Minecraft:Game drop

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Screenshot containing features from Spring to Life, an example of a game drop.

A game drop<ref name="bats and pots">Template:Tweet</ref> (or simply drop)<ref name="shy friends">Template:Mcnet</ref> is a type of named update containing a number of features related to a theme. Three to four game drops are released each year.

Description

Game drops are loosely planned up to two years at most in advance, give or take, depending on community feedback.<ref>

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Template:Redr (2:43:47)</ref> A game drop can be small, like Bats and Pots or bigger, like Mounts of Mayhem. Game drops can have any number of features, and can tackle any feature types.<ref>

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The game drop system was first announced with the release of Armored Paws. Bats and Pots was then retroactively called a drop. Due to being released after the announcement of the game drop system, Tricky Trials would also qualify as a drop but is not officially considered one.

For the most part, one game drop is released in each business quarter of a year.

List of game drops

2023

Name	Release date	Versions		Main features
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Bats and Pots	December 5, 2023	1.20.3	1.20.50	File:Bat JE4 BE3.png Updated bat model and texture redirect Template:BlockSprite Template:Redr Improved decorated pot mechanics

2024

Name	Release date	Versions		Main features
		JE	BE
Armored Paws	April 23, 2024	1.20.5	1.20.80	REDIRECT Template:EntityLink and REDIRECT Template:ItemLink 8 new Minecraft:wolf variants
Bundles of Bravery	October 22, 2024	1.21.2	1.21.40	Minecraft:Bundle File:Hardcore Heart.svg Hardcore for Bedrock Edition and Java Realms More distinctive banner pattern textures
The Garden Awakens	December 3, 2024	1.21.4	1.21.50	REDIRECT Template:BiomeLink and redirect Template:BlockSprite redirect Template:BlockSprite Template:Redr Pale Oak Wood redirect Template:blockLink Template:Redr and REDIRECT Template:EntityLink Resin block set

2025

Name	Release date	Versions		Main features
		JE	BE
Minecraft:Spring to Life	March 25, 2025	1.21.5	1.21.70	redirect Template:BlockSprite redirect Template:BlockSprite redirect Template:BlockSprite redirect Template:BlockSprite Template:Redr New nature blocks New farm animal variants for warm and cold biomes Increased chances for specific sheep colors for warm and cold biomes File:Green Leaf 3.png Fallen leaf particles Deserts and badlands ambient sounds Updated wandering trader and cartographer trades Swamp Explorer, Jungle Explorer, and Village maps More distinctive spawn egg textures
Chase the Skies	June 17, 2025	1.21.6	1.21.90	File:Player Off Map (texture) JE1 BE1.png Locator bar REDIRECT Template:EntityLink Improved Minecraft:lead mechanics Made Minecraft:saddles craftable Template:Only REDIRECT Template:ItemLink and REDIRECT Template:ItemLink
The Copper Age	September 30, 2025	1.21.9	1.21.111	Copper Golem and Minecraft:Copper Chest Copper Minecraft:tools, Minecraft:weapons, and Minecraft:armor Minecraft:Shelf redirect Template:BlockSprite Template:Redr New copper decoration blocks Minecraft:Lightning Rod oxidation More distinctive Minecraft:dye textures
Mounts of Mayhem	December 9, 2025	1.21.11	1.21.130	Minecraft:Spear REDIRECT Template:EntityLink and Minecraft:Nautilus Armor Zombie Nautilus and REDIRECT Template:EntityLink File:Zombie Horse JE6.png Improved zombie horse and REDIRECT Template:EntityLink REDIRECT Template:EntityLink, REDIRECT Template:EntityLink, and REDIRECT Template:EntityLink REDIRECT Template:ItemLink

2026

Name	Release date	Versions		Main features
		JE	BE
Minecraft:Tiny Takeover	March 24, 2026	26.1	26.10	Updated baby models and textures redirect Template:blockLink Updated rabbit model and textures Made name tags craftable
Minecraft:Chaos Cubed	Q2 2026	26.2	26.30	REDIRECT Template:BiomeLink Sulfur and Minecraft:Cinnabar block sets REDIRECT Template:EntityLink

Game drops by season

Game drops can be classified into four types, based on which Northern Hemisphere season they are released in:

• Spring Drop
• Summer Drop
• Fall Drop
• Winter Drop

Although it is no longer the primary classification for game drops, Mojang Studios has used this nomenclature on several occasions:

• The Garden Awakens has explicitly been referred to as the "Winter Drop" during its experiment phase in Template:Editions.
• Minecraft:Spring to Life and The Copper Age were respectively referred to as "Spring drop" and "Fall drop" in the manifest.json file of their respective experimental packs in Template:Editions.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Chase the Skies was named "Summer drop" by a Mojang employee.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Some files on Minecraft.net use season to refer to drops in their names; for example :
  • MCV_SpringDrop_testing_Jan8_Wildflowers_8a_1280x720.jpg uses "SpringDrop".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
  • MCV_Su25_VibrantVisuals_April2_Overworld_2_1280x720.jpg uses "Su25" for "Summer 2025".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
  • MCV_FA25_July22_02_Feature_CopperGolemStatue_C_DotNet_1280x720.jpg uses "FA25" for "Fall 2025".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Videos

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References

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See also

• Major update
• Named update
• Version types
• Version history

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