The ultimate options from the upcoming sport drop are prepared for testing! The long-awaited calcite brick set would not simply convey one, however two, new variants for builders! Common calcite might be was partitions, stairs, and slabs however polished calcite can be used for pillars, bricks, double slabs and extra! Their marble-like pallor immediately provides a flowery aptitude to any winter wonderland. And why not add some thriller whilst you’re at it? The brand new music disc composed by Hyper Potions might be present in igloo basements and can set the tone for much more ice chilly digging. Have you ever added it to your jukebox playlist but?
And as all the time, we’re eager to get your suggestions on these new options at feedback.minecraft.net, and you’ll report any bugs you discover at bugs.mojang.com.
Drop 4 of 2026 Options
Block set
- Launched Calcite Blocksets
- Calcite Stairs, Slab and Wall are added matching the already present Calcite Block
- Added Polished Calcite Blockset
- Added Polished Calcite Brick Blockset
- Added Calcite Pillar Block
- They’re all Ornamental blocksets
- They’re all Constructing blocks
Blocks
- Jukeboxes not emit vibrations when taking or swapping a Music Disc from their playlist
- Packed Ice Bricks and Chiseled Packed Ice now conduct redstone indicators
- Packed Ice Brick Partitions not forestall Chests from opening (MCPE-243816)
- Packed Ice and Packed Ice Bricks can now be utilized in a Stonecutter to make Packed Ice Bricks, Packed Ice Brick Slabs, Packed Ice Brick Stairs, Packed Ice Brick Partitions, and Chiseled Packed Ice (MCPE-243782)
- Brittle Ice, Packed Ice Bricks, Chiseled Packed Ice, and Snow Bricks now block gentle accurately, so mobs beneath not burn in daylight
- All components of the Packed Ice Bricks set now play the right sounds
Freezing Mob Impact
- Being on fireplace now prevents freezing from increase till the hearth goes out
- Standing in fireplace or lava whereas freezing not performs the fizz sound and particles constantly
Ice Ball
- Being killed by an Ice Ball now exhibits the right dying message (MCPE-243703)
Objects
- Added a brand new music disc with the track “flurry” by composer Hyper Potions
- This music disc has a 30% probability to be discovered inside Igloo chests
Options and Bug Fixes
Accessibility
- Added tab description to narration context of all tabs in Create New World menu
- Narration of template playing cards now reads the variety of rankings on the supply
- Display screen narration now consists of focusable, non-interactive record rows in merchandise positions and group counts
- Fastened a difficulty the place FAQ accordions usually are not enumerated accurately when expanded
- Realms AdminLog gadgets now narrate accurately when Textual content-to-Speech is enabled
- Fastened choices on the select Realm display not being enumerated correctly
- Fishing bobbers now show the suitable subtitle when hooking fish
- Leads now show the suitable subtitle when tied, untied, and damaged
Blocks
- Added a brand new ornamental block to the sport… someplace
- Fastened two inconsistent pixels within the Jukebox aspect texture and up to date the Jukebox MERS textures to match
- Tuff blocks now show the suitable subtitle when mined and when damaged (MCPE-239354)
- Fastened hoppers and different containers shedding their gadgets when changed utilizing the /fill or /setblock instructions
- Hanging indicators now show the suitable subtitle when being mined
- Icicles now present the right coloration on Explorer Maps
- Frosted Ice and Cracking Ice now push gadgets out of them
- The Brittle Ice now respect the “mob_griefing” gamerule when a mob steps on it
- Ice and Frosted Ice now cut back gentle by 1 as a substitute of three, aligning them with their meant design
- Sulfur and Cinnabar Partitions not forestall Chests from opening (MCPE-243816)
Character Creator
- Basic skins geared up from the Dressing Room now replace the participant’s in-world look
Controls
- Now you can swap obtainable gadgets between your principal hand and off-hand.
- On keyboard and mouse, press F by default.
- On controller, the Crafting button now swaps gadgets as a substitute of opening your stock
- You will see a “Swap off-hand” trace when holding an merchandise that may be held in both hand.
- Identified subject: Objects which might be at the moment obtainable to be positioned within the off-hand slot usually are not obtainable to swap with the keybind presently.
