-1; 1]

Due to the normal distribution, in practice this means that 99.7% of all samples will fit in that range - but values may still be encountered outside of this range

Parameterized by persistence=0.5, lacunarity=2.0

i.e. between each octave, the amplitude is halved and the frequency doubled

Has stable seeding such that an octave can be boosted, muted, or added without affecting the rest of the octaves

Renamed firstOctave to base_octave

Added base_amplitude

non-negative float, a scale factor to apply to the noise output

If not specified, defaults to 1.0

Added octave_count

integer between 1 and 32, the number of octaves to sample

Added normalize

boolean, or "legacy" , controls how the output amplitude should be normalized

If true , base_amplitude is the expected amplitude of the output (i.e. 99.7% of all samples in [-base_amplitude; base_amplitude])

If false , base_amplitude is the amplitude of the first octave

If "legacy" , inherits the same normalization behavior as expressed by the previous format

This would generally fit to a range smaller than expected

If not specified, defaults to true

Note: normalization is not affected by the amplitude_modifiers field - as such, modifying the amplitude of a single octave will not affect the amplitude of others

Renamed amplitudes to amplitude_modifiers

list of floats, a scaling factor to apply to each octave

The number of elements in this list must match octave_count

As described above, this scaling factor bypasses normalization and will affect the output amplitude

This field is no longer required - if not specified, defaults to all 1.0

Density Functions
Added POW
Added POW

Raises the given base value to an exponent.

Format: object with fields:

base

Density Function, the base value

exponent

Density Function, the exponent

Added SQRT
Added SQRT

Computes the square root of the given input.

Format: object with fields:

input

Density Function, the value for which to compute the square root

Added LOG
Added LOG

Computes the natural logarithm of the given input.

Format: object with fields:

input

Density Function, the value for which to compute the natural logarithm

Added SIGN
Added SIGN

Computes the sign of the input:

If the input is positive, returns 1

If the input is 0 , returns 0

If input is negative, returns -1

Format: object with fields:

input

Density Function, the value of which to compute the sign

Added DISTANCE_TO_POINT
Added DISTANCE_TO_POINT

Computes the distance to a fixed point using the specified distance function.

Format: object with fields:

point

array of 3 integers in form [x, y, z] , the point to compute distance to

metric

one of:

euclidean

i.e. sqrt(dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2)

euclidean_squared

i.e. dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2

manhattan

i.e. abs(dx) + abs(dy) + abs(dz)

chebyshev

i.e. max(abs(dx), abs(dy), abs(dx))

Updated GRADIENT (renamed from Y_CLAMPED_GRADIENT )
Updated GRADIENT (renamed from Y_CLAMPED_GRADIENT )

Format: object with fields:

axis

x , y , or z , the axis over which to define this gradient

tiling

one of:

clamp_to_edge

outside the gradient boundaries, the value at the nearest boundary will be used

repeat

the gradient will be repeated outside its boundaries

mirrored_repeat

the gradient will be repeated such that odd repetitions are mirrored, ensuring continuity between repetitions

from_coordinate

int, the coordinate at which the gradient starts

to_coordinate

int, the coordinate at which the gradient ends

Must not be equal to from_coordinate

from_value

float, the value at which the gradient starts

to_value

float, the value at which the gradient ends

Added SLICE
Added SLICE

Removes a dimension from the input domain by taking a "slice" along an axis with a specific coordinate. For example, with axis=y and coordinate=0 , a slice will be taken along the XZ plane, with all values sampled at y=0 .

Format: object with fields:

axis

x , y , or z , the axis to remove

coordinate

int, the fixed coordinate to be passed to the input function

input

Density Function, the input function

Changed END_OUTER_ISLANDS
Changed END_OUTER_ISLANDS

Renamed from end_islands . No longer computes the density of the main island.

Structure Pool Elements
Changed MINECRAFT:FEATURE_POOL_ELEMENT
Changed MINECRAFT:FEATURE_POOL_ELEMENT

Can now connect to Jigsaw blocks with any target name, instead of just minecraft:bottom

Resource Pack Version 94.0

Shaders & Post-process Effects

terrain.vsh and terrain.fsh shaders are refactored to support multi-draw

Some of the members in Globals and DynamicTransforms are shuffled to use less memory for those uniform blocks

Introduced new define: RENDERPEARL_EXPLICIT_DEPTH_INVARIANCE

If present, indicates that an OIT shader should explicitly output a depth value because a device it is running on can produce a slightly different implicit value

Equipment Assets

The trim_palette_replacements field has been replaced with trim_overrides . This can be used to swap out the texture or palette used with specific trim materials or patterns for a given equipment asset, not just swap specific palettes.

Format: list of override entries with fields:

when

object with fields, the material and/or pattern to match

material

optional Trim Material ID, the material to match (if specified)

pattern

optional Trim Pattern ID, the pattern to match (if specified)

Note: this is not the palette ID, as trim_palette_replacements used to be!

At least one of material or pattern must be specified

If both are specified, both must match for the entry to be used

texture

optional trim pattern asset ID, a replacement texture to use if this entry matches

Textures are specified in the same format as asset_id

If not specified, the default texture for the pattern will be used

palette

optional palette ID, a replacement palette to use if this entry matches

If not specified, no palette remapping will be applied to the texture

The first matching entry will always be selected

At least one of texture or palette must be defined

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 6

MC-299582 - Special crafting recipes behave differently than other recipe types with /recipe and the limited_crafting game rule

MC-304195 - The arm overlay textures of parched have unused pixels not used by the model

MC-307206 - Std140Builder incorrectly pads vec3s and ivec3s

MC-307996 - The game cannot use hardware acceleration on devices lacking the fillModeNonSolid Vulkan feature

MC-308694 - Using /defaultgamemode changes everyone's game mode to the one set in "Settings for Other Players" in LAN worlds

MC-308699 - Switching the host's game mode causes new LAN players to ignore the forced game mode

MC-308749 - Exiting and rejoining the same LAN session resets your game mode

MC-309720 - The texture of straw beds has missing and extra pixels

MC-309958 - Off-by-one error in SynchedEntityData.Builder#define

MC-310088 - The taskbar icon displays the Java logo instead of the game's logo

MC-310099 - The game freezes if the head part of straw beds has a different facing than the foot part

MC-310101 - Command+W now closes the game on macOS

MC-310122 - Traversing the pie chart with keys does not work correctly

MC-310132 - Armor trim textures can no longer be overridden

MC-310134 - The "Exclusive Fullscreen" button and "Exclusive Fullscreen Mode" slider are still present and enabled on macOS

MC-310136 - Player skin rendering is messed up when the "Improved Transparency" setting is enabled

MC-310143 - IME candidates are invisible in fullscreen mode even when the "Exclusive Fullscreen" option is disabled

MC-310155 - After entering macOS fullscreen by clicking the "Fullscreen" button in the Video Settings menu, you cannot reveal the menu bar or dock by navigating to the edge of the screen

MC-310168 - When editing a glowing sign, the glow on the placed sign temporarily disappears

MC-310195 - Control+Left click no longer counts as a right click on macOS

MC-310213 - On-screen keyboard handling is inconsistent

MC-310228 - The game freezes when a player destroys a bed at the exact same moment a villager sleeps in it

MC-310235 - The game crashes when a piston pushes a water cauldron with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-310241 - Brewing recipes show up in the command suggestions for /recipe, but cannot be granted or revoked

MC-310281 - Using keyboard shortcuts to navigate tabs within UIs doesn't work correctly

MC-310311 - Item modifiers that reference themselves crash the game when invoked

MC-310313 - Predicates that reference themselves crash the game when invoked

MC-310314 - Number providers that reference themselves crash the game when invoked

MC-310315 - Slot sources that reference themselves crash the game when invoked

MC-310319 - The game crashes when the spider post effect is applied

MC-310321 - The creeper post effect is ineffective

MC-310357 - The OpenGL rendering backend passes 3 to GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, which is invalid

MC-310359 - mipLevel is not respected when copyTextureToTexture is used

MC-310360 - clearColorTexture and clearDepthTexture clear all mipmaps with the Vulkan rendering backend, unlike with the OpenGL one

MC-310382 - The game crashes when applying a resource pack with a shader that uses #include with uppercase characters in the path

MC-310383 - The per-target blend state diverges between the OpenGL and Vulkan rendering backends

MC-310388 - The caves and floating_islands noise settings no longer generate as intended

MC-310455 - copyTextureToBuffer produces padded rows with the OpenGL rendering backend but tightly-packed rows with the Vulkan one

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 5

Minecraft ships Snapshot 26.3.5 with fresh updates and improvements, including data pack and resource pack version bumps, shader and transparency changes, world generation tweaks, and a broad set of bug fixes for gameplay, rendering, and crashes.
Happy Snapshot day! Today we are shipping the 5th snapshot of 26.3 with a fresh batch of updates and improvements.
Happy mining!

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 112.0

The Resource Pack version is now 93.0

Data Pack Version 112.0

Codec for element lists/tags now allows mixing inline values and references

For example, item modifiers like
[{type:set_count, ...}, "minecraft:some_modifier"]
are now allowed

World Generation

Features

Changed MINECRAFT:SCULK_PATCH

Changed MINECRAFT:SCULK_PATCH

Removed
extra_rare_growths
and
catalyst_chance
fields

Resource Pack Version 93.0

Shaders & Post-process Effects

Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related Shader Changes

The
B3D_IS_ZERO_TO_ONE
define has been renamed to
RENDERPEARL_IS_ZERO_TO_ONE

Shader Compilation Changes

Shaders are now compiled by ShaderC when using OpenGL as well, identically to when using Vulkan

Shader includes are now handled by ShaderC using
#include
instead of
#moj_import

Shader inputs and outputs must have a location specified in shader source

Vertex input names must still match expected names.

Vertex outputs are matched to fragment inputs solely by location, name is now ignored.

Introduced new define
RENDERPEARL_INSTANCE_INDEX_INCLUDES_BASE_INSTANCE

A boolean indicating if
gl_InstanceIndex
follows Vulkan or OpenGL (
gl_InstanceID
) semantics

Developer's Note:

Vertex inputs in previous versions using OpenGL were not allowed to specify a location. Compatability can be preserved by only specifying locations when the "VULKAN" macro is defined.

Developer's Note:

Vertex outputs and fragment inputs in previous versions were matched based on name alone. Compatability can be preserved by continuing to use identical names.

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 5

MC-5269 - Updating a server's address in the multiplayer menu does not update its status

MC-278771 - The incorrect command context is used when providing suggestions for redirected commands

MC-293755 - The ender dragon's neck and tail disconnect from its body when it turns

MC-306628 - TNT minecarts don't delete piercing arrows

MC-307918 - Sculk patches can cause errors in the log during world generation

MC-308344 - Validation error when compiling shaders containing in/out array or matrix variables with the Vulkan rendering backend

MC-308406 - Item models are shown incorrectly in the smithing table menu's armor stand

MC-308647 - The resource packs screen can cache font glyphs incorrectly after toggling the "Font Settings" option

MC-309250 - Naturally generated decorated pots don't drop bricks when broken with tools

MC-309298 - Sending chat messages while having the "Chat Delay" option set to a nonzero value can sometimes kick you from the game

MC-309500 - Crafting decorated pots without sherds using the recipe book creates a pot that doesn't drop bricks when broken with a tool

MC-309565 - Block outlines are rendered behind translucent elements if the "High Contrast Block Outlines" option is enabled

MC-309566 - Block outlines are rendered behind translucent elements if the "Improved Transparency" option is disabled

MC-309743 - The attacking animation of drowned is incorrect

MC-310041 - Under specific conditions, chunk loading frequently fails

MC-310096 - Invalid item modifiers crash the game

MC-310098 - Trying to mix item modifier references and inline values in a list prevents the pack from loading

MC-310125 - Blaze powder in brewing stands uses the
cooking/speed_default
number provider instead of
brewing/speed_default

MC-310133 - Gurgles do not aim their tridents correctly

MC-310135 - The server crashes when requesting command suggestions for /attribute referenced from /execute

MC-310149 - Glass flickers when looking at it closely with the Vulkan rendering backend and the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-310163 - The game crashes when entering exclusive fullscreen on Wayland

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Minecraft Launcher
and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 4

Minecraft ships a major Snapshot update with SDL3 windowing, default borderless fullscreen, new sign and fuel data components, spectator portal travel, and broad technical changes for loot tables, predicates, world generation, and shaders.
Happy Snapshot Tues... Thursday? Yes, you read that right! As we've entered peak vacation season here in Sweden, snapshots might not come out on their usual schedule.

In today's snapshot we have switched the library used for window management, input and platform integration from GLFW to SDL3.

We have also added new item components for custom furnace fuels, as well as several technical changes for signs, world generation and loot tables.

Happy mining!

Known Issues

Exclusive fullscreen mode on Windows may cause the game to crash in certain situations, especially when using multiple monitors

Entering Exclusive fullscreen mode crashes the game on Wayland

New Features

Players in spectator mode can now interact with portals to teleport

Changes

Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities

Armadillos no longer try to roll up when submerged in liquids

UI

Removed the Raw Input mouse setting

Mouse input now always uses relative mouse mode while playing in-game

Key bindings now use physical keys instead of keyboard-layout-specific key codes

Borderless Fullscreen is now the default fullscreen mode

Switching between Borderless and Exclusive Fullscreen no longer requires restarting the game

Exclusive fullscreen mode on macOS is no longer supported

The minimum window size is now 320 by 240 pixels

On macOS, holding a key while entering text now displays the native accent and candidate popup

On Linux systems, the game will now use and prefer Wayland natively if available

Debug Overlay

The debug overlay now supports a separate GUI scale than the rest of the game

This is customizable through the Debug Options screen, F3 + F6

The default scale is "Auto", which tries to stay at a higher resolution than normal

Another option is "Unchanged", which matches your regular GUI scale

The rest of the options work the same as in the normal "GUI Scale", controlling the scale directly

Added a "player_speed" debug entry that displays the speed of the player in blocks per tick.

The debug overlay now shows the display refresh rate

Creative Inventory

Reordered mineral item and block ordering to have non-tiered ingredients up first, then tiered ingredients that craft into equipment last

Ingredients

Non-tiered minerals

Unrefined tiered minerals

Refined tiered minerals

Nuggets

Ingots

Building Blocks

Non-tiered mineral blocks and variants

Refined tiered mineral blocks and variants

Copper block family

Copper Blocks continue to be pushed to the end of the order in Building Blocks since they have a large list of content

Improved ordering of Natural Blocks tab so that all inner ordering of group content sequentially progresses from Overworld -> Nether -> End to stay consistent with other tabs

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 111.0

The Resource Pack version is now 92.0

Loot table types that have a dedicated registry now support registry element and tag references

This means that the majority of fields of such types that previously accepted single elements will now accept either a namespaced ID or an inline value, while fields that previously accepted lists can now accept an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID

Affected types:
minecraft:advancement
minecraft:item_modifier
minecraft:loot_table
minecraft:number_provider
minecraft:predicate
minecraft:recipe
minecraft:slot_source

Existing reference types for predicates, item modifiers and slot sources are now obsolete and have been removed

Windowing and Input Backend

Minecraft now uses SDL3 instead of GLFW for window management, input and platform integration

Keyboard input now uses SDL scancodes for physical key positions and SDL keycodes for layout-dependent text editing shortcuts

Data Pack Version 111.0

Signs no longer automatically execute click events in custom text

Commands
Changes to SPREADPLAYERS

Whether a block is safe to spread a player to is now controlled by the #entities_can_teleport_to block tag

Environment Attributes
Added MINECRAFT:GAMEPLAY/NATURAL_MOB_SPAWNS

Defines mob spawns in an Environment Attribute Source

During worldgen placement, only Dimensions and Biomes will apply this Environment Attribute

Format: object with fields:

spawns_by_category - map of spawn category to weighted list of spawn data

Spawn data format: object with fields:

type - entity type, the entity to spawn

count - int provider, amount to spawn

spawn_costs - map of entity type to object with fields:

energy_budget - float, energy change allowed per spawn

charge - float, how much existing mobs will attract or repulse other charged mobs

Available attribute modifiers:

overlay

For each mob category, overrides the lower layer's spawn settings with the higher layer's, unless the category is not included

Merges each layer's spawn costs together, overriding the lower layer's spawn costs with the higher layer's if both define the same entity type

Default: Empty

Added MINECRAFT:GAMEPLAY/CREATURE_WORLD_GEN_SPAWN_PROBABILITY

Sets the probability to run an iteration in which mobs defined to spawn in the creature mob category will spawn during world generation

Only Dimensions and Biomes will apply this Environment Attribute

Format: float with range [0,1)

Default: 0.1

Changed MINECRAFT:VISUAL/AMBIENT_PARTICLES

Now supports interpolation between Timeline keyframes (probabilities will be crossfaded)

Introduced support for new modifier: append
Unlike override which totally replaces the particle list, this modifier concatenates all elements with the layers below

Data Components
Added MINECRAFT:COOKING_FUEL

Describes an item that can be used as fuel for a Furnace, Smoker or Blast Furnace

Format: object with fields

burn_time - namespaced ID pointing to an element of minecraft:number_provider registry representing the time, in ticks, for which this fuel will burn

speed_multiplier - namespaced ID pointing to an element of minecraft:number_provider registry representing the speed of the cooking/smelting

Added MINECRAFT:BREWING_FUEL

Describes an item that can be used as fuel for a Brewing Stand

Format: object with fields

uses - namespaced ID pointing to an element of minecraft:number_provider registry representing the number of times this fuel will brew before being consumed

speed_multiplier - namespaced ID pointing to an element of minecraft:number_provider registry representing the speed of the brewing

Note: the #brewing_fuel item tag has been removed and will no longer function to register new brewing fuels

Added MINECRAFT:SIGN_TEXT_FRONT and MINECRAFT:SIGN_TEXT_BACK

Two identical components that represent text in front and back of a sign

Contents will be displayed in item tooltip

The format is the same as front_text and back_text fields on minecraft:sign and minecraft:hanging_sign block entities, i.e.

messages - a list of text components

filtered_messages - an optional list of text components, if omitted, it will be set to the same value as messages and filtered_messages must have same entry count

color - optional dye color, default: black

has_glowing_text - optional boolean, default: false

Added MINECRAFT:WAXED

A marker for blocks with contents that are waxed

No fields

Added MINECRAFT:CUSHION/COLOR

Applied to Cushion entities when they get placed using an item

Format: one of 16 dye colors

Added MINECRAFT:VILLAGER_FOOD

Represents items that Villagers can eat. Villagers will pick up items with this component in addition to items in the #villager_picks_up tag.

