Minecraft:Java Edition 26.4 Snapshot 4

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26.4 Snapshot 4 (known as 26.4-snapshot-4 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the fourth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.4, released on October 13, 2026,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which adds Minecraft:crevasses and Minecraft:brittle ice as well as revamping Minecraft:jukeboxes.

Additions

Blocks

File:Brittle Ice (age 0) JE1.png Minecraft:Brittle ice

A new block that can be found in Minecraft:ice caves.
- Only generating naturally as part of the crevasse.
Once a player or mob steps on it, it will start to crack and eventually break.
- The Minecraft:frostbite mob can walk on brittle ice without breaking it.
It is obtainable with Minecraft:Silk Touch.
It can also be created by water flowing onto a Minecraft:blue ice block.
- Any water block that borders the blue ice block horizontally will turn into brittle ice.

General

Minecraft:Features

Added Template:Cd feature type
- Carves a winding, tapered crevasse into exposed terrain. The crevasse follows the terrain surface, extends in opposite directions from its placement position and requires a minimum connected footprint before carving.
- Format: object with fields:
  - Template:Cd – integer (between 2 and 8), maximum cross-section width in blocks.
  - Template:Cd – integer (between 4 and 16), maximum end-to-end length in blocks.
  - Template:Cd – integer (between 1 and 32), minimum connected horizontal footprint required before carving.
  - Template:Cd – positive integer, maximum amount of blocks the cursor will scan downwards to find its next position.
  - Template:Cd – positive integer, maximum amount of blocks each carving will scan downwards to find a carvable surface.
  - Template:Cd – float (between 0.0 and 16.0), amount of horizontal curvature.
  - Template:Cd – float (between 0.0 and 1.0), amount of tapering applied on each step of growing the crevasse.
  - Template:Cd – float (between 0.0 and 1.0), intensity of rotation applied on each step of growing the crevasse.
  - Template:Cd – int provider, carve depth below the origin terrain surface.
  - Template:Cd – int provider, fill depth below the origin terrain surface.
  - Template:Cd – Block state provider, block placed over the crevasse opening.
  - Template:Cd – Block state provider, block placed at or below the selected fill depth.
  - Template:Cd – Block predicate, which blocks the crevasse is allowed to remove.
  - Template:Cd – Block predicate, which pre-existing blocks to accept as part of a barrier.

Tags

Block tags
- Added block tag Template:Tag link to describe all ice blocks that should enable face culling when placed next to each other.
- Added block tag Template:Tag link.
- Added block tag Template:Tag link to describe all blocks usable by a Minecraft:jukebox as a source for music disc playlists.
Damage type tags
- Added the damage type tag Template:Tag link.
Entity type tags
- Added the entity type tag Template:Tag link for mobs that do not break brittle ice blocks when stepping on them.
Item tags
- Added item tag Template:Tag link to describe all items usable by a Minecraft:jukebox as a source for music disc playlists.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Blue ice

Now have unique sounds.

Minecraft:Frosted ice

Now emits a vibration event when changing state.
No longer show their inside block faces when placed next to each other.
Now have unique sounds.

Minecraft:Ice

No longer show their inside block faces when placed next to each other.

File:Jukebox JE3.png Minecraft:Jukebox

Textures changed from File:Jukebox JE2 BE2.png.
Will now cycle through music discs in a single Minecraft:chest, Minecraft:trapped chest, or any Minecraft:copper chest variant placed directly above it.
- Discs play in slot order, skipping empty slots and other non-music-disc items and looping back to the start.
- When a disc finishes, the jukebox swaps it with the next disc in the chest.
- If the chest has no music discs, the jukebox will loop its inserted disc.
- Ejecting the current disc skips to the next available disc.

Minecraft:Packed ice

Now have unique sounds.

Mobs

Minecraft:Drowned

Now turn into a Minecraft:zombie before converting into a Minecraft:frostbite when they are in Minecraft:powder snow.
Are now immune to freezing in powder snow and will not take damage from the Minecraft:Freezing effect.

Minecraft:Husks and Minecraft:zombies

Are now immune to freezing in powder snow and will not take damage from the Freezing effect.

General

Minecraft:Block predicate

Updated Template:Cd
- Added a state field to match state properties.
- Format:
  - Template:Cd: A map of name-value properties to be matched against the fluid state properties.
    - Value can be integer, boolean or string or object with optional Template:Cd and Template:Cd properties.

Minecraft:Block sound type

Renamed Template:Cd block sound set to Template:Cd to better match sound event names.

Minecraft:Data pack

The Minecraft:pack format version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Enchantment definition

Changed Template:Cd enchantment effect
- Fields Template:Cd, Template:Cd and Template:Cd are now optional.

Minecraft:Fluid states

Removed Template:Cd and Template:Cd fluid types.
Fluid types now have the following properties
- Template:Cd: Integer; same as before, the level of fluid from 1 to 8.
- Template:Cd: Boolean; Template:Cd for source blocks, Template:Cd otherwise.

Minecraft:Mob variant definitions