Devoted Server
- Bedrock Devoted Server now defaults NetherNet UDP connections to a shared port matching server-port and accurately advertises configured public addresses and port mappings
- Invalid community settings now forestall server startup; legacy IP prefixes in server-udp-ports stay supported however are deprecated in favor of server-public-ip
Gameplay
- Worlds utilizing platform-restricted skins on Nintendo Change not seem in LAN discovery on different platforms
- Fastened Hoppers gathering dropped gadgets extra slowly when linked to a container beneath them (MCPE-166088)
- Fastened a difficulty the place chest loot may differ on the identical seed (MCPE-240570)
Graphical
- Block cracking textures not seem on the clear components of Icicles and different customized geometry blocks
- Fastened leaf transparency when switching between Easy and Fancy on cell platforms
Mobs
- Turtle egg blocks now show the suitable captions when stomped by Zombie, Husk, Drowned, Zombified Piglin, Zombie Villager, and Frostbite (MCPE-242043)
- Pigs now show the suitable subtitle when hit, fed, or killed
- Chickens now show the suitable subtitle when hit or killed
- Cows now show the suitable subtitle when hit or killed
- Cats now show the suitable subtitle when hit or killed
- Sheep now show the suitable subtitle when hit or killed
- The proper subtitles are actually displayed when villagers do work at their workstations
- Stray not crack Brittle Ice after they stand on it
- Zombies, Husks, Drowned, and Skeletons carrying any piece of Leather-based Armor not convert when submerged in Powder Snow
- Fastened lacking sound cue when a Zombie converts right into a Drowned
Music Options Add-On
- Jukeboxes and Pocket Jukeboxes now present a popup and a chat message naming any Observe Discs that may’t play as a result of the music service is unavailable, On-line audio is turned off, or cell information is not allowed for on-line play
- Jukeboxes and Pocket Jukeboxes now present a popup and a chat message naming any Observe Discs that may’t play as a result of the participant is offline
- Jukeboxes and Pocket Jukeboxes now present a popup and a chat message naming any Observe Discs that may’t play as a result of no linked participant owns the track
- Jukebox playlists the place no disc can play now cease and check out once more each 10 seconds or as quickly because the playlist modifications, as a substitute of biking by way of the discs
Disc Press
- Improved the music record and monitor tooltips in Basic and Pocket UI
- Added ascending and descending sorting by track title, artist, and period
- Songs should now be chosen explicitly earlier than urgent a disc, and looking or filtering not routinely selects a substitute track
- Improved keyboard and gamepad navigation on the disc press display
- Added display reader bulletins for the display, merchandise slots, and track titles, artists, and durations
Realms
- When claiming beta or preview realm, if there is just one realm to select from, it can now auto choose that realm
- Altering textual content in Realms member filter from Present all to Realm Member record to higher replicate the absence of Blocked members #
- Fastened a crash when deciding on Data or Edit for a participant who reported a Realms Tales submit
Sounds
- Throwing an Ice Ball now produces a sound (MCPE-243377)
- Throwing an Ice Ball now produces the right closed caption
- Observe discs now have a two second startup delay in block jukeboxes to account for on-line audio buffering, with late loading audio catching as much as the track’s present place
- Parrot now performs a sound when imitating Frostbite MCPE:243377
Stability and Efficiency
- Fastened a reminiscence leak when repeatedly navigating between the Play and world creation screens
- Fastened a crash that might happen on PS4 when getting into a world or including a second participant by way of cut up display
- Improved loading instances for Ore UI screens on Nintendo Change
Person Interface
- Fastened a difficulty the place solely Nintendo Change pals actively enjoying in worlds could be seen within the social drawer pals record
- The participant character on the brand new principal menu not disappears after activating or deactivating a useful resource pack (MCPE-243369)
