Minecraft:Chaos Cubed

Chaos Cubed is an upcoming Minecraft:game drop that will release as Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2 and Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.30 during the second quarter of 2026. It focuses on the Minecraft:sulfur caves, a cave Minecraft:biome that is home to Minecraft:sulfur cubes, and the new Minecraft:sulfur and Minecraft:cinnabar blocks with their respective variants. It was announced at Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2026.

Some features of this drop will be released earlier as an Minecraft:experiment in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.20.

Additions

Blocks

Cinnabar family of blocks:

• Red-colored rocks that are found in the Minecraft:sulfur caves.
• File:Cinnabar.png Minecraft:Cinnabar
  • File:Cinnabar Stairs.png Minecraft:Cinnabar stairs
  • File:Cinnabar Slab.png Minecraft:Cinnabar slab
  • File:Cinnabar Wall.png Minecraft:Cinnabar wall
• File:Polished Cinnabar JE2.png Minecraft:Polished cinnabar
  • File:Polished Cinnabar Stairs.png Minecraft:Polished cinnabar stairs
  • File:Polished Cinnabar Slab.png Minecraft:Polished cinnabar slab
  • File:Polished Cinnabar Wall.png Minecraft:Polished cinnabar wall
• File:Cinnabar Bricks JE2.png Minecraft:Cinnabar bricks
  • File:Cinnabar Brick Stairs.png Minecraft:Cinnabar brick stairs
  • File:Cinnabar Brick Slab.png Minecraft:Cinnabar brick slab
  • File:Cinnabar Brick Wall.png Minecraft:Cinnabar brick wall
• File:Chiseled Cinnabar JE2.png Minecraft:Chiseled cinnabar

Sulfur family of blocks:

• Yellow-colored crystalline blocks that are found in the Minecraft:sulfur caves.
• File:Sulfur.png Minecraft:Sulfur
  • File:Sulfur Stairs.png Minecraft:Sulfur stairs
  • File:Sulfur Slab.png Minecraft:Sulfur slab
  • File:Sulfur Wall.png Minecraft:Sulfur wall
• File:Polished Sulfur JE2.png Minecraft:Polished sulfur
  • File:Polished Sulfur Stairs.png Minecraft:Polished sulfur stairs
  • File:Polished Sulfur Slab.png Minecraft:Polished sulfur slab
  • File:Polished Sulfur Wall.png Minecraft:Polished sulfur wall
• File:Sulfur Bricks JE2.png Minecraft:Sulfur bricks
  • File:Sulfur Brick Stairs.png Minecraft:Sulfur brick stairs
  • File:Sulfur Brick Slab.png Minecraft:Sulfur brick slab
  • File:Sulfur Brick Wall.png Minecraft:Sulfur brick wall
• File:Chiseled Sulfur JE2.png Minecraft:Chiseled sulfur
• File:Potent Sulfur.png Minecraft:Potent sulfur
  • A version of sulfur that generates underwater in Minecraft:sulfur pools and springs.
  • When placed underwater, it will emit bubbles and a cloud of noxious gas at the surface.
    • Players and mobs get Minecraft:Nausea when they enter Minecraft:water that is near or touching the noxious gas.
  • Can be crafted using 9 sulfur blocks.
• Template:AnimateTemplate:Animate Minecraft:Sulfur spike
  • A block that generates as stalactites and stalagmites in the sulfur caves.
  • Grows when hanging to a Minecraft:sulfur block.
  • Functions similarly to Minecraft:pointed dripstone, except it doesn't increase fall damage when fallen on.
    • Unlike Minecraft:pointed dripstone, when Minecraft:water or Minecraft:lava is placed on the block above where the spike is hanging from, it does not drip the liquid from its point.
  • Can be used to craft sulfur blocks.

Items

Template:InvSprite Minecraft:Bucket of sulfur cube

• Obtained by picking a sulfur cube using an empty Minecraft:bucket.
• Can be used to transport the sulfur cube to a new location.

Template:InvSprite Minecraft:Sulfur cube spawn egg

• Used to spawn a Minecraft:sulfur cube.

