Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 3

26.3 Snapshot 3 (known as 26.3-snapshot-3 in the launcher) is the third snapshot for Java Edition 26.3, released on July 7, 2026,^[1] which adds straw beds and cushions, and fixes bugs.

Additions

Blocks

Straw bed

A new type of bed which can be used to sleep through the night without resetting the player's spawn point.
Can only be used once and is destroyed after use.
Cannot be used in the Nether or the End and will be destroyed upon attempt to use, without dropping as an item.
Won't be used by villagers, unlike other beds.
Generates naturally in abandoned camps.
4 straw beds are crafted with 3 hay bales.
Can stack up to 16.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Hay Bale	4

Non-mob entities

Cushion

A new entity that players can interact with to sit on.
Has 16 variants, crafted with its respective variant of wool slab.
Can stack up to 16.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Matching Wool Slab

Can be placed on any flat surface.
- Always aligns horizontally to the grid, but vertically sit on top of the supporting surface.
- Breaks if the supporting block is removed.
Cannot be moved.
Does not have collision and can overlap with other objects except for other cushions.

Command format

/posteffect

Allows adding or removing post effects to players.
- These are post processing shaders that are applied to the player's screen, after the game has finished normal rendering.
Post effects exist on the client (in resource packs), not the server – the server cannot know if one will actually apply.
Post effects themselves were already part of the resource pack format, but only a few hardcoded ones were available to use.
Syntax:
- /posteffect add <player> <posteffect> – adds the post effect to the player, if it does not already exist.
- /posteffect clear <player> – removes all post effects from the player, if any exist.
- /posteffect list <target> – lists all post effects applied to the player, if any exist.
- /posteffect remove <player> <posteffect> – removes the post effect from the player, if it exists.

General

Data component format

Added minecraft:compostable
- Represents the ability to compost an item and how it adds layers to the composter.
- Format: object with fields
  - layers – namespaced ID pointing to an element of the minecraft:number_provider registry.

Environment attribute

Added minecraft:gameplay/straw_bed_rule
- Same format as minecraft:gameplay/bed_rule, but used for the straw bed

Languages

Added support for the Gothic language.

Number providers

Added a minecraft:number_provider registry
Added vanilla number providers:
- minecraft:compostable/low
  - Returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 30% chance of returning 1
- minecraft:compostable/low_medium
  - Returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 50% chance of returning 1
- minecraft:compostable/medium
  - Returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 65% chance of returning 1
- minecraft:compostable/medium_high
  - Returns 1 if the minecraft:block_state context parameter is an empty composter, otherwise has a 85% chance of returning 1
- minecraft:compostable/always_add_one
  - Always returns 1

Added minecraft:number_dispatcher type
- Returns the first case which fulfills its condition or the default if none do.
- Fields:
  - cases – a list of cases in the order that the dispatcher will try to execute them.
    - Fields:
      - condition – a minecraft:predicate
      - number_provider – a minecraft:number_provider which is executed if the condition is fulfilled.
  - default – an optional minecraft:number_provider
    - Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted.

Added minecraft:conditional type^[2]
- Returns the value from on_true if its condition or on_false if not.
- Fields:
  - conditions – a minecraft:predicate
  - on_true – a minecraft:number_provider which is executed if its condition is fulfilled.
  - on_false – an optional minecraft:number_provider
    - Defaults to a constant 0 if omitted.

Added minecraft:weighted_list
- Returns a value from a distribution of weighted number providers.
- Fields:
  - distribution – a list of objects with the following fields.
    - Fields:
      - data – a minecraft:number_provider
      - weight – a positive integer

Statistics

Added Times Slept in a Straw Bed statistic.

Tags

Block tags
- Added #sculk_growth_inhibitors
  - Contains blocks which keep sculk from spreading when more than 2 are in the 8×2×8 area around it.
- Added #cats_can_sit_on
  - Contains blocks which cats can randomly sit on.
- Added #cats_can_lie_on
  - Contains blocks which cats can randomly lie on.
- Added #speeds_up_zombie_villager_curing
  - Contains blocks which can increase zombie villager curing time if placed nearby.
- Added #villagers_can_sleep_on_bed
  - Contains bed blocks which villagers can sleep on.
- Added #villager_babies_can_jump_on_bed
  - Contains blocks which villager kids can jump on.
- Added #height_specific_ore_replaceables
  - Contains all blocks which ore features will turn into stone ores if found above Y=0 and into deepslate ores if found below Y=8.

