Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.70

26.70, also known as 1.26.70, the release of the fourth drop of 2026, is an upcoming Minecraft:game drop for Template:BE set to release in the fourth quarter of 2026, which adds the Minecraft:ice caves biome, including Minecraft:frostbites. It also adds the Minecraft:Music Features Add-On and fixes bugs.

Additions

Blocks

File:Brittle Ice (age 0) JE1.png Minecraft:Brittle ice

• A fragile Minecraft:ice block that generates naturally in Minecraft:ice caves.
• Can be created when Minecraft:water touches Minecraft:blue ice.
• Breaks when standing for too long or jumping on them. Its crack level stages do not reset.
  • Minecraft:Frostbites standing on brittle ice do not break it.
• Produces Minecraft:particles during its first stage or when it breaks.
• Emits Minecraft:vibrations when its crack level changes.
• Can only be obtained with Minecraft:Silk Touch.

File:Ice Crystal.png Minecraft:Ice crystal

• A crystal block which generates on the ground in Minecraft:ice caves, and can be placed on all sides of a block.
• Provides a small amount of light.

File:Icicle Base (D) BE1.png File:Icicle Base (U) BE1.png Minecraft:Icicle

• A spike block that generates on the ceiling in ice caves, and can also be placed on the ground.
• Grows naturally up to 5 blocks long when hanging downward. Does not grow when there is light or in Minecraft:the Nether.
• Breaks when exposed to nearby light sources or while in the Nether, except for its base block.
• Damages entities when it falls and deals extra damage to entities that land on it.

File:Packed Ice Bricks JE1.png Minecraft:Packed Ice Bricks

• Can be crafted from 4 Minecraft:packed ice.
• Have a File:Packed Ice Brick Slab JE1 BE1.png slab, File:Packed Ice Brick Stairs JE1.png stairs, File:Packed Ice Brick Wall (ewU) BE1.png wall, and File:Chiseled Packed Ice JE1 BE1.png chiseled variant.
  • These blocks are not slippery and can be obtained without using Minecraft:Silk Touch.
• Slabs, stairs, walls, and chiseled packed ice can also be crafted using a Minecraft:stonecutter.

Items

File:Frostbite Spawn Egg BE1.png Minecraft:Frostbite spawn egg

• Used to spawn a Minecraft:frostbite.

File:Ice Ball BE1.png Minecraft:Ice ball

• A throwable projectile that deals 4 damage, scaling down with velocity.
• Breaks on impact with blocks or entities, creating a particle effect and sound.
• Obtained by killing a frostbite.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Potion of Freezing

• Obtained by brewing an Minecraft:awkward potion with an Minecraft:ice ball.
• Causes the Minecraft:Freezing effect.

File:Arrow of Freezing BE2.png Minecraft:Arrow of Freezing

• A tipped arrow which causes the Freezing effect.

Mobs

width=55x55 File:Baby Frostbite.png Minecraft:Frostbite

• A zombie variant that can be found in snowy biomes.
• It has two modes of attacking: a melee attack and a ranged attack, similar to Minecraft:drowned.
  • Most frostbites use a standard melee attack, which gives the Freezing effect.
  • Some frostbites spawn holding ice balls, which they throw as a ranged attack. When the target is close, they switch to melee.
• Drops Minecraft:rotten flesh and Minecraft:ice balls.
• Transforms into a zombie when underwater for long enough.
• It can stand on top of Minecraft:powder snow.
• It is immune to Minecraft:Freezing and does not get slowed by the Freezing effect or powder snow.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Effects

• File:Freezing.png Minecraft:Freezing
  • An effect that causes an entity to Minecraft:freeze, dealing damage over time, slowing their movement, and lowering their jump height.
  • Equipping a piece of leather armor prevents freezing damage but not the slowness.
  • Effect technically already existed as Minecraft:powder snow causes the same result.
  • Mobs will take additional damage from freezing while they are affected by the mob effect.
    • Mobs that are vulnerable to freezing have a five times multiplier to the damage taken.