Format: object with fields

nutrition - positive integer, how much hunger the item satiates in the Villager once eaten

Added MINECRAFT:MOB_VISIBILITY

Represents the visibility percentage provided by an item with the appropriate minecraft:equippable component, modifying the range at which mobs are able to detect an entity

Format: object with fields

targeting_entity - an entity ID, a list of namespaced entity IDs, or a hash-prefixed entity tag to match

visibility - float (between 0.0 and 10.0), with 0.0 reducing the range at which mobs detects the entity to 2 blocks while 10.0 increases the detection range tenfold

While multiple items with this component stack, the maximum vision will still never exceed 10.0

Block Entity Data
Changed MINECRAFT:SIGN and MINECRAFT:HANGING_SIGN

By default, commands and other click events contained in Sign text are no longer executed when the block is clicked
Additionally, text components on newly placed Signs are no longer resolved by default

New boolean field called allow_op_features (defaults to false) has been added to restore previous behavior

Placed Signs and items with the minecraft:block_entity_data component containing Sign data stored in worlds saved before this version will have allow_op_features set to true

Any newly created Sign will need to have that field set explicitly

Changed the rules for opening the Sign edit screen after a block is placed:
Previously, the screen would open unless minecraft:block_entity_data was applied successfully
Now, the screen will open only if it could be opened normally by clicking the block (i.e. it's not waxed and only has editable text on the front side)

Signs will now accept and return the minecraft:sign_text_front, minecraft:sign_text_back, and minecraft:waxed components

Changed MINECRAFT:BREWING_STAND

The following fields are now stored as integers rather than shorts:

Changed the BrewTime field from a short to an integer, this is the amount of time that the current brewing process has taken so far

Changed the Fuel field from a byte to an integer, this is the amount of fuel remaining

The following new fields have been added:

Added the total_brew_time integer field, this is the total amount of time the current brewing process will take

Added the total_fuel integer field, this represents the amount of fuel that was added in the last refuel

Added the speed_multiplier float field, this will be used to speed up or slow down the next brewing process

Changed MINECRAFT:FURNACE , MINECRAFT:SMOKER and MINECRAFT:BLAST_FURNACE

The following fields are now stored as integers rather than shorts:

Changed the cooking_time_spent field from a short to an integer, this is the amount of time that the current cooking process has taken so far

Changed the cooking_total_time field from a short to an integer, this is the total amount of time the current cooking process will take

Changed the lit_time_remaining field from a short to an integer, this is the amount of burn time remaining

Changed the lit_total_time field from a short to an integer, this is the total amount of burn time that was added in the last refuel

The following new fields have been added:

Added the speed_multiplier float field, this will be used to speed up or slow down the next brewing process

Advancements
Rewards

The loot sub-field in the rewards field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:loot_table type

Triggers

Multiple fields that accepted a list of loot conditions are now stricter:

Previous functionality of a list of conditions was equivalent to a single minecraft:all_of condition has been removed

Additionally, type field is mandatory (previously it defaulted to minecraft:entity_properties)

Some fields that previously accepted only inline loot conditions now also accept a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate

The player field, available on all triggers except minecraft:impossible, now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

To avoid duplication, this field is not mentioned in entries below

Changed MINECRAFT:ANY_BLOCK_USE trigger

The location field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:BEE_NEST_DESTROYED

The block field has been renamed to blocks and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:block type

Added field state that matches block state properties (same format as minecraft:enter_block)

Changed MINECRAFT:BRED_ANIMALS trigger

child, parent, and partner fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:BREWED_POTION trigger

The potion field now accepts minecraft:potion_contents data component predicate

Changed MINECRAFT:CURED_ZOMBIE_VILLAGER trigger

villager and zombie fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:DEFAULT_BLOCK_USE trigger

The location field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:EFFECTS_CHANGED trigger

The source field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENTER_BLOCK

The block field has been renamed to blocks and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:block type

Changed MINECRAFT:FALL_AFTER_EXPLOSION

The cause field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:FISHING_ROD_HOOKED

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLACED_BLOCK

The location field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:ITEM_USED_ON_BLOCK

The location field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:ALLAY_DROP_ITEM_ON_BLOCK

The location field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLAYER_KILLED_ENTITY

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

The killing_blow.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENTITY_KILLED_PLAYER

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

The killing_blow.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Changed MINECRAFT:KILL_MOB_NEAR_SCULK_CATALYST

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

The killing_blow.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Changed MINECRAFT:LIGHTNING_STRIKE

bystander and lightning fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLAYER_GENERATES_CONTAINER_LOOT

The loot_table field has been renamed to loot_tables and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:loot_table type

If a tag or a list is used, trigger will run when any listed loot table is generated

Changed MINECRAFT:THROWN_ITEM_PICKED_UP_BY_PLAYER

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:THROWN_ITEM_PICKED_UP_BY_ENTITY

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLAYER_HURT_ENTITY

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

The damage.type.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENTITY_HURT_PLAYER

The damage.type.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLAYER_INTERACTED_WITH_ENTITY

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:PLAYER_SHEARED_EQUIPMENT

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:CRAFTER_RECIPE_CRAFTED

The recipe_id field has been renamed to recipes and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:recipe type

If a tag or a list is used, trigger will run when any listed recipe is used

Changed MINECRAFT:RECIPE_CRAFTED

The recipe_id field has been renamed to recipes and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:recipe type

If a tag or a list is used, trigger will run when any listed recipe is used

Changed MINECRAFT:RECIPE_UNLOCKED

The recipe field has been renamed to recipes and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:recipe type

If a tag or a list is used, trigger will run when any listed recipe is unlocked

Changed MINECRAFT:SLIDE_DOWN_BLOCK

The block field has been renamed to blocks and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:block type

Changed MINECRAFT:SUMMONED_ENTITY

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:TAME_ANIMAL

The entity field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:TARGET_HIT

The projectile field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:VILLAGER_TRADE

The villager field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Slot Sources
Changed MINECRAFT:GROUP

The terms field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

Inline format of minecraft:group (previously only a list of inline slot source) can now also accept a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

This format is now available consistenly available for all fields of slot source

Changed MINECRAFT:FILTERED

The slot_source field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

Changed MINECRAFT:CONTENTS

The slot_source field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

Changed MINECRAFT:LIMIT_SLOTS

The slot_source field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

Removed MINECRAFT:REFERENCE

This slot source has become obsolete, as any field that takes slot source now accepts (among other fields) a namespaced ID of a minecraft:slot_source type

Loot Tables

The rolls and bonus_rolls fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Loot Table Types
Added MINECRAFT:CONTAINER_PROCESS loot table type

Currently used to evaluate cooking and brewing fuel values

It takes the following parameters:

container, the container or inventory being evaluated

block_entity, the block entity being fueled

block_state, the current state of the block being fueled

origin, the location of the block being fueled

Changed MINECRAFT:ADVANCEMENT_LOCATION

Block entities are now available in context and can be matched by conditions like minecraft:match_block

Loot Pool Entries

The conditions field in loot pool entries has been renamed to condition and now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

The functions field in loot pool entries has been renamed to modifier and now accepts an inline value (including list as a short form of minecraft:sequence) or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:item_modifier type

This field is now present on all loot entries, including previously omitted minecraft:alternatives, minecraft:sequence, and minecraft:group

Changed MINECRAFT:TAG loot pool entry

The name field has been renamed to items and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:item type

Changed MINECRAFT:LOOT_TABLE loot pool entry

The value field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:loot_table type

Added expand field, working the same as in minecraft:tag pool entry:

if true, each entry inside tag will be added to outer pool, with weights equal to weight of this entry

if false, this pool entry will operate as a single entry in outer pool. If this entry gets selected, it will return all items from all referenced loot tables

Loot Functions

The conditions field is now available in all loot functions and has been renamed to condition

It now also accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID, but no longer an inline list of conditions

Functionality of old condition list format can be achieved by explicitly using minecraft:all_of loot condition type

The function field (describing function type) has been renamed to type

Changed MINECRAFT:SEQUENCE

The functions field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:item_modifier type

Added optional condition field which accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Inline format of minecraft:sequence (previously only a list of inline functions) can now also accept a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:item_modifier type

This format is now consistenly available for all fields of loot function type, which means that every such field can accept an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:item_modifier type

Changed MINECRAFT:MODIFY_CONTENTS

The modifier field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:item_modifier type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_ATTRIBUTES

Number providers in amount sub-fields of modifiers list now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENCHANTED_COUNT_INCREASE

The count field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENCHANT_WITH_LEVELS

The levels field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_CUSTOM_MODEL_DATA

Elements in floats and colors lists can now be an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_ENCHANTMENTS

Values in enchantments map can now be an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_COUNT

The count field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:LIMIT_COUNT

The min and max fields inside limit structure now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_DAMAGE

The count field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_OMINOUS_BOTTLE_AMPLIFIER

The amplifier field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_RANDOM_DYES

The number_of_dyes field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_STEW_EFFECT

The duration field in elements of effects list now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SET_LOOT_TABLE

The name field has been renamed to tag

Changed MINECRAFT:EXPLORATION_MAP

The destination field is no longer optional and now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:structure type

Removed MINECRAFT:REFERENCE

This function has become obsolete, as any field that takes a function now accepts (among other things) a namespaced ID to other functions

Predicates

The condition field (describing predicate type) has been renamed to type

Changed MINECRAFT:ALL_OF

The terms field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Note: values of this type can no longer be shortened to a single list, a full object with type minecraft:all_of needs to be used explicitly

Changed MINECRAFT:ANY_OF

The terms field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:INVERTED

The term field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

Changed MINECRAFT:RANDOM_CHANCE

The chance field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:VALUE_CHECK

The value field now accepts an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

The min and max fields inside range structure now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:TIME_CHECK

The min and max fields inside value structure now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:ENTITY_SCORES

The min and max fields inside values of scores map now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:DAMAGE_SOURCE_PROPERTIES

The predicate.tags.id field now accepts a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:damage_type type

Removed MINECRAFT:REFERENCE

This condition has become obsolete, as any field that takes a loot condition now accepts (among other things) a namespaced ID to other conditions

Added vanilla predicates

minecraft:block/fast_cooking

Added MINECRAFT:MATCH_BLOCK condition type

Matches block state and optionally block entity data and components (if present)

Fields (same as elements of minecraft:can_place_on components):

blocks - optional block id, list of namespaced block IDs, or hash-prefixed block tag to match

state : optional map of block state property keys to values to match

nbt : optional block entity NBT to match

match will fail if this field is present, but block entity is not available in context

components - optional map of exact components to match

match will fail if this field is present, but block entity is not available in context

predicates - optional map of component predicates to match

match will fail if this field is present, but block entity is not available in context

Removed MINECRAFT:BLOCK_STATE_PROPERTY condition type

This has been fully replaced by minecraft:match_block

Number Providers

The type field always needs to be specified explicitly when using an inline number provider (it was previously defaulting to minecraft:uniform)

Added vanilla number providers

minecraft:cooking/time_bamboo

Returns the burn time in ticks for bamboo and scaffolding

minecraft:cooking/time_blaze_rod

Returns the burn time in ticks for blaze rods

minecraft:cooking/time_boats

Returns the burn time in ticks for boats

minecraft:cooking/time_coal

Returns the burn time in ticks for coal

minecraft:cooking/time_coal_block

Returns the burn time in ticks for coal blocks

minecraft:cooking/time_dried_kelp_block

Returns the burn time in ticks for dried kelp blocks

minecraft:cooking/time_dry_plants

Returns the burn time in ticks for various dry plants

minecraft:cooking/time_hanging_signs

Returns the burn time in ticks for hanging signs

minecraft:cooking/time_lava_bucket

Returns the burn time in tickss for lava buckets

minecraft:cooking/time_roots

Returns the burn time in ticks for mangrove roots

minecraft:cooking/time_wood_blocks

Returns the burn time in ticks for wood blocks

minecraft:cooking/time_wood_items_extra_small

Returns the burn time in ticks for very small wood items such as buttons

minecraft:cooking/time_wood_items_large

Returns the burn time in ticks for large wood items such as doors

minecraft:cooking/time_wood_items_small

Returns the burn time in ticks for small wood items such as bows

minecraft:cooking/time_wood_slabs

Returns the burn time in ticks for wood slabs

minecraft:cooking/time_wool

Returns the burn time in ticks for most wool blocks

minecraft:cooking/time_wool_carpets

Returns the burn time in ticks for wool carpets

minecraft:cooking/time_wool_slabs

Returns the burn time in ticks for wool slabs and cushions

minecraft:cooking/speed_default

Returns the default speed multiplier for cooking fuel

minecraft:brewing/speed_default

Returns the default speed multiplier for brewing fuel

minecraft:brewing/uses_default

Returns the default number of brews provided by brewing fuel

Changed MINECRAFT:NUMBER_DISPATCHER

Fields:

cases - a list of cases in the order that the dispatcher will try to execute them

Fields:

condition - an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

number_provider - an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type which is executed if the condition is fulfilled

default - an optional inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted

Changed MINECRAFT:CONDITIONAL_VALUE

Fields:

conditions - an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:predicate type

on_true - an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type which is executed if its condition is fulfilled

on_false - an optional inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted

Changed MINECRAFT:WEIGHTED_LIST

Fields:

distribution - a list of objects with the following fields

Fields:

data - an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

weight - a positive integer

Changed MINECRAFT:UNIFORM

The min and max fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:BINOMIAL

The n and p fields now accept an inline value or a namespaced ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Changed MINECRAFT:SUM

The summands field now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type

Recipes

Smoker and Blast Furnace Recipes

The recipes for Smokers and Blast Furnaces now use the same cooking time in their data definition as their Furnace counterparts.
The cooking time speedup is now done through the minecraft:cooking/speed_default Number Provider used by the furnace fuel components.

World Generation
Biomes

Removed the spawners, spawn_costs, and creature_spawn_probability fields
These values have been moved to the new Environment Attributes

Features

Removed feature types:

minecraft:nether_forest_vegetation

minecraft:twisting_vines

minecraft:weeping_vines

Noise Settings

The final_density field no longer has the beardifier Density Function implicitly added to the final result

The aquifers_enabled field has been replaced by an optional aquifers object:

If not present, no aquifers will be generated

Fields:

barrier - Density Function, moved from noise_router.barrier

fluid_level_floodedness - Density Function, moved from noise_router.fluid_level_floodedness

fluid_level_spread - Density Function, moved from noise_router.fluid_level_spread

lava - Density Function, moved from noise_router.lava

surface_level - Density Function, duplicated from noise_router.preliminary_surface_level

exclusion - Density Function, any aquifer cell where this value is positive will have no fluid

The ore_veins_enabled field has been replaced by an optional list of ore_veins objects:

If not present, no ore veins will be generated

Fields:

ore_block - Block State, the ore block to place

raw_ore_block - Block State, the raw ore block to place

filler_block - Block State, the filler block to place

raw_ore_chance - float between 0 and 1, the probability for a raw_ore_block to be placed instead of an ore_block

density - Density Function, the probability between 0 and 1 for the ore vein to replace a block

If 0 or lower, no block will be replaced

richness - Density Function, the probability between 0 and 1 for ore_block or raw_ore_block to be placed (as opposed to filler_block)

If 0 or lower, all blocks will be filler_block

If 1 or greater, no blocks will be filler_block

filler_gap - Density Function, acts as an override to richness: if positive, filler_block will always be placed

The following fields from noise_router have been moved:

barrier, fluid_level_floodedness, fluid_level_spread, lava - moved into aquifers field

vein_toggle, vein_ridged, vein_gap - moved into ore_veins field

Density Functions
Updated CONSTANT

argument has been renamed to value

Updated ADD , MUL , MIN , and MAX

argument1 has been renamed to left

argument2 has been renamed to right

Updated ABS , SQUARE , CUBE , HALF_NEGATIVE , QUARTER_NEGATIVE , SQUEEZE , INTERPOLATED , FLAT_CACHE , CACHE_2D , CACHE_ONCE , CACHE_ALL_IN_CELL , and BLEND_DENSITY Density Functions

argument has been renamed to input

Updated SHIFT_A , SHIFT_B , and SHIFT

argument has been renamed to noise

Added SUB

Performs subtraction between two arguments. Format: object with fields:

left - Density Function, the left-hand side of the operation

right - Density Function, the right-hand side of the operation

Added DIV

Performs division between two arguments. Format: object with fields:

left - Density Function, the left-hand side of the operation

right - Density Function, the right-hand side of the operation

Updated RECIPROCAL

Renamed from invert

Added NEGATE

Negates the input. Format: object with fields:

input - Density Function, the function to negate

Added LERP

Performs (unclamped) linear interpolation between two arguments based on an alpha. Format: object with fields:

alpha - Density Function, the interpolation factor (0 = first, 1 = second)

Any value outside of [0; 1] will extrapolate

first - Density Function, the value at alpha=0

second - Density Function, the value at alpha=1

Added FLOOR , ROUND , CEIL , and TRUNCATE

Rounds the input value to an integer multiple of a given function in a type-dependent direction:

floor : rounds towards negative infinity

round : rounds towards the nearest integer (ties round up)

ceil : rounds towards positive infinity

truncate : rounds towards 0

Format: object with fields:

input - Density Function, the input to round

multiple - Density Function, the output will be rounded to an integer multiple of this value

If not specified, defaults to constant 1 (i.e. rounding to integer)

Added BEARDIFIER

Outputs the structure bearding density. Generally summed together with the base terrain density to produce ground below, carve air around, or bury structures.

