Minecraft 26.2

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What changed in 26.2
Seen in game
Blocks
Items
Mobs and entities
How to make the new things
Block entities
Particles
Sound events
New in-game text
Reworded text
Fixes
Development cycle
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Java What changed in 26.2

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 26.1.2 with 26.2 — not copied from patch notes.

+28Blocks

+31Items

+1Mobs and entities

+1Block entities

+8Particles

+66Sound events

26.2 block and item additions

31 new blocks and items. Hover a slot for the name; click to open its page.

Seen in game 2

Taken on a clean superflat world running Minecraft 26.2, with every new block placed on one board. Click to enlarge.

Blocks +28

Items +31

Mobs and entities +1

Sulfur Cube

How to make the new things 70

Hover a slot to see what goes in it.

Result	Made in	Recipe
Chiseled Cinnabar	Crafting
Chiseled Cinnabar	Stonecutting
Chiseled Sulfur	Crafting
Chiseled Sulfur	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Slab	Crafting	6
Cinnabar Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Cinnabar Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Cinnabar Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Cinnabar Brick Stairs	Crafting	4
Cinnabar Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Wall	Crafting	6
Cinnabar Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Bricks	Crafting	4
Cinnabar Bricks	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Bricks	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Slab	Crafting	6
Cinnabar Slab	Stonecutting	2
Cinnabar Stairs	Crafting	4
Cinnabar Stairs	Stonecutting
Cinnabar Wall	Crafting	6
Cinnabar Wall	Stonecutting
Polished Cinnabar	Crafting	4
Polished Cinnabar	Stonecutting
Polished Cinnabar Slab	Crafting	6
Polished Cinnabar Slab	Stonecutting	2
Polished Cinnabar Slab	Stonecutting	2
Polished Cinnabar Stairs	Crafting	4
Polished Cinnabar Stairs	Stonecutting
Polished Cinnabar Stairs	Stonecutting
Polished Cinnabar Wall	Crafting	6
Polished Cinnabar Wall	Stonecutting
Polished Cinnabar Wall	Stonecutting
Polished Sulfur	Crafting	4
Polished Sulfur	Stonecutting
Polished Sulfur Slab	Crafting	6
Polished Sulfur Slab	Stonecutting	2
Polished Sulfur Slab	Stonecutting	2
Polished Sulfur Stairs	Crafting	4
Polished Sulfur Stairs	Stonecutting
Polished Sulfur Stairs	Stonecutting
Polished Sulfur Wall	Crafting	6
Polished Sulfur Wall	Stonecutting
Polished Sulfur Wall	Stonecutting
Potent Sulfur	Crafting
Sulfur	Crafting
Sulfur Brick Slab	Crafting	6
Sulfur Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Sulfur Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Sulfur Brick Slab	Stonecutting	2
Sulfur Brick Stairs	Crafting	4
Sulfur Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Sulfur Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Sulfur Brick Stairs	Stonecutting
Sulfur Brick Wall	Crafting	6
Sulfur Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Sulfur Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Sulfur Brick Wall	Stonecutting
Sulfur Bricks	Crafting	4
Sulfur Bricks	Stonecutting
Sulfur Bricks	Stonecutting
Sulfur Slab	Crafting	6
Sulfur Slab	Stonecutting	2
Sulfur Stairs	Crafting	4
Sulfur Stairs	Stonecutting
Sulfur Wall	Crafting	6
Sulfur Wall	Stonecutting

Block entities +1 · −1

Potent Sulfur

Removed: minecraft:bed

Particles +8

Geyser Geyser Base Geyser Plume Geyser Poof Noxious Gas Noxious Gas Cloud Sulfur Bubbles Sulfur Cube Goo

