Bedrock Edition Preview 26.30.20

Preview 26.30.20 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) or beta 26.30.21 (ChromeOS, Android) is the first beta/Preview for Bedrock Edition 26.30, released on April 21, 2026,^[1] which moves features from Chaos Cubed out of experimental, adds some new features, and fixes bugs.

This version does not have a release for Bedrock Dedicated Server.

Sulfur spike

• 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 and stalagmites.
• Stalactites and stalagmites merge if the tips are next to each other, unless placed while crouching.
• Stalagmites will break if not attached to a support block.
• Stalactites fall down if not attached to something above.
• Being hit by a falling stalactite deals damage.
• Thrown tridents break sulfur spikes.
• 4 sulfur spikes can be crafted into a sulfur block.

Sulfur and cinnabar

• Sulfur and cinnabar blocks and variants now have unique jump and land sounds.
• Specific subtitles now play for sulfur cubes, sulfur blocks and variants, and cinnabar blocks and variants.

Bogged and parched

• Now shoot arrows every 2.5 seconds on Hard difficulty, matching Java Edition.

Skeleton and stray

• Now shoot arrows with difficulty-based attack intervals instead of distance-scaled intervals. They don't match Java Edition currently.

Sulfur cube

• Updated the texture of the sulfur cube.
• Reduced their health from 9HP to 8HP.
• No longer become unpushable once a block is removed from it.
• Added sounds for absorbing blocks, ejecting blocks, and landing.
• Are now knocked back based on the tap location when using a touch device input.
• Each ball archetype now has their own unique hit and push sound.

Sulfur caves

• Granite and tuff are now dispersed between sulfur and cinnabar.

Creative inventory

• Sulfur, polished sulfur, sulfur bricks, cinnabar, polished cinnabar, and cinnabar brick walls are now found in the walls category.
• Potent sulfur is now placed before sulfur bricks.
• Sulfur blocks are now shown after cinnabar blocks.

Experiments

• Removed the "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle and implemented all features into vanilla gameplay.

Graphical

• Texture streaming is now enabled by default on supported platforms.^{[note 1]}
• Streamed textures are no longer completely invisible after being off-screen for a while.
• Snow golem heads no longer render as completely black with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
• Added boss fog in the End dimension while the ender dragon is alive.

Realms

• The "No Members Found" modal no longer briefly shows up before loading members in Realms Stories and Realms Hub.
• Updated the looks of the Welcome to Realms screen.

UI

• Text fields can now be navigated using the ↹ Tab key, which enters editing mode with all text selected. Pressing ↹ Tab while editing moves to the next field.
• The full storage indicator now is taller and has a square action button. The button has been updated from "Go to storage settings" to "Settings".
• Chat text is now narrated while typing, when text to speech is enabled.
  • Narration stops when the message is sent.
• Updated recipe unlocked toast design.

AI Goals

• Made schemas for the following goals stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.30 and newer:
  • minecraft:behavior.croak
    • Float Range fields interval and duration now only accepts an object with min and max values.
  • minecraft:behavior.fire_at_target
    • Float Range field attack_range now only accepts an object with min and max values.
  • minecraft:behavior.follow_caravan
  • minecraft:behavior.emerge stricter
  • minecraft:behavior.restrict_open_door
  • minecraft:behavior.restrict_sun
  • minecraft:behavior.rise_to_liquid_level
  • minecraft:behavior.roll
  • minecraft:behavior.run_around_like_crazy
  • minecraft:behavior.scared
  • minecraft:behavior.share_items
  • minecraft:behavior.sneeze
  • minecraft:behavior.stay_while_sitting
  • minecraft:behavior.target_when_pushed
  • minecraft:behavior.trade_interest

API

• Released @minecraft/server version 2.8.0.
• Added @minecraft/server version 2.9.0-beta.
• Significantly improved block search speed when using BlockVolume for 'getBlocks' and 'containsBlock' API.
• Released ClientSystemInfo.locale from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class BlockContainerClosedAfterEvent from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class BlockContainerClosedAfterEventSignal from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class BlockContainerOpenedAfterEvent from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class BlockContainerOpenedAfterEventSignal from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class EntityContainerClosedAfterEvent from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class EntityContainerClosedAfterEventSignal from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class EntityContainerOpenedAfterEvent from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class EntityContainerOpenedAfterEventSignal from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class ContainerAccessSource from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released interface BlockContainerAccessEventOptions from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released interface EntityContainerAccessEventOptions from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released interface ContainerAccessSourceFilter from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released class EntityEnderInventoryComponent from beta to 2.8.0.
• Released function StructureManager.getPackStructureIds from beta to 2.8.0.