World generation

Template:BiomeLink

• A cave biome that generates underneath frozen biomes. They occasionally generate on the surface.
• The terrain is composed of Minecraft:packed ice and Minecraft:calcite. Icicles hang from the ceiling; ice crystals and patches of Minecraft:snow generate on the ground.
• Large icicles made of packed ice generate on the ground and hanging from the ceiling.
• Ores generate inside blobs of Minecraft:stone and Minecraft:deepslate.
• Minecraft:Glow lichen, Minecraft:dirt, and Minecraft:granite do not generate.
• Common cave monsters, Minecraft:strays, and Minecraft:frostbites can spawn here.

File:Crevasse.png Minecraft:Crevasse

• Generated cracks that generate in ice caves.
• Covered with Minecraft:brittle ice and a few blocks of Minecraft:calcite, and are filled with Minecraft:water below its surface.

Minecraft:Music Features Add-On

Blocks

File:Disc Press.png Minecraft:Disc press

• A craftable block that can be used to create track discs.

• A player can open its GUI by Template:Control it. Here, players can input a blank disc and a Minecraft:dye, then select a Minecraft:music track, to create a music disc with that music track.
  • Dyes are not required, they add color to the track disc.
  • Available music tracks are Minecraft:menu screen tracks from Minecraft:C418 and Minecraft:fingerspit.

Items

File:Blank Disc BE1.png Minecraft:Blank disc

• A craftable item, used in a disc press to make track discs, and to craft disc presses and pocket jukeboxes. Has no use on its own.

File:Pocket Jukebox BE1.png Minecraft:Pocket jukebox

• A craftable item that can play music from track discs in the player's inventory.

• The color of the item matches with the bundle; there are 16 color variants plus one undyed.
• Its GUI functions similarly to a Minecraft:bundle. It can hold 20 track discs at once.
• When the player Template:Control it, it will start playing the first track. When the player uses it again, it pauses, after which it can be resumed.
  • Music played from a pocket jukebox will be played client-side, muting background music.
  • Multiple tracks are played subsequently as a playlist.
  • The music finishes when the pocket jukebox is no longer in the player's inventory, or the playing track disc is taken out of the pocket jukebox.
• Can be held in the Minecraft:offhand, but not used when doing so.

File:Track Disc White BE1.png Minecraft:Track disc

• A track disc item is produced upon using a blank disc in a disc press. It can hold one music track, and can be played in a Minecraft:jukebox or pocket jukebox.
• There are 16 color variants plus one undyed.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Blue ice, Minecraft:frosted ice, and Minecraft:packed ice

• Added unique sounds.

Minecraft:Ice

• Added unique sounds.
• Added Minecraft:ambient sounds for ice.
  • When an ice block is surrounded by at least 8 ice blocks in all horizontal directions (east, west, north, and south), with one air block above and one water block below, it has a chance to emit a sound.

File:Jukebox JE3 BE3.png Minecraft:Jukebox

• Textures changed from File:Jukebox JE2 BE2.png.
• Placing a single Minecraft:chest, Minecraft:trapped chest, or Minecraft:copper chest above a jukebox will apply Minecraft:music discs inside to the jukebox as a playlist.
  • A disc is automatically injected in the jukebox, and put back in the chest when the track finishes. This will automatically continue with all tracks in the chest, in slot order. After the last disc finishes, the first will be repeated.
  • Ejecting the current disc skips to the next available disc.

Enchantments

Minecraft:Frost Walker

• Water now freezes in a circular area around the wearer, removing directional bias from the ice trail.
• Water now freezes only while the wearer is on the ground, preventing fatal fall damage caused by frosted ice forming beneath them while diving into water.

Mobs

Minecraft:Drowned

• Can no longer gain Minecraft:nautilus shells or Minecraft:fishing rods after being converted from a zombie.

Minecraft:Elder guardian and Minecraft:guardian

• Increased guardian base attack damage from 5 to 6 and elder guardian base attack damage from 5 to 8, matching Java Edition.

