Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 1

26.2 Pre-Release 1 (known as 26.2-pre-1 in the launcher) is the first pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2, released on May 26, 2026.<ref name="changelog">Template:Mcnet</ref>

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Potent sulfur

• The continuous geyser set-up now requires a source Minecraft:lava block to erupt.

Mobs

Minecraft:Chicken

• Updated hurt and death sounds for the "picky" sound variant.

Minecraft:Sulfur cube

• Small sulfur cubes now have an updated model and texture.
• Small sulfur cubes now have sounds playing when being fed with Minecraft:slimeballs.
• Now has unique hit and push sounds for each archetype.

World generation

Minecraft:Sulfur caves

• Updated the fog color in the sulfur caves.
• Reduced the max growth length of the Minecraft:sulfur spikes.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Template:Cmd will now consider Minecraft:vexes as owned by their Minecraft:evoker.

Template:Cmd

• Rolled back the changes from previous version.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

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

Minecraft:Friends list

• No longer waits until the next presence update following the initial opening of the friends list to load player skins.
• Friends list width has been increased to fit longer usernames.
• "Manage online safety with your Microsoft account" text is no longer slightly offset to the left.
• "Microsoft account" link now plays the click sound when pressed.
• The "My profile name: " text now displays properly in right-to-left languages.

Minecraft:Identifiers

• Entries in the Template:Cd registry have a new field:
  • Template:Cd - a field that contains various sound settings for the sulfur cube.
    • Template:Cd - sound event that is played when the sulfur cube is hit while it has a block inside.
    • Template:Cd - sound event that is played when the sulfur cube is pushed while it has a block inside.
    • Template:Cd - float that specifies the smallest impulse required to trigger the push sound effect on the sulfur cube.
    • Template:Cd - float that specifies the cooldown in seconds for the push sound effect.

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Server properties

• Added Template:Cd and Template:Cd properties, separating the spam thresholds for chat vs commands.
  • Both thresholds are set to 10 by default, which was the existing threshold for combined command+chat spam.
  • These thresholds configure the mechanism that automatically kicks players for sending too many chat messages or commands.
  • The value describes how many seconds worth of spamming a player must do to get kicked, where each message a player sends increases the counter by 1 second.
  • The counter is decremented once per tick (equivalent to 1/20th of a second), and a player is kicked if their counter reaches the configured threshold.
  • Either threshold can be set to 0 to disable kicks for the associated type of spam.
  • Examples of message rates that would cause a kick, given the default threshold of 10:
    • Sending 11 messages in 1 second.
    • Sending 14 messages in 2 seconds.
    • Sending 21 messages in 10 seconds.

Minecraft:Sounds

• Removed sounds for Sulfur Cube:
  • entity.sulfur_cube.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.push

• Added sounds for Sulfur Cube:
  • entity.sulfur_cube.regular.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.regular.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.bouncy.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_flat.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_flat.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.light.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.light.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.fast_sliding.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.slow_sliding.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.high_resistance.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.sticky.push
  • entity.sulfur_cube.hot.hit
  • entity.sulfur_cube.hot.push

Minecraft:Textures

• Block sprites
  • Renamed block/quartz_pillar.png and block/purpur_pillar.png to append _side as a suffix.

• Entity textures
  • Added new entity textures:
    • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer.png
    • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner.png
    • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_outer_small.png
    • entity/sulfur_cube/sulfur_cube_inner_small.png

Minecraft:UI

• The friend list button is now always visible, even if the feature is disabled in the options.
  • Clicking it when the functionality is turned off will show the screen for enabling it.

Minecraft:World presets

• Added a new Template:Cd world preset.
  • This preset does not show up by default in the create world screen.

Removals

Minecraft:Friends list

• Displaying invites for or requesting to join online worlds has been removed.

Minecraft:Peer-to-Peer multiplayer

• Removed the ability to open singleplayer worlds to online multiplayer.
  • This is because Mojang believes that the experience wasn't what they wanted it to be for all players, and do not consider the feature ready to be released in its current form.<ref name="changelog"/>