Minecraft:Java Edition 26.1 Snapshot 8

Template:Dangerous version Template:Infobox version 26.1 Snapshot 8 (known as 26.1-snapshot-8 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the eighth Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.1, released on February 17, 2026,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which adds new textures and models for the remaining baby mobs: the hoglin, panda, sniffer, strider, and zoglin. It also adds new Minecraft:stonecutter recipes for existing blocks, and fixes bugs.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Stonecutter

• Minecraft:Deepslate can now be directly crafted into its cobbled, polished, brick, and tile variants in the stonecutter.
• Minecraft:Stone can now be directly crafted into its Minecraft:cobblestone variants in the stonecutter.

Mobs

Minecraft:Baby mobs

• Adjusted the Minecraft:hitboxes of the baby versions of Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:piglins, Minecraft:villagers, and their variants to fit in 1 block high or 0.5 block wide spaces.
• Changed the models and textures of the following baby mobs:
  • Minecraft:Hoglin
  • Minecraft:Panda
  • Minecraft:Sniffer
  • Minecraft:Strider
  • Minecraft:Zoglin

Minecraft:Horse

• Template:Animate Adult horse's blackdot markings have been updated to be visually closer to the new baby horse markings.

Command format

Template:Cmd

• Added a new entity subcommand that will print profile information from entity in world.
  • Syntax: Template:Cmd
  • If targeted entity does not have profile (currently only Players and Mannequins do) this command will fail.

General

General

• Tweaked default JVM options.
  • Decreased the initial heap size to 2GB.

Minecraft:Creative Mode

• Using Ctrl + Pick input as an operator on players and mannequins will now show the same results as executing the Template:Cmd.

Minecraft:Data pack

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

Minecraft:Debug screen

• Added a new entry called Template:Cd with additional information about used memory.

Minecraft:Resource pack

• The version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Text component format

• Template:Cd
  • Tags resolved with the Template:Cd text component when the Template:Cd field is set to Template:Cd are now pretty-printed instead of being flattened into a single Template:Cd component.
  • Contents of the Template:Cd and Template:Cd fields are no longer silently rejected when parsing fails.
  • The field Template:Cd no longer accepts trailing data after a selector.
  • A new option called Template:Cd has been added to remove styling from pretty-printed text.
    • The Template:Cd and Template:Cd options can't both be enabled at the same time.

• Template:Cd
  • The field Template:Cd no longer accepts trailing data after a selector.

Minecraft:Textures

• Added new entity textures:
  • entity/hoglin/hoglin_baby.png
  • entity/hoglin/zoglin_baby.png
  • entity/strider/strider_baby.png
  • entity/strider/strider_cold_baby.png
  • entity/sniffer/snifflet.png
  • entity/panda/aggresive_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/brown_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/lazy_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/playful_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/weak_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/worried_panda_baby.png
  • entity/panda/panda_baby.png

UI Sprites

• Added new UI sprites: gui/sprites/widget/preedit.png for IME preedit overlay background.

Minecraft:User interface

• Input Method Editors (IME) candidates will now be shown in-game (on supported platforms, currently Windows and macOS) above currently edited text field.
• Fullscreen no longer uses exclusive mode.