Mobs

File:Sulfur Cube JE1.png File:Sulfur Cube JE1.png Minecraft:Sulfur cube

• A Minecraft:passive slime-like mob that spawns in sulfur caves.
• When killed, it will split into 2 small cubes, like other slime-like mobs.
  • Unlike the Minecraft:slime and Minecraft:magma cube, the small versions can grow up into the large version, like how a Minecraft:baby mob works.
    • Because of this, they can be tempted and fed with Minecraft:slimeballs or fed a Minecraft:golden dandelion.
• It is attracted to the dropped item form of most full blocks. The cube can pick up a block, or a player can Template:Ctrl a full block on the cube, causing the cube to absorb it into its body.
  • File:Sulfur Cube Stone JE1.png In this state, they become stuck in place and cannot be damaged by most sources. Instead, they are knocked back when attacked. They still take damage from environmental sources such as Minecraft:poisoning and Minecraft:burning for example.
    • The knockback also depends on the damage that would have been dealt, with stronger attacks sending the cube further.
  • Can be leashed in that state.
  • Blocks can be swapped by clicking.
  • Minecraft:Shearing it removes and drops the block, reverting back to normal.
  • Depending on the block, they will behave differently when punched while in its immobile state, the following properties are:
    • File:Sulfur Cube Stone JE1.png Football/Regular: Medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:stone)
    • File:Sulfur Cube Oak Log JE1.png Rubber ball/Bouncy: Fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:oak log)
    • File:Sulfur Cube Moss JE1.png Golf ball/Fast flat: Fast speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:moss block)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Ice JE1.png Hockey puck/Fast sliding: Fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:ice)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Soul Sand JE1.png High resistance: Very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction. (block example: Minecraft:soul sand)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Wool JE1.png Beach ball/Light: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and high air drag. (block example: Minecraft:white wool)
    • File:Sulfur Cube Iron JE1.png Medicine ball/Slow flat: Slow speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction and medium air drag. (block example: Minecraft:block of iron)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Red Mushroom JE1.png Curling stone/Slow sliding: Slow speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:red mushroom block)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Honeycomb JE1.png Sticky: Same properties as a golf ball, but sticks with extremely high ground friction and no bounce to simulate stickiness, only affects the Minecraft:honeycomb block.
      • Sinks underwater.

World generation

Biomes

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• A cave biome composed of Minecraft:sulfur, Minecraft:cinnabar and Minecraft:sulfur spike blocks and sulfur spike features.
• Minecraft:Sulfur cubes and Minecraft:cave spiders spawn here.
• Minecraft:Sulfur pools also generate here.

Features

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• Greenish pools that generate in sulfur caves.
• Consists of a body of water surrounded by sulfur blocks and cinnabar with Minecraft:potent sulfur generating at the bottom.

File:Sulfur spring small 1.png Minecraft:Sulfur spring

• Small mounds of Minecraft:sulfur similar to Minecraft:sulfur pools except having some Minecraft:magma blocks and roots of Minecraft:sulfur underneath.
• Generates on the Overworld’s surface as a visual indicator to a sulfur cave below.
• Generates in various sizes, from small to extra large.

File:Sulfur Spike Cluster.png Sulfur spike

• Generates as clusters of sulfur spikes.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Dispenser

• Can now dispense a block into a sulfur cube.
  • It can also remove a block from a sulfur cube using Minecraft:shears.

Mobs

Minecraft:Cave spider

• Can now spawn within the Minecraft:sulfur caves biome, marking the first time cave spiders are able to spawn naturally (outside of Minecraft:monster spawners and Minecraft:trial spawners).

Minecraft:Wandering trader

• Can now sell two Minecraft:sulfur spikes for an Minecraft:emerald.

