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 16 colors and Minecraft:explorer maps for ancient cities, Minecraft:abandoned camps, Minecraft:desert pyramids, Minecraft:mineshafts, and Minecraft:warm ocean ruins; It also updated the texture of map and its variants, plus it made explorer maps unique items.

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

Minecraft:Key codes

• Added new key codes for the following keys:
  • Template:Cd – Again
  • Template:Cd – Menu
  • Template:Cd – Copy
  • Template:Cd – Cut
  • Template:Cd – Find
  • Template:Cd – Help
  • Template:Cd – Keypad ,
  • Template:Cd – Keypad (
  • Template:Cd – Keypad .
  • Template:Cd – Keypad ±
  • Template:Cd – Keypad )
  • Template:Cd – Left Command
  • Template:Cd – Left Option
  • Template:Cd – Left Win
  • Template:Cd – Play/Pause
  • Template:Cd – Mute
  • Template:Cd – New
  • Template:Cd – Paste
  • Template:Cd – Right Command
  • Template:Cd – Right Option
  • Template:Cd – Right Win
  • Template:Cd – Save
  • Template:Cd – Stop
  • Template:Cd – Undo
  • Template:Cd – Volume Down
  • Template:Cd – Volume Up

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".

• 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

• Template:Animate Updated inventory icon textures from Template:Animate.

Map decorations

• The map icons for player on maps and explorer 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

• Template:Animate Template:Animate Added map icon for the following structures:
  • Minecraft:Abandoned Camp
  • Minecraft:Ancient city
  • Minecraft:Mineshaft
  • Minecraft:Desert Pyramid
  • Minecraft:Warm Ocean Ruins

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:Controls

• Renamed some key code display names:
  • Template:Cd: "Left Win" → "Left Meta"
  • Template:Cd: "Right Win" → "Right Meta"

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.
  • Template:Collapse

• 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