Java Edition 26.2 Snapshot 3

Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 3

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26.2 Snapshot 3 (known as 26.2-snapshot-3 in the launcher) is the third snapshot for Java Edition 26.2, released on April 14, 2026,^[1] which adds sulfur spikes and fixes bugs.

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.

Predicates

• Added minecraft:entity_tags entity sub-predicate.
  • This predicate matches entity tags (i.e. ones set with the /tag command).
  • Fields:
    • any_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have at least one of the listed tags.
    • all_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have all the listed tags.
    • none_of - optional list of strings, if present the matched entity must have none of the listed tags.

Tags

• Added the #speleothems block tag.
  • Contains all speleothem blocks such as pointed dripstones and sulfur spikes.
• Added the #sulfur_spike_replaceable_blocks block tag.

Blocks

• Updated several sulfur and cinnabar block textures.

All Block Texture Changes

Name	Old	New
Chiseled Cinnabar
Chiseled Sulfur
Cinnabar Bricks
Cinnabar Brick Slab
Cinnabar Brick Stairs
Cinnabar Brick Wall
Polished Cinnabar
Polished Cinnabar Slab
Polished Cinnabar Stairs
Polished Cinnabar Wall
Polished Sulfur
Polished Sulfur Slab
Polished Sulfur Stairs
Polished Sulfur Wall
Sulfur Bricks
Sulfur Brick Slab
Sulfur Brick Stairs
Sulfur Brick Wall

Polished sulfur

• Renamed from "Polished Sulfur Block" to "Polished Sulfur" to match Bedrock Edition.

Potent sulfur

• No longer crafts back into sulfur blocks.

Sulfur cube

• Can no longer be picked up by boats.

Block entity data

• The minecraft:bed block entity has been removed.

Data pack

• The pack format version is now 102.0.

Items model definition

• The minecraft:bed special model type has been removed, now being treated as a normal block.

Predicates

• The entity predicate format has changed from a structure with multiple optional fields to one similar to data component maps.
  • For example, previously effects was an optional field:

{
    "effects": {...}
}

• In this version it has become a component-like sub-predicate entry:

{
    "minecraft:effects": {...}
}

• The main functional changes are:
  • All keys in entity predicates are now identifiers.
    • Since identifiers can be written without namespace (default to minecraft namespace), existing field names are still valid.
    • Exception: field type has been renamed to minecraft:entity_type.
  • Unrecognized sub-predicate components are now rejected (previously unknown fields were ignored).
• Existing type-specific sub-predicates have been renamed and moved to top-level.
  • minecraft:lightning to minecraft:type_specific/lightning
  • minecraft:fishing_hook to minecraft:type_specific/fishing_hook
  • minecraft:player to minecraft:type_specific/player
  • minecraft:raider to minecraft:type_specific/raider
  • minecraft:sheep to minecraft:type_specific/sheep
  • minecraft:slime to minecraft:type_specific/slime and it now includes sulfur cubes in addition to slimes and magma cubes.

For example:

{
  "type_specific": {
    "type": "minecraft:player",
    "looking_at": {
      "type": "minecraft:ender_dragon"
    }
  }
}

becomes

{
  "minecraft:type_specific/player": {
    "looking_at": {
      "minecraft:entity_type": "minecraft:ender_dragon"
    }
  }
}

Resource pack

• The version is now 86.0.

Sounds

• Updated sounds for nautilus jets and nautilus recovers.

Tags

• Replaced pointed_dripstone by #speleothems from #happy_ghast_avoids, and #mineable/pickaxe block tags.
• Added sulfur_cube to #cannot_be_pushed_onto_boats entity tag.

Textures

• Block sprites
  • Added new block textures:
    • block/sulfur_spike_down_base.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_down_frustum.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_down_middle.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_down_tip.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_down_tip_merge.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_up_base.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_up_frustum.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_up_middle.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_up_tip.png
    • block/sulfur_spike_up_tip_merge.png
  • Beds now use block models and textures, replacing <color> with the respective bed's color's name:
    • block/bed_down.png
    • block/bed_head_north.png
    • block/<color>_bed_foot_east.png
    • block/<color>_bed_foot_south.png
    • block/<color>_bed_foot_up.png
    • block/<color>_bed_foot_west.png
    • block/<color>_bed_head_east.png
    • block/<color>_bed_head_up.png
    • block/<color>_bed_head_west.png

• Item sprites
  • Added new item sprites:
    • item/sulfur_spike.png

World generation

• Overworld features
  • Adjusted the feature type lake
    • Added field can_place_feature - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can be placed on.
    • Added field can_replace_with_air_or_fluid - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can replace with air or the provided fluid block.
    • Added field can_replace_with_barrier - block predicate, describes which blocks this feature can replace with the provided barrier block.

18 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.2

• MC-229057 – Picking up an axolotl with a lead attached destroys the lead.
• MC-302496 – Glowing dragon fireballs no longer show the glowing outline.
• 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-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.

From the 26.2 development versions

• 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-307483 – Emptying a sulfur cube bucket underwater doesn't place the sulfur cube at the targeted block.