Minecraft:Java Edition 26.3 Snapshot 7

26.3 Snapshot 7 (known as 26.3-snapshot-7 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the seventh Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.3, released on August 4, 2026.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> It adds Minecraft:concrete stairs and slabs in all 16 colors and Minecraft:explorer maps for ancient cities, Minecraft:abandoned camps, Minecraft:desert pyramids, Minecraft:mineshafts, and Minecraft:warm ocean ruins; It also makes a lot of texture changes to Minecraft:maps, and existing Minecraft:explorer maps.

Additions

Blocks

Template:AnimateTemplate:Animate Minecraft:Concrete stairs and slabs

• Comes in 16 different color variations.
• Crafted using Minecraft:concrete in a Minecraft:crafting table (they cannot be crafted using a Minecraft:stonecutter).

Items

New Minecraft:explorer maps

• File:Abandoned Campsite Map JE1.png Added abandoned campsite maps showing the location of other Minecraft:abandoned camps in the following biomes:
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• Can be found in the "common chest" loot of abandoned camps.

• Added explorer maps for the following structures:
  • File:Ancient City Map JE1.png Minecraft:Ancient City
  • File:Mineshaft Map JE1.png Minecraft:Mineshaft
  • File:Desert Pyramid Map JE1.png Minecraft:Desert Pyramid
  • File:Warm Ocean Ruins Map JE1.png Minecraft:Warm Ocean Ruins
• Can be found in the "secret chest" loot of abandoned camps in addition to Minecraft:jungle pyramid, Minecraft:swamp hut, and Minecraft:trial chambers explorer maps.

General

Minecraft:Data component format

• Added Template:Cd
  • The animation to play when the item is being used to attack something.
  • Format: object with fields:
    • Template:Cd – swing animation type, one of Template:Cd or Template:Cd.
    • Template:Cd – positive integer, the length of the animation in ticks.

• Added Template:Cd
  • The animation to play when the item is being used to interact with something.
  • Format: same as Template:Cd

Tags

• Block tags
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains all concrete stair blocks.
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains all concrete slab blocks.

• Item tags
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains all concrete stair items.
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains all concrete slab items.
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains filled maps plus all explorer maps items and buried treasure maps, used as the input to the Template:Cd recipe.
  • Added Template:Tag link
    • Contains maps that can be zoomed out with paper, either in a crafting table or at a cartography table.

• Structure tags
  • Added 12 tags, regarding the structures used in each Minecraft:exploration map:
    • Template:Tag link

Changes

Items

Explorer maps

• Updated existing explorer maps' inventory icon textures:

• Several explorer maps have been renamed:
  • "Jungle Explorer Map" has been renamed to "Jungle Pyramid Explorer Map".
  • "Ocean Explorer Map" has been renamed to "Ocean Monument Explorer Map".
  • "Swamp Explorer Map" has been renamed to "Swamp Hut Explorer Map".
  • "Trial Explorer Map" has been renamed to "Trial Chambers Explorer Map".
  • "Woodland Explorer Map" has been renamed to "Woodland Mansion Explorer Map".

• The player icon on maps has been updated to always show the direction the player is facing.

All texture changes

Name	Before	After
Player Locator	width=32	width=32
Player Off Map	width=32	width=32
Player Off Limits	width=32	width=32

• All explorer maps are now unique items; previously they used the same item ID as Minecraft:filled maps.
  • These items cannot be obtained from the Creative inventory.
  • Existing explorer maps in old worlds are converted to the matching new item on load.
  • Explorer maps can still be cloned in a Minecraft:crafting table, and the copies keep their own item type.
• Explorer maps and buried treasure maps can no longer be zoomed out, neither in a Minecraft:crafting table nor in a Minecraft:cartography table.
  • Buried treasure maps could previously be zoomed out in both.
  • Explorer maps could previously be zoomed out in a cartography table.
  • Only maps in the Template:Cd tag can be zoomed out.

Minecraft:Map and empty map

• File:Empty Map JE4.png File:Map (item) JE3.png Updated inventory icon textures.

Non-mob entities

Minecraft:Cushion

• No longer prevent Minecraft:vibrations when placed, broken or interacted with.

World generation

Minecraft:Abandoned camp

• Updated loot table for the abandoned camp Minecraft:barrel.
• Replaced Minecraft:firework rocket with Minecraft:gunpowder in abandoned camp chest loot table.
• Abandoned campsite maps showing the location of other abandoned camps can be found in the "common chest" loot of abandoned camps.
• Explorer maps for several other structures can be found in the "secret chest" loot of abandoned camps.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• When used on a player, the player's attack strength will no longer be reset.
• Added a new optional argument to set the swing animation to play.
  • Allowed values: Template:Cd, Template:Cd
  • If omitted, defaults to Template:Cd
• Added a new argument to set the duration of the swing animation, if provided.
  • Format: positive time value (by default in ticks).
  • If omitted, defaults to Template:Cd.

General

Minecraft:Block states

• The following block state fields have been renamed.
  • Template:Cd is now Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd is now Template:Cd
• The default block state of a block can now be referred to in a compact form directly by the block ID.

Minecraft:Data component format

• Removed Template:Cd
  • This has been replaced by Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
    • The Template:Cd swing animation type has been removed.
    • Existing items in the world will be migrated to using the default Template:Cd.
    • Setting both of these new components to the same value will be functionally identical to the old component, except for:
      • The Template:Cmd command – animation type now specified by the command.
      • Items being dropped by entities.

• Removed Template:Cd
  • Maps are no longer drawn as a tinted overlay, so there is nothing left for the color to apply to.
  • Existing maps have the component stripped on load.

Minecraft:Data pack

• The Minecraft:pack format version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Density functions

• Density function and noises are no longer evaluated with double-precision floating point values, but instead with single-precision.
  • This affects all intermediate steps, not just the final result.

Minecraft:GUI

• The sub-headings and categories in different tabs of options now use a boldface, underlined and centered format.

Minecraft:Item models

• Tint source
  • Removed Template:Cd
    • The Template:Cd component it read no longer exists.

level.dat

• Template:Cd now contains a Template:Cd list with prior data versions of the file.

Minecraft:Loot functions

• Changed Template:Cd
  • The Template:Cd field has now been removed.
  • The function no longer changes the type of the item it is applied to – it now only adds map data to the existing item.
    • Previously it required a Template:Cd and produced a Template:Cd
    • The item to produce is now chosen by the loot entry or villager trade itself, so a data pack that produced exploration maps has to change its item from Template:Cd to Template:Cd (or one of the explorer map items)
    • If no matching structure is found, the item is left without a Template:Cd – use Template:Cd with Template:Cd to drop those, as the vanilla loot tables and villager trades now do.

Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related shader

• Renamed defines:
  • Template:Cd – was previously Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd – was previously Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd – was previously Template:Cd

Minecraft:Realms

• Added support for Realms to use additional server regions in Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Arizona, USA if they become available in the future.

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The version is now Template:Cd.

Tags

• Block tags
  • Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd tag.
  • Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd tag.
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• Item tags
  • Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd tag.
  • Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd tag.

Minecraft:Textures

• Item sprites
  • Removed item/filled_map_markings.png

• Map sprites
  • Added new map textures:
    • abandoned_camp.png
    • ancient_city.png
    • desert_pyramid.png
    • mineshaft.png
    • warm_ocean_ruins.png
  • The following icons have been updated in order to show player rotation on the map:
    • /player.png
    • /player_off_limits.png
    • /player_off_map.png