Sound events +66

New in-game text 237

Key	Text
`accessibility.onboarding.accessibility.button.narration`	Accessibility Settings
`advancements.husbandry.uh_oh.description`	Have a Sulfur Cube absorb a TNT block
`advancements.husbandry.uh_oh.title`	Uh Oh
`attribute.name.air_drag_modifier`	Air Drag Modifier
`attribute.name.below_name_distance`	Name Tag Score Distance
`attribute.name.bounciness`	Bounciness
`attribute.name.friction_modifier`	Friction Modifier
`attribute.name.nameplate_distance`	Name Tag Distance
`biome.minecraft.sulfur_caves`	Sulfur Caves
`block.minecraft.chiseled_cinnabar`	Chiseled Cinnabar
`block.minecraft.chiseled_sulfur`	Chiseled Sulfur
`block.minecraft.cinnabar`	Cinnabar
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_brick_slab`	Cinnabar Brick Slab
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_brick_stairs`	Cinnabar Brick Stairs
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_brick_wall`	Cinnabar Brick Wall
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_bricks`	Cinnabar Bricks
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_slab`	Cinnabar Slab
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_stairs`	Cinnabar Stairs
`block.minecraft.cinnabar_wall`	Cinnabar Wall
`block.minecraft.polished_cinnabar`	Polished Cinnabar
`block.minecraft.polished_cinnabar_slab`	Polished Cinnabar Slab
`block.minecraft.polished_cinnabar_stairs`	Polished Cinnabar Stairs
`block.minecraft.polished_cinnabar_wall`	Polished Cinnabar Wall
`block.minecraft.polished_sulfur`	Polished Sulfur
`block.minecraft.polished_sulfur_slab`	Polished Sulfur Slab
`block.minecraft.polished_sulfur_stairs`	Polished Sulfur Stairs
`block.minecraft.polished_sulfur_wall`	Polished Sulfur Wall
`block.minecraft.potent_sulfur`	Potent Sulfur
`block.minecraft.sulfur`	Sulfur
`block.minecraft.sulfur_brick_slab`	Sulfur Brick Slab
`block.minecraft.sulfur_brick_stairs`	Sulfur Brick Stairs
`block.minecraft.sulfur_brick_wall`	Sulfur Brick Wall
`block.minecraft.sulfur_bricks`	Sulfur Bricks
`block.minecraft.sulfur_slab`	Sulfur Slab
`block.minecraft.sulfur_spike`	Sulfur Spike
`block.minecraft.sulfur_stairs`	Sulfur Stairs
`block.minecraft.sulfur_wall`	Sulfur Wall
`commands.publish.alreadyPublished.lan`	Local game is already hosted on port %s
`commands.publish.alreadyPublished.online`	Online game is already hosted
`commands.publish.started.lan`	Local game hosted on port %s
`commands.publish.started.online`	Online game hosted
`commands.team.option.color.clear.success`	Cleared the color for team %s
`commands.unpublish.notPublished`	No multiplayer game published
`commands.unpublish.success`	Multiplayer game is now unpublished
`connect.p2p.establishing`	Establishing connection...
`connect.p2p.failed.generic`	Couldn't connect to player
`connect.p2p.failed.signaling`	It is not possible to connect right now. Try again later.
`connect.p2p.failed.timeout`	Connection request timed out
`connect.p2p.failed.unreachable`	Player isn't reachable
`death.attack.sulfurCubeHot`	%1$s died because not just the floor is lava
`death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.player`	%2$s showed %1$s that not just the floor is lava
`editGamerule.inGame.disabled.hardcore.tooltip`	Cannot change game rules in a hardcore world.
`entity.minecraft.sulfur_cube`	Sulfur Cube
`entity.minecraft.sulfur_cube.content`	Contains: %s
`generator.minecraft.flat_all_dimensions`	Flat All Dimensions
`gui.friends.accept`	Accept
`gui.friends.button.loading`	Wait...
`gui.friends.button.loading.invite_request_pending`	Waiting for confirmation
`gui.friends.button.loading.join_request_pending`	Waiting for confirmation
`gui.friends.cancel_request`	Cancel request
`gui.friends.confirm_title`	Confirm
`gui.friends.confirm_unfriend`	Are you sure you want to remove this player from your Friends List?
`gui.friends.copy_to_clipboard`	Copy to Clipboard
`gui.friends.decline`	Decline
`gui.friends.empty_nickname`	Enter a valid profile name before sending a friend request
`gui.friends.empty_state`	Friends you add will be listed here. Manage online safety with your %s.
`gui.friends.empty_state.link`	Microsoft account
`gui.friends.enter_nickname`	Enter Profile Name
`gui.friends.error.connection_issue`	Friends List is not working right now. Check your internet connection and try again.
`gui.friends.error.failed.message`	Unable to send your friend request right now
`gui.friends.error.forbidden.message`	Failed to perform this friend action. It may be due to the account's privacy settings.
`gui.friends.error.generic`	Something's wrong — with this feature, not your friends! Try again later.
`gui.friends.error.rateLimited.message`	You're performing Friends List actions too quickly. Please wait a moment and try again.
`gui.friends.error.temporary_unavailable`	Friends List is not working right now. Try again later.
`gui.friends.error.unauthorized`	Invalid token supplied. Restart your game and launcher, then try again
`gui.friends.error.unavailable.message`	The Friends List service is currently unavailable. Please check your connection and try again later.
`gui.friends.error.upgrade_needed`	Update the game to access your Friends List.
`gui.friends.error.user_may_lack_active_profile`	There is no player with this profile name
`gui.friends.join`	Join
`gui.friends.loading_friends`	Loading Friends List...