Format: no fields

Villager Trades

The given_item_modifiers field has been renamed to given_item_modifier

Note: unlike other fields of type minecraft:item_modifier this field does not support namespaced element or tag IDs

Tags
Block Tags

Added #cushion_uses_collision_shape - Blocks where Cushion placement raycasts against collision shape instead of interaction shape
Default entries: all blocks in #cauldrons, plus hopper and composter

Item Tags

Removed #brewing_fuel - the brewing_fuel item component is now used to identify brewing fuels

Resource Pack Version 92.0

Shaders & Post-process Effects

Added new shaders to support order-independent transparency:

core/oit_depth_bounds_cull.fsh

Updated core shaders to support order-independent transparency

Introduced new defines:

OIT_ALWAYS_WRITE_DEPTH - A boolean indicating that the OIT algorithm should always write depth for the executing pipeline during the depth bounds stage

New Core Shaders

core/integrate_depth.fsh was added and is used to integrate the "3d hud" and always-on-top gizmo depth buffers into the main depth buffer

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 4

MC-2157 - Particles emitted from dragon eggs when teleporting do not point in the correct direction

MC-46421 - You cannot use nether portals, end portals, and end gateways while in Spectator mode

MC-58061 - Endermen can teleport onto signs

MC-110989 - /spreadplayers considers signs to be a valid block to be spread onto

MC-116286 - /spreadplayers can spread entities on structure void

MC-121278 - Keybindings (e.g. Ctrl+A) are being mapped to the US keyboard layout even if you're using another layout

MC-133407 - Keybinds switch when upgrading to 1.13 if not using a QWERTY keyboard

MC-148541 - /spreadplayers can spread players to seagrass near the surface of the water

MC-212671 - Loot table tag entry with "expand": true does not apply functions

MC-252934 - Placing structures with item frames, paintings, or cushions logs Block-attached entity at invalid position: [BlockPosition]

MC-263708 - Keybinds menu renders Keypad keys the same as regular keys

MC-266429 - Holding shift on macOS causes hotbar scroll direction to reverse (mouse only)

MC-268521 - The game window doesn't have a minimal width and height

MC-269968 - Can't scroll while holding shift on macOS (except in the hotbar) (mouse only)

MC-299019 - Using a Bed while riding a rideable mob causes the player to sleep either on the ground, or on top of the mob

MC-303493 - The apply_impulse entity effect does not apply components of the impulse that would cause the affected entity to hit a solid block when used with a tick or location_changed advancement trigger

MC-303789 - Looking directly up with an apply_impulse enchantment entity effect will limit the impulse's effect on the X and Z axes to only apply on one of the two horizontal axes

MC-306619 - Cannot jump while sneaking while using a Chinese input method

MC-308127 - The "Friends Screen" key bind overrides debug hotkeys using the same key

MC-308222 - Worldgen heightmaps do not persist properly through chunk saving/loading

MC-308469 - Hitting the ender dragon's head hitbox no longer causes the ender dragon to take more damage

MC-308804 - The input method does not switch to the corresponding CJK mode in the Create New World screen

MC-309166 - Block breaking is delayed after hitting an entity in Survival/Adventure mode

MC-309394 - The game crashes when trying to render the item texture of a filled map in the world with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-309474 - Block displays do not display glass blocks when the "Improved Transparency" setting is enabled

MC-309475 - Shelf mushrooms held in the off hand are rotated incorrectly

MC-309506 - Blocks z-fight with the world border with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-309513 - The top texture of stripped poplar logs uses a different color from the middle of the top texture of poplar logs

MC-309521 - The texture of poplar hanging signs uses a recolored version of the texture of stripped pale oak instead of stripped poplar

MC-309522 - Translucent objects can be seen through glass block elements when the "Improved Transparency" option is enabled

MC-309524 - Drowned that are outside of water continue to aim their trident at players within 3 blocks of them

MC-309656 - Cushions can be placed on top of fire

MC-309659 - Cushions cannot be placed on the highest edge of a lectern

MC-309685 - Sleeping on the head part of a straw bed teleports the player to Y=-Infinity

MC-309686 - The game crashes when shooting some projectiles outside the vertical limits of the world

MC-309693 - The ender dragon appears to fly backwards until perching

MC-309695 - You can place cushions at any height inside cauldrons, composters, and hoppers

MC-309697 - The texture of the top half of poplar doors has a miscolored pixel on the hinge

MC-309703 - Breaking a cushion causes it to lose its custom name

MC-309707 - The texture of straw beds does not align with the texture of hay bales

MC-309718 - Mob positions permanently desync after tick sprinting

MC-309771 - The main target's depth buffer only contains the player's arm when fetched from post effects

MC-309790 - You can sleep while on a cushion

MC-309809 - Waxing a sign or a hanging sign doesn't play any sound

MC-309832 - Placed cushions do not respect the color tag in the entity_data component of the item used to place them

MC-309891 - The chat_restriction.disabled_by_launcher string lacks a period, unlike similar strings

MC-309893 - The gamerule.minecraft.fire_spread_radius_around_player.description string lacks a period, unlike similar strings

MC-309897 - The gui.report_to_server string is improperly capitalized

MC-309898 - The editGamerule.inGame.discardChanges.title string is improperly capitalized

MC-309901 - The structure_block.position.x string is improperly capitalized

MC-309902 - Some strings contain stray spaces adjacent to line breaks

MC-309903 - The "Isn't It Iron Pick" advancement name is missing a question mark

MC-309907 - The word "whoosh" is mispelled as "woosh" in the subtitles.block.bubble_column.upwards_inside string

MC-309908 - The subtitles.entity.copper_golem.no_item_get string is missing an article before the word "item"

MC-309911 - The words "blocks" and "seconds" in the commands.worldborder.set.grow string are always pluralized

MC-309914 - The commands.op.failed string has awkward and inconsistent adverb placement, unlike similar strings

MC-309915 - The commands.kick.owner.failed string is missing articles before the words "server" and "LAN"

MC-309916 - Some /stopwatch strings incorrectly capitalize the word "Stopwatch" mid-sentence, which is inconsistent with other commands

MC-309918 - The commands.perf.started string is missing a hyphen between the words "10" and "second" and an article before the word "10"

MC-309919 - The mco.errorMessage.6002 string is improperly capitalized

MC-309920 - The mco.configure.world.close.question.line1 string is improperly capitalized

MC-309921 - The mco.snapshot.subscription.info string uses the "to" preposition instead of "with"

MC-309922 - The advMode.trackOutput string is improperly capitalized

MC-309923 - The gamerule.minecraft.entity_drops.description string is improperly capitalized

MC-309924 - The argument.enum.invalid string surrounds the placeholder with double quotes instead of single quotes, unlike every other command

MC-309925 - The mount.onboard string is improperly capitalized

MC-309926 - The selectWorld.edit.backupSize string is improperly capitalized

MC-309927 - The gui.friends.error.unauthorized string lacks a period, unlike similar strings

MC-309928 - The multiplayer.confirm_command.signature_required string lacks a period

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 3

Minecraft releases a cozy snapshot with the new Cushion and Straw Bed, plus data-driven brewing recipes, custom post effects, and broader technical updates for creators and pack makers.
New Features

Added Cushion

Added Straw Bed

Added Gothic language support to the game

Cushion

The Cushion is an item that the player can place in the world and interact with to sit on

Can be crafted in 16 colored variants

Cushions are crafted using 3 Wool Slabs of the same color

Cushion Placement Rules

A Cushion can be placed on any flat surface

Cushions always align horizontally to the grid, but vertically sit on top of the supporting surface

Cushions cannot move

Cushions break if the supporting block is removed

Cushions do not have collision and can overlap with other objects (except other Cushions)

Straw Bed

The Straw Bed is a new type of Bed which can be used to sleep through the night without setting your spawnpoint

It can only be used once and will be destroyed after use

It cannot be used in the Nether or The End and will be destroyed if you try to sleep on it there

It is crafted using 3 Hay Bales and will give you 4 Straw Beds

There's a new statistic in the Statistics window for amount of times slept in a Straw Bed

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 110.0

The Resource Pack version is now 91.0

Data Pack Version 110.0

Commands

Added POSTEFFECT

Allows adding or removing "post effects" to players

These are postprocessing shaders that are applied to the player's screen, after the game has finished normal rendering

Post effects exist on the client (in resource packs), not the server – the server cannot know if one will actually apply

Post effects themselves were already part of the resource pack format, but only a few hardcoded ones were available to use

Developer's Note: This now makes custom shaders fully available to use from resource packs, but please be aware that shaders are still subject to be changed at-will, and the features involved (the command, post effects, or shaders) may be redesigned in the future.

Syntax:

/posteffect add - adds the post effect to the player, if it doesn't already exist

/posteffect clear - removes all post effects from the player, if any exist

/posteffect list - lists all post effects applied to the player, if any exist

/posteffect remove - removes the post effect from the player, if it exists

Changes to PLACE

The feature sub-command now allows in-line definition of the Feature

Environment Attributes

Changed MINECRAFT:GAMEPLAY/BED_RULE

Field explodes has been renamed to destroy_on_use

Added destroy_on_leave - optional boolean, if true, the Bed will be destroyed when leaving it

If omitted, defaults to false

Added MINECRAFT:GAMEPLAY/STRAW_BED_RULE

Same format as minecraft:gameplay/bed_rule, but used for the Straw Bed

Data Components

Updated MINECRAFT:BLOCK_TRANSFORMER

Added optional boolean field update_from_neighbors. This controls if the transformed block should update based on neighboring blocks

Defaults to true

Added MINECRAFT:COMPOSTABLE

Represents the ability to compost an item and how it adds layers to the composter

Format: object with fields

layers - namespaced ID pointing to an element of the minecraft:number_provider registry

Loot Tables

Multiple block loot tables now reference predicates for checking if a tool has Silk Touch and is Shears instead of inlining a copy of those checks

Predicates

Added vanilla predicates

New entries added to previously empty minecraft:predicate:

minecraft:tool/can_silk_touch

minecraft:tool/can_shear

Potion Predicates

The minecraft:potion_contents Data Component Predicate has been changed to allow matching on specific potion effects.
The previous predicate format used a list of potion types, the new format allows for more refined matching.
The following fields can be used in any combination, all are optional:

potions - A list of potion types or a potion tag to match

effects - A Collection Predicate of mob_effects predicates to match

The Collection Predicate format is as follows:

contains - A list of mob_effects predicates to match

count - A list of options for matching a specific number of mob effect predicates, which follow the same format as minecraft:effects entity sub-predicate`

test - The mob_effects predicate to match

count - The number of matches required, or with min and max will match a range of counts

size - Require the mob effects list to have a specific size, or with min and max will match a range of sizes

The mob_effects predicate format is a mapping of effect types to properties of that effect. All fields are optional, only provided fields will be used for matching:

{ "minecraft: <effect type>": { "duration": <integer bounds representing a duration in ticks>, "amplifier": <integer bounds>, "ambient: true/false, "visible": true/false } }

Here is an example of matching on several different effects and criteria:

"effects": { "minecraft:jump_boost": { "duration": 3600, "amplifier": 5, "ambient: true, "visible": true }, "minecraft:speed": { "duration": { "min": 360, "max": "3600 }, "amplifier: { "min": 2 } }, "minecraft:resistance": {} }

All criteria are optional.

Number Providers

Added a minecraft:number_provider registry

Added vanilla number providers

minecraft:compostable/low

returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 30% chance of returning 1

minecraft:compostable/low_medium

returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 50% chance of returning 1

minecraft:compostable/medium

returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 65% chance of returning 1

minecraft:compostable/medium_high

returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 85% chance of returning 1

minecraft:compostable/always_add_one

always returns 1

Added MINECRAFT:NUMBER_DISPATCHER type

Returns the first case which fulfills its condition or the default if none do

Fields:

cases - a list of cases in the order that the dispatcher will try to execute them

Fields:

condition - a minecraft:predicate

number_provider - a minecraft:number_provider which is executed if the condition is fulfilled

default - an optional minecraft:number_provider

Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted

Added MINECRAFT:CONDITIONAL_VALUE type

Returns the value from on_true if its condition or on_false if not

Fields:

conditions - a minecraft:predicate

on_true - a minecraft:number_provider which is executed if its condition is fulfilled

on_false - an optional minecraft:number_provider

Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted

Added MINECRAFT:WEIGHTED_LIST

Returns a value from a distribution of weighted number providers

Fields:

distribution - a list of objects with the following fields

Fields:

data - a minecraft:number_provider

weight - a positive integer

Recipes

Potion Brewing Recipes

Potion brewing recipes are now data-driven. New recipes can be added via datapacks, and vanilla recipes may be modified. Brewing recipes use the minecraft:brewing type.

The main contents are:

input - A potion ingredient with a required item field and an optional potion_contents field using a minecraft:potion_contents Data Component Predicate

reagent - A potion ingredient with a required item field and an optional potion_contents field using a minecraft:potion_contents Data Component Predicate

output - item stack, the resulting item

Here is an example of a vanilla recipe:

{ "type": "minecraft:brewing", "input": { "item": "minecraft:potion", "potion_contents": { "potion": "minecraft:water" } }, "output": { "components": { "minecraft:potion_contents": { "potion": "minecraft:awkward" } }, "id": "minecraft:potion" }, "reagent": { "item": "minecraft:nether_wart" } }

Any items may be used in any of the 3 slots, for example:

{ "type": "minecraft:brewing", "input": { "item": "minecraft:bucket" }, "output": { "id": "minecraft:sulfur_cube_bucket" }, "reagent": { "item": "minecraft:potent_sulfur" } }

World Generation

Features

Removed feature types:

minecraft:coral_mushroom

minecraft:kelp

minecraft:seagrass

minecraft:sea_pickle

Developer's Note: These feature types are no longer needed, since the features they previously hardcoded are now implemented with other, more configurable functionality.

Changed MINECRAFT:CORAL_CLAW and MINECRAFT:CORAL_TREE

Added field feature, a Placed Feature that is used to place at every desired block position

Placement Modifiers

Added MINECRAFT:CUBOID

Repeats a feature in a cuboid shape.

Added fields:

xz_size: Int provider between 1 and 16 representing the size of the cuboid along x and z axes

y_size: Int provider between 1 and 16 representing the size of the cuboid along the y axis

include_interior: Optional boolean (default true) for whether to place interior blocks of the cuboid

include_edges: Optional boolean (default true) for whether to place edge blocks of the cuboid

Setting this to false generates a somewhat "rounded" cuboid

Added MINECRAFT:RANDOM_CHANCE

Gates the feature being placed behind a random chance.

Format:

chance: Float value between 0 and 1 representing the chance that the feature gets placed

Block State Providers

Updated MINECRAFT:COPY_PROPERTIES_PROVIDER

Renamed field source_block_state_provider to source

Added MINECRAFT:RANDOM_BLOCK_PROVIDER

Returns the default block state for a randomly chosen block.

Format:

blocks: Block ID, list of Block IDs or hash-prefixed Block Tag, specifying the set of blocks to randomly pick from

Changed MINECRAFT:ROTATED_BLOCK_PROVIDER

Now works on any block with axis or facing properties.

Format:

Changed field state: Now a Block State Provider

Added field direction: Optional field describing the direction to set

If omitted, a random direction is chosen

Rule Tests

These are the predicates used by ore Features (targets[].target), and rule Structure Processors (rules[].input_predicate and rules[].location_predicate).

Added MINECRAFT:ANY_OF

This checks a list of Rule Tests for whether any of them returns true for the same block

Format: object with fields:

rules - list of Rule Tests, the rules to test the block against

Added MINECRAFT:NOT

This checks a Rule Test for whether it returns false for a given block

Format: object with fields:

rule - Rule Test, the rule to test the block against

Tags

Block Tags

Added #sculk_growth_inhibitors for blocks which keep Sculk from spreading when more than 2 are in the 8x2x8 area around it

Added #cats_can_sit_on - Blocks which Cats can randomly sit on

Added #cats_can_lie_on - Blocks which Cats can randomly lie on

Added #speeds_up_zombie_villager_curing for blocks which can increase Zombie Villager curing time if placed nearby

Added #villagers_can_sleep_on_bed - Bed blocks which Villagers can sleep on

Added #villager_babies_can_jump_on_bed - Bed blocks which Villager kids can jump on

Added #height_specific_ore_replaceables - contains all blocks which Ore Features will turn into Stone Ores if found above y-level 0 and into Deepslate Ores if found below y-level 8

Item Tags

#dowses_campfires has been renamed to #douses_campfires

Structure Tags

Added #abandoned_camp for all variants of Abandoned Camps

Resource Pack Version 91.0

Block Sprites

Added new Block textures:

block/straw_bed.png

block/straw_bed_particle.png

Sounds

Added new sound events:

block.straw_bed.break

block.straw_bed.break_leave

block.straw_bed.step

block.straw_bed.place

block.straw_bed.hit

block.straw_bed.fall

block.poplar_leaves.break

block.poplar_leaves.fall

block.poplar_leaves.place

block.poplar_leaves.step

block.poplar_leaves.hit

block.red_shrub.break

block.red_shrub.place

entity.cushion.break

entity.cushion.place

entity.cushion.get_up

entity.cushion.sit

Item Models

Added optional shade_direction_override to block model elements

Accepted values are cardinal directions (down, up, north, south, west, east)

When set, this overrides directional shading for the element regardless of face orientation

Removed shade from block model elements

Use shade_direction_override: "up" to get the previous shade: false behavior

Shaders & Post-process Effects

Always-on Post Effect Support

A resource pack can now define a minecraft:end_of_frame post effect

It will be applied before other post effects, including the ones enabled by the new posteffect command

This post effect is always on as long as the resource pack is loaded, and cannot be controlled by the posteffect command

As usual with resource pack resources, in case of multiple packs defining this effect, the one from the last resource pack in the list will apply

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 3

MC-51859 - The line spacing of text within all hover tooltips is larger between the first and second lines

MC-112580 - Structure blocks' GUI does not pause the game in singleplayer

MC-112744 - The Team NBT tag only exists for living entities

MC-174958 - /gamerule succeeds when the value is not changed

MC-175180 - The Silent NBT tag still doesn't make some entities fully silent

MC-224528 - Two splash texts use curly single quotes (’) instead of apostrophes (')

MC-229831 - Enchanting tables' GUI has three pixels in the top-right corner that shouldn't be there

MC-239401 - items/light.png never appears in-game; is pointlessly referenced by other game assets

MC-254353 - A packet to remove the score is always broadcast when a score is reset

MC-254661 - /schedule clear requires a namespace in its function argument

MC-256073 - Miscolored pixel in tab_inventory.png

MC-256096 - Some entities on a team can harm teammates that walk into them when friendly fire is disabled

MC-256097 - Some entities on a team can harm their teammates when they explode when friendly fire is disabled

MC-259583 - Brewing with a single bottle of dragon's breath does not return a glass bottle afterward

MC-267902 - The failure message of /random when the specified range is too large states an incorrect maximum for the range

MC-271297 - /fillbiome doesn't fail when no changes are made

MC-273327 - The #convertable_to_mud block tag misspells "convertible" as "convertable"

MC-275532 - The abbreviation "fps" is inconsistently capitalized across strings

MC-279185 - The "selectWorld.load_folder_access" string is missing an article before the word "folder"

MC-279819 - The mining speed factor of Mining Fatigue is inconsistent at level 3

MC-293615 - Tooltip formatting of "Items x number" is inconsistent across different types of items

MC-301804 - Test blocks' GUI does not pause the game in singleplayer

MC-305707 - /time reports success when no changes are made

MC-307616 - Typo in a log message in ActiveProfiler: "aprox"

MC-307618 - Typo in a log message in SoundEngine: "disapeared"

MC-307648 - "non-heap" is misspelled as "non-head" in the system details section of crash reports

MC-307660 - Typo in a log message in GameRenderer: "coudln't"

MC-307709 - The texture of upward facing sulfur spikes' merged tip has a single wrong pixel at the very top