Item tags
- Added #cushions

Structure tags
- Added #abandoned_camp
  - Contains all variants of abandoned camps.

Changes

Blocks

Poplar doors

The placed block texture has been updated, tweaking the hinges.

Red Shrub

Now has unique sounds.

Shelf Mushroom

Now has unique sounds.

World generation

Abandoned camp

Most abandoned camps now have straw beds and cushions.

Command format

/place

The feature sub-command now allows in-line definition of the feature.

General

Data component format

minecraft:block_transformer
- Added optional boolean field update_from_neighbors.
  - Controls if the transformed block should update based on neighboring blocks.
  - Defaults to true

Data pack

The pack format version is now 110.0.

Environment attribute

minecraft:gameplay/bed_rule
- Field explodes has been renamed to destroy_on_use
- Added destroy_on_leave – optional boolean; if set to true, the bed will be destroyed when leaving it.
  - If omitted, defaults to false

Item models

Added optional shade_direction_override to block model elements.
- Accepted values are cardinal directions (down, up, north, south, west, east)
- When set, this overrides directional shading for the element regardless of face orientation.
Removed shade from block model elements
- shade_direction_override: "up" to get the previous shade: false behavior.

Loot tables

Multiple block loot tables now reference predicates for checking if a tool has Silk Touch and is shears instead of inlining a copy of those checks.

Predicate

Added vanilla predicates
- New entries added to previously empty-in-vanilla predicate registry:
  - minecraft:tool/can_silk_touch
  - minecraft:tool/can_shear
Potion predicates
- The minecraft:potion_contents data component predicate has been changed to allow matching on specific potion effects.
- The previous predicate format used a list of potion types, the new format allows for more refined matching.
- The following fields can be used in any combination, all are optional:
  - potions – A list of potion types or a potion tag to match.
  - effects – A collection predicate of mob_effects predicates to match.
    - The collection predicate format is as follows:
      - contains – A list of mob_effects predicates to match.
      - count – A list of options for matching a specific number of mob effect predicates, which follow the same format as minecraft:effects entity sub-predicate.
        test – The mob_effects predicate to match.
        
        count – The number of matches required, or with min and max will match a range of counts.
      - size – Require the mob effects list to have a specific size, or with min and max will match a range of sizes.
- The mob_effects predicate format is a mapping of effect types to properties of that effect. All fields are optional, only provided fields will be used for matching:

    {
        "minecraft:<effect type>": {
          "duration": "<integer bounds representing a duration in ticks>",
          "amplifier": "<integer bounds>",
          "ambient": true/false,
          "visible": true/false
        }
    }

Example of matching on several different effects and criteria:

      "effects": {
        "minecraft:jump_boost": {
          "duration": 3600,
          "amplifier": 5,
          "ambient": true,
          "visible": true
        },
        "minecraft:speed": {
          "duration": {
            "min": 360,
            "max": 3600
          },
          "amplifier": {
            "min": 2
          }
        },
        "minecraft:resistance": {}
      }

Recipes

Potion brewing recipes
- Potion brewing recipes are now data-driven. New recipes can be added via data packs, and vanilla recipes may be modified.
- Brewing recipes use the minecraft:brewing type.
- The main contents are:
  - input – A potion ingredient with a required item field and an optional potion_contents field using a minecraft:potion_contents data component predicate.
  - reagent – A potion ingredient with a required item field and an optional potion_contents field using a minecraft:potion_contents data component predicate.
  - output – item stack, the resulting item.
- Example of a vanilla recipe:

{
  "type": "minecraft:brewing",
  "input": {
    "item": "minecraft:potion",
    "potion_contents": {
      "potion": "minecraft:water"
    }
  },
  "output": {
    "components": {
      "minecraft:potion_contents": {
        "potion": "minecraft:awkward"
      }
    },
    "id": "minecraft:potion"
  },
  "reagent": {
    "item": "minecraft:nether_wart"
  }
}

Any items may be used in any of the 3 slots, e.g.:

{
  "type": "minecraft:brewing",
  "input": { "item": "minecraft:bucket" },
  "output": { "id": "minecraft:sulfur_cube_bucket" },
  "reagent": { "item": "minecraft:potent_sulfur" }
}

Resource pack

The version is now 91.0.

