Minecraft:Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 6

26.1 Snapshot 6 (known as 26.1-snapshot-6 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the sixth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.1, released on February 3, 2026,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which add new textures and models for the baby armadillo, bee, camel, fox, goat, llama, polar bear, and trader llama. It also includes many changes for Minecraft:data packs and Minecraft:resource packs.

Additions

General

Tags

• Block tags
  • Split apart Template:Cd into multiple block tags.
    • Template:Cd now only contains Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt and Minecraft:rooted dirt.
    • Template:Cd contains Minecraft:mud and Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots.
    • Template:Cd contains Minecraft:moss block and Minecraft:pale moss block.
    • Template:Cd contains Minecraft:grass block, Minecraft:mycelium and Minecraft:podzol.
  • Added Template:Cd which contains Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd and Template:Cd
    • This is used as a collection for world generation conditions.
  • Added the following tags which define which ground blocks beneath an applicable tree or bamboo can be replaced with Minecraft:podzol:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
  • Added Template:Cd which contains Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd and Minecraft:podzol.
  • Added the following tags defining which blocks their feature can be placed on:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
  • Added Template:Cd defining which blocks an Minecraft:ice spike feature can replace.

• Item tags
  • Added the following tags which mirror their block tag contents:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd

Changes

Mobs

Template:More images Template:More sounds Minecraft:Axolotl

• Baby axolotls now have a play dead animation.

Minecraft:Baby mobs

• Changed the textures and models of the following baby mobs:
  • Minecraft:Armadillo
  • Minecraft:Bee
  • Minecraft:Camel
  • Minecraft:Fox
  • Minecraft:Goat
  • Minecraft:Llama
  • Minecraft:Polar bear
  • Minecraft:Trader llama

Minecraft:Camel

• Minecraft:Saddles on baby camels will no longer render.

Minecraft:Camel husk

• No longer has a baby model.

Minecraft:Polar bear

• Baby polar bears no longer attack Minecraft:foxes.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

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

Minecraft:Dimension types

• Added the field Template:Cd: boolean
  • Controls whether it is possible for an ender dragon fight to exist in the dimension.

level.dat

• The Template:Cd tag has been replaced with a Template:Cd tag, referencing the player data file to use.
• Difficulty-related settings have been moved into a Template:Cd tag.
  • Difficulty is renamed to difficulty and is now a string instead of an integer.
    • Allowed values:
      • Template:Cd
      • Template:Cd
      • Template:Cd
      • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd was renamed to Template:Cd
• Data for the ender dragon fight has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at dimensions/minecraft/the_end/data/minecraft/ender_dragon_fight.dat
  • The ender dragon fight can be activated in other dimensions.
  • Data changes:
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been replaced by Template:Cd
      • Allowed values:
        • Template:Cd
        • Template:Cd
        • Template:Cd
        • Template:Cd
        • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Added Template:Cd
      • The time that has elapsed since the current stage of the respawn sequence started.
    • Added Template:Cd
    • A list of UUIDs for the end crystals used to trigger the respawn sequence.
• Wandering Trader data has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/wandering_trader.dat
  • Data changes:
    • Template:Cd has been removed
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
• Template:Cd has been moved to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/custom_boss_events.dat
• Weather-related data has been moved to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/weather.dat
  • Data changes:
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
• Template:Cd has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/scheduled_events.dat
  • Data changes:
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
      • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
      • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
• Template:Cd has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/game_rules.dat
• Template:Cd has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/world_gen_settings.dat
  • Data changes:
    • Template:Cd has been renamed to Template:Cd
• Template:Cd has been moved out to the Template:Cd folder.
  • It can now be found at data/minecraft/world_clocks.dat

Level format Template:Too technical

• All default dimensions are now stored in the dimensions subfolder.
  • Data for the Minecraft:Overworld has been moved from the root folder to dimensions/minecraft/overworld
    • This includes the region, entities, and poi folders, as well as related files out of data.
  • Data for the Nether has been moved from DIM-1 to dimensions/minecraft/the_nether
  • Data for the End has been moved from DIM1 to dimensions/minecraft/the_end
  • The top level data folder is now only for data shared across dimensions instead of also for the Overworld.
• Player storage has been moved to the players subdirectory.
  • advancements -> players/advancements
  • playerdata -> players/data
  • stats -> players/stats
• The world resource pack (resources.zip) has been moved to the resourcepacks subdirectory.
• Data saved in the data folder is now namespaced.
  • This means that all that data will now be stored in a namespace subfolder in the corresponding data folder.
    • All existing vanilla data files have been moved accordingly.
    • Example: data/scoreboard.dat -> data/minecraft/scoreboard.dat
  • Command storage is now stored in namespace subfolders instead of having a namespace suffix.
    • Example: data/command_storage_foo.dat -> data/foo/command_storage.dat
  • chunks.dat has been renamed to chunk_tickets.dat
  • Data for maps is now stored in the data/minecraft/maps subfolder.
    • Map index files have been renamed to only the number.
      • Example: map_1.dat -> 1.dat
    • idcounts.dat has been renamed to last_id.dat
  • There is no more raids_end.dat special case.
    • The End now uses raids.dat as well.
• Structures saved by Structure Blocks have been moved from generated/namespace/structures to generated/namespace/structure