Minecraft:Evoker

• Damage dealt to players by evoker fangs now scales with difficulty, matching Java Edition.

Minecraft:Husks and Minecraft:zombies

• Now transform into frostbites when inside Minecraft:powder snow.

Minecraft:Zombified piglin

• Unarmed piglins and piglin brutes now remain unarmed when transforming into zombified piglins.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Breaking

• Minecraft:Mining Fatigue now reduces mining speed by the same amount as in Java Edition.
• Minecraft:Haste and Minecraft:Conduit Power now increase mining speed by the same amount as in Java Edition.

General

Minecraft:Closed captions

• Added generic closed captions to jump and land sounds.

Minecraft:Experiments

• Removed the "Drop 4 of 2026" experiment and implemented all features in vanilla gameplay.

Graphical

• Minecraft:Skulls and Minecraft:chests now face the player in first person and away from the player in third person view.
• Minecraft:Shields, Minecraft:crossbows, Minecraft:spears, and Minecraft:spyglasses animate correctly in first person view when selected.
• Disabled block light quality options "High" and "Ultra" if they are unsupported, and added a notice explaining why.

Minecraft:Marketplace

• Added support for purchasing Marketplace content as gifts for friends.

Minecraft:Music

• Ambient music is now muted when players return within range of a playing jukebox after leaving its broadcast range.

Minecraft:Realms

• Realms FAQ scrollbars now update when sections are expanded.
• The new Realms information screen's "Learn more" button disappears for a player once they have clicked it the first time.
• The Minecraft:Realms Hub's "Learn more" section now contains a button linking to a website with Realms tutorials, or contains a QR code for the player to access the tutorials.

Server

• Added optional dedicated server performance warnings with configurable tick-time thresholds and notification cooldowns.

UI

• Added store row names to text-to-speech.
• Screen narration now reads slider values the way they are displayed.
• A skin or offer is now focused by default when entering the character edit screen.
• Pack downloads on Windows will be stored as blobs to mitigate partial deletion of cached pack content by Windows Disk Management.
• Bopomofo and Bopomofo Extended characters now use consistent full-width spacing alongside Chinese text.
• Updated the Minecraft:Inbox Feedback tab on consoles to direct players to feedback.minecraft.net.
• Japanese and Chinese text now displays correctly on the Marketplace's "My Library" button on mobile.
• Profile images now update correctly when the selected character appearance changes.
• New Player Path mode and difficulty card illustrations no longer flicker or resize when the screen first appears.
• Changed Block Light Quality options to Low, Medium, High, and Ultra, though their functionality remains the same.
• Added responsive Marketplace store rows for browsing content cards.
• Marketplace offers that are incompatible with the player's device now remain visible with purchase buttons disabled.
• Improved loading time of player profile overview tab.
• The freezing screen overlay no longer lingers after respawning when a player dies with the Freezing effect.
• The health bar now updates correctly when a Minecraft:totem of undying activates.
• Splash potions, lingering potions, and XP bottles now display the correct captions when breaking.
• Minecraft:Wind charges now display the correct captions when thrown.
• Deferred and limited background server status requests to reduce delays during sign-in and menu loading.
• External link buttons in settings now properly animate before opening in the browser on all platforms.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Script API string arguments now preserve embedded NUL (\0) characters instead of being truncated.
• Added additional error context information when an exception is thrown inside of an event callback.
• Added Newline and whitespace changes to the formatting of the stack error context for exceptions.
• Released Template:Cd version 2.12.0.
• Added Template:Cd version 2.13.0-beta.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd in Template:Cd beta.
• Added the Template:Cd interface for Template:Cd and Template:Cd, replacing Template:Cd. Existing fields and whole-block search behavior are unchanged; existing option objects still work.
• Raycast Template:Cd values outside -2147483648 to 2147483647 now throw Template:Cd before truncation.
• Released Template:Cd properties Template:Cd and Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released block point-of-interest APIs from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd as a member of Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd and Template:Cd may no longer be accessed on Vanilla items.
• Renamed the item component Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd:
  • Released Template:Cd and the optional Template:Cd constructor options parameter to stable version Template:Cd, including Template:Cd for horizontal button layouts.
  • Released Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd to stable version Template:Cd.
  • Released version 2.4.0 of Template:Cd.
  • Added 2.5.0 beta of Template:Cd.

