Minecraft:Java Edition 26.4 Snapshot 3

Template:Dangerous version Template:Infobox version 26.4 Snapshot 3 (known as 26.4-snapshot-3 in the Minecraft:launcher) is the third Minecraft:snapshot for Minecraft:Java Edition 26.4, released on October 6, 2026,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> which adds the Minecraft:ice caves including Minecraft:ice crystals, Minecraft:icicles, Minecraft:ice balls, the Minecraft:frostbite and the Minecraft:Freezing effect, and fixes bugs.

Additions

Blocks

File:Ice Crystal (U) JE1.png Minecraft:Ice crystal

A new crystal-like block similar to Minecraft:amethyst clusters, which generates on the ground in Minecraft:ice caves.
Provides a small amount of Minecraft:light.
Can be placed on all sides of a block.
Breaks if the support block is removed.

File:Icicle.png Minecraft:Icicle

A new speleothem-like block similar to Minecraft:pointed dripstone and Minecraft:sulfur spikes.
Naturally generates as stalactites on the ceiling in Minecraft:ice caves, but can also be placed on the ground as stalagmites.
Can naturally grow up to 5 blocks long when pointing downward.
- Only grows in areas without nearby light sources and outside Minecraft:the Nether.
Minecraft:Icicle blocks melt and break when a strong enough light source is nearby, or in the Nether.
Falling Minecraft:icicles deal damage to entities.
Falling on an Minecraft:icicle stalagmite multiplies the fall damage.
It can be placed in any direction and has a base, middle and tip variant.

Items

File:Arrow of Freezing JE1.png Minecraft:Arrow of Freezing

A Minecraft:tipped arrow which applies the Freezing effect.

File:Frostbite Spawn Egg JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Frostbite spawn egg

Used to spawn a Minecraft:frostbite.

File:Ice Ball JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Ice ball

A throwable projectile that deals damage.
- It does more damage based on its projectile speed.
They deal a small amount of damage and also deal knockback.
- Deals 4 damage to entities it hits, scaling down with velocity.
Breaks on impact with blocks or entities, creating a particle effect and sound.
Can be used to brew potions of Freezing.
Obtained from Minecraft:frostbites, which have a chance to drop them when killed.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Potion of Freezing

Obtained by brewing an Minecraft:awkward potion with an Minecraft:ice ball.
Applies the Minecraft:Freezing effect when consumed.

Mobs

width=55x55 File:Baby Frostbite JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Frostbite

A Minecraft:zombie variant that can be found in snowy biomes.
- Zombies convert into frostbites when they stay in Minecraft:powder snow too long.
- Minecraft:Husks now also convert into zombies when they stay in Minecraft:powder snow too long.
Immune to Minecraft:Freezing effect.
- Does not sink in Minecraft:powder snow.
Burns in sunlight.
It has two modes of attacking: a melee attack and a ranged attack.
- Switches between melee and ranged combat based on target distance and whether they have Minecraft:ice balls.
- Most frostbites use a standard melee attack, which gives the Freezing effect.
- Some frostbites spawn holding ice balls, which they throw as a ranged attack.
Drops ice balls and Minecraft:rotten flesh when killed.
Converts into a zombie when underwater for too long.

World generation

Template:BiomeSprite Minecraft:Ice caves

A cave biome that generates underneath frozen biomes.
It consists mainly of Minecraft:packed ice and Minecraft:calcite.
Large Minecraft:icicles made of Packed Ice generate on the ground and hanging from the ceiling.
Minecraft:Ice crystals occasionally generate on the ground.
Sometimes patches of Minecraft:snow can generate here.
Does not generate Minecraft:glow lichen, unlike other cave biomes.
Ores generate inside blobs of Minecraft:stone and Minecraft:deepslate.
Common cave monsters along with Minecraft:strays and Minecraft:frostbites can spawn here.

Gameplay

Minecraft:Effects

File:Freezing JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Freezing
- An effect that causes an entity to Minecraft:freeze, dealing damage over time and slowing their movement.
  - The Freezing effect will cause players to shake and eventually deal damage.
  - Causes those affected to slowly become frozen as if in Powder Snow for its duration.
- Wearing a piece of Minecraft:leather armor prevents the entity from freezing, just like with Minecraft:powder snow, but will not keep the effect from being applied and will not remove the effect.
- Mobs will take additional damage from Freezing while they are affected by this effect.
  - Mobs that are vulnerable to Freezing have a five times multiplier to the damage taken.
- A lingering potion, splash potion, and Minecraft:potion of Freezing can be brewed using ice balls.
- Minecraft:Arrows of Freezing can be crafted by placing a lingering potion of Freezing in the middle of the crafting table surrounded by eight Arrows.