MC-308460 - Some of the stems in wildflowers and pink petals render brighter

MC-308851 - The chat_restriction.disabled_by_profile.action string is improperly capitalized

MC-309021 - Poplar leaves' closed captions display as raw translation keys

MC-309024 - death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item displays as a raw translation key

MC-309033 - The campsite_flower_forest_1 abandoned camp structure has stripes of orange wool under it

MC-309034 - The tent_windswept_forest_8 abandoned camp structure contains a dropped stack of bone meal

MC-309054 - The item texture of poplar hanging signs is inconsistent with other hanging signs

MC-309058 - The tent_flower_forest_4 abandoned camp structure contains a dropped birch log

MC-309090 - Certain entities on shelf mushrooms make a sound every tick

MC-309122 - Abandoned camps can generate in areas of wooded badlands with no trees nor grass

MC-309155 - Shelf mushrooms and red shrubs do not have unique sounds, unlike in Bedrock Edition

MC-309208 - The poplar wood set is inconsistently placed in the Creative mode inventory

MC-309261 - Incorrect calculation in the poplar trunk placer

MC-309308 - Several abandoned camp structures contain persistent leaves

MC-309324 - Ores don't generate in blobs of andesite, diorite, or granite below Y=0

MC-309350 - Shelf mushrooms generated with fallen trees replace water

MC-309392 - The lighting on entities and block entities is not rendered correctly and appears too dark or too bright on certain sides

MC-309395 - The texture of the top halves of poplar doors is missing a pixel on the second hinge

MC-309397 - The game renderer corrupts when toggling off fullscreen or resizing the window with the Vulkan rendering backend

MC-309399 - The game output console logs "Ignoring chat session from due to missing Services public key” when loading into a world

MC-309400 - The glowing effect on entities stays in place when cleared

MC-309403 - Having an item with the block_transformer component with a rule_based_state_provider locks the player out of that world

MC-309408 - The item tag that controls which items can douse campfires is misspelled as #dowses_campfires

MC-309412 - Block items ignore the block_transformer component

MC-309420 - The random_neighbor_spread feature has a field misspelled as "xy_offset"

MC-309432 - Worlds render entirely magenta on macOS with the Vulkan rendering backend

MC-309433 - Drowned can consume or use certain items

MC-309435 - Drowned no longer chase after players correctly

MC-309441 - Projectiles lose their can_break ability after reloading the world

MC-309445 - The game renderer can corrupt when toggling fullscreen or opening an inventory with the OpenGL rendering backend

MC-309467 - Player reporting is unavailable

MC-309471 - Cannot see other players' skins

MC-309518 - Can't scrape oxidation or wax off of copper doors

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 2

Minecraft ships Snapshot 26.3 with a new order-independent transparency system to improve translucent rendering, plus mob behavior tweaks, gameplay adjustments, technical data pack and resource pack updates, and a long list of bug fixes.
Known Issues

When using Vulkan on Mac the world will not render, instead showing a pink screen

The lighting on entities is not correct, rendering e.g. the top side too dark

Changes

Persistent mobs' random walk/swim behaviors will now deactivate when players are not nearby, in the same way as non-persistent mobs

Replaced current "Improved Transparency" approach with a new order-independent transparency algorithm which is expected to be much better at solving translucency issues

When using a Shield together with a Hoe or a Shovel, raising the Shield will take precedence over tilling and pathmaking

Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities

Drowned with Tridents will now use a melee attack if the player is within 3 blocks of them

Order-independent transparency (OIT)

Generally, translucent surfaces need to be rendered back-to-front to avoid visual issues

In order to do so, the translucent geometry has to be sorted before rendering

This is very expensive and even with perfect sorting of individual triangles, intersecting triangles are not possible to render correctly

Before this snapshot, the "Improved Transparency" video setting attempted to mitigate translucency-related visual issues

It did this by rendering different types of translucent objects (entities, particles, water, etc.) to different textures that were later combined to create the final image

This allowed us to fix some of the issues with some performance impact

However, it introduced some other less noticeable issues

The "Improved Transparency" video setting will now instead enable a new order-independent transparency algorithm (which we will refer to as OIT)

This makes it possible to render translucent objects in any order without sorting

It fixes all existing major translucency-related visual issues (such as certain objects disappearing when viewed through translucent objects)

However, the algorithm is an approximation, and so it introduces some new minor visual artifacts (such as the color of clouds being somewhat incorrect when viewed through multiple layers of translucent surfaces)

We expect OIT to have a higher performance impact than the previous implementation of "Improved Transparency"

When "Improved Transparency" is turned off, the behavior hasn't meaningfully changed and the game will still prioritize performance over correctness while sorting geometry as necessary

Developer's Note: Special thanks to Rubén Osorio López, Jozufozu, and the Minecraft modding community in general for sharing the information that helped us to deliver this.

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 109.0

The Resource Pack version is now 90.0

The definition field from the blocks.json data generation report has been removed

Server Properties

The white-list property is now true by default

Data Pack Versions 109.0

Data Components

Added MINECRAFT:BLOCK_TRANSFORMER

This component allows items to transform a block into another block on player interaction

Format: list of objects with fields:

block_state_provider - Block State Provider, used to provide the state for the transformed block

If the Block State Provider returns no result (as by rule_based_state_provider, for example), the next rule in the list will be attempted

The set of Block State Providers are the same as the Block State Providers used in World Generation

sound - optional field, Sound Event to play on interaction, e.g. minecraft:item.axe.strip

If not present, defaults to play no Sound Event

particle - optional field, particles to play on interaction

If not present, defaults to none

none

scrape

wax_on

wax_off

disallowed_faces - optional field, list of Directions specifying which faces on the clicked Block that cannot be interacted with

If a disallowed face is interacted with, the next rule in the list will be attempted

If not present, defaults to an empty list

Values:

up

down

north

south

east

west

loot - optional Loot Table, the Loot Table to use for dropping items on a successful transformation, e.g. minecraft:till/rooted_dirt

If not present, defaults to using no Loot Table

drop_strategy - optional field, configures from where in the Block any loot should drop

If not present, defaults to from_middle

Values:

from_middle - from the middle of the Block

clicked_face - from the face interacted with

transform_type - optional field, configures how nearby blocks should be affected by the transformation

If not present, defaults to single_block

Values:

single_block - only affects the Block interacted with

copper_chest - if input and output blocks are both copper chests of any weathering state, waxed or unwaxed, this transformation will affect both sides of a double chest

consume_on_use - optional Boolean, determines if the item should be consumed or not

Only applies to stackable items

If not present, defaults to true

item_damage_per_use - optional Integer, determines how much damage the item takes with each use

Only applies to non-stackable items

If not present, defaults to 1

Loot Tables

Added till/rooted_dirt loot table for drops when Rooted Dirt is tilled with a hoe

World Generation

Cave Air is no longer generated in Nether caves

Features

Added MINECRAFT:COPY_PROPERTIES_PROVIDER Block State Provider

Copies common Block State properties from the Block at the evaluated position to the resulting state Format: object with fields:

block_state_provider: Block State Provider, provides the Block State which the copied properties are copied on top of

Only properties common between both the source and the target blocks will be copied

Changed MINECRAFT:STEPPED_COLUMN_CLUSTER Feature Type

Renamed from minecraft:basalt_columns. Now exposes more control over the feature functionality.

Format changes:

Added field block: Block state provider for which block to place

Added field can_replace: Block predicate for which blocks can be replaced by the column

Added field continue_through: Block predicate for which pre-existing blocks to accept as part of a column

Added field cannot_place_on: Block ID, list of block IDs or hash-prefixed block tag ID representing which blocks are avoided when starting placement

Renamed field reach to column_reach

Added field column_count: int provider (between 1 and 150) - the number of columns to generate

Added field cluster_reach: int provider (between 0 and 13) - the size of the square to attempt to generate columns in

The effective reach is also limited by height

Changed MINECRAFT:SINGLE_BLOCK_PILLAR Feature Type

Renamed from minecraft:basalt_pillar. Now exposes more control over the feature functionality.

Format changes:

Added field block: Block state provider for which block to place

Added field can_replace: Block predicate for which blocks to replace

Added field direction: Vertical direction of the pillar - one of up and down

Added field chance_to_continue: Optional probability between 0 and 1 (default: 1) that the pillar continues another block (assuming can_replace matches)

Added field cap_feature: Optional Placed Feature placed at the end of the pillar

Changed MINECRAFT:RANDOM_NEIGHBOR_SPREAD Feature Type

Renamed from minecraft:glowstone_blob. Now exposes more control over the feature. Places blocks randomly in an area starting at the origin, each block placing so it has exactly one accepted neighbor.

Format changes:

Added field block: Block state provider for which block to place

Added field accepted_neighbors: Block ID, list of Block IDs or hash-prefixed Block Tag for which blocks count as a valid neighbor

Added field can_replace: Block predicate for which blocks to replace

Added field attempts: Int provider between 1 and 3000 for how many placements attempts to make

Added field xz_offset: Int provider between -16 and 16 for what offsets to try along the x and z axes

Added field y_offset: Int provider between -16 and 16 for what offsets to try along the y axis

Added MINECRAFT:OVERLAY Feature Type

Places a set of features in the same location. Note that as opposed to the minecraft:sequence Feature Type, all features are placed regardless of individual placement success.

Format:

features: Placed Feature ID, non-empty list of Placed Feature IDs or hash-prefixed Placed Feature Tag for the features to place

Added MINECRAFT:PROJECTED_RANDOM_PATCHY_SQUARE Feature Type

Generates a square where each block is randomly placed or not placed with its probability based on the distance from the center of the square, with the center more likely to generate than the edges. Each placed block can be projected downwards if the appropriate conditions are met.

Format:

block: Block state provider for which block to place

project_through: Block Predicate for which blocks are considered "empty" and should be projected through

size: Int provider between 1 and 16 that determines the size of the square as measured from the center to the edge

max_projection_height: Non-negative integer representing the maximum change in y level from the original height to the placement height for a block in the square

Placement Modifiers

Changed MINECRAFT:OFFSET Placement Modifier

Renamed from random_offset.

Format:

Removed fields xz_spread and y_spread

Added fields x, y, z: Integer providers between -16 and 16 specifiying the axis-specific offset

Noise Settings

Spawn Target

The spawn_target field has been updated to allow use of any Density Function, instead of just a subset of those defined within the noise_router field.

The suitability of a candidate spawn position is determined by evaluating, in some arbitrary n-dimensional space, the squared Euclidean distance to a set of target hypercubes.

For example, one axis might be temperature and the second erosion - and suitability determined by distance to the square between temperature=0.1, erosion=0.2 and temperature=0.3, erosion=0.5. This would prefer any candidate spawn within those ranges equally, while penalizing candidate spawns very far out of that range.

Format: list of target hypercubes

Target format: map between Density Function ID and a range on that axis:

Range is specified as one of:

Float, an exact target value

Array of 2 floats, a range of target values in form [min, max]

An object with fields:

min - float, the minimum value of the target range

max - float, the maximum value of the target range

Block Predicates

Added MINECRAFT:HEIGHT_RANGE

Checks the height of the position against a given range.

Format:

min_inclusive: Vertical Anchor describing the minimum height required

max_inclusive: Vertical Anchor describing the maximum height required

Vertical Anchors

Added a new option for Vertical Anchors: relative_to_sea_level - specifies an offset to the sea level of the dimension

Carvers

The worldgen/configured_carver registry has been renamed to worldgen/carver

Updated MINECRAFT:CAVE Carver Type

All fields previously under the config field have been inlined to the top-level

Added count field - non-negative Int Provider, the number of Cave tunnels to create from a seed chunk

Renamed yScale to room_vertical_radius_multiplier

Added optional start_vertical_radius_multiplier field - Float Provider, acts as a multiplier for the vertical radius of the first segment in each tunnel

If not specified, defaults to 1.0

Added thickness field - non-negative Float Provider, acts as a multiplier for the radius of carved tunnels

Added optional weird_thickness_bias field - Boolean

If true, thickness will be multiplied by, with a 10% chance: random(0, 1) * random(0, 3) + 1

If not specified, defaults to false

Removed replaceable field, carvers will replace any block (excluding features)

Removed lava_level field, fluids are now always selected by the aquifer or sea_level configuration in the dimension

Removed debug_settings field

Updated MINECRAFT:CANYON Carver Type

All fields previously under the config field have been inlined to the top-level

Renamed and moved yScale to shape.y_scale

Removed replaceable field, carvers will replace any block (excluding features)

Removed lava_level field, fluids are now always selected by the aquifer or sea_level configuration in the dimension

Removed debug_settings field

Removed MINECRAFT:NETHER_CAVE Carver Type

Replaced by minecraft:cave Carver Type

Int Providers

Added MINECRAFT:VERY_BIASED_TO_BOTTOM Int Provider Type

Picks a random value in the provided range, with a quadratic bias towards the minimum value.

Format: object with fields:

min_inclusive - Integer, the minimum selected value (inclusive)

max_inclusive - Integer, the maximum selected value (inclusive)

Block Tags

Added #turns_into_dirt_path - contains all blocks that turn into Dirt Path blocks when a Shovel is used for pathmaking

Removed #overworld_carver_replaceables and #nether_carver_replaceables

Item Tags

Added #dowses_campfires - items that can dowse a lit Campfire block

Resource Pack Version 90.0

The texture of the Shelf Mushroom has been updated

Particles

Added new Particle textures:

shelf_mushroom_particle.png

Shaders & Post-process Effects

Developer's Note: Although it is possible in Resource Packs, overriding Core Shaders is considered as unsupported and not an intended Resource Pack feature. These shaders exist as part of the internal implementation of the game, and as such, may change at any time as the game's internals evolve. We understand that overriding Core Shaders is used for very cool Resource Pack features, many of which lack supported alternatives. We would like to provide better, supported alternatives in the future.

Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related Shader Changes

Added new shaders to support order-independent transparency:

core/oit_composite.fsh

include/oit.glsl

include/oit_add_transmittance.glsl

include/oit_common.glsl

include/oit_depth_bounds.glsl

include/oit_depth_sample.glsl

include/oit_sample.glsl

Extracted the texture sampling logic from core/terrain.fsh into include/texture_sampling.glsl

Renamed the following core shaders:

core/rendertype_clouds.vsh -> core/clouds.vsh

core/rendertype_clouds.fsh -> core/clouds.fsh

core/rendertype_world_border.vsh -> core/world_border.vsh

core/rendertype_world_border.fsh -> core/world_border.fsh

Updated core shaders to support order-independent transparency

Introduced new defines:

OIT - A boolean indicating if OIT is enabled

OIT_DEPTH_BOUNDS - A boolean indicating if the depth bounds pass is being executed

OIT_TRANSMITTANCE - A boolean indicating if the transmittance pass is being executed

OIT_ACCUMULATE - A boolean indicating if the accumulate pass is being executed

OIT_ALPHA_ONLY - A boolean indicating if either the depth bounds or transmittance pass is being executed

OIT_ADDITIVE - A boolean indicating that the OIT algorithm should emulate additive blending for the executing pipeline

OIT_OPAQUE_PARTS_THRESHOLD - A float determining above which alpha threshold a fragment should be considered solid and not go through OIT

WAVELET_RANK - An integer internal to the OIT algorithm

COEFF_COUNT - An integer internal to the OIT algorithm

COEFF_ATTACHMENT_COUNT - An integer internal to the OIT algorithm

B3D_IS_ZERO_TO_ONE - A boolean indicating if the current rendering backend uses the depth range of [0, 1], it is available globally to all shaders independently of the OIT setting

Affected shaders:

core/block.fsh

core/block.vsh

core/clouds.fsh

core/clouds.vsh

core/entity.fsh

core/entity.vsh

core/item.fsh

core/item.vsh

core/particle.fsh

core/position_color.fsh

core/rendertype_beacon_beam.fsh

core/rendertype_clouds.fsh

core/rendertype_crumbling.fsh

core/rendertype_entity_shadow.fsh

core/rendertype_lightning.fsh

core/rendertype_lines.fsh

core/rendertype_world_border.fsh

core/terrain.fsh

core/terrain.vsh

core/text.fsh

core/text_background.fsh

core/world_border.fsh

core/world_border.vsh

Removed the old transparency post chain:

post_effect/transparency.json

shaders/post/transparency.fsh

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 2

MC-161885 - Many transparent things do not render behind slimes

MC-161898 - Transparent particles make other particles invisible

MC-161926 - The block breaking animation is more transparent when mining ice or stained glass

MC-168653 - Mobs, particles, clouds, water and transparent blocks don't render behind the transparent parts of shulker bullets

MC-190203 - Transparent and specially rendered blocks, entities, clouds, water and particles don't render behind wind charges, and charged creeper, wither and breeze armor

MC-202197 - Entities' name tag background is rendered behind transparent things

MC-210584 - Semi-transparent textures on an item that doesn't have it by default doesn't render water behind it

MC-223559 - Transparent blocks, particles, and clouds are not rendered behind semi-transparent marker armor stands

MC-229405 - The inside of boats blocks the rendering of most translucent objects with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-252369 - Data packs can fail to load due to a feature cycle when one does not exist

MC-259812 - Block and item displays, beds, clouds, signs, shulker boxes, and semi-transparent blocks and entities don't render behind text displays

MC-265743 - Entities, block entities, clouds and semi-transparent blocks are always rendered in front of text displays with see_through enabled

MC-271069 - Item entities appear to fly towards the player when picked up by a dolphin that isn't being rendered

MC-275111 - Two animals in a boat look sideways instead of at the player when lured

MC-295678 - Translucent blocks above water flicker when crossing chunk borders

MC-296006 - Entities do not face the player correctly whilst in a boat

MC-298659 - Translucent blocks and some entities render above text displays with see_through enabled

MC-303626 - Block hitboxes, particles, semi-transparent blocks and non-block items render behind entity hitboxes with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-305422 - Players can sometimes get kicked due to a waypoint packet the client fails to handle

MC-306127 - Block outlines are no longer visible behind translucent items

MC-306156 - Breezes, slimes and players between translucent blocks or fluids appear behind them if "Improved Transparency" is enabled

MC-306231 - Boats are filled with water when viewed through translucent blocks with the "Improved Transparency" option enabled

MC-306318 - Translucent items render through the head of players with a translucent item equipped on their head with "Improved Transparency" enabled

MC-307285 - Translucent blocks don't render behind sulfur cubes

MC-307345 - The smoke particles produced by potent sulfur do not render behind stained glass

MC-307902 - Partially transparent blocks inside sulfur cubes don't render correctly

MC-308798 - Dolphins take much longer to pick up items

MC-309022 - Shelf mushrooms generate facing the wrong direction

MC-309027 - The success message of /teleport with coordinates specified reports that it affected 0 entities

