Minecraft 25w35a

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 25w34b with 25w35a — not copied from patch notes.

25w35a block and item additions

1 new block and item. Hover a slot for the name; click to open its page.

Blocks +1 · −1

Iron Chain

Removed: minecraft:chain

Items +1 · −1

Iron Chain

Removed: minecraft:chain

Sound events +1

How to make the new things 1

Hover a slot to see what goes in it.

Result	Made in	Recipe
Iron Chain	Crafting

New in-game text 19

Reworded text 2

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft Snapshot 25w35a, published 2025-08-26. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

47 issues fixed, read from Mojang’s own patch notes. Each entry keeps its original bug ID.

Fixed bugs in 25w35a 47

• MC-278550 While flying in creative or spectator mode, the surface of water can prevent you from sprinting
• MC-297126 "Failed to read field..." error spam when upgrading a 25w15a or 25w16a world
• MC-300044 Z-fighting occurs when the heads of copper golems intersect their bodies
• MC-300049 The debug text is rendered on top of the debug options
• MC-300054 Double oxidized copper chest texture UV is missing pixels
• MC-300067 Copper golems continue their chest searching animations while dying
• MC-300074 No particles are produced when scraping oxidation off copper golems
• MC-300077 Copper golems can interact with chests diagonally through solid blocks
• MC-300089 Chests sometimes get stuck in inverted states after being interacted with by copper golems
• MC-300102 Shelves float when held in the player's hand in third person
• MC-300103 Removing items from a shelf uses the "Item placed" caption
• MC-300119 Copper golems don’t always avoid dangerous blocks when pathfinding to chests
• MC-300124 All the oxidation states of the lightning rod are listed in the redstone tab of the creative inventory
• MC-300129 Copper golems can't put items into chests above them
• MC-300173 The Copper Chest textures' diagonal glint direction doesn't match the large chest variants' on some sides
• MC-300229 Z-fighting on antenna when putting certain blocks above a copper golem statue
• MC-300267 The miniature mobs inside spawners and trial spawners are sometimes lit incorrectly
• MC-300301 Shelves produce unusually high-resolution particles due to having a 32x32 texture
• MC-300304 Comparators can stay active when measuring the pose of a copper golem statue block which is revived
• MC-300462 Copper golems attached to leads still attempt to pathfind toward chests
• MC-300501 Variants of copper chests are not included in the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the creative inventory whereas normal chests are
• MC-300568 Copper golems don't open chests if given room to walk about
• MC-300688 The iron chain's block/item ID is still "chain"
• MC-300703 The underside of double copper chests does not use a merged texture
• MC-300744 The copper and iron nuggets are inverted and arranged incorrectly in the Creative mode inventory
• MC-300762 Copper golems require at least 3 blocks of space above a chest to place anything
• MC-300797 The glowing effect causes entities to render incorrectly inside of inventories
• MC-300827 Pressing F3+Q in certain screens does not show help, despite F3 suggesting it
• MC-300977 Clocks function in the recipe book/villager/crafter UI
• MC-301023 When a warden applies the darkness effect to you, the chat interface, item bar, and items become dark
• MC-301025 End flash purplish light saturation is affected by brightness values
• MC-301026 End flash purplish light becomes extremely saturated when the player is affected by darkness
• MC-301048 In the "sitting" pose, the copper statue’s rod becomes shorter
• MC-301101 Certain similar blocks are positioned differently on copper golems' heads
• MC-301224 The first few stages of block cracks are not rendered on chests
• MC-301225 Game crashes when quitting creating new world menu without other worlds created before
• MC-301226 Block cracks no longer render on banners
• MC-301228 Block cracks no longer render on heads and skulls
• MC-301230 The word "resolve" is misspelled as "resolved" within the "commands.profile_fetch.id.failure" string
• MC-301231 Enchanting table book animations are not independent
• MC-301236 Enchantment glint is no longer visible on held tridents
• MC-301242 Enchantment glint is no longer visible on shields
• MC-301273 Clicking on the join server hover button now selects the server, unless any server is already selected
• MC-301290 Game crashes when trying to render a glowing enchanted item
• MC-301295 TTF font provider oversample increases width of characters
• MC-301328 Glowing item entities briefly turn white upon pickup
• MC-301339 Miniature mobs inside spawners always render fully lit

This build was part of the run-up to 1.21.9. Everything tested here landed in that release.