Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 1

May 27, 2026

Today marks the unveiling of the first pre-release for version 26.2, a significant step forward as we transition into the final stages of development. As we move ahead, players can expect a series of bug fixes aimed at refining the overall experience. Notably, this pre-release departs from our usual Tuesday snapshot schedule, so we encourage everyone to stay tuned for upcoming updates.

In this pre-release, we have made the decision to remove the Peer-to-Peer connection feature that was introduced in a recent snapshot. This choice stems from our commitment to delivering a high-quality experience, as we felt the feature did not meet our standards for player satisfaction in its current iteration.

Known issues

The game may crash on systems lacking Vulkan support.
- To work around this issue, players can edit the options.txt file. Locate the line preferredGraphicsBackend:”default” and change ”default” to ”opengl”.

Changes

Sulfur Cube mob

Small Sulfur Cubes have received an updated model and texture.
Unique hit and push sounds have been added for each archetype of the Sulfur Cube.

Sulfur Caves biome

The fog color in the Sulfur Caves has been updated, with plans for Bedrock to match this color in the future.
The maximum growth length of the Sulfur Spikes has been reduced.

Potent Sulfur

The continuous Geyser setup now requires a source Lava Block to erupt.

Sounds

Hurt and death sounds for one of the chicken sound variants have been updated.
Small Sulfur Cubes now emit sounds when fed with Slimeballs.

UI

The friend list button will now remain visible, even if the feature is disabled in the options.

Technical Changes

The Data Pack version has been updated to 106.1.
The Resource Pack version is now 88.0.

Server properties

New properties chat-spam-threshold-seconds and command-spam-threshold-seconds have been added, allowing for separate spam thresholds for chat and commands.
- Both thresholds are set to 10 by default, which was the previous combined threshold for chat and command spam.
- These thresholds determine the mechanism that automatically kicks players for excessive messaging.
- The value indicates how many seconds of spamming a player must engage in to be kicked, with each message increasing the counter by one second.
- The counter decreases once per tick (1/20th of a second), and a player will be kicked if their counter reaches the configured threshold.
- Either threshold can be set to 0 to disable kicks for that type of spam.
- Examples of message rates that would trigger a kick, given the default threshold of 10 include:
 - Sending 11 messages in 1 second.
 - Sending 14 messages in 2 seconds.
 - Sending 21 messages in 10 seconds.

Data Pack Version 106.1

Sulfur Cube Archetype Registry

A new field has been added:

sound_settings – This field contains various sound settings for the Sulfur Cube.
- hit_sound – The sound event that plays when the Sulfur Cube is hit while containing a block.
- push_sound – The sound event that plays when the Sulfur Cube is pushed while containing a block.
- pushsoundimpulse_threshold – A float specifying the smallest impulse required to trigger the push sound effect.
- pushsoundcooldown – A float indicating the cooldown in seconds for the push sound effect.

Commands

The execute on owner command will now recognize Vexes as owned by their Evoker.

World Presets

A new world preset, minecraft:flatalldimensions, has been added.
- This preset will not appear by default in the create world screen.

Resource Pack Version 88.0

Block Sprites

The names of block/quartzpillar.png and block/purpurpillar.png have been modified to include the suffix _side.

Entity Textures

New entity textures have been introduced:
- entity/sulfurcube/sulfurcube_outer.png
- entity/sulfurcube/sulfurcube_inner.png
- entity/sulfurcube/sulfurcubeoutersmall.png
- entity/sulfurcube/sulfurcubeinnersmall.png

Sounds

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Pre-Release 1

MC-134349 – Issues with creating a zoomed-out version of a map using the pick block key have been resolved.
MC-277487 – The game no longer softlocks when attempting to create a new world if the saves folder is not writable.
MC-301761 – Elements within the realms “Players” tab now function correctly when the “Invited” element is selected using the TAB key.
MC-302144 – Players will no longer respawn inside the bottom bedrock layers when the world spawn point is set in the Nether.
MC-302268 – Rapidly executing multiple commands will no longer result in players being kicked for spamming in multiplayer.
MC-303401 – Crashes caused by using the pick block key on maps with mappostprocessing from a cartography table in Creative mode have been fixed.
MC-307008 – Severe framerate loss in the new update has been addressed.
MC-307159 – Using bone meal from the main hand will no longer simultaneously place a block held in the off hand.
MC-307330 – Major framerate drops in versions 26.1 and above have been resolved.
MC-307536 – Performance issues while rendering decorated pots have been improved.
MC-307589 – Tridents will now render correctly, even when their hitbox is far outside the player’s field of view.
MC-307721 – Large numbers of banners in the world will no longer cause performance issues.
MC-307935 – Sulfur caves will no longer become overgrown with sulfur spikes.
MC-307951 – Piglins will no longer continuously make sounds while trying to zombify in Peaceful difficulty.
MC-307999 – The game’s tick rate will no longer freeze when a sulfur cube takes damage from Instant Damage with a very high amplifier.
MC-308039 – The click sound will now play when clicking on the “Microsoft account” link in the friends menu.
MC-308041 – Long usernames will render correctly within the friends list area.
MC-308045 – Small sulfur cubes will now have their own texture, aligning with Bedrock Edition.
MC-308057 – The “Manage online safety with your Microsoft account“ element in the friends menu is now perfectly horizontally centered.
MC-308111 – Items will no longer enter the player’s inventory after death, preventing deletion when the keep_inventory game rule is disabled.
MC-308112 – The panorama will no longer spin when entering the Music & Sounds menu from the accessibility onboarding screen.
MC-308141 – Friends’ skins will now load promptly when opening the friends list.
MC-308157 – The game will no longer crash when an evoker retaliates against a vex that has itself as its owner.
MC-308182 – The fog in sulfur caves will now appear green, consistent with Bedrock Edition.
MC-308184 – The game will properly handle save folder deletion while running.
MC-308194 – The friend list will utilize high contrast button textures when the “High Contrast” resource pack is enabled.
MC-308217 – Shulkers will no longer suffocate when opening while hanging from a block.
MC-308226 – Template models for signs will now be prefixed with template_.
MC-308227 – Template models for beds will now be prefixed with template_.
MC-308237 – Crashes related to post shaders failing to compile have been resolved.
MC-308242 – The recipe unlock criterion name for hanging signs has been changed to has_planks.
MC-308292 – The “My profile name: ” string in the friends menu will now be correctly positioned in right-to-left languages.

Get the Pre-Release

Pre-Releases are now available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, simply open the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the “Installations” tab.

Note: Testing versions can potentially corrupt your world, so it is advisable to back up your data and/or run them in a separate folder from your main worlds.

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