MC-309043 - Carpets can no longer be crafted

MC-309056 - Poplar saplings are not destroyed by water

MC-309067 - Wool slabs and stairs cannot be used as fuel

MC-309075 - Using bone meal on a shelf mushroom a player is standing on causes them to pass through it

MC-309081 - Decorated pots and chorus flowers can be destroyed by projectiles in Adventure mode

MC-309082 - Wandering traders do not sell poplar logs

MC-309084 - Shelf mushrooms' model sticks out of the slot in the hotbar

MC-309105 - Wool stairs and slabs are not broken faster when using shears

MC-309117 - Grass in dappled forests and poplar leaves appear green on maps

MC-309123 - The block breaking particles of shelf mushrooms are not displayed correctly

MC-309133 - The front texture of poplar signs is inconsistent with the front textures of other signs

MC-309136 - The collision box of shelf mushrooms is too large

MC-309173 - The item model of shelf mushrooms displays the large shelf mushroom block model, even though the item places small ones

MC-309184 - Specifying multiple features of type no_op in a data pack prevents the world from loading

MC-309205 - Poplar saplings cannot be used as fuel

MC-309206 - Cobwebs are not destroyed by water

MC-309275 - The texture of the top halves of poplar doors has three miscolored pixels

MC-309302 - Poplar saplings are not in #sapling

MC-309330 - The item texture of poplar doors doesn't have any hinges unlike the item textures of other doors

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 1

Minecraft releases a testing snapshot with the new Dappled Forest biome, Poplar trees, Shelf Mushrooms, Red Shrubs, Abandoned Camps, and wool stairs and slabs. It also expands commands, data packs, resource packs, and technical systems.
New Features

Added Dappled Forest Biome

Added Poplar trees

Added fallen Poplar trees

Added Red Poplar Leaves, Orange Poplar Leaves and Yellow Poplar Leaves blocks

Added Poplar wood set

Added Shelf Mushroom

Added Red Shrub

Added Abandoned Camp structures

Added Wool stairs and Wool slabs for all Wool blocks

Dappled Forest Biome

A new type of forest biome which can be found near cold biomes

Poplar Trees and fallen Poplar Trees generate here

Shelf Mushrooms can be found here, placed on Poplar Trees and fallen Poplar Trees

Red Shrub generates here

The following passive and neutral mobs spawn in the Dappled Forest, using their cold variants where applicable:

Sheep

Chicken

Cow

Pig

Rabbit

Fox

A Dappled Forest variant of the new Abandoned Camp structure can be found here

Poplar Trees

A new type of tree which comes in three color variations:

Red Poplar Leaves

Orange Poplar Leaves

Yellow Poplar Leaves

Each variant of the tree has its own variant of falling leaf particles matching the color of the leaves

Poplar Leaves drop Poplar Saplings which will randomly grow into any of the three different variants

Poplar Saplings can be found in trades with the Wandering Trader

Shelf Mushrooms and Leaf Litter naturally generate on or around Poplar Trees

The trunk of the trees are made of Poplar Logs

Poplar Logs can be crafted into a new set of Poplar wood blocks

Shelf Mushroom

A new type of mushroom that generates on Poplar Trees and fallen Poplar Trees

Can be found in two sizes, small and large

A small Shelf Mushroom can be grown into a large Shelf Mushroom using Bone Meal

A large Shelf Mushroom drops two Shelf Mushroom items when broken

Can be used like other mushrooms to make Stews

Can be found in trades with the Wandering Trader

Shelf Mushrooms have a slight bounciness when stepped on, similar to Beds

Shelf Mushroom makes a bouncing sound when a living entity bounces on it

Red Shrub

A new type of decorative plant block that can be found in small patches in the Dappled Forest

Can be used in the Composter

Using Bone Meal on a Red Shrub grows a Red Shrub in a random adjacent space if possible

Abandoned Camp Structure

A new kind of structure which can be found in the following biomes:

Meadow

Cherry Grove

Forest

Birch Forest

Old Growth Birch Forest

Flower Forest

Windswept Forest

Dappled Forest

Taiga

Snowy Taiga

Old Growth Spruce Taiga

Old Growth Pine Taiga

Sparse Jungle

Bamboo Jungle

Swamp

Savanna

Wooded Badlands

Pale Garden

Each of these biomes has its own variant of the structure with design based on that biome

Certain structure pieces are generic for all biome variants of the structure

Various Chests and Barrels with loot can be found at Abandoned Camps

Wool Stairs and Wool Slabs

Each colored Wool block now has a new stair and slab variant

Wool Stairs and Wool Slabs can be used like other Wool blocks to dampen vibrations

Changes

Removed fallen leaves particles from Spruce Trees

Suspicous Stews can now be crafted with 2 of any mushroom

Mushroom Stew can now be crafted with 2 of any mushroom

Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities

Sherds dropped from breaking a Decorated Pot will now preserve data, for example custom name

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 108.0

The Resource Pack version is now 89.0

Some log lines that server software might look out for have been removed

The Minecraft Server Management Protocol can be used instead

If you are missing access to specific events, please create a feature request on the Feedback site

Minecraft Server Management Protocol 3.1.0

Added notifications indicating when the server performs a full world upgrade on startup

minecraft:notification/world/upgrade_started

minecraft:notification/world/upgrade_progress

minecraft:notification/world/upgrade_finished

minecraft:notification/world/upgrade_failed

Data Pack Version 108.0

Commands like
/give
, /unpublish, and /tick should now properly signal errors

Pottery sherds are now data-driven

Entries stored in minecraft:pot_decorations component and minecraft:decorated_pot block entity are now full item stacks

Commands

Changes to GIVE

When the amount of items passed to the give command is above limit, the command will now signal an error instead of just printing an error message and returning 0

Changes to TELLRAW

The nbt component in a raw chat message will only be resolved up to 64k times

Changes to TICK

The following subcommands will now signal an error instead of just printing an error message and returning 0:

tick step

tick step stop

tick sprint stop

Changes to TEAM

The result of team join and team leave subcommands now reflects the exact count of entities that have joined or left (i.e. excluding entities for which teams have not changed)

Changes to ITEM

Now takes a slot source as argument in place of anywhere a slot was previously used

It will be evaluated with the minecraft:command_slot_source loot type

Can be a slot source in either inline or reference form

Can be a slot source targeting multiple slots

The replace sub-command has new semantics:

One by one in the order they are provided by the slot source, the contents of each destination slot are replaced with the corresponding source item

When there are more destination slots than there are source items, the remaining slots are ignored

Example:
replace [12345] with (ABC) -> [ABC45]

When there are fewer destination slots than there are source items, the remaining items are ignored

Example:
replace [123] with (ABCDE) -> [ABC]

String notation slot ranges in the form or . are still permitted

Can be a single slot, such as armor.chest

Can be multiple slots, such as container.*

Acts as shorthand for a minecraft:slot_range slot source using that slot range

Example:
hotbar.4 is the same as {type:"minecraft:slot_range",slots:"hotbar.4"}

The entity argument in the from entity item source can now be a selector targeting multiple entities

When more than a single entity is targeted, the slots sourced from each are concatenated

Added new fill and override sub-commands, each with syntax identical to /item replace

/item fill

Fills each destination slot with a source item

When there are more destination slots than there are source items, the items repeat until every slot is filled

Example:
fill [12345] with (ABC) -> [ABCAB]

/item override

Overrides the contents of each destination slot with the corresponding source item

When there are more destination slots than there are source items, the remaining slots are cleared

Example:
override [12345] with (ABC) -> [ABC__] (where _ represents an empty slot)

Changes to EXECUTE

Added new slots condition sub-command

Counts the number of slots from the slot source that are present on the targeted block or entity

The slot source will be evaluated with the minecraft:command_slot_source loot type

Syntax:

/execute if|unless slots block

/execute if|unless slots entity

The items condition sub-command now takes a slot source as argument instead of a slot

The slot source will be evaluated with the minecraft:command_slot_source loot type

Syntax:

/execute if|unless items block

/execute if|unless items entity

Data Components

Added MINECRAFT:PROVIDES_POTTERY_PATTERN

Describes the pottery pattern stored on a stack

Format:

namespaced ID pointing to an element of minecraft:decorated_pot_pattern registry

Updated MINECRAFT:POT_DECORATIONS

Instead of taking a list of 4 item IDs, this component now takes an object with 4 optional item stack fields named:

back

left

right

front

Updated MINECRAFT:TRIM_MATERIAL

The format of inline material definitions has been updated as described below

Trim Materials

The format of elements in the trim_material registry has been updated:

asset_name has been replaced with palette - Palette Texture ID to be used for this material

override_armor_assets has been removed, overrides are now defined in the Resource Pack Equipment Asset

See the Resource Pack section for details about Palette Texture IDs

Instruments

The format of elements in the instrument registry have been updated:

Added durability_damage field - optional non-negative integer, amount of durability to consume on each use

Updated use_duration field - can now be 0 for no cooldown

Block Entity Data

MINECRAFT:DECORATED_POT

Field sherds no longer stores a list of 4 item IDs. Instead, the new format is an object with 4 optional item stack fields named:

back

left

right

front

Slot Sources

Slot sources can now be defined as files inside a Data Pack, within the slot_source folder

Can be used in commands which take slot sources as arguments

Can be used in inline slot sources using the minecraft:reference type

minecraft:contents is no longer restricted to only selecting non-empty slots

Added MINECRAFT:REFERENCE

Uses the referenced slot source

Fields:

name - the namespaced id of the slot source

Changed MINECRAFT:SLOT_RANGE

The source field has a new valid type container, which sources slots from a container or inventory provided through loot context

The source field is now optional

Defaults to the container source type when absent

Loot Functions

Added minecraft:command_slot_source loot table type

Currently used to evaluate slot sources with the /item and /execute commands

It takes the following parameters:

container, the container or inventory being evaluated

origin, the position at which the command was executed

this_entity, the @s entity of the command being executed (optional)

World Generation

Features

The worldgen/configured_feature registry has moved to worldgen/feature and configuration is now done inline in the root object rather than separated into a config field

Added MINECRAFT:END_PODIUM Feature Type

Places the End Podium

Two feature instances are now used to place the podium from in-game events:

end_podium_active

end_podium_inactive

Fields:

active: boolean field controlling if the portal is active

MINECRAFT:TREE Feature Type

Added shelf_mushroom Tree Decorator Type

Places Shelf Mushrooms on logs with the specified probability

Format: object with fields:

probability - float (between 0 and 1), the probability that any Shelf Mushrooms will be placed for a given feature

Added poplar_foliage_placer Foliage Placer type

Places Leaves blocks for Poplar trees in a rhombus shape in one of two possible directions

Format: object with fields:

height - int provider (between 5 and 16), the height of the foliage

side_hole_chance - float (between 0.0 and 1.0), the chance for blocks to be randomly removed at the edge of the foliage

Added poplar_trunk_placer Trunk Placer type

Places Log blocks for Poplar trees in a straight shape with branches by the start of the foliage

Format:

trunk_height_above_branches - int provider (between 0 and 8), the height of the trunk above the branches

branch_amount - int provider (between 1 and 4), the amount of branches to create by the foliage

Noise Settings

The surface_rule field has been renamed to material_rule

Format: inline Material Rule or Material Rule ID reference

Material Rule Registry

A new data-driven registry has been introduced, loaded from data//worldgen/material_rule/.json.
Elements in this registry define a pipeline for selecting what base block to place in the world at a given position.
The format is identical to that which was formerly written in the surface_rule field within Noise Settings files, with the following extensions:

Material Rules can now be specified either inline (as previously), or as an ID reference to an element in the worldgen/material_rule registry

Material Conditions can also now be specified as an ID reference to an element in the worldgen/material_condition registry

Material Condition Registry

A new data-driven registry has been introduced, loaded from data//worldgen/material_condition/.json.
Elements in this registry define a condition that can be referenced within a Material Rule pipeline (e.g. testing biome or surface depth).
The format is identical to that which was formerly written within the condition Material Rule type, with the following extension:

Material Conditions can also now be specified as an ID reference to an element in the worldgen/material_condition registry

Structure Placements

Added MINECRAFT:DIMENSION_ORIGIN

New structure placement that places a single instance of the structure at the dimension origin

The dimension origin is defined as the spawn_target for noise settings based dimensions, otherwise Chunk (0, 0)

No additional fields

Rule Tests

These are the predicates used by ore Features (targets[].target), and rule Structure Processors (rules[].input_predicate and rules[].location_predicate).

Added Rule Test Type MINECRAFT:HEIGHT_MATCH

This checks the y-level of a block, returning true only if it's higher than or equal to min_inclusive and lower than or equal to max_inclusive

Format: object with fields:

min_inclusive - int, the minimum y value of allowed blocks (inclusive)

max_inclusive - int, the maximum y value of allowed blocks (inclusive)

Added Rule Test Type MINECRAFT:ALL_OF

This checks a list of Rule Tests for whether all of them return true for the same block

Format: object with fields:

rules - list of Rule Tests, the rules to test the block against

Tags

Block Tags

Added #poplar_logs - All Poplar log blocks

Added #wool_stairs - All Wool Stairs blocks

Added #wool_slabs - All Wool Slabs blocks

Added #wool_stairs and #wool_slabs to #dampens_vibrations

Added #ores - collection tag containing all types of ores

Added #skulls - collection tag containing all head and skull blocks

Added #blocks_motion - collection tag containing all blocks that are considered to block motion in some way

Added #blocks_motion_no_leaves - collection tag containing all blocks that are considered to block motion in some way, but excluding leaf blocks

Added #entities_can_teleport_to - contains all blocks that entities are allowed to teleport to

Added #blocks_dolphin_jump - contains all blocks that Dolphins cannot move through when jumping out of water

Added #ice_melts_when_destroyed_above - contains all blocks that causes ice to melt into water if the ice is destroyed when placed above them

Added #blocks_motion_in_heightmap - contains all blocks that are taken into account for the motion_blocking heightmap

Added #blocks_motion_in_heightmap_no_leaves - contains all blocks that are taken into account for the motion_blocking_no_leaves heightmap

Added #blocks_lava_fire_spread - contains all blocks that block the creation of fire by lava

Added #blocks_fluid_flow - contains all blocks that block fluid flow

Added #washed_away_by_fluids - contains all blocks that break when a fluid flows through them

Added #required_for_poplar_leaf_ambience - Blocks which can satisfy requirement for Poplar leaves to make ambient sound

Item Tags

Added #poplar_logs - All Poplar log items

Added #wool_stairs - All Wool Stairs items

Added #wool_slabs - All Wool Slabs items

Added #mushrooms - All Mushroom items

Added #ores - collection tag containing all types of ores

Biome Tags

Added tags for biomes which will generate the respective Abandoned Camp variant:

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_bamboo_jungle

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_birch_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_cherry_grove

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_dappled_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_flower_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_meadow

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_old_growth_birch_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_old_growth_pine_taiga

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_old_growth_spruce_taiga

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_savanna

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_pale_garden

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_snowy_taiga

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_sparse_jungle

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_swamp

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_taiga

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_windswept_forest

#has_structure/abandoned_camp_wooded_badlands

Entity Tags

Added #cannot_be_dismounted_by_item_usage - contains all entities which cannot be dismounted by items

Added #no_wolf_retaliation for all damage types that should not cause tamed wolves to attack their source in order to defend their owner

Particles

Added MINECRAFT:RED_POPLAR_LEAVES

Falls from Red Poplar Leaves blocks

Has no fields

Added MINECRAFT:ORANGE_POPLAR_LEAVES

Falls from Orange Poplar Leaves blocks

Has no fields

Added MINECRAFT:YELLOW_POPLAR_LEAVES

Falls from Yellow Poplar Leaves blocks

Has no fields

Resource Pack Version 89.0

Palette Textures

All armor trim palette textures have been moved from textures/trim/color_palettes/ to textures/palettes/trim/

The base armor trim palette texture has instead been moved to textures/palettes/trim_base.png

Entity armor trim material textures are no longer generated into the minecraft:trims atlas with paletted_permutations, but rather generated on-demand

The base palette id is now specified in a new palette mcmeta section field

This section has a single field:

base_palette - the base Palette Texture ID to remap from

Item armor trim material textures are still generated with paletted_permutations as before

PALETTED_PERMUTATIONS Sprite Source

Palette Texture locations in the palette_key and permutations fields have been replaced by Palette Texture IDs - i.e. : now resolves to :textures/palettes/.png

Equipment Assets

A new optional trim_palette_replacements field controls which trim material palettes should be replaced for this equipment asset (formerly controlled by override_armor_assets in the trim material)

Format: map from original Palette ID to a replacement Palette ID

Block Sprites

Added new Block textures:

block/orange_poplar_leaves.png

block/red_poplar_leaves.png

block/yellow_poplar_leaves.png

block/poplar_door_bottom.png

block/poplar_door_top.png

block/poplar_log_top.png

block/poplar_log.png

block/poplar_planks.png

block/poplar_trapdoor.png

block/stripped_poplar_log.png

block/stripped_poplar_log_top.png

block/poplar_log.png

block/shelf_mushroom_stage0.png

block/shelf_mushroom_stage1.png

block/poplar_hanging_sign.png

block/poplar_sign.png

block/poplar_sapling.png

block/poplar_shelf.png

block/red_shrub.png

Item Sprites

Added new Item textures:

item/poplar_door.png

item/poplar_hanging_sign.png

item/poplar_sign.png

item/poplar_boat.png

item/poplar_chest_boat.png

UI Sprites

Added new UI textures:

gui/hanging_signs/poplar.png

gui/signs/poplar.png

Entity Textures

Added new Entity textures:

entity/boat/poplar.png

entity/chest_boat/poplar.png

Sounds

Added new sound events:

block.shelf_mushroom.break

block.shelf_mushroom.fall

block.shelf_mushroom.place

block.shelf_mushroom.step

block.shelf_mushroom.bounce

block.poplar_leaves.ambient

Particles

Added new Particle textures:

orange_poplar_1.png

orange_poplar_2.png

orange_poplar_3.png

orange_poplar_4.png

red_poplar_1.png

red_poplar_2.png

red_poplar_3.png

red_poplar_4.png

yellow_poplar_1.png

yellow_poplar_2.png

yellow_poplar_3.png

yellow_poplar_4.png

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 1

MC-4 - Item drops sometimes appear at the wrong location

MC-73162 - Breaking an entity that instantly breaks sometimes destroys the block behind it in Creative mode

MC-91006 - Some entities lose their name when placed/broken

MC-102732 - Arrows can visually bounce off of entities that don't wear a shield

MC-113006 - Items reeled in with fishing rods do not move smoothly but appear to teleport

MC-122717 - Command success messages for some commands include unaffected entities, unlike the command result

MC-151857 - The success message of /give when affecting multiple players uses the wrong string

