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. As of May 5, the drop has been deemed "feature complete."<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref>

Some features of this drop have been released earlier as an Minecraft:experiment in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.20.

Additions

Blocks

Cinnabar block set:

Sulfur block set:

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.
- Can be crafted using 9 sulfur blocks.
- 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.
  - When above a Minecraft:magma block, it creates a Minecraft:geyser.
    File:Sulfur spring bursting.gif
    A geyser erupting in a sulfur spring
    - The geyser will erupt at random intervals, shooting a plume of water particles upwards and applying an upward impulse to entities above it.
      - The size of the water plume is dependent on the amount of water blocks above the potent sulfur.
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 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, and the small cubes' growth can be sped up with slimeballs.
  - 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 Grass Block JE2.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 feeding it.
- 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 Grass Block JE2.png Football/Regular: Medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:grass block)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Oak Log JE2 BE2.png Rubber ball/Bouncy: Fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:oak log)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Moss JE2 BE2.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 Blue Ice JE2 BE2.png Hockey puck/Fast sliding: Fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag. (block example: Minecraft:blue ice)
    - Sinks underwater.
  - File:Sulfur Cube Soul Sand JE2 BE2.png High resistance: Very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction. (block example: Minecraft:soul sand)
    - Sinks underwater.
  - File:Sulfur Cube White Wool JE2 BE2.png Beach ball/Light: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and high air drag. (block example: Minecraft:white wool)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Iron JE2 BE2.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 JE2 BE2.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 JE2 BE2.png Sticky: Fast 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.
  - File:Sulfur Cube TNT JE1 BE1.png Explosive: Medium speed, medium bounciness, and medium ground friction like a football, but with high air drag, only affects Minecraft:TNT.
    - Can be ignited in all manners a TNT block can be ignited, and can also be ignited by Minecraft:magma blocks and Minecraft:firework explosions.
      - Is primed for 6 seconds until it explodes, unlike the TNT block which takes 4 seconds to explode.
        In that state, it cannot be sheared, picked up in a bucket, or damaged in any way.
  - File:Sulfur Cube Stone.png Slow bouncy: Slow speed, high bounciness, medium friction and medium air drag. (block example: Minecraft:stone)
  - File:Sulfur Cube Magma JE1.png Hot: Same properties as football, but damages entities on contact, only affects the Minecraft:magma block.
    - Can ignite an explosive sulfur cube.

World generation

Biomes

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A cave biome composed of Minecraft:sulfur, Minecraft:cinnabar and Minecraft:sulfur spikes.
Minecraft:Sulfur cubes spawn here.
Minecraft:Cave spiders spawn here in place of regular Minecraft:spiders.
Have a high concentration of Minecraft:glow lichen.Template:Only
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 medium 1 JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Sulfur spring

A rare pool that contains sulfur, sulfur spikes, Minecraft:magma blocks underneath the potent sulfur, surrounded with Minecraft:cinnabar, Minecraft:granite and Minecraft:tuff.
Generates on the Overworld’s surface as a visual indicator to a sulfur cave below.
Generates in various sizes, from small to extra large.
Occasionally emits geysers.

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.

Minecraft:Sculk sensor

Can now detect geysers.

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