Mojang has unveiled the latest iteration of its popular game, introducing Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 3, which brings a refreshing focus on player comfort alongside a suite of technical enhancements. Among the standout features are the Cushion and the Straw Bed, both designed to enrich the gaming experience by offering new avenues for relaxation and convenience.
With the addition of the Cushion, players can now enjoy a cozy seating option available in a palette of 16 vibrant colors, each corresponding to the various wool shades. Crafted from three wool slabs of the same hue, these cushions can be placed on any flat surface, allowing players to sit back and unwind. Notably, they align seamlessly with the grid and can overlap with most objects, enhancing the creative possibilities within the game. However, players should be mindful that cushions will break if their supporting block is removed.
The Straw Bed, another innovative feature, allows players to sleep through the night without the need to establish a spawn point. This single-use bed, crafted from three hay bales to yield four beds, is designed for those moments when a quick rest is needed. However, it cannot be utilized in the Nether or The End, ensuring that players remain grounded in their adventures. A new statistic has also been introduced to track the number of times players have utilized the Straw Bed, adding an extra layer of engagement.
Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 3 patch notes
New Features
- Cushion
- A new placeable item available in 16 colour variants, one for each wool colour.
- Crafted using 3 Wool Slabs of the same colour.
- Can be placed on any flat surface and interacted with to sit down.
- Cushions align horizontally to the grid and sit on top of their supporting surface.
- They do not have collision and can overlap with other objects, except other Cushions.
- Break if the supporting block beneath them is removed.
- Straw Bed
- A new type of bed that lets players sleep through the night without setting a spawn point.
- Single-use only – it is destroyed after being slept in.
- Cannot be used in the Nether or The End, and will be destroyed if attempted there.
- Crafted using 3 Hay Bales, yielding 4 Straw Beds per craft.
- A new statistic has been added to the Statistics window tracking how many times a player has slept in a Straw Bed.
- Gothic Language Support
- Gothic language support has been added to the game.
Technical Changes
- New Command: /posteffect
- A new command that allows adding or removing post-processing shader effects to players’ screens.
- Syntax includes add, clear, list, and remove sub-commands.
- Post effects exist on the client side within resource packs, meaning the server cannot confirm whether an effect is visually applied.
- Custom shaders are now fully accessible from resource packs, though Mojang notes these features may be redesigned in the future.
- Custom Brewing Recipes
- Potion brewing recipes are now data-driven and can be added or modified via data packs using the new minecraft:brewing recipe type.
- Any items can now be used in any of the three brewing slots, opening up significant new possibilities for custom potion systems.
- New Number Provider Registry
- A new minecraft:number_provider registry has been introduced, enabling more flexible and configurable data-driven systems across the game.
Bug Fixes
Notable fixes in Snapshot 3 include:
- Fixed Drowned no longer chasing players correctly.
- Fixed Drowned consuming or using certain items they should not.
- Fixed the glowing effect on entities remaining visible after being cleared.
- Fixed Shelf Mushrooms generating on fallen trees in water.
- Fixed several abandoned camp structures containing persistent leaves or dropped item stacks.
- Fixed ores not generating in blobs of Andesite, Diorite, or Granite below Y=0.
- Fixed a Vulkan rendering issue causing worlds to render entirely magenta on macOS.
- Fixed the item tag controlling campfire dousing being misspelled as #dowsescampfires — now correctly named #dousescampfires.
- Fixed Poplar leaves’ closed captions displaying as raw translation keys.
- Fixed the mining speed factor of Mining Fatigue being inconsistent at level 3.
- Fixed Enchanting Table GUI having three incorrect pixels in the top-right corner.
- Fixed the line spacing of text within hover tooltips being inconsistent between the first and second lines.
