Minecraft:Chaos Cubed

File:Chaos Cubed Key Art.png

Key artwork

Chaos Cubed is an upcoming Minecraft:game drop that will release as Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2 and Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.30 on June 16, 2026. It focuses on the Minecraft:sulfur caves, a Minecraft:cave 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 have been released earlier as an Minecraft:experiment in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.20.

Additions

Blocks

Cinnabar block set:

• 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.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.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.png Minecraft:Chiseled cinnabar

Sulfur block set:

• 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.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.png Minecraft:Chiseled sulfur
• File:Potent Sulfur.png Minecraft:Potent sulfur
  • A version of sulfur that generates underwater in Minecraft:sulfur pools and springs.
  • Can be crafted using 9 sulfur blocks.
  • 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.
    • When above a Minecraft:magma block, it creates a Minecraft:geyser.

      File:Sulfur spring bursting.gif

      A geyser erupting in a sulfur spring

      • The geyser will erupt at random intervals depending on the coordinates, shooting a plume of water particles upwards and applying an upward impulse to entities above it.
        • The size of the water plume is dependent on the amount of water blocks above the potent sulfur.
      • Can trigger continuously when a Minecraft:lava source is placed underneath.
        • Does not give nausea in that state.
• 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 does not 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 a sulfur block.

Items

Template:InvSprite "Bounce" music disc

• Obtained from Minecraft:minecarts with chests in Minecraft:mineshafts that are located in Minecraft:sulfur caves.
• The music was composed by Minecraft:fingerspit.

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.
• Includes what block is in the sulfur cube, if any.

Template:InvSprite Minecraft:Sulfur cube spawn egg

• Used to spawn a Minecraft:sulfur cube.

Mobs

File:Sulfur Cube.png File:Sulfur Cube Small BE3.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, and the small cubes' growth can be sped up with Minecraft:slimeballs.
    • Because of this, they can be tempted with 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 Grass Block JE2.png In this state, they cannot move on their own and cannot be damaged by most sources. Instead, they are knocked back when attacked. They still take damage from some other sources, such as Minecraft:crammingTemplate:Only, Minecraft:suffocating, and Minecraft:burning from fire or lava.
    • 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 feeding it.
  • 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 Grass Block JE2.png Football/Regular: Medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:grass block)
    • File:Sulfur Cube Oak Log JE2 BE2.png Rubber ball/Bouncy: Fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:oak log)
    • File:Sulfur Cube Moss JE2 BE2.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 Blue Ice JE2 BE2.png Hockey puck/Fast sliding: Fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:blue ice)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Soul Sand JE2 BE2.png High resistance: Very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction, only affects Minecraft:soul sand and Minecraft:soul soil.
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube White Wool JE2 BE2.png Beach ball/Light: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and high air drag, only affects Minecraft:wools.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Iron JE2 BE2.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 JE2 BE2.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 JE2 BE2.png Sticky: Fast speed and low air drag like a golf ball, but sticks with extremely high ground friction and no bounce to simulate stickiness, only affects the Minecraft:honeycomb block.
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube TNT JE1 BE1.png Explosive: Medium speed, medium bounciness, and medium ground friction like a football, but with high air drag, only affects Minecraft:TNT.
      • Can be ignited in all manners a TNT block can be ignited, and can also be ignited by Minecraft:magma blocks and Minecraft:firework explosions.
        • Is primed for 6 seconds until it explodes, unlike the TNT block which takes 4 seconds to explode.
          • In that state, it cannot be sheared, picked up in a bucket, or damaged in any way.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Stone.png Slow bouncy: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium friction and medium air drag. (block example: Minecraft:stone)
      • Sinks underwater.
    • File:Sulfur Cube Magma JE1.png Hot: Same properties as football, but damages entities on contact, only affects the Minecraft:magma block.
      • Can ignite an explosive sulfur cube on touch.
      • Minecraft:Frost Walker grants immunity to its damage.

World generation

Biomes

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• A cave Minecraft:biome composed of Minecraft:sulfur, Minecraft:cinnabar and Minecraft:sulfur spikes.
• Minecraft:Sulfur cubes spawn here.
• Minecraft:Cave spiders spawn here in place of regular Minecraft:spiders.
  • This makes the first time cave spiders are able to spawn naturally (outside of Minecraft:monster spawners and Minecraft:trial spawners).
• Minecraft:Sulfur pools also generate here.
• On rare occasions it can generate on the surface, forming sulfur "lands".<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Features

File:Sulfur Pool.png Minecraft:Sulfur pool

• 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 Spike Cluster.png Sulfur spike

• Generates as clusters of sulfur spikes.

File:Sulfur spring medium 1 JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Sulfur spring

• A rare pool that contains sulfur, sulfur spikes, Minecraft:magma blocks underneath the potent sulfur, surrounded with Minecraft:cinnabar, Minecraft:granite and Minecraft:tuff.
• Generates on the Overworld’s surface as a visual indicator to a sulfur cave below.
• Generates in various sizes, from small to extra large.
• Occasionally forms a Minecraft:geyser every ~45 seconds

Music

Template:Main Added 5 new music tracks and a new Minecraft:music disc, composed by Minecraft:fingerspit:

• "Minecraft:Memories"
• "Minecraft:Ebb"
• "Home"
• "Minecraft:Shores"
• "Minecraft:Nightly"
• Music Disc "Bounce"

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.

