Java Edition 26.1 Pre-Release 2

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Minecraft 26.1 Pre-Release 2

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26.1 Pre-Release 2 (known as 26.1-pre-2 in the launcher) is the second pre-release for Java Edition 26.1, released on March 13, 2026.^[1]

Additions

General

Added a new display option called "Exclusive Fullscreen" which controls if fullscreen mode should take full control of a monitor.
- Defaults to false (i.e. non-exclusive mode).
- Any change will be applied only after the game restarts.

Changes

Items

The dismount speed thresholds have been updated to match Bedrock Edition.

Mobs

Fixed issue with Baby Axolotl's right hind leg not moving correctly when swimming.

Cat

Baby cats are now scaled up to be the same size as baby ocelots.

Baby horses are no longer scaled up slightly.

Gameplay

The master librarian will now have three available trades to ensure that an enchanted book trade is always offered when using the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment.

General

Text component format

Components in server status messages (MotD) nested more than 16 times will now be discarded and replaced with an ellipsis.

Fixes

29 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.1

MC-153831 – Trader llamas spawned from breeding can despawn.
MC-181169 – Skeleton trapped horses with PersistenceRequired still despawn.
MC-248092 – Untamed cats on lead despawn when attached to fence post.
MC-274238 – Persistent trader llamas will still despawn when leashed to wandering traders.
MC-303684 – Hoglins despawn when attached to a lead.
MC-303685 – Zoglins despawn when attached to leads.
MC-303749 – Dolphins can despawn when attached to leads.
MC-303750 – Squids & glow squids can despawn when attached to leads.
MC-304446 – Activating a stasis chamber with a sponge deletes the ender pearl.
MC-305123 – Curse of Vanishing doesn't work when the item is equipped on an armor stand.
MC-305196 – Witches always miss their shots when close to their target.
MC-306064 – Mobs can be forced to look like they're dying while they aren't by using commands.
MC-306658 – Dolphins will let themselves drown even with ample access to air.
MC-306798 – Ender dragons with a DragonDeathTime of 200 or greater never disappear.

From the 26.1 development versions

MC-306327 – The chat restriction warning ignores the Chat Width option.
MC-306328 – Using golden dandelions to unlock aging forcibly removes persistence of baby animals.
MC-306351 – Line spacing between the chat restriction warning and messages does not have a background.
MC-306502 – Uploading a world to a snapshot Realm wipes it.
MC-306516 – G-Sync cannot be enabled in the new borderless window mode.
MC-306564 – Item entities' health does not decrease uniformly when on cacti.
MC-306601 – The IME pre-edit window appears in the unfocused text box of the anvil UI when no items are placed in the anvil slots.
MC-306626 – Adult horses' old black dots markings aren't included in the "Programmer Art" resource pack.
MC-306632 – Baby undead horses age again.
MC-306657 – The models for baby horses and baby cats have a different scale compared to Bedrock Edition.
MC-306709 – Librarians' master level book trade is no longer guaranteed when Villager Trade Rebalance is enabled.
MC-306741 – Opening the chat forces a CJK input method when one is enabled in the system.

From the previous development version

MC-306812 – Inventories with no text fields cause key binds to conflict with IME input methods.
MC-306814 – environment_attribute value providers give incorrect results on subsequent accesses within a tick.
MC-306830 – The mouse cursor now changes to the "not allowed" shape when hovering over part of the Creative mode inventory's Survival Inventory tab.

Videos

Video made by slicedlime:

References

↑ "Minecraft 26.1 Pre-Release 2" – Minecraft.net, March 13, 2026.

Sources

Java Edition 26.1 Pre-Release 2 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3660607.