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Reworded text 40

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

Key	Before	After
`advancements.story.enter_the_nether.description`	Build, light and enter a Nether Portal	Build, light, and enter a Nether Portal
`argument.resource_or_id.invalid`	Invalid id or tag	Invalid ID or tag
`build.tooHigh`	Height limit for building is %s	The height limit for building is %s
`build.tooLow`	Minimum height for building is %s	The minimum height for building is %s
`command.failed`	An unexpected error occurred trying to execute that command	An unexpected error occurred while trying to execute that command
`commands.locate.biome.not_found`	Could not find a biome of type "%s" within reasonable distance	Could not find a biome of type "%s" within a reasonable distance
`commands.locate.poi.not_found`	Could not find a point of interest of type "%s" within reasonable distance	Could not find a point of interest of type "%s" within a reasonable distance
`commands.place.template.invalid`	There is no template with id "%s"	There is no template with ID "%s"
`commands.profile_fetch.id.failure`	Failed to resolved profile for id %s	Failed to resolve profile for ID %s
`commands.profile_fetch.id.success`	Resolved profile for id %s: %s	Resolved profile for ID %s: %s
`commands.schedule.cleared.failure`	No schedules with id %s	No schedules with ID %s
`commands.schedule.cleared.success`	Removed %s schedule(s) with id %s	Removed %s schedule(s) with ID %s
`datapackFailure.title`	Errors in currently selected data packs prevented the world from loading. You can either try to load it with only the vanilla data pack ("safe mode"), or go back to the title screen and fix it manually.	Errors in the currently selected data pack(s) prevented the world from loading. You can either try to load it with only the vanilla data pack ("Safe Mode"), or go back to the title screen and fix it manually.
`filled_map.id`	Id #%s	ID #%s
`gamerule.lavaSourceConversion.description`	When flowing lava is surrounded on two sides by lava sources it converts into a source.	When flowing lava is surrounded on two sides by lava sources, it converts into a source.
`gamerule.playersNetherPortalCreativeDelay`	Player's Nether portal delay in creative mode	Player's Nether Portal delay in creative mode
`gamerule.playersNetherPortalCreativeDelay.description`	Time (in ticks) that a creative mode player needs to stand in a Nether portal before changing dimensions.	Time (in ticks) that a creative mode player needs to stand in a Nether Portal before changing dimensions.
`gamerule.playersNetherPortalDefaultDelay`	Player's Nether portal delay in non-creative mode	Player's Nether Portal delay in non-creative mode
`gamerule.playersNetherPortalDefaultDelay.description`	Time (in ticks) that a non-creative mode player needs to stand in a Nether portal before changing dimensions.	Time (in ticks) that a non-creative mode player needs to stand in a Nether Portal before changing dimensions.
`gamerule.waterSourceConversion.description`	When flowing water is surrounded on two sides by water sources it converts into a source.	When flowing water is surrounded on two sides by water sources, it converts into a source.
`gui.abuseReport.discard.title`	Discard report and comments?	Discard Report and Comments?
