Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 26.40.30

Beta 26.40.30 (ChromeOS, Android) or Preview 26.40.30 (Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Xbox, PlayStation) is the fifth beta/Preview for Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.40, released on July 7, 2026,<ref>Template:Cite</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref> which adds experimental Minecraft:straw beds and Minecraft:cushions, and fixes bugs.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Brown mushroom and Minecraft:red mushroom

• Can no longer be placed under the Minecraft:sky when it is dark.
• Now generate on Minecraft:crimson nylium and Minecraft:warped nylium no matter the brightness.

Minecraft:Stairs

• All vanilla stairs no longer have the block state Template:Cd.<ref group="note">This change was not mentioned in the changelog.</ref>

General

Graphical

• Updated supported devices for Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals on Android.

Technical

Actor Components

• Made schemas for the following components stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.40 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd

Minecraft:API

• Released Template:Cd in Template:Cd from Template:Cd.

Blocks

• N-way rotation on geometry components no longer requires the Upcoming Creator Features Minecraft:experiment.
• Template:Cd state on placement direction block trait no longer requires the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
• Minecraft:Jigsaw Block replacement will now log when an invalid Template:Cd is encountered.
• Added new biome decoration feature Template:Cd, which can be used exclusively to place blocks defined with the Template:Cd trait.
• Released the Template:Cd component from Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Commands

• Using self selection expansion when using commands for non-operator players is now allowed.

Crafting

• Template:Cd now accepts items tagged with Template:Cd in its Template:Cd field.

DDUI

• Added Template:Cd and Template:Cd, which allow for a callback on click of an image and a tooltip on images for use with Template:Cd.

Entity components

• Template:Cd boolean field of the Template:Cd component is now an enum:
  • Template:Cd: the projectile never bounces (default).
  • Template:Cd: the projectile bounces only when the target is invulnerable to the damage source (e.g. creative mode, shield blocking).
  • Template:Cd: the projectile bounces whenever no damage was dealt, regardless of the reason (invulnerability, damage sensor, invulnerability frames).
  • Content authored against earlier format versions is automatically upgraded when loaded in 1.26.40 or later: Template:Cd becomes Template:Cd and Template:Cd becomes Template:Cd.

Graphical

• Tightened the anti-x-ray trigger box to avoid false-positive cases when riding a Minecraft:mob.
• The MERS textures for following Minecraft:baby mobs and Minecraft:rabbits are now visible:
  • Baby Humanoid Minecraft:Chainmail Armor
  • Baby Minecraft:Dolphin
  • Baby Minecraft:Fox
  • Baby Minecraft:Goat
  • Baby Minecraft:Hoglin
  • Baby Minecraft:Panda
  • Baby Warm Minecraft:Pig
  • Baby Minecraft:Zombified Piglin
  • Minecraft:Snifflet

JSON Schema

• Updated generated Minecraft JSON Schema files to use a more granular schema layout instead of producing one self-contained schema file per registered type. This reduces duplicated schema content and makes the generated schemas easier to consume with external tools.
• Added binary-protocol metadata to generated SharedTypes JSON Schemas, including ordinal index, control value type, underlying type, and serialization options. This gives tools more information about the binary layout of the objects described by the JSON Schemas.

Mobs

• Tamed baby wolves' collars now have a proper MERS texture.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features", "Render Dragon Features for Creators", and "Drop 3 of 2026" Minecraft:experimental toggles.

Additions

Blocks

File:Straw Bed.png Minecraft:Straw bed

• A new type of Minecraft:bed which can be used to sleep through the night without changing the spawn point.
  • It can only be used once and will be destroyed after use.
  • Cannot be used in the Minecraft:Nether or the Minecraft:End. It is destroyed upon use.
• Generates in Minecraft:abandoned camps.
• 4 straw beds are crafted with 3 Minecraft:hay bales.

Non-mob entities

Template:Animate Minecraft:Cushion

• A new Minecraft:entity that players can interact with to sit on.
• Has 16 color variants, crafted with its respective variant of Minecraft:wool slab.

• Can be placed on any flat surface.
  • Always aligns horizontally to the grid, but vertically sit on top of the supporting surface.
  • Breaks if the supporting block is removed.
• Cannot be moved.
• Does not have collision and can overlap with other objects (except other cushions).

Changes

Blocks

File:Poplar Door (item) JE2.png File:Poplar Door JE2.png Minecraft:Poplar door

• Added hinges to the item texture.
• Removed 3 pixels from the top door texture.

Minecraft:Poplar leaves

• Updated ambient sounds for poplar leaves.
• Added custom sound events for poplar leaves. Previously, they used Minecraft:stone sounds.

Minecraft:Red shrub

• Added custom sound events.

World generation

Minecraft:Abandoned camp

• Minecraft:Trees placed in abandoned camps are now procedurally generated.

