Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2 Pre-Release 3

26.2 Pre-Release 3 (known as 26.2-pre-3 in the launcher) is the third pre-release for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2, released on June 2, 2026.<ref name=mcnet>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Changes

Mobs

Minecraft:Sulfur cube

• The block inside a sulfur cube now only aligns vertically with the block grid when the sulfur cube is invisible.
• The squish animation will no longer be played when a sulfur cube has a block inside.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Attribute swapping

• This exploit has been temporarily reimplemented. However, this feature is said to not be supported and planned to be fixed in a future version.<ref name=mcnet/>

General

Minecraft:UI

• The tooltip for the "Exclusive Fullscreen" video setting now mentions that Adaptive Sync (Nvidia G-Sync, AMD FreeSync) should work when it is enabled and will not work when it is disabled.