Blocks

• Added the Template:Cd block component.
  • Marks a block as a source of music discs for a jukebox directly below it.
  • Requires a compatible single container.

Minecraft:Block components

• Minecraft:Doors:
  • The upper half of a door now reports the same Template:Cd block state as the lower half, rather than always reporting the door as closed. This covers doors placed by players, doors generated as part of a structure, and doors in existing worlds, which are corrected the first time their chunk loads.
• Minecraft:Repeater:
  • Repeater blocks now expose a Template:Cd block state that is true while a powered repeater or comparator is feeding one of the repeater's side inputs.
  • For new worlds (base game version 1.26.60 and later), repeater Template:Cd state changes now trigger neighbor block updates for parity with Java Edition; existing worlds keep the prior client-only update behavior.
• Minecraft:Scaffolding:
  • Scaffolding blocks now expose a Template:Cd block state that is true when the block below provides no support and is not another scaffolding.
  • For new worlds (base game version 1.26.60 and later), scaffolding Template:Cd state changes now trigger neighbor block updates for parity with Java Edition; existing worlds keep the prior client-only update behavior.
• Modified Template:Cd component renamed Template:Cd field to Template:Cd.

Entity components

• The Template:Cd component now preserves empty equipment slots when Template:Cd is set to Template:Cd.
• Made schema for the Template:Cd component stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer.
• Made schema for the Template:Cd component stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer.
  • Template:Cd now only accepts a scalar or an object with Template:Cd and Template:Cd values. Array values are no longer valid.
• Made schema for the Template:Cd component stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer.
• Made schema for the Template:Cd component stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.60 and newer.
• The Template:Cd component enables any mob to stand on brittle ice without breaking it.
  • Used by defining the component as follows: Template:Cd
• Template:Cd:
  • Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd for entity format versions 1.26.70 and later, controlling whether impact damage dealt to players by mob-fired projectiles scales with world difficulty.
  • Template:Cd defaults to Template:Cd; set it to Template:Cd to disable difficulty scaling. Entities using earlier format versions retain their previous behavior with difficulty scaling disabled.

Minecraft:Features

• Added the internal-only Template:Cd world generation feature, which carves a winding, tapered crevasse into exposed terrain.
  • This feature is not currently available for use in creator content.
  • The crevasse follows the terrain surface, extends in opposite directions from its placement position, and requires a minimum connected footprint before carving.
    • The following fields configure generation:
      • Template:Cd: Maximum end-to-end length in blocks, from 4 to 16; defaults to 16.
      • Template:Cd: Maximum cross-section width in blocks, from 2 to 8; defaults to 4.
      • Template:Cd: Minimum connected horizontal footprint required before carving, from 1 to 32 blocks; defaults to 10.
      • Template:Cd: Amount of horizontal curvature, from 0.0 to 16.0; defaults to 4.0.
      • Template:Cd: Range used to select the carve depth below the origin terrain surface, from 4 to 32 blocks; defaults to [6, 10].
      • Template:Cd: Range used to select the fill depth below the origin terrain surface, from 0 to 32 blocks; defaults to [4, 6].
      • Template:Cd: Optional block placed over the crevasse opening; omitted by default.
      • Template:Cd: Optional block placed at or below the selected fill depth; omitted by default.

Mobs

• Internal only Vex goals are no longer listed in legacy goal documentation.

Packs

• System packs can no longer be overridden by development packs with the same identity.

Minecraft:Points of Interest

• Released support for defining point-of-interest types with hierarchical tags in behavior packs.
• Released Template:Cmd for locating registered points by type or tag.