Minecraft:Sculk sensor and Minecraft:calibrated sculk sensor

• Can now detect geysers.

Mobs

Minecraft:Wandering Trader

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

Further revisions

Bedrock Edition

• 26.40 is an upcoming minor update which fixes bugs.

Trivia

• In the key artwork, the hoe Minecraft:Alex is holding is facing the wrong way.

Gallery

Mojang images

• Key art
  Key art
• A recap of the features shown at Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2026
  A recap of the features shown at Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2026
• Cover of the Minecraft: Chaos Cubed (Original Game Soundtrack)
  Cover of the Minecraft: Chaos Cubed (Original Game Soundtrack)
• Header art for the article announcing Chaos Cubed's release date on Minecraft:Minecraft.net
  Header art for the article announcing Chaos Cubed's release date on Minecraft:Minecraft.net
• Sulfur cubes on the key art for Minecraft:Minecraft Live – May 2026
  Sulfur cubes on the key art for Minecraft:Minecraft Live – May 2026
• Same as previous
  Same as previous
• Art showing three playstyles for interacting with cubes: brawlers, builders, and ranchers
  Art showing three playstyles for interacting with cubes: brawlers, builders, and ranchers
• A Minecraft:sulfur cube requesting to be fed Minecraft:TNT
  A Minecraft:sulfur cube requesting to be fed Minecraft:TNT

Mojang screenshots

• A Minecraft:sulfur cave
  A Minecraft:sulfur cave
• Another sulfur cave
  Another sulfur cave
• 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
• Sulfur cubes with blocks in a desert
  Sulfur cubes with blocks 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 a minigame of some sort
  Stone sulfur cubes being used to play a minigame of some sort
• Sulfur cubes being used as piñatas
  Sulfur cubes being used as piñatas
• Wart sulfur cubes being used to play shuffleboard
  Wart sulfur cubes being used to play shuffleboard
• 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 some wooden log sulfur cubes in a giant Minecraft:cherry fence cage
  Minecraft:Sunny holding a Minecraft:netherite sword with some wooden log sulfur cubes in a giant Minecraft:cherry fence cage
• Sulfur cubes in a giant cherry fence cage
  Sulfur cubes in a giant cherry fence cage
• Sulfur cubes in a cage made out of cherry fences with several currently in the air
  Sulfur cubes in a cage made out of cherry fences with several currently in the air
• Sulfur cubes and Minecraft:Zuri in a cherry fence cage
  Sulfur cubes and Minecraft:Zuri in a cherry fence cage

• Sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
  Sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
• Sulfur cubes next to a Minecraft:sulfur pool
  Sulfur cubes next to a Minecraft:sulfur pool
• 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
• The old version of a Minecraft:sulfur spring
  The old version of a 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
• Sunny wearing a diamond helmet holding a Minecraft:bucket of sulfur cube in a sulfur cave mineshaft, while the small mangrove plank sulfur cube is looking at them
  Sunny wearing a diamond helmet holding a Minecraft:bucket of sulfur cube in a sulfur cave mineshaft, while the small mangrove plank sulfur cube is looking at them
• A Minecraft:TNT sulfur cube in a sulfur cave
  A Minecraft:TNT sulfur cube in a sulfur cave
• Kai, Sunny and Makena with some TNT sulfur cubes next to a geyser
  Kai, Sunny and Makena with some TNT sulfur cubes next to a geyser
• TNT sulfur cubes being used to a target minigame
  TNT sulfur cubes being used to a target minigame
• A fox being lifted by a geyser
  A fox being lifted by a geyser
• Sunny and Alex griefing a sulfur house using TNT sulfur cubes
  Sunny and Alex griefing a sulfur house using TNT sulfur cubes
• Zuri and a TNT sulfur cube
  Zuri and a TNT sulfur cube
• A sulfur cube being lifted by a geyser
  A sulfur cube being lifted by a geyser
• A TNT sulfur cube next to a pile of TNT
  A TNT sulfur cube next to a pile of TNT
• Minecraft:Zuri, Minecraft:Ari, Minecraft:Efe, and Minecraft:Noor watching a Minecraft:sulfur cube bouncing in a Minecraft:geyser as other sulfur cubes surround them
  Minecraft:Zuri, Minecraft:Ari, Minecraft:Efe, and Minecraft:Noor watching a Minecraft:sulfur cube bouncing in a Minecraft:geyser as other sulfur cubes surround them
• A Minecraft:magma sulfur cube next to a sulfur spring that emits a geyser
  A Minecraft:magma sulfur cube next to a sulfur spring that emits a geyser
• Magma sulfur cubes in a sulfur spring
  Magma sulfur cubes in a sulfur spring
• Magma sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
  Magma sulfur cubes in a sulfur cave
• Magma sulfur cubes near a bursting spring
  Magma sulfur cubes near a bursting spring
• A bursting spring
  A bursting spring
• An active geyser being powered by Minecraft:lava
  An active geyser being powered by Minecraft:lava
• A sulfur "land" with three sulfur springs in it
  A sulfur "land" with three sulfur springs in it