- Fastened softlock that happens when opening the social drawer too rapidly when launching the sport (MCPE-243640)
- Fastened softlock that happens when backing out from Market after launching sport utilizing Retailer supply (MCPE-243626)
- Fastened the UI disappearing when backing out of a first-time exterior server be part of
- The Market Go buy phrases on Nintendo Change and Nintendo Change 2 now present the automated renewal discover supplied by Nintendo eShop
- Improved Market picture loading and stuck invalid picture requests blocking different photographs from loading
- Fastened button textual content in server types being truncated after a line break when Japanese is chosen (JIRA . (MCPE-243287)
- Fastened textual content spacing on the Subscriptions web page
- Fastened reward purchases getting caught on “Buy in progress…” after an unsuccessful Minecoin buy
- Gamers with inadequate Minecoins when buying a present are actually taken to the Coin Bundle display as a substitute of seeing a “Connection Failed” error
- The “Use” tooltip now seems for all held music discs when an empty Jukebox
- Fastened fallback art work briefly showing whereas photographs had been nonetheless loading
Technical Updates
API
- Launched the steady BlockVibrationPropertiesComponent Script API for studying a block’s vibration conduct by way of getCanDampenVibrations() and getCanOccludeVibrations() in V2_12_0
- Launched class BlockComponentNeighborChangedAfterEvent from beta to v2.12.0
- Launched interface NeighborChange from beta to v2.12.0
- Launched BlockComponentNamedTickEvent from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
- Launched ScriptBlock.scheduleNamedTick from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
- Launched ScriptBlock.hasScheduledNamedTick from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
- Launched ScriptBlock.removeScheduledNamedTicks from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
- Launched ScriptBlock.getScheduledNamedTickCount from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
- Launched ScriptBlock.getAllScheduledNamedTicks from beta to v2.12.0 in @minecraft/server
BlockInventoryComponent
- Customized blocks whose minecraft:block_entity element declares a container now present BlockInventoryComponent with out requiring any experiments
PoiBlockInstance
- Fastened sort returning undefined as a substitute of a PoiBlockType object for situations returned by POI queries
Block Elements
minecraft:block_entity
- Launched the container area from experimental, so customized blocks utilizing format_version 1.26.20 or later not want the Upcoming Creator Options experiment to declare a container with slot_count (1 to 54) and the optionally available title and show_ui_on_interaction fields
Blocks
- Launched the minecraft:vibration_properties block element for customized blocks in format model 1_26_60, with dampen_vibrations and occlude_vibrations properties that management whether or not blocks dampen or occlude vibrations
- Launched the minecraft:neighbor_change block element from the Upcoming Creator Options experiment. It requires format model 1.26.60 or later
- neighbor_directions configures which neighboring instructions set off the onNeighborChanged block customized element occasion
- Launched the minecraft:enchantment_power_transmitter block element from the Upcoming Creator Options experiment. It requires format model 1.26.60 or later
Instructions
- Fastened POI information being copied into different areas when loading a world, inflicting /find poi and scripting queries to return places with out matching POIs
Devoted Server
- Up to date PackOptimizer config format to take the output mode: brpak (default), brarchive or unpacked
- When utilizing PackOptimizer, every enter pack is remodeled in response to the required output mode, no matter its authentic format
- Improved error dealing with and suggestions when utilizing PackOptimizer
Editor
- Fastened a bug that precipitated simulation to be paused in editor take a look at worlds
- Fastened a bug that precipitated damaged blocks to not get added to participant stock
- Fastened a difficulty the place urgent F4 in Editor mode to open the Social Drawer would set off an error.
