Third Drop 2026

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The third game drop of 2026 is an upcoming, currently unnamed game drop that will release in the third quarter of 2026. It focuses on the dappled forest biome, adding poplar trees with three different colors of leaves, a new wood type and new nature blocks. It also adds wool stairs and slabs alongside a new structure, the abandoned camp. It was announced at Minecraft Live – May 2026.

Some features of this drop will be released earlier as an experiment in Bedrock Edition 26.40.

Poplar wood set:

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  Poplar sapling
  • Grows into a poplar tree.
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  Poplar leaves
  • Comes in red, orange, and yellow varieties.
  • Emits ambient sounds when attached to any log and next 3 similar type of leaves in its four horizontal directions.
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  Poplar log and stripped poplar log
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  Poplar wood and stripped poplar wood
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  Poplar planks
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    Poplar stairs
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    Poplar slab
  • 👁 Invicon Poplar Sign.png: Sprite image for Poplar Sign in Minecraft
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    Poplar sign
  • 👁 Invicon Poplar Hanging Sign.png: Sprite image for Poplar Hanging Sign in Minecraft
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    Poplar hanging sign
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    Poplar button
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    Poplar pressure plate
  • 👁 Invicon Poplar Door.png: Sprite image for Poplar Door in Minecraft
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    Poplar door
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    Poplar fence
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    Poplar fence gate
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    Poplar trapdoor
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    Poplar shelf

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Red shrub

• A bush-like plant block found in dappled forests.

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Shelf mushroom

• A mushroom variant found naturally on poplar and fallen poplar trees.
• Comes in two sizes.
  • Using bone meal on a small shelf mushroom grows it into a large one.
  • Breaking a large shelf mushroom drops two of the item.
• Can only be place on full sides of blocks.
• Is bouncy when fallen on by entities.
• Can be used as an ingredient for mushroom stew, suspicious stew or rabbit stew.

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Wool stairs and slabs

• Can be crafted with wool.
• Comes in sixteen colors.

👁 Invicon Poplar Boat.png: Sprite image for Poplar Boat in Minecraft
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Poplar boat

• A boat that is crafted using poplar planks.
• 👁 Invicon Poplar Boat with Chest.png: Sprite image for Poplar Boat with Chest in Minecraft
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  Poplar boat with chest

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Dappled forest

• An autumn-themed forest biome which can be found near cold biomes that consists of poplar trees, patches of coarse dirt, red shrubs, leaf litter, brown mushrooms, shelf mushrooms, and sparse spruce trees.
  • Fallen poplar trees generate more frequently than other fallen trees.
• Cold variants of farm animals, rabbits and foxes spawn here.

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Poplar tree

• A tree that generates in dappled forests.
• Sometimes having shelf mushrooms on it.
• Comes in three different colors of leaves, orange, red, and yellow, randomly chosen at generation.
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  Fallen poplar trees contain brown mushrooms and shelf mushrooms as well.

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Abandoned camp

• A structure that generates on the surface of the Overworld, mainly wooded biomes.
• The tent consist mainly of white wool stairs and fences.
• Its appearance and structure can be varied depending on the biome, such as a stone shelter, having leaves or cobwebs, a tree, a pond, or a crop farm.

Straw bed

• A bed variant that lets players sleep but doesn't set their respawn point.
• Can be crafted using 3 hay bales.^{[Subject to change]}
• Can be stacked to 16.
• Can only be used once and breaks after being slept in.

Spruce leaves

• No longer produce falling leaf particles.

Mushroom stew and Suspicious stew

• Can now be crafted with any combination of two mushrooms instead of specifically requiring one red mushroom and one brown mushroom.

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  A dappled forest
• 👁 Noor in a dappled forest near a cluster of brown mushrooms
  
  Noor in a dappled forest near a cluster of brown mushrooms
• 👁 Sunny in a dappled forest making a base using poplar and wool stairs
  
  Sunny in a dappled forest making a base using poplar and wool stairs
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  Assorted blocks from the drop
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  An abandoned camp in a swamp
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  An abandoned camp in a cherry grove
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  An abandoned camp with a poplar tree and a fallen poplar log having shelf mushrooms on it