MC-162159 - Riding boats above bubble columns causes players to teleport up 2 blocks

MC-168446 - Single dark oak and pale oak saplings accept bone meal despite not being able to grow

MC-206356 - The motion of falling block entities is visually slow

MC-222818 - You can ignite TNT in Adventure mode

MC-223321 - You can destroy turtle eggs by standing or jumping on them in spawn protection

MC-223323 - You can trample farmland in spawn protection

MC-264003 - Boats carrying players sometimes stop abruptly when sliding along ice

MC-265584 - TNT dispensed in bubble columns with soul sand right under visually moves through blocks above

MC-276692 - Lingering potions which land on the target's head do not grant their effects to the target

MC-279395 - Trees can generate floating over ruined portals

MC-295756 - Pistons desync on the client-side, causing players to be moved differently compared to other entities

MC-297741 - Gravity-affected blocks in upwards bubble columns can clip through solid blocks above them (on the client)

MC-298431 - Boats are launched by slime blocks inconsistently

MC-298762 - Phantoms deflect arrows shot from bows/crossbows

MC-302221 - Moving entities deflect arrows

MC-304594 - Spears can dismount interaction entities from their vehicles

MC-305535 - Elytra are activated after only single tapping the "Jump" key when the player is in lava

MC-307625 - The glowing effect is not visible on block displays displaying end portals or end gateways

MC-307890 - Some textures of geyser plume particles use the wrong color in some spots

MC-307933 - Deepslate ores can generate on the surface by replacing tuff around sulfur springs

MC-308008 - The success message of /tag reports that it affected more entities than it did

MC-308009 - The success message of /scoreboard players enable reports that it affected more players than it did

MC-308011 - The success message of /recipe reports that it affected more players than it did

MC-308012 - The success message of /enchant reports that it affected more entities than it did

MC-308013 - The success message of /effect reports that it affected more entities than it did

MC-308254 - Dying to a sulfur cube with a magma block doesn't increment the player's killed_by:sulfur_cube statistic

MC-308314 - Custom player heads do not render their texture properly when inside a sulfur cube

MC-308405 - /unpublish succeeds when the game is not published despite the failure message

MC-308490 - The "regular" sulfur cube archetype produces stone sounds, despite no longer using stone blocks

MC-308789 - Pointed dripstone and sulfur spikes can be destroyed by tridents in Adventure mode

MC-308809 - Full-width spaces take up more space on signs now

MC-308830 - Placing beds to replace tall grass doesn't break the other half

MC-308836 - Obfuscated text no longer keeps a consistent width

MC-308849 - Creakings can take knockback

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Minecraft

Chaos Cubed is here

Minecraft releases the Chaos Cubed game drop, adding sulfur cubes with block-driven behaviors, a new sulfur cave biome, geysers, sulfur pools, sulfur spikes, and vibrant cinnabar and sulfur blocks for building and crafting.

Play Minecraft’s most chaotic game drop today!

Can you hear that? It almost sounds like the distant rumble of chaos bouncing, sliding, and exploding its way into Minecraft?

That’s right, the Chaos Cubed game drop is out TODAY in Minecraft – bringing with it chaos in the form of sulfur cubes, a dizzying cave biome to explore, colorful blocks to build with, and more!

Chaos in cube form

The sulfur cube isn’t just a mob – it’s a source of endless experimentation and possibility!

That’s because the sulfur cube’s physical properties will change depending on what sort of block it has absorbed. Different blocks will change the sulfur cube’s speed, its bounciness, and its overall chaos levels, so there’s a perfect cube combo for every situation — and countless more waiting to be discovered. We’ll show you three to get started, but the rest are yours to uncover!

Got a need for speed? Give a sulfur cube a wood block! When a sulfur cube absorbs an organic block (like cherry wood) it becomes really bouncy – and really fast! Perfect if you’re trying to win against your friends in Minecraft golf. Not so great if you’re trying to win a game of creeper dodgeball, in which case you might want to employ a different sulfur cube combination: the magma sulfur cube!

If you’re the sort of player that perpetually exists with just half a heart of health – beware the magma sulfur cube! Not quite as fast as the cherry wood sulfur cube, nor as bouncy – but the danger levels with the magma sulfur cube are definitely higher – especially if you haven’t recovered your hearts in a while. This cube is perfect for a game of hot potato (hot magma cube? Hmm, it doesn’t quite have the same ring to it) with friends, or a friendly neighbourhood Enderman!

Actually, if you’re locking eyes with an Enderman you might want to engage in ultimate chaos, which brings us to…

Is it a mob, or a weapon? Well, a bit like Minecraft’s iconic creeper – a sulfur cube that has absorbed TNT can be both! Like regular TNT you’ll still have to ignite it with a fire source, but unlike regular TNT the sulfur cube can still move with TNT absorbed! I wouldn’t call it a precision mob though, so exercise caution!

Chaos in caves

That’s not the only source of chaos coming in this drop either. Geysers can send players (and mobs) skywards on a plume of water – and while sulfur pools look relaxing, those bubbling waters will actually leave you with a spot of the Nausea effect thanks to the potent sulfur blocks.

Oh, and while you’re exploring the sulfur caves, watch out for sulfur spikes! These form on cave ceilings and floors like stalactites and stalagmites, and they can also fall randomly from the sky, and cause damage! Ooooh, chaotic.

Chaos with blocks

If you think you’ll escape the chaos by just focussing on the colorful blocks coming with this drop, then THINK AGAIN.

With vibrant red cinnabar and gloriously yellow sulfur blocks each coming with their own block set, you can indulge in a little creative chaos and paint your Overworld in new shades of red and yellow! Cobble them, craft with them, turn them into stairs or bricks – the choice is yours.

Chaos Cubed is out now in Minecraft. Play today!
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Minecraft

Minecraft Java Edition 26.2

Minecraft releases Chaos Cubed in Java Edition, adding the Sulfur Cube, Sulfur Caves, new sulfur and cinnabar building blocks, a Friends List, experimental Vulkan support, new music, language updates, and broad gameplay and technical improvements with many bug fixes.

Minecraft Java 26.2 Released

Chaos Cubed has landed in Minecraft Java Edition! Explore a striking cave biome filled with bubbling sulfur pools, build with sulfur and cinnabar, and discover the sulfur cube's curious appetite for blocks! From bouncing and sliding to explosive surprises, this unpredictable mob unlocks exciting new ways to build, compete, and survive. Play Chaos Cubed today in Minecraft!

Happy mining!

New Features

■ Added the Sulfur Cube mob
■ Added the Sulfur Caves biome
■ Added the Cinnabar and Sulfur block sets
■ Added the Sulfur Spike and Potent Sulfur block
■ Added a new Music Disc with the track "Bounce" by fingerspit
■ Added 5 new music tracks by fingerspit
■ Added the Friends List
■ Added new settings for Friends List in Online Options
■ Added experimental support for rendering the game through Vulkan
■ Added new option "Graphics API" in Video Settings
■ Added Swiss French, Chuvash, Gallo, Uzbek, and Võro language support to the game

Sulfur Cube

■ Added the Sulfur Cube mob
■ Spawns in the new Sulfur Caves biome
■ When a Player interacts with it while holding a block:
■ The Sulfur Cube absorbs the block
■ Its AI is disabled
■ While a block is absorbed:
■ The Sulfur Cube becomes a physical object:
■ It does not take fall or Player damage
■ Players can punch and push it
■ It assumes one of the archetypes (listed below), changing its physical properties to match the absorbed block
■ The Player can interact with it using Shears:
■ This removes the absorbed block
■ The Sulfur Cube's AI is re-enabled
■ The Sulfur Cube will follow a Player holding a block it can absorb
■ The Sulfur Cube can look for nearby block items and move towards them to absorb them
■ When killed, the Sulfur Cube splits into two smaller Sulfur Cubes
■ Small Sulfur Cubes can be fed Slime Balls to grow into large Sulfur Cubes
■ A large Sulfur Cube can be picked up using an empty Bucket
■ Sulfur Cubes cannot enter Boats, but can ride Minecarts
■ Dispensers can:
■ Insert and swap blocks inside a Sulfur Cube
■ Use Shears to remove the held block
■ Spawn a Sulfur Cube from a Bucket of Sulfur Cube
■ Pufferfish are not scared by Sulfur Cubes

Sulfur Cube Archetypes

■ Each archetype is characterized by the speed of the Sulfur Cube when hit, how bouncy it is when colliding with blocks and collidable entities, as well as its ground friction, air drag, and if it floats in liquids
■ There are the following archetypes:
■ Regular: medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction, and low air drag
■ It is buoyant
■ Used when absorbing loose mineral and soil blocks
■ Bouncy: fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction, and low air drag
■ It is buoyant
■ Used when absorbing wooden blocks
■ Slow Bouncy: slow speed, high bounciness, medium friction, and medium air drag
■ Used when absorbing stone-like blocks
■ Slow Flat: slow speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction, and medium air drag
■ Used when absorbing metal blocks
■ Fast Flat: fast speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction, and low air drag
■ Used when absorbing organic blocks
■ Light: slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction, and high air drag
■ It is buoyant
■ Used when absorbing wool blocks
■ Fast Sliding: fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction, and low air drag
■ Used when absorbing icy blocks
■ Slow Sliding: slow speed, no bounciness, low ground friction, and low air drag
■ Used when absorbing shroom blocks
■ There are also the following special archetypes:
■ High Resistance: very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction
■ Used when absorbing Soul Sand and Soul Soil
■ Sticky: same properties as the Fast Flat archetype, but sticks with extremely high ground friction and no bounce to simulate stickiness
■ Used when absorbing a Honeycomb Block
■ Explosive: similar properties to the Regular archetype with a slightly higher air drag
■ Used when absorbing a TNT block
■ Absorbed TNT can be primed by Redstone, fire sources (including a Dispenser with a Flint and Steel), or nearby explosions
■ When primed by fire or Redstone, absorbed TNT uses a fuse time of 6 seconds
■ When primed by an explosion, absorbed TNT uses a randomized fuse time between 0.75 and 3 seconds
■ Sulfur Cubes with an absorbed, primed TNT block cannot be picked up with a Bucket
■ Absorbed, primed TNT blocks cannot be sheared out
■ On explosion, no small Sulfur Cubes are spawned
■ Hot: same properties as the Regular archetype, but damages entities on contact
■ Used when absorbing a Magma Block

Sulfur Caves Biome

■ Added Sulfur Caves biome
■ Generates naturally underground
■ The Sulfur Caves biome has bands of Sulfur and Cinnabar
■ Spawns the new Sulfur Cube mob as well as Cave Spiders
■ Generates with Sulfur Pools which contain Potent Sulfur

Sulfur Spring

■ Is a new feature which generates naturally above the Sulfur Caves biome
■ Consists of Sulfur, Potent Sulfur, and Magma Blocks
■ Sulfur Springs come in 4 different size variants:
■ Small
■ Medium
■ Large
■ Extra Large

Cinnabar and Sulfur Block Sets

■ Added Cinnabar and Sulfur stone block sets
■ Each of them has Polished and Bricks variants
■ Each variant has its Slabs, Stairs and Walls blocks
■ Added Chiseled Cinnabar and Chiseled Sulfur blocks

Potent Sulfur

■ Is a new block that generates naturally in Water Pools inside the Sulfur Caves biome
■ Produces bubbles which rise up to 4 Water source blocks above it
■ When placed underneath up to 4 Water source blocks, it generates a cloud of nausea-causing gas on the water surface
■ This cloud spreads across adjacent water with a maximum radius of 3 blocks
■ Can be crafted from 9 Sulfur blocks
■ When placed above a Magma Block or a Lava Block, and under 1-4 Water source blocks, it creates a geyser
■ With Magma underneath, the geyser will erupt at random intervals, shooting a plume of water particles upwards and applying an upward impulse to entities above it
■ With Lava underneath, the geyser eruption is continuous, but with slightly muted sounds compared to the eruption from a Magma Block
■ Geyser eruptions emit game events at the beginning and at the end of the eruption that can be detected by Sculk Sensors

Sulfur Spike

■ Is a new block that generates naturally on Sulfur blocks inside the Sulfur Caves biome
■ Forms a stalactite if placed on the ceiling or a stalagmite if placed on the floor
■ Can be combined to form longer stalactites & stalagmites
■ Stalactites and stalagmites merge if the tips are next to each other, unless you sneak while placing
■ Sulfur Spike stalactites can grow when placed under a Sulfur block
■ Stalagmites will break if they're not attached to something below
■ Stalactites fall down if not attached to something above
■ Being hit by a falling stalactite hurts because they are sharp!
■ Stalagmites are not sharp and do not hurt more to land on
■ Thrown Tridents break Sulfur Spikes
■ Four Sulfur Spikes can be crafted into one Sulfur

Music and Sound

■ Added a new music disc:
■ "Bounce" by fingerspit
■ Has a chance of being found in Mineshaft Chest Minecarts that are located in a Sulfur Caves biome
■ Has a comparator output of 8 when played in a Jukebox
■ Added 5 new background music tracks by fingerspit:
■ "Shores"
■ "Memories"
■ "Nightly"
■ "Home"
■ "Ebb"
■ Added block sounds for Sulfur, Potent Sulfur, and Cinnabar
■ Added mob sounds for Sulfur Cube and small Sulfur Cube
■ Added sounds for when using a bucket on a Sulfur Cube
■ Added sounds for geyser eruptions

Advancements

■ Added new "Uh Oh" Husbandry advancement for having a Sulfur Cube absorb a TNT block

Friends List

■ Added a Friends List, accessible from a new Friends button on the Title Screen and the Pause Menu
■ The Friends List can be opened with a new key bind (default: "O")
■ The Friends button shows a notification badge with the number of incoming friend requests, up to 5 (a "more" indicator is shown beyond that)
■ The Friends List is presented as an overlay with two tabs:
■ Friends: shows your current friends, lets you remove them, and lets you send a new friend request by Profile Name
■ Pending: shows incoming friend requests (which can be accepted or declined) and outgoing friend requests (which can be canceled)
■ The presence of your friends is shown under their name in the Friends List as one of the following:
■ "Offline"
■ "Online"
■ "Online (LAN)"
■ "Online (World)"
■ "Online (Realm)"
■ "Online (Server)"
■ Sending, accepting, declining, cancelling, and removing actions are confirmed in the UI and show a clear error message when the service is unreachable, rate limited, or the requested Profile Name does not exist
■ Friend changes that happen while the game is running are shown through toast notifications:
■ When a friend request is sent
■ When a friend request is received
■ When an outgoing friend request is accepted by the other player
■ Toasts show the other player's face when the skin is available
■ The Friends List checks for updates once per minute while the Friends List is open, or every 5 minutes otherwise
■ The first time the Friends button is shown on the Title Screen, a confirmation dialog is presented to opt in to the Friends List
■ The Friends List, friend request privacy, and the Microsoft account safety settings link are managed from the new "Friends List" section in Online Options
■ Players that have their chat settings set to "Friends Only" on their Xbox profile will only see chat messages from other players if they are friends

Friends List Settings in Online Options

■ Added a setting to control the availability of the Friends List and its features in Online Options
■ Added an "In-Game Notification" toggle in Online Options to control whether Friends List toasts appear while in a world
■ Added an "Allow Requests" toggle in Online Options to control whether other players can send you friend requests
■ Added a "Visibility" option in Online Options screen to control how much activity is shared with friends (default: "All")
■ "Full": shares in-game activity
■ "Hidden": no activity shared, appearing as "Offline" to friends
■ "Limited": activity sharing limited to "Online" & "Offline"
■ Added an "Xbox Settings..." button in Online Options that opens the Microsoft account privacy and online safety settings

Vulkan Support

■ As previously announced, we intend to switch the game from OpenGL to Vulkan
■ Vulkan is not supported by older hardware or drivers - OpenGL will be used as a fallback on those cases
■ The current requirement is Vulkan 1.2 with dynamic rendering and push descriptors, but this requirement may increase or decrease over time
■ This is currently an experimental rendering backend, and may not be as performant or stable
■ Please report any bugs you find with it to our bug tracker
■ Under Vulkan, we will prefer your dedicated graphics card over any integrated graphics, which is a change from OpenGL
■ You can see which backend is being used in your F3 debug overlay (in the system_specs section)
■ On macOS, we use MoltenVK to translate Vulkan to Metal

"Graphics API" Video Setting

■ This is a new option available in the "Video Settings"
■ There are three values:
Default
,
Prefer Vulkan (Experimental)
and
Prefer OpenGL
■ "Default" may be changed at our discretion, and we recommend this for all users unless you experience issues and need to change
■ Currently, it is the same as "Prefer OpenGL"
■ "Prefer Vulkan (Experimental)" will attempt to render using Vulkan, but fall back to OpenGL if it doesn't work
■ Vulkan support is experimental for now, and using it might reduce performance or cause instability on some systems
■ "Prefer OpenGL" will attempt to render using OpenGL, but fall back to Vulkan if it doesn't work

Startup and Fallback Behavior

■ If the game crashes at startup with "Prefer Vulkan (Experimental)" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Default"
■ When set to "Default", the game will still attempt to gather systems information about Vulkan at startup
■ If the game crashes at startup with "Default" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Prefer OpenGL"
■ With "Prefer OpenGL" set, no interaction will be made with Vulkan in case that causes crashes

Changes

■ Tweaked various mobs hitbox, eye height, and rider positions
■ Hoglins are now considered hostile and do not spawn on Peaceful difficulty
■ Fixed baby Hoglin's and Zoglin's left ear texture so it's properly mirrored
■ Updated the Main Menu background panorama
■ When the game is overwhelmed with particles, instead of removing existing particles in flight, it will now randomly select for particles to render or not render to stay under the particle limit
■ This change is especially visible with a large number of new geyser eruptions
■ As the host of a world, changing the game mode with F3 + F4 or with commands changes the default game mode of the world
■ Upgrading certain worlds from before 26.1 can now be faster
■ Respawning (as a spectator) in a hardcore world no longer turns off the spectators_generate_chunks game rule
■ Removed Touchscreen Mode

Developer's Note:
Touchscreen mode has been poorly implemented and not properly supported for a long time. We are removing this feature in this release. To provide your feedback on this topic, head over to the feedback site.

Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities

■ Beds are now slightly more bouncy to match Bedrock
■ When an entity bounces off of a block or other collidable entity, it emits a vibration of frequency 2

Developer's Note:
We have tweaked how Beds and Slime Blocks restitute entity velocity after collisions. For instance, when air drag is removed via the entity attribute, Slime Blocks will now correctly bounce Mobs indefinitely. This may affect player perception of the bounciness of Beds and Slime Blocks.