Shaders

Always-on Post Effect Support
- A resource pack can now define a minecraft:end_of_frame post effect.
- It will be applied before other post effects, including the ones enabled by the new posteffect command.
- This post effect is always on as long as the resource pack is loaded, and cannot be controlled by the posteffect command.
- As usual with resource pack resources, in case of multiple packs defining this effect, the one from the last resource pack in the list will apply.

Sounds

Added new sound events:
- block.straw_bed.break
- block.straw_bed.break_leave
- block.straw_bed.step
- block.straw_bed.place
- block.straw_bed.hit
- block.straw_bed.fall
- block.poplar_leaves.break
- block.poplar_leaves.fall
- block.poplar_leaves.place
- block.poplar_leaves.step
- block.poplar_leaves.hit
- block.red_shrub.break
- block.red_shrub.place
- entity.cushion.break
- entity.cushion.place
- entity.cushion.get_up
- entity.cushion.sit

Tags

Block tags
- Renamed tag #convertable_to_mud to #convertible_to_mud.
- Added straw_bed to #blocks_motion_no_leaves, and #washed_away_by_fluids tags.
- Removed tuff from #deepslate_ore_replaceables, and #stone_ore_replaceables tags.

Item tags
- Renamed tag #dowses_campfires to #douses_campfires.

Textures

Added new Block textures:
- block/straw_bed.png
- block/straw_bed_particle.png

World generation

Features
- minecraft:coral_claw and minecraft:coral_tree
  - Added the field feature – a placed feature that is used to place at every desired block position.
- Removed the following feature types:
  - minecraft:coral_mushroom
  - minecraft:kelp
  - minecraft:seagrass
  - minecraft:sea_pickle

Placement modifiers
- Added minecraft:cuboid
  - Repeats a feature in a cuboid shape.
  - Added fields:
    - xz_size: int provider between 1 and 16 representing the size of the cuboid along x and z axes.
    - y_size: int provider between 1 and 16 representing the size of the cuboid along the y axis.
    - include_interior: optional boolean (default true) for whether to place interior blocks of the cuboid.
    - include_edges: optional boolean (default true) for whether to place edge blocks of the cuboid.
      - Setting this to false generates a somewhat "rounded" cuboid.
- Added minecraft:random_chance
  - Gates the feature being placed behind a random chance.
  - Format:
    - chance: float value between 0 and 1 representing the chance that the feature gets placed.

Block state providers
- Updated minecraft:copy_properties_provider
  - Renamed field source_block_state_provider to source
- Added minecraft:random_block_provider
  - Returns the default block state for a randomly chosen block.
  - Format:
    - blocks: block ID, list of block IDs or hash-prefixed block tag, specifying the set of blocks to randomly pick from.
- Changed minecraft:rotated_block_provider
  - Now works on any block with axis or facing properties.
  - Format:
    - Changed the field state: Now a block state provider.
    - Added the field direction: Optional field describing the direction to set.
      - If omitted, a random direction is chosen.

Rule tests
- These are the predicates used by ore features (targets[].target), and rule structure processors (rules[].input_predicate and rules[].location_predicate).
- Added minecraft:any_of
  - This checks a list of rule tests for whether any of them returns true for the same block.
  - Format: object with fields:
    - rules – list of rule tests, the rules to test the block against.
- Added minecraft:not
  - This checks a rule test for whether it returns false for a given block.
  - Format: object with fields:
    - rule – rule test, the rule to test the block against.

Misc

This version contains the model for straw_bed_head twice, once in the correct spot of assets/minecraft/models/block/straw_bed_head.json and another misplaced inside of assets/minecraft/textures/block/straw_bed_head.json