UI

• Downloading Marketplace content no longer deletes development resource, behavior, or skin packs with matching UUIDs.
• Malformed JSON UI in resource packs (unresolved control names, invalid anchors, unknown control types, unsolvable layouts, malformed binding expressions, and view binding loops) is now reported as a content log error.
• Route transitions are now built from animation selectors with Template:Cd, so an animation is data that can depend on the from/to navigation pair rather than a bespoke transition component.
• Route transitions now live in the standalone Template:Cd package, with the screen animation setting in Template:Cd, so both can be consumed without depending on Template:Cd.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features", and new "Nether Spawning Rebalancing" Minecraft:experimental toggles.

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Mob spawning

• The spawning mechanics in Minecraft:the Nether have been overhauled to better match Template:JE.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Updated the Template:Cd method in beta for playing music tracks for an individual player.
  • Now returns a Template:Cd when the Template:Cd value is zero or not given.
  • Returns undefined when the Template:Cd value is greater than zero.
  • Can now pass a Template:Cd into the Template:Cd field.
• Updated the Template:Cd method in beta for playing music tracks for all players in the world.
  • Now returns a Template:Cd when the Template:Cd value is zero or not given.
  • Returns undefined when the Template:Cd value is greater than zero.
  • Can now pass a Template:Cd into the Template:Cd field.
• Added support for the Template:Cd block to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd item component behind Template:Cd.
  • It may be accessed on any item-stack.
  • It has the following methods: Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd and Template:Cd which work like their Template:Cd counterparts.
    • Template:Cd however takes an extra position parameter to decide where the entity is being released.
  • The component will be pre-populated if the item-stack results from a successful Template:Cd loot function.
  • Stored entities will be carried over the corresponding placed block if it supports entity-storage.
• Template:Cd:
  • Added the read-only beta property Template:Cd to expose whether the loot function carries stored entities from the block entity to the dropped item.
• Added the beta Template:Cd option to Template:Cd and Template:Cd to preserve fractional distances and check the full ray. It defaults to Template:Cd, preserving legacy behavior, and does not apply to Template:Cd.
• Entity raycasts with Template:Cd enabled throw Template:Cd for negative Template:Cd values.

Blocks

• Added the optional Boolean field Template:Cd to the Template:Cd loot function, defaulting to false and requiring the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
• When Template:Cd is Template:Cd, stored entities are copied from the block entity to the dropped item without being released, independently of the Template:Cd option.
• Placing the dropped item restores its stored entities when the placed block supports entity storage, without releasing them.
• Split Template:Cd's Template:Cd into Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
  • Template:Cd is a string property matching the name used when Template:Cd was used.
  • Template:Cd is a method that returns true if the event was scheduled by your pack.
• Added two new methods to the Block API and renamed one:
  • Template:Cd which returns the amount of named events scheduled at a position, agnostic of pack origin.
  • Template:Cd which returns the vector of named events scheduled at a position by that pack.
  • Renamed Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd:
  • Added the optional Template:Cd boolean to container for block format versions 1.26.20 and later with Upcoming Creator Features enabled; it defaults to Template:Cd.
  • Setting Template:Cd to Template:Cd disables the built-in container UI and allows normal block interaction events, including registered Template:Cd callbacks, to run instead; omitting the field or setting it to Template:Cd preserves container opening without those callbacks.
  • Custom containers now follow chest interaction permissions, preventing container opening and interaction callbacks for players without permission to open containers, even when the UI is disabled.
  • Custom containers are now recognized as interactive container blocks, preventing duplicate client-side use of held items during interaction.
  • The HUD now shows the "Open" interaction hint for custom containers only when their UI is enabled.

Entity

• Added beta Script API support for positioning entities as passengers of blocks.
  • Template:Cd positions an entity as a passenger of a block, with a position offset, rotation, rotation limit, and Template:Cd (Template:Cd, Template:Cd, or Template:Cd).
  • Template:Cd stops an entity from being a passenger of a block.
  • The read-only Template:Cd property reports whether an entity is a passenger of a block.
  • Destroying or changing a block does not automatically stop an entity from being its passenger; scripts must call Template:Cd because blocks are agnostic of their passengers.
  • The existing Template:Cd returns true when an entity is riding a vehicle or is a passenger of a block in the Riding pose; the new query.is_laying returns true when an entity is a passenger of a block in the Template:Cd pose. When Template:Cd is true and both queries are false, the entity is in the Template:Cd pose for animation.

