Minecraft 26.3-snapshot-8

Everything below is measured by comparing the game files of 26.3-snapshot-7 with 26.3-snapshot-8 — not copied from patch notes.

26.3-snapshot-8 block and item additions

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

Items +3 · −3

Abandoned Camp MapBuried Ancient City MapBuried Mineshaft Map

Removed: minecraft:abandoned_campsite_map, minecraft:ancient_city_map, minecraft:mineshaft_map

New in-game text 45

Reworded text 5

Wording Mojang changed in this version.

Read from Mojang’s own release notes for Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 8, published 2026-08-12. Every entry keeps its original bug ID.

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

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Snapshot 8 48

• 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

This build was part of the run-up to 26.3. Everything tested here landed in that release.