Client Entities

• Added the hide_held_items Molang expression property to minecraft:client_entity's scripts section that hides held items when it evaluates to a non-zero value.

Dedicated Server

• JSON schema outputs now include beta format versions.

Entity Components

• Added the presets field to the minecraft:pushable_by_entity component, allowing customization of push behavior per entity type.
  • These changes are in beta format version.
  • Each preset entry supports the following fields:
    • filter, conditions that must be met for the preset to be applied.
    • push_mode, the type of push calculation: default, legacy_boat, or legacy_minecart.
    • strength_multiplier, scales the push force applied to the entity.
    • min_distance, minimum distance between entities for push forces to be applied.
    • push_scale_self, scales how much push force this entity applies to itself away on collision.
    • push_scale_other, scales how much push force this entity applies to the other entity on collision.
    • play_sound_cooldown_in_seconds, cooldown in seconds between sounds, a lower number results in more sounds.
    • play_sound_impulse_threshold, minimum change of velocity needed to trigger the push sound, a lower value means higher sensitivity.

Entity Filters

• Added the redstone_strength_at_position entity filter that tests the redstone signal strength at the subject entity's position.

Game rule

• Removed the locatorbar boolean gamerule.
  • Worlds that previously had locatorbar set to true will automatically migrate to the new playerWaypoints Game Rule with a value of everyone, and false will migrate to off.
• Added the playerWaypoints gamerule as a replacement for the deprecated locatorbar gamerule. Accepted values are off (players are not shown on the locator bar) and everyone (all players are visible on the locator bar).

Graphical

• Removed padding from terrain atlas on RenderDragon.

Item Components

• Added field start_using to the minecraft:use_modifiers item component.
  • It can either be set to always or if_first.
    • It is defaulted to always with format version lower than 1.26.30 and if_first otherwise.
    • When set to if_first, minecraft:use_modifiers will only attempt to start using the item if no other component has already attempted to.

Molang

• Added the query.fuse_time query that returns the remaining fuse time of an entity, or -1 if the entity doesn't have a minecraft:explode component.

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features", and "Experimental Voxel Shape Features" experimental toggles.

API

• Added the WebSocketClientCloseReasons enum to @minecraft/server-net in beta.
• WebSocketClientCloseAfterEvent:
  • Added the property reason: WebSocketClientCloseReasons in beta.
  • This event is now sent when WebSocketClient.close() is called.
• Added max_websocket_payload_size to @minecraft/sever-net module configuration.
  • This setting, if set, will prevent a websocket from being spammed by the server and close the socket if all data payloads size received during a tick exceeds this value.
• Added the getPing() to Player in @minecraft/server in beta.
• Added the playfabId property to Player in @minecraft/server in beta.
• Added the HttpStatusCode enum to @minecraft/server-net in beta.
• WebSocketConnectionFailedError:
  • Property errorCode is now a HttpStatusCode in beta.
• @minecraft/server-net in beta:
  • When connection websockets, you can now provide headers for the connection packet: WebSocket.connect(uri: string, headers?: HttpHeader[]) : Promise<WebSocketClient>
• GameRules:
  • Removed the locatorBar: boolean property from beta.
  • Added the playerWaypoints: PlayerWaypointsMode property to beta.
• Added the PlayerWaypointMode enum to beta.
• Added the EntityUpgradeAfterEvent, which fires when an entity upgrade occurs in @minecraft/server.
• Added the entityUpgrade event to WorldAfterEvents in @minecraft/server.

Blocks

• Changed the precipitation behavior value from snow_log_no_collision to snowlogging to avoid confusion regarding its functionality.

Entities

• Added support for using entity actions in entity_version upgraders.

Entity Components

• The following beta fields of minecraft:apply_knockback_rules now use the direction of the tap location when using a touch input device:
  • horizontal_hit_angle_scale
  • vertical_hit_angle_scale
  • vertical_position_angle_scale
• The beta field vertical_hit_angle_scale from minecraft:apply_knockback_rules is now applied when horizontal_hit_angle_scale is negative.

