Java Edition 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.

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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.

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.