- Fastened a bug that precipitated an error when deciding on the Shadows Setting Group within the Vibrant Visuals pane
Entities
- Added the Beta-only area to an entity’s description area clear_behaviors_on_component_changes to decide into clearing a mob’s present AI elements when any element modifications happen; it defaults to false for Beta paperwork
Entity Elements
- Added a brand new minecraft:entity_rotation_always_follows_head entity element, obtainable to entity definitions utilizing the beta format model, which retains the entity’s rotation aligned with its head after look behaviors run
- It overrides the yaw set by motion elements, so it’s meant for entities that flip in place
- Added a brand new minecraft:spherical_look_control entity element, which turns the entity’s head towards targets set by look behaviors alongside the shortest arc in 3D, combining upward or downward rotation (pitch) with side-to-side rotation (yaw) in a single flip
- Look requests flip on the common of the pitch and yaw speeds provided by the look conduct, optionally scaled by distance
- With no look request, the top retains its present course except its pitch is outdoors pitch_limits, through which case it returns towards the closest restrict at pitch_recovery_speed
- pitch_recovery_speed: The pace in levels per second used to return the top’s pitch inside pitch_limits when no look request is current, from 0 to 3600, defaulting to 60
- Set to 0 to disable pitch restoration when no look request is current
- Doesn’t restrict turning towards requested targets
- reference_distance: An optionally available constructive distance in blocks at or beneath which the look conduct’s common pitch and yaw pace applies unchanged
- Past this distance, flip pace is multiplied by reference_distance divided by the goal distance, so doubling the gap halves the pace
- Distance is measured from the entity’s respiratory level to the requested look place
- Applies solely to place targets, with distance scaling disabled when omitted
- pitch_limits: The min and max pitch in levels, from -90 (straight up) to 90 (straight down) and defaulting to -90 and 90
- Set each to the identical worth for a set pitch
- Solely obtainable to entity definitions utilizing the beta format model
minecraft:projectile
- Added death_message_override to on_hit.impact_damage for entity format variations 1.26.70 and later, setting the localization key of the dying message proven when the impression harm kills an entity
- Within the dying message, %1$s is the title of the killed entity and %2$s is the title of the projectile’s proprietor, or of the projectile itself if it has no proprietor
Person Interface
Knowledge-Pushed Containers
- Creators are anticipated to not modify the UI for data-driven containers (ui/data_driven_container_screen.json and the data_driven_container namespace), as it might obtain breaking modifications in future updates and comes with no backwards compatibility ensures
Experimental Technical Updates
API
- Added includeNamespace and excludeNamespace to BiomeFilter
- If a namespace is added to includeNamespace, a biome utilizing that namespace might be discovered
- If a namespace is added to excludeNamespace, a biome utilizing that namespace can’t be discovered
- Added includeNamespace and excludeNamespace to BlockFilter
- If a namespace is added to includeNamespace, a block utilizing that namespace might be discovered
- If a namespace is added to excludeNamespace, a block utilizing that namespace can’t be discovered
- Added namespaces and excludeNamespaces to EntityFilter
- If a namespace is added to namespaces, an entity utilizing that namespace might be discovered
- If a namespace is added to excludeNamespaces, an entity utilizing that namespace can’t be discovered
- Added world.afterEvents.portalActivate, PortalActivateAfterEvent, and PortalActivateAfterEventSignal to @minecraft/server in beta to inform scripts after a Nether portal is activated, offering its dimension, ignition location, and initiating participant when identified
- Added property ItemCustomComponent.onReleaseUse to beta
- Added two new strategies to BlockEntityStorageComponent and ItemBlockEntityStorageComponent, nonetheless behind beta:
- take away removes a saved entity from the present content material pack’s storage with out releasing it into the world. No entity, expertise, or merchandise drops are spawned.
- totalSize returns the full variety of entities saved on this block’s entity storage throughout all content material packs.
Actor
- Passenger of block will now take into consideration the rotation restrict they got
- Passenger of block will cease being passenger when their supporting block is eliminated or changed with a unique block sort
PlayerDimensionChangeAfterEvent
- Added the beta read-only supply property, which reviews what precipitated the participant to alter dimensions utilizing the brand new PlayerDimensionChangeSource enum
PlayerDimensionChangeSource
- Added the beta PlayerDimensionChangeSource enum with the values Portal, TeleportCommand, PlayerRespawn, and Unknown
Blocks
- minecraft:collision_box has been up to date to assist voxel form identifiers as a collision form from 1.26.70 and onwards:
- Requires the “Voxel Shapes” experiment. Utilizing the element as a ‘bool’ or a field array stays non-experimental.
- Identifiers generally is a customized voxel form, minecraft:unit_cube, or minecraft:empty.
- Voxel shapes that exceed the collision bounds of [0,0,0] to [16,24,16] shall be clamped and registered with a warning. “format_version”: “1.26.70”, “identifier”: “take a look at:block_v1_26_70” “minecraft:collision_box”: “customized:collision_shape”
Ore UI Emoji
- Help present customized Minecraft emoji Unicode code factors in Ore UI screens