Surface Builders

• The NoiseDescriptor schema definition has been added. The purpose of this schema is to be used as part of a surface or subsurface-builder's schema. It has the following fields:
  • name: The string used to initialize the noise. Has no impact on the qualitative aspects of the generated values (required).
  • first_octave: Governs the general frequency characteristics of the generated noise. Lower value results in noise with lower frequency content (required).
  • amplitudes: Governs the attenuation of the first n octaves in the generated noise (required).
• The NoiseBlockSpecifier schema definition has been added. The purpose of this schema is to be used as part of a surface or subsurface-builder's schema. It has the following fields:
  • noise: The noise identifier associated with a particular NoiseBlockSpecifier (non-required).
  • threshold: The minimum sampled noise value associated with the provided block (non-required).
  • range: The range of sampled noise value associated with the provided block (non-required).
  • block: The block to place if the noise sample satisfies either the threshold or range condition (required).
• The minecraft:noise_gradient surface and subsurface builder has an updated API consisting of the following:
  • noise: a NoiseDescriptor (required).
  • non_replaceable_blocks: A list of blocks that the surface builder is not allowed to replace. Leaving this list empty or unspecified will allow the replacement of any (non-air) block type (non-required).
  • noise_block_specifiers: An array of NoiseBlockSpecifiers defining which sample ranges of noise are associated with which blocks. The ranges provided are valid on the interval [0, 1], and may overlap at their endpoints (required).

Voxel Shapes

• Added non-unit-cube voxel shapes for 8 blocks when the Voxel Shapes experiment is enabled:
  • Anvil shape (3 blocks): Anvil, Chipped Anvil, Damaged Anvil.
  • Cactus shape (1 block).
  • End Portal Frame eye shape (1 block): eye-filled state.
  • Grindstone shape (1 block).
  • Heavy Core shape (1 block).
  • Lectern shape (1 block).
• Added directional voxel shapes for 13 blocks when the Voxel Shapes experiment is enabled:
  • Shelf shapes (12 blocks): Acacia Shelf, Bamboo Shelf, Birch Shelf, Cherry Shelf, Crimson Shelf, Dark Oak Shelf, Jungle Shelf, Mangrove Shelf, Oak Shelf, Pale Oak Shelf, Spruce Shelf, Warped Shelf.
  • Bell attachment shapes (1 block): floor, ceiling, single wall, and double wall variants.

29 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.30

• MCPE-61036 – Skeletons' rate of fire is too high.
• MCPE-228331 – When the minecraft:shooter component is applied to an item and there is no ammunition available, the use animation/movement modifiers will still occur.
• MCPE-228332 – When the minecraft:shooter component is applied to the item with the "charge_on_draw" property set to true and the item is charged, there is a chance that first use will not occur.
• MCPE-228333 – When the minecraft:shooter component is applied to the item with the "charge_on_draw" property set to true and the item is charged, the item will begin reloading immediately after it is fired with a single action.
• MCPE-231879 – Video Settings menu no longer provides an explanation for why Vibrant Visuals or Ray Traced graphics modes cannot be selected.
• MCPE-232902 – Marketplace Pass tab in the Create from Template menu shows only two featured templates.
• MCPE-233039 – Not all items are present when chests generate loot.
• MCPE-234766 – Custom blocks do not reliably use correct component data for rendering.
• MCPE-235799 – Shulker boxes and mob skulls are transparent in the inventory menu initially when using texture streaming.
• MCPE-236157 – /playsound produces multiple lines of command output in some cases.
• MCPE-236165 – /stopsound produces multiple lines of command output.
• MCPE-236301 – Numeric custom block states not properly represented in command auto-completions.
• MCPE-236701 – Command block hover note text not updating.
• MCPE-237708 – Farmer villagers plant/harvest 4 or 5 crops and then stop
• MCPE-237715 – Sulfur bricks, chiseled sulfur, cinnabar bricks and chiseled cinnabar should be categorized as construction blocks.
• MCPE-237719 – Bucket of sulfur cube is not grouped with other buckets in Creative inventory.
• MCPE-237778 – Sulfur caves break bedrock.

Other

• Fixed an issue where dithered objects would flicker in split-screen.
• Fixed an issue where item-in-hand was clipping when inside a block in Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed an issue for certain item-in-hand not rendering when inside a block in Fancy.
• Fixed the Realms side menu tabs being squashed and difficult to select when the design preview panel was visible.
• Fixed an issue where two states could be presented in the moderate feed screen.
• Fixed a crash related to the data-driven renderer when an entity's geometry expression was unable to be resolved.
• Fixed the on-screen keyboard not dismissing after submitting text in JSON UI text fields on iOS and Android.
• Fixed an issue on the idle device screen on Nintendo Switch, which could result in the text showing incorrectly.
• Fixed permutation component constraints for multi-blocks with format_version >= 1.26.20.
• Fixed an assert that would occur when trying to use the minecraft:noise_gradient builder type inside a minecraft:surface_builder biome component if the biome definition's schema version was set to beta.
• Fixed a bug where pack settings could be lost when an older version of the same pack without settings defined existed in the cache.
• Fixed a bug where custom blocks with random_offset would be put back in the center of its position when snowlogged.