Minecraft:Chaos Cubed

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Chaos Cubed is an upcoming Minecraft:game drop that will release as Minecraft:Java Edition 26.2 and Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.30 during the second quarter of 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 will be released earlier as an Minecraft:experiment in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.20.

Additions

Blocks

Cinnabar family of blocks:

Sulfur family of blocks:

Yellow-colored crystalline blocks that are found in the Minecraft:sulfur caves.
File:Sulfur.png Minecraft:Sulfur
File:Polished Sulfur JE2.png Minecraft:Polished sulfur
File:Sulfur Bricks.png Minecraft:Sulfur bricks
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.
- 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.
- Can be crafted using 9 sulfur blocks.
Template:Animate Template: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 doesn't 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 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.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.
  - Because of this, they can be tempted and fed with Minecraft: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 Stone.png In this state, they become stuck in place and cannot be damaged by most sources. Instead, they are knocked back when attacked. They still take damage from environmental sources such as Minecraft:poisoning and Minecraft:burning for example.
  - 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 clicking.
- 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 Stone.png Football/Regular: Medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:stone)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Oak Log JE1.png Rubber ball/Bouncy: Fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:oak log)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Moss JE1.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 Ice JE1.png Hockey puck/Fast sliding: Fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:ice)
    - Sinks underwater.
  - File:Sulfur Cube Soul Sand JE1.png High resistance: Very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction. (block example: Minecraft:soul sand)
    - Sinks underwater.
  - File:Sulfur Cube Wool JE1.png Beach ball/Light: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and high air drag. (block example: Minecraft:white wool)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Iron JE1.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 JE1.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 JE1.png Sticky: Medium 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.

World generation

Biomes

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A cave biome composed of Minecraft:sulfur, Minecraft:cinnabar and Minecraft:sulfur spike blocks and sulfur spike features.
Minecraft:Tuff and Minecraft:granite can also generate as strips or blobs.
Minecraft:Sulfur cubes and Minecraft:cave spiders spawn here.
Minecraft:Sulfur pools also generate here.

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 spring small 1.png Minecraft:Sulfur spring

Small mounds of Minecraft:sulfur similar to Minecraft:sulfur pools except having some Minecraft:magma blocks and roots of Minecraft:sulfur underneath.
Generates on the Overworld’s surface as a visual indicator to a sulfur cave below.
Generates in various sizes, from small to extra large.

File:Sulfur Spike Cluster.png Sulfur spike

Generates as clusters of sulfur spikes.

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.

Mobs

Minecraft:Cave spider

Can now spawn within the Minecraft:sulfur caves biome, marking the first time cave spiders are able to spawn naturally (outside of Minecraft:monster spawners and Minecraft:trial spawners).

Minecraft:Wandering trader