`gui.abuseReport.draft.title`	Edit draft chat report?	Edit Draft Chat Report?
`gui.abuseReport.error.title`	Problem sending your report	Problem Sending Your Report
`gui.abuseReport.sending.title`	Sending your report...	Sending Your Report...
`gui.abuseReport.sent.title`	Report sent	Report Sent
`gui.banned.title.permanent`	Account permanently banned	Account Permanently Banned
`gui.banned.title.temporary`	Account temporarily suspended	Account Temporarily Suspended
`gui.chatReport.discard.title`	Discard report and comments?	Discard Report and Comments?
`gui.chatReport.draft.title`	Edit draft chat report?	Edit Draft Chat Report?
`mco.configure.world.leave.question.line1`	If you leave this Realm you won't see it unless you are invited again	If you leave this Realm, you won't see it unless you are invited again
`mco.configure.world.restore.download.question.line1`	The world will be downloaded and added to your single player worlds.	The world will be downloaded and added to your singleplayer worlds.
`mco.selectServer.popup`	Realms is a safe, simple way to enjoy an online Minecraft world with up to ten friends at a time. It supports loads of minigames and plenty of custom worlds! Only the owner of the realm needs to pay.	Realms is a safe, simple way to enjoy an online Minecraft world with up to ten friends at a time. It supports loads of minigames and plenty of custom worlds! Only the owner of the Realm needs to pay.
`options.allowServerListing.tooltip`	Servers may list online players as part of their public status. With this option off your name will not show up in such lists.	Servers may list online players as part of their public status. With this option off, your name will not show up in such lists.
`options.directionalAudio.on.tooltip`	Uses HRTF-based directional audio to improve the simulation of 3D sound. Requires HRTF compatible audio hardware, and is best experienced with headphones.	Uses HRTF-based directional audio to improve the simulation of 3D sound. Requires HRTF-compatible audio hardware, and is best experienced with headphones.
`options.multiplayer.title`	Multiplayer Settings...	Open to LAN
`options.needsRestart`	Option will be applied after restart.	Requires a game restart to take effect.
`options.screenEffectScale.tooltip`	Strength of nausea and Nether portal screen distortion effects. At lower values, the nausea effect is replaced with a green overlay.	Strength of Nausea and Nether Portal screen distortion effects. At lower values, the Nausea effect is replaced with a green overlay.
`options.textureFiltering.anisotropic.tooltip`	A hardware based filtering method, but impacts performance and significantly impacts video memory usage. May not be supported on all hardware.	A hardware-based filtering method, but impacts performance and significantly impacts video memory usage. May not be supported on all hardware.
`options.textureFiltering.rgss.tooltip`	(Rotated Grid Super Sampling) A shader based filtering method that improves texture quality with a moderate performance impact.	(Rotated Grid Super Sampling) A shader-based filtering method that improves texture quality with a moderate performance impact.
`selectWorld.backupJoinSkipButton`	I know what I'm doing!	I Know What I'm Doing!