Fixes

61 issues fixed

From released versions before 26.3

MC-51859 – The line spacing of text within all hover tooltips is larger between the first and second lines.
MC-112580 – Structure blocks' GUI does not pause the game in singleplayer.
MC-112744 – The Team NBT tag only exists for living entities.
MC-174958 – /gamerule succeeds when the value is not changed.
MC-175180 – The Silent NBT tag still doesn't make some entities fully silent.
MC-224528 – Two splash texts use curly single quotes (’) instead of apostrophes (').
MC-229831 – Enchanting tables' GUI has three pixels in the top-right corner that shouldn't be there.
MC-239401 – items/light.png never appears in-game; is pointlessly referenced by other game assets.
MC-254353 – A packet to remove the score is always broadcast when a score is reset.
MC-254661 – /schedule clear requires a namespace in its function argument.
MC-256073 – Miscolored pixel in tab_inventory.png.
MC-256096 – Some entities on a team can harm teammates that walk into them when friendly fire is disabled.
MC-256097 – Some entities on a team can harm their teammates when they explode when friendly fire is disabled.
MC-259583 – Brewing with a single bottle of dragon's breath does not return a glass bottle afterward.
MC-267902 – The failure message of /random when the specified range is too large states an incorrect maximum for the range.
MC-271297 – /fillbiome doesn't fail when no changes are made.
MC-273327 – The #convertable_to_mud block tag misspells "convertible" as "convertable".
MC-275532 – The abbreviation "fps" is inconsistently capitalized across strings.
MC-279185 – The "selectWorld.load_folder_access" string is missing an article before the word "folder".
MC-279819 – The mining speed factor of Mining Fatigue is inconsistent at level 3.
MC-293615 – Tooltip formatting of "Items x number" is inconsistent across different types of items.
MC-301804 – Test blocks' GUI does not pause the game in singleplayer.
MC-305707 – /time reports success when no changes are made.
MC-307616 – Typo in a log message in ActiveProfiler: "aprox".
MC-307618 – Typo in a log message in SoundEngine: "disapeared".
MC-307648 – "non-heap" is misspelled as "non-head" in the system details section of crash reports.
MC-307660 – Typo in a log message in GameRenderer: "coudln't".
MC-307709 – The texture of upward facing sulfur spikes' merged tip has a single wrong pixel at the very top.
MC-308460 – Some of the stems in wildflowers and pink petals render brighter.
MC-308851 – The chat_restriction.disabled_by_profile.action string is improperly capitalized.

From the 26.3 development versions

MC-309021 – Poplar leaves' closed captions display as raw translation keys.
MC-309024 – death.attack.sulfurCubeHot.item displays as a raw translation key.
MC-309033 – The campsite_flower_forest_1 abandoned camp structure has stripes of orange wool under it.
MC-309034 – The tent_windswept_forest_8 abandoned camp structure contains a dropped stack of bone meal.
MC-309054 – The item texture of poplar hanging signs is inconsistent with other hanging signs.
MC-309058 – The tent_flower_forest_4 abandoned camp structure contains a dropped birch log.
MC-309090 – Certain entities on shelf mushrooms make a sound every tick.
MC-309122 – Abandoned camps can generate in areas of wooded badlands with no trees nor grass.
MC-309155 – Shelf mushrooms and red shrubs do not have unique sounds, unlike in Bedrock Edition.
MC-309208 – The poplar wood set is inconsistently placed in the Creative mode inventory.
MC-309261 – Incorrect calculation in the poplar trunk placer.
MC-309308 – Several abandoned camp structures contain persistent leaves.
MC-309324 – Ores don't generate in blobs of andesite, diorite, or granite below Y=0.
MC-309350 – Shelf mushrooms generated with fallen trees replace water.

From the previous development version

MC-309392 – The lighting on entities and block entities is not rendered correctly and appears too dark or too bright on certain sides.
MC-309395 – The texture of the top halves of poplar doors is missing a pixel on the second hinge.
MC-309397 – The game renderer corrupts when toggling off fullscreen or resizing the window with the Vulkan rendering backend.
MC-309399 – The game output console logs "Ignoring chat session from <PLAYER> due to missing Services public key” when loading into a world.
MC-309400 – The glowing effect on entities stays in place when cleared.
MC-309403 – Having an item with the block_transformer component with a rule_based_state_provider locks the player out of that world.
MC-309408 – The item tag that controls which items can douse campfires is misspelled as #dowses_campfires.
MC-309412 – Block items ignore the block_transformer component.
MC-309420 – The random_neighbor_spread feature has a field misspelled as "xy_offset".
MC-309432 – Worlds render entirely magenta on macOS with the Vulkan rendering backend.
MC-309433 – Drowned can consume or use certain items.
MC-309435 – Drowned no longer chase after players correctly.
MC-309441 – Projectiles lose their can_break ability after reloading the world.
MC-309445 – The game renderer can corrupt when toggling fullscreen or opening an inventory with the OpenGL rendering backend.
MC-309467 – Player reporting is unavailable.
MC-309471 – Cannot see other players' skins.
MC-309518 – Can't scrape oxidation or wax off of copper doors.

Videos

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References

↑ "Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 3" – Minecraft.net, July 7, 2026.
↑ Number provider type registry

[1] "Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 3" – Minecraft.net, July 7, 2026.

[2] Number provider type registry

Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 3

Additions

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Command format

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Changes

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