Sounds

■ Updated sounds for Nautilus jets and Nautilus recovers
■ Updated hurt and death sounds for one of the Chicken's sound variants

UI

■ Added a Friends button to the Title Screen and the Pause Menu
■ The tooltip for the "Exclusive Fullscreen" video setting now mentions that Adaptive Sync (Nvidia G-Sync, AMD FreeSync) should work when it is enabled and will not work when it is disabled

World Options Screen

■ The host of a world now has access to the "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" buttons in the World Options screen
■ These buttons are not available in Hardcore

Open to LAN Screen

■ The host of a world can now configure the "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" values for other players in your world (separate from themselves)
■ These buttons are available under a "Settings for Other Players" header in the Open to LAN screen

Technical Changes

■ The Data Pack version is now 107.1
■ The Resource Pack version is now 88.0
■ Profiling the game with Tracy (launching with --tracy) now includes GPU timings
■ Rendering now uses a reversed depth buffer, which helps with Z-fighting on most hardware
■ The fps F3 screen entry will now report which type of present mode is used (e.g. mailbox or fifo relaxed), as opposed to just vsync
■ The particle_render_stats now includes the counts of different particle groups (SQ for single quads, NR for no render, EG for elder guardians and IP for item pickup), as well as the total
■ A player's score will no longer be displayed in the player tab overlay if the player doesn't have the objective
■ Updates to telemetry

Server Properties

■ Added chat-spam-threshold-seconds and command-spam-threshold-seconds properties, separating the spam thresholds for chat vs commands
■ Both thresholds are set to 10 by default, which was the existing threshold for combined command+chat spam
■ These thresholds configure the mechanism that automatically kicks players for sending too many chat messages or commands
■ The value describes how many seconds worth of spamming a player must do to get kicked, where each message a player sends increases the counter by 1 second
■ The counter is decremented once per tick (equivalent to 1/20th of a second), and a player is kicked if their counter reaches the configured threshold
■ Either threshold can be set to 0 to disable kicks for the associated type of spam
■ Examples of message rates that would cause a kick, given the default threshold of 10:
■ Sending 11 messages in 1 second
■ Sending 14 messages in 2 seconds
■ Sending 21 messages in 10 seconds

Minecraft Server Management Protocol 3.0.0

■ The management server now starts before the Minecraft server starts
■ Most notably, this means the heartbeat will be sent while the world is loading and potentially upgrading
■ The rpc.discover and notification/server/status methods are now accessible before the dedicated server spins up
■ The server will return an error when other methods are called during this time

Telemetry

New Property in World Events

■ server_session_id a unique identifier for a multiplayer session, shared across all players in that session
■ A "session" is defined as a continuous period where at least one player was in the server
■ This property is required and not affected by the opt-in setting

New Required Events

■ graphics_capabilities
■ This is a new event that posts on startup, and informs us of the capabilities of the graphics device used to play the game
■ Added new property: backend_name
■ This will be Vulkan or OpenGL, and will help us understand which Graphics API players are using
■ Added new property: backend_failure_reason
■ This will be a list of short error codes, for example vulkan_device_version_too_low, which will help us identify any issues with our targeted Vulkan requirements
■ Added new property: backend_failure_message
■ This will be short and vague messages, such as Failed to find the GLFW platform surface extensions, which will help us narrow down issues if players are experiencing issues running with Vulkan
■ Added new property: backend_failure_missing_capabilities
■ This will be a list of missing capabilities from Vulkan, for example VULKAN_CORE_1_2, VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering, which will help us know which capabilities players would need in order to use Vulkan

Data Pack Version 107.1

Sulfur Cube Archetype Registry

Added data-driven minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype registry. Elements are loaded from data//sulfur_cube_archetype/.json.
Entry format: Object with fields:
■ items - item tag that contains all items that can be fed to Sulfur Cubes of this archetype
■ buoyant - boolean indicating if the Sulfur Cube of this archetype floats in liquids
■ explosion - an optional field, if present, the Sulfur Cube of this archetype will explode:
■ fuse - positive integer, the fuse time when ignited
■ power - non-negative integer, the explosion power
■ causes_fire - boolean, whether the explosion causes fire
■ contact_damage - an optional field, if present, the Sulfur Cube of this archetype will deal damage to entities when they come in contact with it
■ amount - non-negative float, amount of damage dealt
■ damage_type - damage type
■ attribute_to_source - boolean indicating if the damage is attributed to the Sulfur Cube
■ attribute_modifiers - a list of objects with fields:
■ attribute - entity attribute, the attribute to modify
■ id - namespaced ID, unique identifier for the modifier
■ amount - double, the amount to modify the attribute by
■ operation - string, how to modify the attribute, one of add_value, add_multiplied_base, and add_multiplied_total
■ knockback_modifiers - a field that contains various modifier fields for the Sulfur Cube's knockback magnitude and direction
■ horizontal_power - float that represents the horizontal power of the knockback
■ vertical_power - float that represents the vertical power of the knockback
■ sound_settings - a field that contains various sound settings for the Sulfur Cube
■ hit_sound - sound event that is played when the Sulfur Cube is hit while it has a block inside
■ push_sound - sound event that is played when the Sulfur Cube is pushed while it has a block inside
■ push_sound_impulse_threshold - float that specifies the smallest impulse required to trigger the push sound effect on the Sulfur Cube
■ push_sound_cooldown - float that specifies the cooldown in seconds for the push sound effect

Commands

■ When granting or revoking several advancements, the command output will now report how many advancements changed state across all players
■ When granting or revoking advancements or a criterion on several players, the command output will now report the number of players that any change applied to
■ Team color arguments (used in team modify [name] color and waypoint modify [name] color) now accept only lowercase names with underscores
■ e.g. only dark_purple is accepted and not darkpurple or DarkPurple
■ Values now match the color names in text components
■ The execute on owner command will now consider Vexes as owned by their Evoker

Added UNPUBLISH

■ Allows to unpublish the integrated server if there is one present

Attributes

Added MINECRAFT:BOUNCINESS

■ Determines what portion of the velocity is restituted after the entity collides with blocks and collidable entities
■ When landing on bouncy blocks, like Beds and Slime Blocks, the higher bounciness (of the block or the entity) is applied
■ Accepts values between 0.0 and 1.0
■ Default value: 0.0 - no velocity is restituted
■ Maximum value: 1.0 - full velocity is restituted, collisions with blocks and collidable entities will have no effect on lowering the velocity

Added MINECRAFT:FRICTION_MODIFIER

■ Determines how much ground friction is applied to the entity in regard to the block it is on
■ Accepts values between 0.0 and 2048.0
■ Default value: 1.0 - friction of blocks is not modified
■ Minimum value: 0.0 - friction of blocks is reduced to zero
■ Values higher than 1.0 increase the friction applied to the entity from the blocks it is on

Added MINECRAFT:AIR_DRAG_MODIFIER

■ Determines how much drag is applied to an entity while in the air
■ Accepts values between 0.0 and 2048.0
■ Default value: 1.0 - the entity uses existing drag when moving in the air
■ Minimum value: 0.0 - no drag is applied to the entity
■ Values higher than 1.0 increase the drag applied to the entity when moving through the air

Added MINECRAFT:NAME_TAG_DISTANCE

■ Controls how far away in blocks the name tag of an entity is visible
■ The name cannot be visible if the entity is not visible
■ Accepts values between 0.0 and 512.0
■ Default value: 64.0

Added MINECRAFT:BELOW_NAME_DISTANCE

■ Controls how far away in blocks the below_name scoreboard display is visible
■ The display cannot be visible if the entity is not visible
■ Accepts values between 0.0 and 512.0
■ Default value: 10.0

Changes to MINECRAFT:KNOCKBACK_RESISTANCE

■ The minimum value was changed from 0.0 to -2.0

Data Components

Added MINECRAFT:SULFUR_CUBE_CONTENT

■ Represents the item that is absorbed by the Sulfur Cube
■ Format: item that is absorbed by the Sulfur Cube
■ e.g. minecraft:sulfur_cube_content=green_wool

Entity Data

■ Removed the HurtByTimestamp tag from Living Entities, ticks_since_last_hurt_by_mob should be used instead

Block Entity Data

■ The minecraft:bed block entity has been removed

Damage Types

■ Added a new minecraft:sulfur_cube_hot damage type

Predicates

Entity predicate format has changed from a structure with multiple optional fields to one similar to data component maps.

For example: previously, effects was an optional field:
{
"effects": {...}
}

In this version it has become a component-like sub-predicate entry:
{
"minecraft:effects": {...}
}

The main functional changes are:
■ All keys in entity predicates are now namespaced IDs
■ Since namespaced IDs can be written without a namespace (defaulting to the minecraft namespace), existing field names are still valid
■ Exception: the field type has been renamed to minecraft:entity_type
■ Unrecognized sub-predicate components are now rejected (previously, unknown fields were ignored)

Existing type-specific sub-predicates have been renamed and moved to top-level.

■ minecraft:lightning to minecraft:type_specific/lightning
■ minecraft:fishing_hook to minecraft:type_specific/fishing_hook
■ minecraft:player to minecraft:type_specific/player
■ minecraft:raider to minecraft:type_specific/raider
■ minecraft:sheep to minecraft:type_specific/sheep
■ minecraft:slime to minecraft:type_specific/cube_mob as it now includes Sulfur Cubes in addition to Slimes and Magma Cubes

For example:
{
"type_specific": {
"type": "minecraft:player",
"looking_at": {
"type": "minecraft:ender_dragon"
}
}
}

becomes

{
"minecraft:type_specific/player": {
"looking_at": {
"minecraft:type": "minecraft:ender_dragon"
}
}
}

Added MINECRAFT:ENTITY_TAGS entity sub-predicate

This predicate matches entity tags (i.e. ones set with the /tag command).

Fields:
■ any_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have at least one of the listed tags
■ all_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have all the listed tags
■ none_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have none of the listed tags

World Generation

■ Added matching_biomes world generation-type block predicate type which checks if the block position matches one of the specified biomes
■ Format: object with fields:
■ biomes - biome ID, list of biome IDs, or hash-prefixed biome tag: the biomes to match
■ tree feature configuration's below_trunk_provider block state provider no longer has a default value

Surface Rules

Changes to NOISE_THRESHOLD Condition

■ Added new is_3d field - boolean, true if the noise should be evaluated in 3D
■ If not specified, defaults to false

Dimension Types

■ The field infiniburn now also accepts an ID and a list of IDs in addition to a tag

Configured Features

Added MINECRAFT:SEQUENCE Feature Type

Generates a list of Placed Features in order. If any feature in the list is not placed, the following features will also be skipped.

Format: object with fields:
■ features - list of Placed Features or hash-prefixed Placed Feature tag, the features to generate

Added MINECRAFT:TEMPLATE Feature Type

Places one template randomly chosen from the given weighted list of namespaced IDs. By default, the template will be spawned randomly rotated, centered around the origin.

Format: object with fields:
■ templates - weighted list of structure template entries. Each structure template entry is composed of a namespaced ID and a list of rotations to randomly choose from
■ id - The template's namespaced ID
■ rotations - Optional list of rotations to choose from and apply to this template if it is picked
■ Allowed values: none, clockwise_90, 180, counterclockwise_90
■ If not specified, defaults to all allowed values

Added MINECRAFT:WEIGHTED_RANDOM_SELECTOR Feature Type

Randomly selects one of the given features to generate based on their weights.

Format: object with fields:
■ features - list of Placed Features and their weights

Changes to MINECRAFT:POINTED_DRIPSTONE

■ Renamed Feature Type pointed_dripstone to speleothem
■ Added field base_block - block state, describes the block forming the base of the speleothem
■ Added field pointed_block - block state, describes the block creating the columns of the speleothem
■ Added field replaceable_blocks - block ID, list of block IDs, or hash-prefixed block tag describing which blocks this feature can generate on
■ Renamed field chance_of_taller_dripstone to chance_of_taller_generation

Changes to MINECRAFT:DRIPSTONE_CLUSTER

■ Renamed Feature Type dripstone_cluster to speleothem_cluster
■ Added field base_block - block state, describes the block forming the base of the speleothem
■ Added field pointed_block - block state, describes the block creating the columns of the speleothem
■ Added field replaceable_blocks - block ID, list of block IDs, or hash-prefixed block tag describing which blocks this feature can generate on
■ Renamed field dripstone_block_layer_thickness to speleothem_block_layer_thickness
■ Renamed field chance_of_dripstone_column_at_max_distance_from_center to chance_of_speleothem_at_max_distance_from_center
■ Renamed field max_distance_from_edge_affecting_chance_of_dripstone_column to max_distance_from_edge_affecting_chance_of_speleothem

Changes to MINECRAFT:LARGE_DRIPSTONE

■ Added field replaceable_blocks - block ID, list of block IDs, or hash-prefixed block tag describing which blocks this feature can generate on
■ The maximum allowed value for column_radius has been reduced from 19 to 16 to prevent features from reaching beyond neighboring chunks
■ Wind offset is now clamped to ensure the full dripstone (radius + wind) stays within neighboring chunk bounds

Changes to MINECRAFT:LAKE

■ Added field can_place_feature - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can be placed on
■ Added field can_replace_with_air_or_fluid - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can replace with air or the provided fluid block
■ Added field can_replace_with_barrier - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can replace with the provided barrier block

Changes to MINECRAFT:GEODE

■ The fields cannot_replace and invalid_blocks in the blocks section of the feature configuration now also accept an ID and a list of IDs in addition to a tag

Changes to MINECRAFT:ROOT_SYSTEM

■ The field root_replaceable in the feature configuration now also accepts an ID or a list of IDs in addition to a tag
■ New field level_test_distance indicating how far away from the origin the root system will check the existing terrain
■ New field max_level_deviation indicating how far the ground level can deviate from the original ground level at these test positions

Changes to MINECRAFT:VEGETATION_PATCH

■ The field replaceable in the feature configuration now also accepts an ID and a list of IDs in addition to a tag

Changes to MINECRAFT:WATERLOGGED_VEGETATION_PATCH

■ The field replaceable in the feature configuration now also accepts an ID and a list of IDs in addition to a tag

Changes to MINECRAFT:MULTIFACE_GROWTH

■ Field block is now mandatory (defaulted to minecraft:grow_lichen)

Structure Processors

Changes to MINECRAFT:BLOCK_ROT

■ Now evaluates the block state produced by previous block processors in the chain, instead of always using the original block defined in the structure
■ The first processor in the chain still always evaluates against the original structure-defined block

MINECRAFT:PROTECTED_BLOCKS

■ The field value now also accepts an ID or a list of IDs in addition to a tag

Density Functions

Added MINECRAFT:INTERVAL_SELECT

Selects between a number of Density Functions based on an input Density Function and a set of threshold values.

Format: object with fields:
■ input - Density Function, the value to be compared with any given thresholds
■ thresholds - non-empty list of floats, the threshold values to compare input with
■ If input < thresholds[i], the result of functions[i] will be selected
■ If the input is greater than the last threshold value, the last function will be selected
■ Must be one fewer element in thresholds than in functions
■ functions - list of at least 2 Density Functions, the resulting functions to be selected from
■ Must be one more element in functions than in thresholds

Removed MINECRAFT:WEIRD_SCALED_SAMPLER

■ This Density Function has been removed, with its functionality replaced by interval_select
■ When rarity_value_mapper was type_1, equivalent to:
■ interval_select with thresholds -0.75, -0.5, 0.5, 0.75
■ Selected functions follow: abs(rarity * noise(x/rarity, y/rarity, z/rarity))
■ Corresponding rarity values: 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
■ When rarity_value_mapper was type_2, equivalent to:
■ interval_select with thresholds -0.5, 0.0, 0.5
■ Selected functions follow: abs(rarity * noise(x/rarity, y/rarity, z/rarity))
■ Corresponding rarity values: 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0

Tags

Block Tags

■ Added #suppresses_bounce - all blocks that suppress the bounciness of entities when colliding with them
■ Added #causes_periodic_geyser_eruptions - all blocks that cause periodic eruptions of Potent Sulfur blocks
■ Added #causes_continuous_geyser_eruptions - all blocks that cause continuous eruptions of Potent Sulfur blocks
■ Added #glazed_terracotta and #concrete collection tags
■ Renamed #concrete_powder collection tag to #concrete_powders
■ Added #shears_extreme_breaking_speed for blocks that can be broken with shears with speed 15
■ Added #shears_major_breaking_speed for blocks that can be broken with shears with speed 5
■ Added #shears_minor_breaking_speed for blocks that can be broken with shears with speed 2
■ Added #speleothems for blocks which are speleothems like Pointed Dripstone and Sulfur Spike
■ Added the following tags for blocks which some mobs are immune to. These have an effect on dismounting and valid surroundings of spawn placements for some mobs, but do not have an effect on pathfinding
■ #fox_immune_to
■ #polar_bear_immune_to
■ #snow_golem_immune_to
■ #stray_immune_to
■ #wither_immune_to
■ #wither_skeleton_immune_to
■ #default_immune_to - this tag is intentionally left empty

Item Tags

■ Added #glazed_terracotta, #concrete, and #concrete_powders collection tags
■ Added #sulfur_cube_food - all items that can be fed to a small Sulfur Cube
■ Added #sulfur_cube_swallowable - all items that can be placed inside a large Sulfur Cube
■ Added the following tags for items that can be placed inside a Sulfur Cube to determine its archetype:
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/regular
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/bouncy
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_flat
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/fast_flat
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/light
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/fast_sliding
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_sliding
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/high_resistance
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/sticky
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/hot
■ #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_bouncy

Damage Type Tags

■ Added minecraft:sulfur_cube_with_block_immune_to - all damage types that Sulfur Cubes are immune to when having a block absorbed

Entity Tags

■ Added #not_affected_by_geysers - entities that are not affected by the upward impulse applied by geyser eruptions

Game Events

Added MINECRAFT:BOUNCE

■ Emitted when an entity collides with a block or a collidable entity with non-zero bounciness
■ Has a vibration frequency of 2

Particles

Added MINECRAFT:SULFUR_CUBE_GOO

■ This particle is showing on a Sulfur Cube mob when hopping around
■ Has no fields

Added MINECRAFT:GEYSER_BASE

■ Spawns as a cloud on the base of an erupting Potent Sulfur block
■ Format: object with fields:
■ water_blocks - positive integer, scales the particle size and its burst impulse
■ burst_impulse_base - float, scales the initial burst impulse

Added MINECRAFT:GEYSER_POOF

■ Spawns as a cloud on the base of an erupting Potent Sulfur block
■ Format: object with fields:
■ water_blocks - positive integer, scales the particle size and its burst impulse
■ burst_impulse_base - float, scales the initial burst impulse