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Fixes 277

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, published 2026-06-16. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

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

Fixed bugs in 26.2 78

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 options.directionalAudio.on.tooltip string is missing a hyphen between the words "HRTF" and "compatible"
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-279158 The "I know what I'm doing!" button is improperly capitalized
MC-279182 Strings used to describe water and lava conversion game rules are missing commas
MC-279183 The options.allowServerListing.tooltip string is missing a comma
MC-279184 The datapackFailure.title string is missing an article and always pluralizes the word "pack"
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
MC-307690 The error message produced by /difficulty doesn't use the difficulty's translated name
MC-307877 Bone meal cannot be used on dry grass with a block directly above it

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 3 17

MC-277744 Blocks with emissive textures don't emit much light when held by endermen
MC-307177 Enabling JFR profiling causes the client to crash on startup
MC-307227 Using an empty Offers NBT tag to disable trades doesn't work after a relog/data merge
MC-307289 Polished sulfur is named "Polished Sulfur Block", which is inconsistent with all other polished stone blocks
MC-307291 The game crashes when an entity with the friction_modifier attribute set to 2.5 moves
MC-307298 Sulfur cubes with blocks inside them produce footstep sounds when moving across the ground
MC-307300 Magma blocks held by sulfur cubes are not emissive
MC-307315 Frogs try to eat large magma cubes now
MC-307316 Magma cubes no longer drop magma cream
MC-307340 The bottom face of slimes' outer layer z-fights with the ground
MC-307347 Releasing a sulfur cube from a bucket and killing it does not cause it to drop its held block
MC-307357 Sulfur cubes don't emit light when holding a glowing block
MC-307371 The #sulfur_cube_archetype/fast_flat item tag contains pumpkin twice
MC-307405 When picking up a leashed sulfur cube with a bucket, the lead disappears
MC-307420 The game now renders fluid faces that should not be rendered
MC-307473 The block breaking texture on bamboo stalks is now always displayed centered
MC-307483 Emptying a sulfur cube bucket underwater doesn't place the sulfur cube at the targeted block

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 4 11

MC-307327 VSync limits the framerate inconsistently in fullscreen with the Vulkan rendering backend on some Mac systems
MC-307378 The glowing effect is not visible with the Vulkan rendering backend on some graphics
MC-307434 Sulfur cubes cannot spawn naturally on Peaceful difficulty
MC-307532 Lava buckets now remain filled server-side when emptied into flowing water
MC-307539 The game crashes upon startup on some Mac systems
MC-307545 The "High Contrast" resource pack is listed as incompatible
MC-307549 beds.png-atlas still exists
MC-307587 Wet sponges are no longer removed from the inventory server-side when placed in the Nether
MC-307624 The cube mob entity sub-predicate is called type_specific/slime rather than cube_mob
MC-307626 The selection lists in the pack selection screen can extend outside the bounds of the game window, violating the Vulkan specification
MC-307647 Crash on startup with the Vulkan validation layer enabled — the NORMAL vertex attribute uses a format without guaranteed VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT support

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 5 10

MC-307194 The discount given by fletchers for tipped arrow trades decreases the arrow cost instead of the emerald cost
MC-307266 Zombie villagers change biome type after being cured
MC-307283 Placing sulfur springs using /place does not update the affected blocks
MC-307513 Using /deop on multiple players shows the same player in all success messages
MC-307623 Chunk sections are sometimes invisible until they are updated
MC-307689 The player's arm swings when failing to use a spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty
MC-307702 Skeletons' AI breaks when picking up any item
MC-307706 The game inconsistently refers to name tags and name plates
MC-307710 Deoxidizing waxed copper blocks now takes priority over scraping off the wax
MC-307754 Monsters now spawn regardless of the "Spawn Monsters" game rule