General

Graphical

• Changed Minecraft:dappled forest fog settings to match other Minecraft:forest biomes.

UI

• Exiting the Dressing Room no longer automatically saves the character after an unequipped color change.
• Updated the network disconnection message to direct players to enable "Use Mobile Data" in general settings instead of profile settings.
• Updated Nintendo Switch terminology for local wireless multiplayer.
• Updated Marketplace badges to use semantic tag styling for bordered and spacious variants, with refreshed tag documentation and tests.
• After entering the sidebar in the Dressing Room while spinning the character it will no longer continue to spin by itself.
• Players with multiplayer restricted skins can now enter worlds with multiplayer disabled.
• Updated Marketplace content cards with new pass and rating iconography, refreshed Minecoin visuals, and a notice badge treatment for surfaced states.
• Updated old world conversion flows in the Storage settings tab.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Added Template:Cd method on Template:Cd.
• Added interface Template:Cd for use with Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd with optional name and xuid properties in beta.
• Changed Template:Cd in Template:Cd in beta.
  • Added entries: Template:Cd
    • Changed Template:Cd to accept either a Template:Cd or Template:Cd and removed accepting string as parameter. Adds Template:Cd to this function when Template:Cd has both name and xuid properties set to undefined.
    • Changed Template:Cd to accept either a Template:Cd or Template:Cd and removed accepting string as parameter. Adds Template:Cd to this function when Template:Cd has both name and xuid properties set to undefined.
    • Changed Template:Cd to accept either a Template:Cd or Template:Cd and removed accepting string as parameter. Adds Template:Cd to this function when Template:Cd has both name and xuid properties set to undefined.
• Added new beta enum Template:Cd with values Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd that specifies how blocks are cloned between regions.

Dimension

• Added Template:Cd method to beta that clones a region of blocks from one area of the dimension to another, with support for clone modes and an optional block filter.

Graphical

• Added a system to dynamically scale per-point-light shadow resources.
• Increased the maximum number of point lights.

SoundDurationInfo

• The playback position now reflects calls to Template:Cd.
• While a sound is paused via Template:Cd, the playback position no longer advances; Template:Cd continues from where it was paused.

Minecraft:Sounds

• Added the Template:Cd block component:
  • It requires the Upcoming Creator Features experiment.
  • It can be used to assign a set of sounds to block and its permutations similar to sound field in Template:Cd.
  • Template:Cd overrides values of Template:Cd component, including values in all permutations.

Fixes

Template:Fixes Other

• Fixed wrong Minecraft:potion names in the loot tables for the Minecraft:abandoned camp.
• Fixed the Minecraft:poplar sign texture to follow other sign assets.
• Fixed the focus indicator on the "More options" button on the start screen so it no longer relies on color alone, but adds an underline when the button is focused.
• Fixed a miscolored pixel in one of the Minecraft:sulfur spike textures.
• Fixed a rendering issue with Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals where some items and text could be invisible on certain Android GPUs.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when spawning more than one Minecraft:iron golem at a time.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during world generation when placing structures containing double Minecraft:chests.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when Minecraft:concrete powder converts into Minecraft:concrete.
• Fixed a bug where button touch areas did not align with the buttons in windowed Android modes with a title bar, such as Samsung DeX and pop up view.
• Fixed a soft-lock that prevented further join attempts after a party leader's Experience join was blocked by the party eligibility check.
• Fixed the "How to Play" button being missing from the Settings menu in Minecraft Education.
• Fixed the beacon screen displaying a duplicated header in the Pocket UI.
• Fixed the skin info button not working on expanded skin pack page.
• Fixed the Template:Cmd command cloning partial Minecraft:beds.
• Fixed the Template:Cmd command from improperly placing blocks defined with the Template:Cd trait.
• Fixed custom blocks rendering a stray solid face that could bleed through textures when a model face was hidden by setting one of its UV size dimensions to zero.
• Fixed texture bleeding on custom blocks using automatic block face UV assignment with undersized textures.
• Fixed a bug where the Template:Cd event in the following behavior components was incorrectly mapped to the Template:Cd field, causing the event to never fire when an entity killed its target. The fix applies to entity definitions with format version 1.26.40 and above:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• Fixed Template:Cd to fire Template:Cd and Template:Cd for items above the cart.
• Fixed Images in Template:Cd not being centered in the form.
• Fixed incorrect example json for Height Difference Filter documentation.
• Fixed a performance issue when in the Minecraft:Nether.
• Fixed a bug where point light shadows would flicker during dynamic scaling.

Trivia

• This Preview and the other previews that were released after this do not have a release on https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples, as the person formerly responsible for managing Bedrock samples, Mike Ammerlaan, left Minecraft:Mojang Studios on July 1st, 2026.