Gallery

Mojang images

• File:ChaosCubed.jpg

Mojang screenshots

• A Minecraft:sulfur cave
  A Minecraft:sulfur cave
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Minecraft:Sunny and Minecraft:Zuri entering a sulfur cave
  Minecraft:Sunny and Minecraft:Zuri entering a sulfur cave
• The front of a Minecraft:sulfur and Minecraft:cinnabar block house
  The front of a Minecraft:sulfur and Minecraft:cinnabar block house
• The back of a sulfur and cinnabar block house
  The back of a sulfur and cinnabar block house
• A waterfall in a sulfur cave
  A waterfall in a sulfur cave
• Small Minecraft:sulfur pools in a sulfur cave
  Small Minecraft:sulfur pools in a sulfur cave
• Zuri and Sunny in a sulfur pool
  Zuri and Sunny in a sulfur pool
• A Minecraft:sulfur cube in a sulfur cave
  A Minecraft:sulfur cube in a sulfur cave
• A sulfur cube near a sulfur cave entrance
  A sulfur cube near a sulfur cave entrance
• Two sulfur cubes in a cave
  Two sulfur cubes in a cave
• Minecraft:Kai next to a sulfur cube absorbing an Minecraft:oak log
  Minecraft:Kai next to a sulfur cube absorbing an Minecraft:oak log
• Zuri punching a Minecraft:crimson hyphae sulfur cube
  Zuri punching a Minecraft:crimson hyphae sulfur cube
• A bunch of sulfur cubes with blocks inside in a desert
  A bunch of sulfur cubes with blocks inside in a desert
• A Minecraft:pink wool sulfur cube next to a regular sulfur cube
  A Minecraft:pink wool sulfur cube next to a regular sulfur cube
• A Minecraft:pumpkin sulfur cube ends up in a giant golf hole
  A Minecraft:pumpkin sulfur cube ends up in a giant golf hole
• A Minecraft:packed ice sulfur cube triggering Minecraft:wooden pressure plates and a Minecraft:tripwire to shoot fireworks
  A Minecraft:packed ice sulfur cube triggering Minecraft:wooden pressure plates and a Minecraft:tripwire to shoot fireworks
• Minecraft:Wart sulfur cubes being used to play curling
  Minecraft:Wart sulfur cubes being used to play curling
• An oak log sulfur cube being used to play archery
  An oak log sulfur cube being used to play archery
• Sulfur cubes being used to navigate a maze
  Sulfur cubes being used to navigate a maze
• Stone sulfur cubes being used to play an ambiguous minigame
  Stone sulfur cubes being used to play an ambiguous minigame
• Sulfur cubes being used to play piñata
  Sulfur cubes being used to play piñata
• Wart sulfur cubes being used to play shuffle
  Wart sulfur cubes being used to play shuffle
• A pumpkin sulfur cube being used to play golf
  A pumpkin sulfur cube being used to play golf
• A pumpkin sulfur cube ends up in a golf hole
  A pumpkin sulfur cube ends up in a golf hole
• A packed ice sulfur cube being used to play hockey
  A packed ice sulfur cube being used to play hockey
• Minecraft:Sunny holding a Minecraft:netherite sword with a bunch of wooden log sulfur cubes in a giant Minecraft:cherry fence cage
  Minecraft:Sunny holding a Minecraft:netherite sword with a bunch of wooden log sulfur cubes in a giant Minecraft:cherry fence cage
• Ditto but with a first-person view
  Ditto but with a first-person view
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  Ditto
• Ditto
  Ditto

• Various sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
  Various sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Minecraft:Ari feeding sulfur cubes
  Minecraft:Ari feeding sulfur cubes
• Minecraft:Zuri leashing a Minecraft:verdant froglight sulfur cube while Noor tempts a sulfur cube using a Minecraft:block of copper
  Minecraft:Zuri leashing a Minecraft:verdant froglight sulfur cube while Noor tempts a sulfur cube using a Minecraft:block of copper
• Some sulfur cubes
  Some sulfur cubes
• Sulfur cube golf
  Sulfur cube golf
• A surface Minecraft:sulfur spring
  A surface Minecraft:sulfur spring
• Minecraft:Makena, Minecraft:glow squids and Minecraft:sulfur cubes in an Minecraft:aquifer.
  Minecraft:Makena, Minecraft:glow squids and Minecraft:sulfur cubes in an Minecraft:aquifer.
• A sulfur cave with Minecraft:sulfur spikes.
  A sulfur cave with Minecraft:sulfur spikes.
• Minecraft:Ari in a Minecraft:sulfur cave looking up and observing a Minecraft:sulfur spike hanging from the ceiling. A Minecraft:sulfur cube to the right eagerly watches.
  Minecraft:Ari in a Minecraft:sulfur cave looking up and observing a Minecraft:sulfur spike hanging from the ceiling. A Minecraft:sulfur cube to the right eagerly watches.