In a remarkable update, the 26.2 Snapshot 5 has made its grand entrance, bringing with it an array of exciting features that are sure to captivate the community. Among the highlights is the introduction of erupting Geysers and a new explosive archetype for the Sulfur Cube, enhancing the mining experience for players everywhere.
New Features
- New Sulfur Cube archetype: Explosive
- Potent Sulfur can now form Geysers
Sulfur Cube mob
- With a block inside, it is now immune to explosions
Sulfur Cube archetypes
- A third special archetype has been introduced:
- Explosive: Shares similar properties with the Regular archetype but features slightly higher air drag.
- This archetype is utilized when absorbing a TNT block.
- Absorbed TNT can be primed by Redstone, fire sources (including a Dispenser with a Flint and Steel), or nearby explosions.
- When primed by fire or Redstone, the absorbed TNT utilizes a fuse time of 6 seconds.
- When primed by an explosion, the fuse time is randomized between 0.75 and 3 seconds.
- Sulfur Cubes with an absorbed, primed TNT block cannot be picked up with a Bucket.
- They also cannot be damaged, and absorbed, primed TNT blocks cannot be sheared out.
- Upon explosion, no Small Sulfur Cubes will be spawned.
Potent Sulfur
- When placed above a Magma block and under 1-4 Water source blocks, Potent Sulfur creates a Geyser.
- This Geyser erupts at random intervals, sending a plume of water particles skyward and applying an upward impulse to entities above it.
Changes
- Various adjustments have been made to mobs’ hitboxes, eye heights, and rider positions.
Mob Spawning
- Hoglins are now classified as hostile and will not spawn on Peaceful difficulty.
Sounds
- New sounds have been added for Geyser eruptions.
- Sulfur Spikes now feature unique sound events.
Settings
- Touchscreen Mode has been removed due to long-standing issues with its implementation and support.
Developer’s Note: Touch screen mode has been poorly implemented and not properly supported for a long time. We plan to deprecate this feature in this release. To provide your feedback on this topic, head over to the feedback site.
Technical Changes
- The Data Pack version is now 104.0.
- The Resource Pack version is now 86.2.
- A player’s score will no longer be displayed in the player tab overlay if the player doesn’t have the objective.
Minecraft Server Management Protocol 3.0.0
- The management server now starts before the Minecraft server, allowing the heartbeat to be sent while the world is loading and potentially upgrading.
- The <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>rpc.discover and <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>notification/server/status methods are now accessible before the dedicated server spins up.
- Other methods will return an error if called during this time.
Data Pack Version 104.0
- Entries in the <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:sulfurcubearchetype registry now include a new field:
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>explosion_fuse: an optional integer that determines the fuse time for the Sulfur Cube of this archetype when ignited.
- New particles have been added, including <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyser, <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyserpoof, <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyserbase, and <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyser_plume.
Commands
- Team color arguments now accept only lowercase names with underscores for commands such as <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>team modify [name] color and <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>waypoint modify [name] color.
- Values now align with color names in text components.
Changed <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:nameplate_distance
- This has been renamed to <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:nametagdistance.
World Generation
- A new <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>matching_biomes world generation-type block predicate type has been added, which checks if the block position matches specified biomes.
- The <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>tree feature configuration’s <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>belowtrunkprovider block state provider no longer has a default value.
Configured Features
Changes to <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:multiface_growth
- The <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>block field is now mandatory, defaulting to <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:grow_lichen.
Density Functions
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:interval_select
- This function selects between a number of Density Functions based on an input Density Function and a set of threshold values.
Removed <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:weirdscaledsampler
- This Density Function has been removed, with its functionality replaced by <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>interval_select.
Tags
Block Tags
- New tags have been added for blocks that some mobs are immune to, affecting dismounting and valid surroundings for spawn placements without influencing pathfinding.
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#foximmuneto
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#polarbearimmune_to
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#snowgolemimmune_to
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#strayimmuneto
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#witherimmuneto
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#witherskeletonimmune_to
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>#defaultimmuneto – intentionally left empty.
Particles
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:geyser_base
- This particle spawns as a cloud at the base of an erupting Potent Sulfur block.
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:geyser_poof
- This particle also spawns as a cloud at the base of an erupting Potent Sulfur block.
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:geyser_plume
- This particle appears as an upward stream above an erupting Potent Sulfur block.
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:geyser
- This emitter particle spawns the <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyserbase, <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyserpoof, and <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>geyser_plume particles above an erupting Potent Sulfur block.
Game Test Environments
Added <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>minecraft:difficulty
- This sets the difficulty of the game test environment, with options including <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>peaceful, <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>easy, <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>normal, and <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>hard.
Resource Pack Version 86.2
Sounds
- New sounds for Geyser eruptions have been introduced:
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>block.potentsulfur.geysereruption
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>block.potentsulfur.geysereruption_active
Particles
- New particle textures have been added, enhancing the visual experience:
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas01.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas02.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas03.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas04.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas05.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas06.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas07.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/noxiousgas08.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase01.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase02.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase03.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase04.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase05.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase06.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase07.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserbase08.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume01.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume02.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume03.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume04.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume05.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume06.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume07.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserplume08.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof01.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof02.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof03.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof04.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof05.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof06.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof07.png
- <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>particle/geyserpoof08.png
Fixed bugs in 26.2 Snapshot 5
- MC-304862 – Activating a dispenser with a hostile mob spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty consumes the egg and plays a sound.
- MC-306622 – The height of chicken jockeys is slightly off.
- MC-306685 – The riding position on baby hoglins is too low.
- MC-307012 – When a scoreboard objective is set to the <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>below_name display mode, all named entities with no score display it with a score of 0.
- MC-307125 – Target selectors with duplicate <span class="MCEffectTextHighlightA”>team arguments are parsed inconsistently depending on argument order.
- MC-307194 – The discount given by fletchers for tipped arrow trades decreases the arrow cost instead of the emerald cost.
- MC-307266 – Zombie villagers change biome type after being cured.
- MC-307283 – Placing sulfur springs using /place does not update the affected blocks.
- MC-307513 – Using /deop on multiple players shows the same player in all success messages.
- MC-307623 – Chunk sections are sometimes invisible until they are updated.
- MC-307689 – The player’s arm swings when failing to use a spawn egg in Peaceful difficulty.
- MC-307690 – The error message produced by /difficulty doesn’t use the difficulty’s translated name.
- MC-307702 – Skeletons’ AI breaks when picking up any item.
- MC-307706 – The game inconsistently refers to name tags and name plates.
- MC-307710 – Deoxidizing waxed copper blocks now takes priority over scraping off the wax.
- MC-307754 – Monsters now spawn regardless of the “Spawn Monsters” game rule.
Get the Snapshot
Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the “Installations” tab. Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
Cross-platform server jar:
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