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 6 37

MC-306778 The fog color no longer transitions smoothly when the weather changes at night while under the Night Vision effect
MC-307281 /item replace cannot place items in sulfur cubes' body slot
MC-307297 Sulfur cubes shake from freezing when inside powder snow despite not being able to freeze
MC-307310 Potent sulfur can generate outside of water
MC-307323 Sulfur caves can generate on the surface
MC-307351 Dispenser arrows cannot push sulfur cubes
MC-307397 Mace effects do not apply when hitting sulfur cubes
MC-307407 Vertical velocity after bouncing does not take drag into consideration
MC-307424 Chiseled cinnabar and sulfur are listed incorrectly in the Creative mode inventory
MC-307482 Sulfur cubes with an absorbed block don't inherit any status effects from tipped arrows
MC-307517 Beacon beams render in front of nether fog
MC-307544 Sulfur spikes have an inaccurate map color
MC-307560 Wandering traders are unable to sell sulfur spikes
MC-307584 The border around the selected pack in the resource/data pack menu disappears when pressing Enter
MC-307667 Dispensers can equip small sulfur cubes
MC-307673 Sulfur caves appear much smaller due to their tuff border
MC-307674 Knockback does nothing to sulfur cubes if they have a block inside
MC-307684 Named sulfur cubes can despawn after being picked up with a bucket and replaced
MC-307774 The bool(arg) SNBT operation returns false for some non-zero number values
MC-307777 The patterns on banners are now invisible under some circumstances
MC-307778 Priming sulfur cubes with absorbed TNT does not play the hand use animation
MC-307779 Potent sulfur no longer causes noxious gas to appear upon world generation
MC-307780 The server crashes when the management server is enabled
MC-307782 Sulfur spring geysers can push players in Creative mode who are flying
MC-307783 Lines are drawn between leashed entities in view
MC-307784 Structure block rotation buttons aren't disabled correctly
MC-307785 Geysers do not emit a game event when erupting
MC-307797 Dying to a sulfur cube doesn't increase the player's killed_by:sulfur_cube statistic
MC-307802 The player's arm swings when attempting to interact with a sulfur cube with ignited TNT inside
MC-307803 The game crashes when a sulfur cube with an archetype that has explosion_fuse set to a value lower than 4 is primed by an explosion
MC-307821 The glowing effect is now always white on the frame part of bell block displays
MC-307824 Attempting to light a sulfur cube with TNT inside while TNT explosions are disabled does not display a message
MC-307825 Disabling TNT explosions does not prevent already primed TNT sulfur cubes from exploding
MC-307829 Sulfur cubes with TNT absorbed still explode with the game rule mob_griefing set to false
MC-307837 Igniters deplete when used on TNT sulfur cubes while TNT explosions are disabled
MC-307854 Weapons enchanted with Fire Aspect don't ignite TNT sulfur cubes
MC-307864 Small sulfur cubes become large client-side when fed a slimeball after restarting their aging

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 7 19

MC-307221 The missing texture is no longer used for blocks with no model or an invalid model
MC-307272 Servers can no longer detect left clicks from players in Spectator mode
MC-307336 Colors are less saturated with the Vulkan rendering backend on some Mac systems
MC-307339 The player's vertical motion is reset when moving on the ground
MC-307387 When using Vulkan, the Globals uniform is not available in multiple core shaders unless explicitly defined
MC-307421 Vulkan does not trigger an error when a resource pack that cannot be loaded is loaded
MC-307442 The game crashes upon startup on Mac systems with Intel graphics of Gen8 architecture
MC-307455 The game crashes when minimized on some Intel graphics
MC-307498 The standing_sign special model renderer uses a field misspelled as "attachement"
MC-307499 The game crashes upon detecting invalid shader files during loading
MC-307585 The fall_after_explosion advancement trigger does not work with TNT anymore
MC-307605 The "Exclusive Fullscreen" and "Graphics API" options prompt the user to restart the game differently
MC-307817 Target selectors no longer allow specifying type multiple times when using tags
MC-307905 Crash report generation can crash when StackTraceElement.getFileName() is null
MC-307912 Sulfur spikes in sulfur springs are not waterlogged
MC-307919 Geysers' force goes through some transparent blocks
MC-307920 Bucketed sulfur cubes can despawn
MC-307929 Dispensers can equip armor on sulfur cubes
MC-307952 The enchantment glint does not render on top of banner patterns applied on a shield