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The version is now Template:Cd.

Shaders & Post-process Effects

• The core/rendertype_item_entity_translucent_cull shaders have been removed in favor of core/entity
• The core/rendertype_entity_alpha and core/rendertype_entity_decal shaders have been replaced by a DISSOLVE flag implemented by core/entity
• Rendering of items (in UI and in the world) has been split from the core/entity into new core/item shaders.

Minecraft:Sounds

• Added sound event for baby Minecraft:chicken step.

Entity type tags

• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd entity tag.

Minecraft:Textures

• Added new entity textures:
  • entity/bee/bee_baby.png
  • entity/bee/bee_angry_baby.png
  • entity/bee/bee_nectar_baby.png
  • entity/bee/bee_angry_nectar_baby.png
  • entity/fox/fox_baby.png
  • entity/fox/fox_snow_baby.png
  • entity/fox/fox_sleep_baby.png
  • entity/fox/fox_snow_sleep_baby.png
  • entity/camel/camel_baby.png
  • entity/goat/goat_baby.png
  • entity/armadillo/armadillo_baby.png
  • entity/bear/polarbear_baby.png
  • entity/llama/llama_creamy_baby.png
  • entity/llama/llama_white_baby.png
  • entity/llama/llama_brown_baby.png
  • entity/llama/llama_gray_baby.png
  • entity/equipment/llama_body/trader_llama_baby.png

Minecraft:UI

• Worlds that need to be upgraded will now show Upgrade and Play instead of Play Selected World.
  • The Edit World and Re-Create World buttons are disabled until the world has been upgraded.
• When starting such a world, a new upgrade progress screen will be shown.

Minecraft:World generation Template:Too technical

• Rule-based block state providers have changed so that their Template:Cd is optional and can be empty.
  • In such cases that an empty fallback is invoked, features that use them will not place anything.
  • Current configuration that uses a rule-based block state provider is the Template:Cd in the Template:Cd feature.
• Template:Cd configured feature has been renamed to Template:Cd
• Template:Cd feature configuration has changed to support the following parameters:
  • Template:Cd - The block the rock is made out of.
  • Template:Cd - A block predicate that defines which blocks the rock can be placed on.
• Template:Cd configured feature has been renamed to Template:Cd
• spike feature configuration now supports the following parameters:
  • Template:Cd - The block the spike is made out of.
  • Template:Cd - A block predicate that defines which blocks the spike can be placed on.
  • Template:Cd - A block predicate that defines which blocks the spike can replace.
• Template:Cd and Template:Cd feature configurations have a new parameter:
  • Template:Cd - A block predicate that defines which blocks the huge mushroom can be placed on.
• Template:Cd tree decorator configuration has changed so that Template:Cd is now a rule-based block state provider.
• Template:Cd feature configuration has replaced the Template:Cd and Template:Cd parameters with a single Template:Cd rule-based block state provider:
  • Format:
    • Template:Cd - An optional block state provider.
    • Template:Cd - A list of rules.
      • Template:Cd - A block predicate that checks the block position before providing the block.
      • Template:Cd - A block state provider.
    • Default value:

<syntaxhighlight lang="json"> "below_trunk_provider": {

           "rules": [
               {
                   "if_true": {
                       "type": "minecraft:not",
                       "predicate": {
                           "type": "minecraft:matching_block_tag",
                           "tag": "minecraft:cannot_replace_below_tree_trunk"
                       }
                   },
                   "then": {
                       "type": "minecraft:simple_state_provider",
                       "state": {
                           "Name": "minecraft:dirt"
                       }
                   }
        }
    ]
}

</syntaxhighlight>

• Any trees that previously used Template:Cd have a Template:Cd that always provides a dirt block instead.

Fixes

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• Fixed the baby chicken's wings and the warm chicken's stripes.​Template:Info needed