Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 4
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Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 4
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26.1 Snapshot 4 (known as 26.1-snapshot-4 in the launcher) is the fourth snapshot for Java Edition 26.1, released on January 20, 2026, which changes the models of baby horses, donkeys, and mules, as well as zombie and skeleton horses, adds new tags, and fixes bugs.[1]
Additions
General
- Added the following tags which determine which blocks a category of vegetation can be placed on and survive:
#supports_stem_fruit#supports_pumpkin_stem_fruit#supports_melon_stem_fruit
Changes
Mobs
This section would benefit from the addition of more sounds.
Please remove this notice once you have added suitable sounds to the section.
The specific instructions are: a before and after of baby horse sounds
The specific instructions are: a before and after of baby horse sounds
Baby mobs
- Changed the textures and models of the following baby mobs:
- Increased the hitbox size of baby horses, skeleton horses, and zombie horses to better fit each new model.
General
- Added
#sandand removedsandto#supports_sugar_canetag.
- The pack format version is now
97.1. - Villager and piglin inventory slots can now only be accessed using
mob.inventory.*.villager.*andpiglin.*have been removed.
- The version is now
78.1.
- Added new sound events for the baby horse:
- entity.baby_horse.ambient
- entity.baby_horse.hurt
- entity.baby_horse.death
- entity.baby_horse.angry
- entity.baby_horse.eat
- entity.baby_horse.fall
- entity.baby_horse.land
- entity.baby_horse.step
- entity.baby_horse.breathe
- Entity textures
- Added new entity textures:
- entity/horse/donkey_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_black_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_brown_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_chestnut_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_creamy_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_darkbrown_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_gray_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_blackdots_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_markings_white_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_markings_whitedots_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_markings_whitefield_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_skeleton_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_white_baby.png
- entity/horse/horse_zombie_baby.png
- entity/horse/mule_baby.png
- Added new entity textures:
- Added
minecraft:the_endworld clock to the End dimension.- It now controls End flashes.
Fixes
From released versions before 26.1
- MC-131745 – Shipwrecks sometimes generate split into different variants at chunk boundaries.
- MC-298136 – The aura of beacon beams now always renders behind block entities.
- MC-302635 – Semi-transparent blocks render in front of solid blocks when viewed through semi-transparent blocks being pushed by a piston.
- MC-305699 – Piglins in groups fail to initiate hoglin hunting behavior.
From the 26.1 development versions
- MC-305134 – "
villager." and "piglin." can both test both villagers' and piglins' inventories. - MC-305510 – The top texture of stripped spruce logs is now inconsistent with Bedrock Edition.
- MC-305632 – The minimum prices for enchanted books traded by librarians are inconsistent with the established price calculation formula.
- MC-305674 – You can sell water bottles to wandering traders up to 12 times, instead of 2.
- MC-305675 – Even when "Villager Trade Rebalance" is enabled, master armorers still sell diamond armor without buying diamonds.
- MC-305676 – When "Villager Trade Rebalance" is enabled, master desert armorers sell diamond leggings for 4 diamonds instead of 3 diamonds.
- MC-305677 – When "Villager Trade Rebalance" is enabled, master savanna armorers sell diamond chestplates for 6 emeralds and 2 diamonds instead of 8 emeralds and 3 diamonds.
From the previous development version
- MC-305691 – Villagers have insomnia.
- MC-305695 – Piglins spawned from spawn eggs now immediately hunt.
- MC-305700 – Hoglins and zoglins no longer attack.
- MC-305708 – Sugar cane can no longer be placed on red sand.
- MC-305711 – Wardens spawned from spawn eggs now immediately burrow into the ground.
- MC-305719 – Iron golems now spawn in abundance.
- MC-305743 – When the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experiment is enabled, novice armorers sell iron boots for 5 iron ingots.
- MC-305744 – When the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experiment is enabled, apprentice armorers sell iron helmets instead of iron leggings or chestplates.
- MC-305747 – When the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experiment is enabled, journeyman armorers sell chainmail chestplates instead of bells.
- MC-305767 – Melons and pumpkins now grow only on farmland.
Videos
Videos made by slicedlime:
References
- ↑ "Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 4" – Minecraft.net, January 20, 2026.
Navigation
Sources
- Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 4 — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3542989.