Entity components

• Added a new experimental Template:Cd entity component, available to entity definitions using the beta format version, which runs an entity event every time a named time marker fires on a named world clock.

Entity filters

• Added the Template:Cd entity filter for comparing an entity's speed in meters per second.
• Added the Template:Cd entity filter for comparing an entity's horizontal speed in meters per second.
• Added the Template:Cd entity filter for comparing an entity's signed vertical speed in meters per second.

Minecraft:Features

• POI type definitions now respect behavior pack stacking order, allowing higher-priority packs to override definitions from lower-priority packs.

Template:Cmd

• Added new version for the Template:Cmd command for Template:Cmd which may run multiple tags in a single command. Ex. the command, Template:Cmd, will now run all tests tagged as Template:Cd or Template:Cd.
• Template:Cmd now allows for a Template:Cd flag to be added which ignores any tests with the specified tags. Ex. the command, Template:Cmd, will run all tests from Template:Cd that do not also have the tag Template:Cd.
• Adjusted the parameter Template:Cd in Template:Cmd to be explicit rather than implicit. Ex. Previously, a command such as Template:Cmd would read the Template:Cd, 2, after the specified tag, Template:Cd. Now the Template:Cd flag must be declared before its value as such, Template:Cmd.

Network protocol

• Added enum value Template:Cd to Template:Cd.

Fixes

Template:Fixes Other

• Fixed the base of an Minecraft:icicle visually flickering (z-fighting) with the block beneath it when viewed from a distance.
• Fixed tooltip error where freezing displayed a rank.
• Fixed tooltip error where freezing was listed as positive.
• Fixed "Chat instructions on join" to show supported join instructions even in single-player worlds and with gameplay tips enabled; turning the setting off still allows contextual multiplayer tips.
• Fixed text-to-speech not outputting time correctly when focused on realm player sessions on Realms Timeline tab.
• Fixed a bug that caused all visible chunks to reload when resizing the game window on Windows.
• Fixed script Template:Cd icons being rendered behind the text background and also being impacted by lighting.
• Fixed bug where Realm admin log would remain on loading spinner if a player's profile did not fetch succesfully.
• Fixes a crash that can sometimes happen on PlayStation 5 when the game uses a large number of textures at once.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the resource pack list refreshes while a pack is highlighted.
• Fixed a crash due to a race condition when teleporting and removing entities on the same tick.
• Fixed the alignment of text field focus outlines.
• Fixed the Social button on the main menu requiring two presses to open the Social Drawer after launching the game.
• Fixed Custom Skin button occasionally not rendering and not showing the selected skin.
• Fixed Template:Cd and Template:Cd to clamp item stack sizes to the item's maximum stack size.
• Fixed some scenarios where the text length was incorrectly calculated for Template:Cd used by Template:Cd.
• Fixed a bug where Minecraft:zombies can gain new Minecraft:armor or tools after being converted from Minecraft:husks.
• Fixed the illumination of transparent particles in Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed difficulty scaling for damage dealt to players by mob-fired projectiles to match Java Edition.
• Fixed an issue on Android where searching from the Marketplace search results page could send players back to the Marketplace front page or the main menu.
• Fixed an issue where an upload could fail during processing due to an unexpected block error.
• Fixed the simulation distance setting description to reflect the correct range.
• Fixed issues with worlds not saving correctly when the game was suspended or closed.
• Fixed a crash that could occur after spending a long time in the menus.
• Fixed entities with Template:Cd to fire Template:Cd when consuming an entire item stack and to report only the transferred amount for partial pickups, without emitting events for unsuccessful pickups.
• Fixed Template:Cd saving the primary clipboard instead of the supplied clipboard item.
• Fixed light leaking in Vibrant Visuals when Block Light Quality is set to Medium.