Added MINECRAFT:GEYSER_PLUME

■ Spawns as an upwards stream above an erupting Potent Sulfur block
■ Format: object with fields:
■ water_blocks - positive integer, scales the particle size and its burst impulse

Added MINECRAFT:GEYSER

■ An emitter particle that spawns the geyser_base, geyser_poof, and geyser_plume particles above an erupting Potent Sulfur block
■ Format: object with fields:
■ water_blocks - positive integer, scales the particle size and its burst impulse

Game Test Environments

Added MINECRAFT:DIFFICULTY

■ Sets the difficulty of the game test environment
■ Format: object with fields:
■ difficulty - the difficulty ID to set, one of peaceful, easy, normal, hard

World Presets

■ Added a new minecraft:flat_all_dimensions world preset
■ This preset does not show up by default in the Create New World screen

Resource Pack Version 88.0

■ Beds, Signs, and Hanging Signs now use block models instead of built-in entity models
■ The text on Signs and Hanging Signs cannot be configured yet
■ The minecraft:beds atlas has been removed
■ The minecraft:signs atlas has been removed

Block Sprites

■ Added new Block textures:
■ block/chiseled_cinnabar.png
■ block/chiseled_sulfur.png
■ block/cinnabar.png
■ block/cinnabar_bricks.png
■ block/polished_cinnabar.png
■ block/polished_sulfur.png
■ block/potent_sulfur.png
■ block/sulfur.png
■ block/sulfur_bricks.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_down_base.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_down_frustum.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_down_middle.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_down_tip.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_down_tip_merge.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_up_base.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_up_frustum.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_up_middle.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_up_tip.png
■ block/sulfur_spike_up_tip_merge.png
■ Beds now use block models and textures, replacing with the respective bed's color's name
■ block/bed_down.png
■ block/bed_head_north.png
■ block/_bed_foot_east.png
■ block/_bed_foot_south.png
■ block/_bed_foot_up.png
■ block/_bed_foot_west.png
■ block/_bed_head_east.png
■ block/_bed_head_up.png
■ block/_bed_head_west.png
■ Signs and Hanging Signs now use block models and textures, replacing with the sign's wood type (e.g. mangrove)
■ block/_sign.png
■ block/_hanging_sign.png
■ The process of upgrading your pack's Bed, Sign, and Hanging Sign textures can be assisted by using this automated Slicer tool
■ Renamed block/quartz_pillar.png and block/purpur_pillar.png to append _side as a suffix

Item Sprites

■ Added new Item sprites:
■ item/sulfur_cube_bucket.png
■ item/sulfur_spike.png
■ item/music_disc_bounce.png

UI Sprites

■ Added new textures for the Sign edit screen background, replacing with the sign's wood type (e.g. mangrove):
■ gui/sign/.png
■ Added new UI sprites:
■ gui/sprites/friends/accept.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/accept_highlighted.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/cancel.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/friends.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/illustrations_00.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/list_separator_top.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/loading.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/reject.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/reject_highlighted.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/remove.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/background.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/button.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/button_disabled.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/button_highlighted.png
■ gui/sprites/friends/toast_background.png
■ gui/sprites/pause_menu/player_reporting.png
■ gui/sprites/pause_menu/bug.png
■ gui/sprites/pause_menu/social_interactions.png

Entity Textures

■ Added new Entity textures:
■ entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer.png
■ entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner.png
■ entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer_small.png
■ entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner_small.png

Sounds

■ Added sounds for the Sulfur Block:
■ block.sulfur.break
■ block.sulfur.hit
■ block.sulfur.place
■ block.sulfur.step
■ block.sulfur.fall
■ Added sounds for the Potent Sulfur Block:
■ block.potent_sulfur.break
■ block.potent_sulfur.hit
■ block.potent_sulfur.place
■ block.potent_sulfur.step
■ block.potent_sulfur.fall
■ block.potent_sulfur.noxious_gas
■ Added sounds for the Cinnabar Block:
■ block.cinnabar.break
■ block.cinnabar.hit
■ block.cinnabar.place
■ block.cinnabar.step
■ block.cinnabar.fall
■ Added sounds for the Sulfur Cube:
■ entity.sulfur_cube.jump
■ entity.sulfur_cube.squish
■ entity.sulfur_cube.hurt
■ entity.sulfur_cube.death
■ entity.sulfur_cube.absorb
■ entity.sulfur_cube.eject
■ entity.sulfur_cube.bounce
■ entity.sulfur_cube.regular.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.regular.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.light.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.light.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.push
■ entity.sulfur_cube.hot.hit
■ entity.sulfur_cube.hot.push
■ Added sounds for the small Sulfur Cube:
■ entity.small_sulfur_cube.jump
■ entity.small_sulfur_cube.squish
■ entity.small_sulfur_cube.hurt
■ entity.small_sulfur_cube.death
■ Added sounds for geyser eruptions:
■ block.potent_sulfur.geyser_eruption
■ block.potent_sulfur.geyser_eruption_active
■ block.potent_sulfur.geyser_continuous_eruption
■ block.potent_sulfur.geyser_continuous_eruption_active
■ Added biome music for Sulfur Caves:
■ music.overworld.sulfur_caves

Particles

■ Added new Particle textures:
■ particle/noxious_gas_01.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_02.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_03.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_04.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_05.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_06.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_07.png
■ particle/noxious_gas_08.png
■ particle/geyser_base_01.png
■ particle/geyser_base_02.png
■ particle/geyser_base_03.png
■ particle/geyser_base_04.png
■ particle/geyser_base_05.png
■ particle/geyser_base_06.png
■ particle/geyser_base_07.png
■ particle/geyser_base_08.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_01.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_02.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_03.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_04.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_05.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_06.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_07.png
■ particle/geyser_plume_08.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_01.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_02.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_03.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_04.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_05.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_06.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_07.png
■ particle/geyser_poof_08.png

Item Models

■ The following special model types have been removed:
■ minecraft:bed
■ minecraft:standing_sign
■ minecraft:hanging_sign

Shaders & Post-process Effects

■ The core/rendertype_text, core/rendertype_text_see_through, core/rendertype_text_intensity, core/rendertype_text_intensity_see_through, core/rendertype_text_background, and core/rendertype_text_background_see_through shaders have been replaced by core/text and core/text_background
■ Variants are now controlled by shader defines: IS_GUI, IS_SEE_THROUGH, and IS_GRAYSCALE

Fixed bugs in 26.2

■ MC-1788 - Ocelots do not spawn naturally on Peaceful difficulty in jungles and bamboo jungles
■ MC-123068 - The number of advancements said to be revoked from the player is incorrect
■ MC-134349 - Making a zoomed-out version of a map fails when using the "Pick Block" key
■ MC-174630 - The secondary beacon effect remains when switching the primary effect
■ MC-186131 - Piglins and hoglins cannot spawn naturally on Peaceful difficulty
■ MC-190728 - The side and bottom surfaces of waterlogged blocks z-fight when looking at them from a distance
■ MC-223248 - Spore blossom particles gradually disappear/lessen until the world is reloaded
■ MC-229057 - Picking up an axolotl with a lead attached destroys the lead
■ MC-236770 - The "Ambient" and "Axolotl" mob caps both display as "A" in the debug overlay
■ MC-248758 - Logged error: Detected setBlock in a far chunk
■ MC-252814 - The clamp density function takes a direct input and doesn't allow a reference
■ MC-268008 - Players' sneaking state can sometimes desync
■ MC-269520 - The game freezes when using /locate in a world without structures enabled
■ MC-269786 - "ID" is not capitalized in some strings
■ MC-271008 - Unused pixels in bed textures
■ MC-276733 - Bed items produce wool particles, but bed blocks produce planks particles
■ MC-277395 - The options.screenEffectScale.tooltip string displayed when holding your mouse cursor over the "Distortion Effects" slider is improperly capitalized
■ MC-277396 - Strings referencing nether portals are inconsistently capitalized
■ MC-277487 - The game softlocks when attempting to create a new world if the saves folder is not writable
■ MC-279122 - Some strings that contain the abbreviation "id" are improperly capitalized
■ MC-279125 - Some "/locate" strings are missing articles before the word "reasonable"
■ MC-279126 - The mco.configure.world.restore.download.question.line1 string incorrectly spells the word "singleplayer" as "single player"
■ MC-279137 - The titles within some player reporting and punishment menus are improperly capitalized
■ MC-279138 - The command.failed string is missing a conjunction
■ MC-279154 - The advancements.story.enter_the_nether.description string is missing a serial comma
■ MC-279156 - The titles within some player reporting and punishment menus are improperly capitalized
■ MC-279186 - The build.tooHigh string is missing an article before the word "Height"
■ MC-279189 - The mco.configure.world.leave.question.line1 string is missing a comma
■ MC-296343 - Using the mouse wheel to switch between cast fishing rods briefly displays the uncast texture in first-person
■ MC-297491 - Glyphs from TTF files are no longer rendered correctly on glow signs
■ MC-301325 - Menu music starts for a brief moment during the creation of a new world
■ MC-301761 - Elements within the Realms “Players” tab all move down slightly when the “Invited” element is selected using the TAB key
■ MC-302144 - Players respawn inside the bottom bedrock layers when the world spawn point is set in the Nether
■ MC-302268 - Running multiple commands quickly kicks the player for spamming in multiplayer
■ MC-302488 - Strings that contain the term "Safe Mode" are inconsistently capitalized
■ MC-302496 - Glowing dragon fireballs no longer show the glowing outline
■ MC-302554 - Glowing falling blocks no longer show the glowing outline
■ MC-302628 - Dolphins don't dismount minecarts when passing over activator rails
■ MC-303401 - Using the "Pick Block" key on maps with map_post_processing from a cartography table in Creative mode causes the game to crash
■ MC-304113 - Underwater fog is not applied correctly at low render distances
■ MC-304862 - Activating a dispenser with a hostile mob spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty consumes the egg and plays a sound
■ MC-304873 - The options.textureFiltering.rgss.tooltip string is missing a hyphen between the words "shader" and "based"
■ MC-304874 - The options.textureFiltering.anisotropic.tooltip string is missing a hyphen between the words "hardware" and "based"
■ MC-305182 - Textures far away from the player sometimes have black spots (with certain resource packs)
■ MC-305239 - Growing world borders reset to their starting size upon reopening the world
■ MC-305467 - The ender dragon's death animation effects render in front of worn armor
■ MC-305475 - Tripwire above the player's head gets triggered twice when jumping
■ MC-306064 - Mobs can be forced to look like they're dying while they aren't by using commands
■ MC-306399 - The Spectator mode "Teleport to Player" action only updates the list of valid targets after the Spectator mode menu is hidden
■ MC-306401 - Shulkers' name tags display inside them when they're open
■ MC-306460 - The game window is one pixel too tall in fullscreen mode
■ MC-306622 - The height of chicken jockeys is slightly off
■ MC-306673 - The color of sleeping baby snow foxes' eyes is inconsistent with their adult variant
■ MC-306685 - The riding position on baby hoglins is too low
■ MC-306726 - Transparent blocks flicker as the camera is moved
■ MC-306738 - Blocks sometimes remain visible after breaking
■ MC-306750 - The texture of snifflets contains unused pixels
■ MC-306840 - Dolphins still drown themselves when no players are nearby
■ MC-306890 - Campfires cause bees to work much more slowly
■ MC-306903 - Cubic Bézier easing functions sometimes produce wrong values
■ MC-306946 - The block light transition from level 1 to 0 under the night sky is not smooth when Smooth Lighting is enabled
■ MC-306962 - The "Take Screenshot" key bind doesn't work when set to a mouse button
■ MC-306972 - Wardens repeatedly roar in place when detecting ghasts
■ MC-307002 - Using /kill on one of the end crystals used to respawn the ender dragon no longer aborts the respawn sequence
■ MC-307008 - Severe framerate drops since 26.1
■ MC-307012 - When a scoreboard objective is set to the below_name display mode, all named entities with no score display it with a score of 0
■ MC-307043 - Applying a freeze effect while damaging a mob causes an incorrect value for ticks_since_last_hurt_by_mob
■ MC-307054 - Bone meal can no longer be applied to sweet berry bushes with a block above them
■ MC-307125 - Target selectors with duplicate team arguments are parsed inconsistently depending on argument order
■ MC-307144 - The game reads world generation data from data packs or world_gen_settings.dat inconsistently, preventing updating large biome sources
■ MC-307159 - Using bone meal from the main hand simultaneously places a block held in the off hand
■ MC-307418 - The game crashes when trying to upgrade a legacy world

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.2 Release Candidate 2

Minecraft releases a second Java Edition Release Candidate, fixing critical issues from the previous candidate, including a survival softlock in a hole with a sulfur cube and slower-than-normal respawning at the height limit.
A Minecraft Java Release Candidate

A second release candidate has arrived! In this one we are fixing a couple of critical issues found in the previous release candidate.

Happy mining!

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Release Candidate 2

MC-308731 - With a specific setup, a survival player can become softlocked in a hole with a sulfur cube

Fixed an issue where respawning at height limit caused the respawn to take a lot longer than normal

Get the Release Candidate

Release Candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Release Candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.2 Release Candidate 1

Minecraft ships the first 26.2 release candidate and the Chaos Cubed game drop for Java Edition, with a fix for the Friends Screen key bind and a note that this candidate may become the full release if no critical issues appear.
A Minecraft Java Release Candidate

Today we are shipping the first release candidate for 26.2 and the Chaos Cubed game drop! If no critical issues are found, this will be the version that we ship for the eventual full release.

Happy mining!

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Release Candidate 1

MC-308716 - Pressing the "Friends Screen" key bind while in a world doesn't bring up the friends list

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Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 6

Minecraft ships 26.2 Pre-Release 6 with a fix for proper spectating after dying in hardcore worlds, including a correction so respawning as a spectator no longer turns off the spectators_generate_chunks game rule.
Today we're shipping the 26.2 Pre-Release 6. This version includes a fix that allows proper spectating after dying in a hardcore world.

Happy mining!

Changes

Respawning (as a spectator) in a hardcore world no longer turns off the spectators_generate_chunks game rule

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Minecraft

Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 5

Minecraft releases 26.2 Pre-Release 5, bringing Hardcore mode setting updates, smarter Graphics API crash fallback behavior, and a batch of bug fixes across world options, sounds, menus, and game mode handling.
Today it is time for 26.2 Pre-Release 5, with a change to Hardcore mode settings along with other fixes! As announced at Minecraft Live, the drop is set to release on June 16!
Happy (careful) hardcore mining!

Changes

The game setting for Graphics API now changes if a crash is detected during startup

The sound for when hitting the sulfur cube of a bouncy archetype now plays the correct sound

As the host of a world, changing the game mode with F3 + F4 or with commands now changes the default game mode of the world

The "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" buttons are no longer available in Hardcore mode worlds

Startup and Fallback Behavior for Graphics API

If the game crashes at startup with "Prefer Vulkan" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Default"

When set to "Default", the game will still attempt to gather systems information about Vulkan at startup

If the game crashes at startup with "Default" set, the setting will automatically be changed to "Prefer OpenGL"

With "Prefer OpenGL" set, no interaction will be made with Vulkan in case that causes crashes

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 5

MC-308470 - The "bouncy" sulfur cube archetype's sounds play at a significantly higher volume

MC-308575 - The flower_default and flower_warm features generate a single flower, instead of a flower patch

MC-308587 - Using a spear with Lunge on a geyser launches you downwards

MC-308619 - Players can change their game mode from the World Options menu in hardcore worlds

MC-308620 - Pressing the key bound to the "Friends Screen" key bind in the username field in the friends screen closes it instead of typing

MC-308622 - Custom dialog buttons break the game menu

MC-308630 - Changing whether commands are enabled does not properly update the state of the "Game Rules" button in the World Options screen

MC-308633 - Changing your game mode with commands doesn't update the World Options screen

MC-308648 - The "Statistics" button in the game menu is shifted to the right when there is a "Server Links..." button

MC-308657 - The gui.friends.error.unauthorized string contains a comma splice

MC-308674 - After re-entering the save, the game mode is set to Survival mode.

MC-308686 - Hardcore death can be bypassed by rejoining the world

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Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 4

Minecraft releases 26.2 Pre-Release 4 with Chaos Cubed drop tweaks, particle rendering improvements, Sulfur Cube knockback adjustments, World Options and Open to LAN updates, plus fixes for fullscreen, Realms, crashes, and other bugs.
Today we are releasing 26.2 Pre-Release 4, with a couple of fixes and tweaks to the Chaos Cubed drop. As announced at Minecraft Live, the drop is set to release on June 16!

Happy crafting!

Changes

When the game is overwhelmed with particles, instead of removing existing particles in flight, it will now randomly select for particles to render or not render to stay under the particle limit

This change is especially visible with a large number of new geyser eruptions

Sulfur Cube mob

The Sulfur Cube will now be knocked back farther as the knockback enchantment level increases

Potent Sulfur

The Ender Dragon will no longer be affected by the Geyser

UI

The "Multiplayer Options" screen has been renamed back to "Open to LAN"

Fixed an issue where the Realms configuration screen could fail to open

World Options screen

The host of a world now has access to the "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" buttons in the World Options screen

Open to LAN screen

As opposed to World Options, the host of a world can configure the "Game Mode" and "Allow Commands" values for other players in their world (separate from themselves)

These buttons are available under a "Settings for Other Players" header

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version is now 107.1

The particle_render_stats now includes the counts of different particle groups (SQ for single quads, NR for no render, EG for elder guardians and IP for item pickup), as well as the total

Data Pack Version 107.1

Entity Tags

Added #not_affected_by_geysers - entities that are not affected by the upward impulse applied by Geyser eruptions

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 4

MC-223248 - Spore blossom particles gradually disappear/lessen until the world is reloaded

MC-306460 - The game window is one pixel too tall in fullscreen mode

MC-307382 - Screenshots taken in fullscreen mode on Windows are one pixel too tall

MC-308063 - The client still thinks commands are enabled when enabling multiplayer with commands and disabling it

MC-308097 - The "Server Links..." button in the game menu looks out of place

MC-308174 - Hitboxes of item entities render from farther away than the item entities themselves

MC-308337 - The "Friends Screen" key bind doesn't work when set to a mouse button

MC-308339 - Visual glitches occur in the particle effects when plenty of continuous geysers erupt simultaneously

MC-308579 - Charging a crossbow with Multishot level 32 or higher crashes the game

MC-308583 - The block breaking animation no longer renders when breaking most mob heads

MC-308584 - The block breaking animation z-fights with blocks with the Vulkan rendering backend (and rarely with the OpenGL backend)

MC-308588 - Debug keybinds combinations now execute other keybinds bound to the key

MC-308592 - Switching gamemode with F3 + F4 applies F4 keybind

Get the Pre-Release

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