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 8 18

MC-307212 The texture of the back of gurgles' right arm has a line of miscolored pixels
MC-307363 Baby hoglins' mane no longer appears on both sides of the body texture
MC-307833 The world freezes when villagers with specific trade sets level up
MC-307911 The death message for dying to a sulfur cube with an absorbed magma block is " discovered the floor was lava"
MC-308035 Standing signs next to blocks now have an extra dark looking face
MC-308047 Friends service forbidden (403) — user may lack an active profile
MC-308048 The "options.inGameNotification" string is improperly capitalized
MC-308058 Sulfur cubes touching cacti spam the hurting sound
MC-308061 Games published with /publish are shown as offline in the multiplayer options screen
MC-308073 Text in the friends list warning screen can extend outside the window when reducing the resolution
MC-308102 Non-friends can join a friends-only world if they are using the same network
MC-308103 The sign editing screen no longer distinguishes between standing signs and wall signs
MC-308104 The side faces of wall signs do not get culled against blocks
MC-308114 The name of the debug property that simulates friend-only chat repeats the word "DEBUG_"
MC-308145 Cannot see own chat messages when chat is restricted to friends only by Xbox options
MC-308163 Entities pushed upward by geysers take fall damage proportional to the time they have been hovering for when landing
MC-308168 The skin preview in the skin reporting screen can no longer be rotated vertically
MC-308181 When the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment is on, the "Bounce" music disc does not generate

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 1 24

MC-307330 Major framerate drop in 26.1 and above
MC-307536 Performance drop while rendering decorated pots
MC-307589 Tridents don't render if their hitbox is far outside the player's field of view, even if part of them should otherwise be visible
MC-307721 Large numbers of banners in the world cause performance issues
MC-307935 Sulfur caves can eventually become overgrown with sulfur spikes
MC-307951 Piglins continuously make a sound while trying to zombify in Peaceful difficulty
MC-307999 The game's tick rate freezes for a while when a sulfur cube takes damage from Instant Damage with a very high amplifier
MC-308039 The click sound isn’t played when clicking on the “Microsoft account” link in the friends menu
MC-308041 Long usernames render outside of the friends list area
MC-308045 Small sulfur cubes don't have their own texture, unlike in Bedrock Edition
MC-308057 The “Manage online safety with your Microsoft account“ element in the friends menu is not perfectly horizontally centered
MC-308111 Items can enter the player's inventory after death, causing them to be deleted with the keep_inventory game rule disabled
MC-308112 The panorama starts spinning when entering the Music & Sounds menu from the accessibility onboarding screen
MC-308141 Friends' skins take a long time to show when opening the friends list
MC-308157 The game crashes when an evoker retaliates against a vex that has itself as its owner
MC-308182 The fog in sulfur caves is not green, unlike in Bedrock Edition
MC-308184 The game does not properly handle save folder deletion while running
MC-308194 The friend list doesn't use high contrast button textures when the "High Contrast" resource pack is enabled
MC-308217 Shulkers suffocate when opening while hanging from a block
MC-308226 Template models for signs are not prefixed with template_
MC-308227 Template models for beds are not prefixed with template_
MC-308237 Crash when post shaders fail to compile
MC-308242 Hanging signs' recipe unlock criterion name was changed to has_planks
MC-308292 The "My profile name: " string in the friends menu is placed to the left of the username even in right-to-left languages

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 2 12

MC-307662 The graphics backend version line in the debug overlay doesn't support new line characters
MC-307759 Quickly giving sulfur cubes blocks to absorb and removing them while the tick rate is low can cause a desync
MC-308033 The shield blocking animation is now too quick
MC-308135 Large core shader files fail to load when using the Vulkan rendering backend
MC-308207 You can swap sulfur cubes' absorbed block at the same time as lighting their absorbed TNT
MC-308281 OpenGL MultiDraw crash due to missing element buffer bind
MC-308363 Igloo generation freezes the server in rare cases
MC-308439 The foot part of beds displays as the missing model when the "Programmer Art" resource pack is enabled
MC-308442 Switching a beacon's primary effect while the level II effect is chosen as the secondary effect kicks the player
MC-308452 The game crashes on startup on Mac
MC-308457 The game crashes on systems that don't support Vulkan
MC-308465 The game now crashes when attempting to create a new world while the saves folder is not present

