Minecraft:Java Edition guides/Fourth Drop 2026

Template:For Template:Wip Template:Infobox guide This guide is a simplified overview of all non-experimental changes in Minecraft:Fourth Drop 2026 (Template:JE 26.4), which assumes at least some familiarity with Minecraft:Wilderness Bound (Java Edition 26.3), excluding experimental features in these versions.

Mobs

New

Minecraft:Frostbite

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Minecraft:Cold biomes

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Spawn in various Minecraft:cold biomes, such as Minecraft:ice spikes and Minecraft:ice caves.

Changed

Minecraft:Drowned	File:Drowned.png	Immune to Minecraft:freezing. Converts into a Minecraft:zombie when in Minecraft:powder snow.
Minecraft:Husk	File:Husk.png
Minecraft:Sulfur cube	File:Sulfur Cube JE2 BE2.png	Added “cold” archetype, when absorbed with Minecraft:blue ice. It produces Minecraft:frosted ice when over water, like the Minecraft:Frost Walker enchantment. Adding in “fast sliding” archetype, when absorbed with Minecraft:snow bricks.
Minecraft:Zombie	File:Zombie.png	Immune to Minecraft:freezing. Converts into a Minecraft:frostbite when in powder snow.

Blocks

New

Minecraft:Brittle ice	Template:Animate	A fragile ice block that generates in Minecraft:ice caves, covering its crevasses.	Pickaxe	Can only be obtained by Minecraft:Silk Touch. Cracks and breaks when stepped or stood on by a Minecraft:player or a Minecraft:mob (excluding Minecraft:frostbites).
Minecraft:Ice crystal	File:Ice Crystal (U) JE1.png	A crystal block which generates on the ground in Minecraft:ice caves.	Any Tool	Provides a small amount of light. Can be placed on all full sides of a block.
Minecraft:Icicle	File:Icicle Tip (D) JE1.png	A spike block that generates as stalactites on the ceiling in ice caves.	Any Tool	Icicle blocks melt and break when a strong enough light source is nearby, or in the Nether. Falling icicles deal damage to entities.
Minecraft:Packed ice bricks	File:Packed Ice Bricks JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Pickaxe	Used for decorations. Can be crafted into Minecraft:packed ice brick slabs, Minecraft:packed ice brick stairs and Minecraft:packed ice brick walls.
Minecraft:Chiseled packed ice	File:Chiseled Packed Ice JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Pickaxe	Used for decorations.
Minecraft:Packed ice brick slabs and Minecraft:packed ice brick stairs	File:Packed Ice Brick Slab JE1.png File:Packed Ice Brick Stairs JE1.png	Template:Crafting Template:Crafting	Pickaxe	Used for decorations. Slabs can be crafted into Minecraft:chiseled packed ice.
Minecraft:Packed ice brick wall	File:Packed Ice Brick Wall JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Pickaxe	Acts like a barrier for mobs and players.
Minecraft:Snow bricks	File:Snow Bricks JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Shovel	Used for decorations. Can be crafted into Minecraft:snow brick slabs, Minecraft:snow brick stairs and Minecraft:snow brick walls.
Minecraft:Snow brick slab and Minecraft:snow brick stairs	File:Snow Brick Slab JE1.png File:Snow Brick Stairs (N) JE1.png	Template:Crafting Template:Crafting	Shovel	Used for decorations.
Minecraft:Snow brick wall	File:Snow Brick Wall (ewU) JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Shovel	Acts like a barrier for mobs and players.

Changed

Minecraft:Blue ice	File:Blue Ice JE1.png	When water touches blue ice, it creates Minecraft:brittle ice.
Minecraft:Jukebox	File:Jukebox JE3.png	Changed texture. Place any chest (except ender chest) directly above a jukebox to use its Minecraft:music discs as a playlist. 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 disc in the jukebox plays again. Ejecting the current disc skips to the next available disc.

Items

New

Minecraft:Arrow of Freezing	File:Arrow of Freezing JE1.png	Template:Crafting	Gives the Minecraft:Freezing effect.
Minecraft:Frostbite spawn egg	File:Frostbite Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png	Obtained from the creative inventory.	Spawns a Minecraft:frostbite, and rarely a baby version.
Minecraft:Ice ball	File:Ice Ball JE1 BE1.png	When killed, a Minecraft:frostbite has a 75% chance to drop 1 Minecraft:ice ball.	Used as a projectile to knock entities.
Minecraft:Potion of Freezing	File:Potion of Freezing JE1.png	Template:Brewing	Gives the Minecraft:Freezing effect when drunk.