Minecraft:The Sift

The Sift featuring a blub and new blocks as shown in Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – September 2026

The Sift is an upcoming Minecraft:dimension first seen in Template:MCD2 that is planned to release in 2027. Associated features include a new mob called the Minecraft:blub, alongside several new Minecraft:blocks for which no names have been officially confirmed for release.

Content

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Blocks

Several salmon-colored blocks are referred to as orange in color in the Audio Description.<ref name=":0" />

File:Sift stone.png Sift stone Template:Conjecture

A dark grayish stone-like block that has a turquoise tint.

File:Sift dirt.png Sift dirt Template:Conjecture

A dark pink dirt-like block that generates naturally below grass blocks.

File:Sift grass block.pngTemplate:Pximg Darker grass block Template:Conjecture

This version has a dark salmon color but is referred to as orange in the Audio Description.<ref name=":0">Template:YouTube link</ref>

File:Pinker sift grass block.pngTemplate:Pximg Lighter grass block Template:Conjecture

This version has a lighter salmon color but is referred to as orange in the Audio Description.<ref name=":0" />

File:Green sift grass block.png Green grass block Template:Conjecture

A damp green grass-like block visible in the distance in the reveal footage.

File:Short sift grass.png Darker short grass Template:Conjecture

This version has a dark salmon color but is referred to as orange in the Audio Description.<ref name=":0" />

File:Pinker short sift grass.png Lighter short grass Template:Conjecture

This version has a lighter salmon color but is referred to as orange in the Audio Description.<ref name=":0" />

File:Short green sift grass.png Green short grass Template:Conjecture

Short green foliage visible in the distance in the reveal footage.

File:Tall sift grass.png Darker Tall grass Template:Conjecture

It is not clear if multiple shades of this exist from the reveal footage.
The closest of these to the camera have their bottom halves mostly obscured by shorter variants; however, it seems as though they are indeed two blocks high, rather than one block high growing on an obscured grass block.

File:Tall green sift grass.png Green tall grass Template:Conjecture

Tall green foliage visible in the distance of the reveal footage.

File:White tree log.png White tree log Template:Conjecture

A gray tree trunk block, comparable in color to the Minecraft:pale oak log.

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Comprises the upper canopies of a generated tree feature in an unnamed, distant forested biome depicted in the reveal.

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This stalactite-like block, much like Minecraft:pale hanging moss from Minecraft:pale oak trees or Minecraft:weeping vines from Minecraft:huge crimson fungi, appears to hang down from the white tree features, attached to the underside of white tree leaves blocks.

Mobs

File:Blub.png Minecraft:Blub

A small, passive rabbitlike<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> mob that is native to the Sift and can squeak.

Environment

The Sift appears to have a significant amount of elevation changes; cliffs of at least a dozen blocks may be seen, and the top of a tree-like structure can be seen in the distance between some of the foliage in the foreground, implying a height difference of several dozen blocks.

Biomes

Pink meadow Template:Conjecture

A biome that is floored with salmon/pink dirt-like blocks and grasses.
The blub is seen in this biome.

Green Meadow Template:Conjecture

A biome that is floored with green dirt-like blocks and grasses visible in the distance to the right of the White forest in the reveal footage.

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A biome wooded with white trees.
Seems to generate trees densely packed together similarly to Minecraft:dark forests.

Features

File:White tree.png White tree Template:Conjecture

Generated feature composed of dark gray log-like blocks similar to Minecraft:pale oak logs and white leaf-like blocks.
Appears to generate with a thick trunk that thins further up the tree, with the thicker part of the trunk appearing much thicker than the trunks of previously existing Minecraft:tree types.

Videos

This footage was shown during Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – September 2026, featuring the new Sift dimension and the Minecraft:blub:

Minimal view of dimension landscape
This video was posted to the Minecraft YouTube channel, featuring some blocks from the Sift:<ref>https://youtube.com/shorts/OtJzJBZ8DVs?si=oUWx9uMmsQdcGydR</ref>

File:Sift short screenshot.jpg

History

Announcement

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Trivia

Despite Minecraft:Agnes Larsson stating that the Sift is the first new dimension to be implemented into the base game in 14 years, its 2027-scheduled implementation actually increases that count to at least 15, as Minecraft:the End was implemented first in November 2011.
- As of currently, the End was first accessible in a development version Template:Age in years and days ago (Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4, released 2011-10-13), and in a full release Template:Age in years and days ago (Minecraft:Java Edition 1.0.0, released 2011-11-18).