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 3 26

MC-307713 The noxious_gas_08 particle texture has a resolution of 16x15
MC-307794 Sulfur cubes with absorbed primed TNT cannot be hit with spears
MC-307822 Geysers are less effective on players riding other entities
MC-307860 The animation of the dark overlay in the advancements screen is slower on lower framerates
MC-307884 Characters in the Unicode font have uneven gaps between them
MC-307899 Adding large animated textures to atlases causes the Vulkan rendering backend to run out of memory
MC-307916 Explosions caused by sulfur cubes with absorbed TNT do not drop every destroyed block
MC-307969 Log spam when attempting to render a monster spawner in Peaceful difficulty
MC-308036 Attempting to send a friend request to yourself silently fails with no user feedback
MC-308042 CTRL+NUM within the friends menu requires the buttons to be focused in order to function, unlike other menus
MC-308065 When placing a bed, the head part takes an extra frame to appear
MC-308092 Disconnecting from the network on the friends screen and exiting the game causes the JVM to crash
MC-308107 The border around the text under the listed friends in the friends menu disappears when pressing Enter and exiting the link confirmation screen
MC-308133 Geysers take away boats' horizontal momentum
MC-308152 Hitting sulfur cubes that are hanging in mid air near the top now causes them to gain a lot more height
MC-308245 Partially transparent flower textures produce ghosting artifacts when mipmapped
MC-308426 Setting a movement key bind and the "Debug Modifier" key bind to the same key lets you move while an inventory is open
MC-308436 Blocks absorbed by small sulfur cubes are displayed incorrectly
MC-308448 The block outline on banners is white
MC-308475 The depth clear value is ignored in GlCommandEncoder.createRenderPass
MC-308476 The timeout passed into glClientWaitSync is in milliseconds instead of nanoseconds
MC-308477 The vertex buffer slot is hardcoded to 0 in VulkanRenderPass.drawMultipleIndexed
MC-308484 VulkanRenderPass: scissor is never set when renderArea is null
MC-308533 JVM crash when two shaders fail to compile when using Vulkan
MC-308537 The game can crash due to certain race conditions in multiplayer
MC-308541 You can still swap the blocks inside of a sulfur cube whilst their TNT is about to explode

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 4 11

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

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 5 12

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

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Release Candidate 1 1

MC-308716 Pressing the "Friends Screen" key bind while in a world doesn't bring up the friends list

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Release Candidate 2 1

MC-308731 With a specific setup, a survival player can become softlocked in a hole with a sulfur cube

Development cycle

Every build Mojang published on the way to 26.2, in order.

Snapshot
7
Weekly work-in-progress build. Things break and get removed again.
26.2-snapshot-2 26.2-snapshot-3 26.2-snapshot-4 26.2-snapshot-5 26.2-snapshot-6 26.2-snapshot-7 26.2-snapshot-8
Pre-release
6
Feature-complete; only bug fixes land between here and release.
26.2-pre-1 26.2-pre-2 26.2-pre-3 26.2-pre-4 26.2-pre-5 26.2-pre-6
Release candidate
2
The build Mojang intends to ship unless a blocking bug turns up.
26.2-rc-1 26.2-rc-2
Release
26.2
The build that shipped. Everything above led here.

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Official name	Chaos Cubed
Edition	Java Edition
Type	Stable release
Release date	16 June 2026
Development versions	7 snapshot · 6 pre-release · 2 release candidate
Protocol version	`776`
Data version	`4903`
Resource pack format	`88`
Data pack format	`107` minor 1
Minimum Java version	Java 25
Asset index	`32`
Client jar	37.4 MB sha1 2dc72797acbc…
Server jar	58.1 MB sha1 823e2250d24b…
Previous	`26.2-rc-2`
Next	`26.3-snapshot-1`
Official metadata	`26.2.json`
Platforms	Windows macOS Linux
Written in	Java
Developer	Mojang Studios
Mojang's name for it	Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2
Registries extracted	95
Blocks	1196
Display strings	8123