General

Block sound sets

Added Template:Cd registry containing definitions for sounds produced by different categories of blocks.
- Format: object with fields:
  - Template:Cd – a float between Template:Cd and Template:Cd, the relative volume at which all sounds will be played.
    - If not present, defaults to Template:Cd
  - Template:Cd – a float between Template:Cd and Template:Cd, the relative pitch at which all sounds will be played.
    - If not present, defaults to Template:Cd
  - Template:Cd – Sound event, the sound that will be played when the block gets broken.
  - Template:Cd – Sound event, the sound that will be played when an entity walks on top of the block.
  - Template:Cd – Sound event, the sound that will be played when the block gets placed.
  - Template:Cd – Sound event, the sound that will be played while the block is being destroyed.
  - Template:Cd – Sound event, the sound that will be played when an entity falls onto the block.
  - All sound fields are optional.

Other Players

A new menu which has been added to replace Social Interactions.
Only available when playing on a world open to multiplayer.
- This includes:
  - Playing in singleplayer worlds open to LAN
  - Playing on dedicated servers
  - Playing on Realms
- Can be opened by pressing the "Other Players" icon button in the pause menu
- Can also be opened from in-game using the "Other Players" key (Template:Key by default)
Lists the players currently online in the world you are in
Lists players who are not online anymore, but may still be of interest:
- Players who were just online but left
- Players who recently sent messages in the chat
Clicking on a player's icon in the list opens their Player Options.

Minecraft:Particles

Added Template:Cd.
- Emitted by entities which are affected by the Minecraft:freezing mob effect.
- Has no fields.

Player Options

Player Options is a new screen accessible through both the Friends list and Other Players.
It contains per-player social actions previously spread across the Friends list and Social Interactions.
These actions are:
- Sending or canceling a friend request
- Accepting or declining a friend request
- Muting a player
- Reporting a player
Muting a player hides their chat messages until the next time you start the game
Blocking players is managed through Other Players.

Tags

Biome Tags
- Added Template:Tag link to describe all biomes which allow the spawning of strays without requiring powder snow on the surface above them.

Block Tags
- Added the block tag Template:Tag link to describe all blocks which are allowed to be replaced by ores within ice caves (in addition to Template:Tag link, Template:Tag link and Template:Tag link)
- Added the block tag Template:Tag link to describe all blocks causing icicles directly above to melt.
- Added the block tag Template:Tag link to describe all blocks which are allowed to be replaced by large icicles within the ice caves biome.
- Added several block tags to affect how mobs pathfind:
  - Template:Tag link - blocks to be avoided while flying, either due to danger or potential to get stuck.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that will damage entities that walk through them, but are not considered dangerous enough to avoid entirely.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that will damage entities that walk through them.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that can be dropped down through.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that are considered leaves.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that are considered completely open to walk through.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that are considered powder snow.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that are considered rails.
  - Template:Tag link - blocks that are considered sticky, causing slowed movement and inability to jump.

Block Sound Set Tags
- Added Template:Tag link - block sound sets which when stepped on cause Horses to produce a galloping sound.

Item Tags
- Added Template:Tag link for items picked up and used by the frostbite.
- Added Template:Tag link for items which shall apply knockback even if they do 0 damage.
- Added Template:Tag link - items that can be used to dye a sheep's wool.
  - The color will be taken from the Template:Cd component of the used item stack.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Ice

Added unique sounds.

Minecraft:Snow

Can now be placed on Minecraft:packed ice.

Items

Minecraft:Snowball

Now applies knockback to players.

Mobs

Minecraft:Wandering trader

Can now sell Minecraft:ice crystals and Minecraft:icicles.

General

Minecraft:Data pack

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

Minecraft:Debug screen

A new Template:Cd shows the rendering status of chunks around the player. This will impact performance at high view distances.
The chunk load overlay has been split off from Template:Cd and into a new Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Friends list

Updated the design of the Friends list.
Added searching.
- In the Friends tab, the profile name text box used for sending requests also functions as a search box.
- In the requests tab, a search box appears at the top if the player has 15 or more requests.
Added sorting.
- Sort modes can be cycled through by pressing the new sort button.
- The current sort modes are:
  - Sort by who's online - friends who are listed as online appear at the top of the list.
  - Sort by alphabetical order - friends are sorted according to the alphabetical order of their names.
Clicking on a player's icon in the Friends list now opens their Player Options.
Removed "Remove Friend" button.
- This functionality is now accessible through Player Options instead.

Minecraft:Particles

Removed particle type Template:Cd

Player Reporting

Redesigned the save/discard draft confirmation screen.
Player reports saved as drafts no longer prompt you to discard them upon exiting a world if they can be continued later.
- Chat reports can never be continued.
- Name reports can be continued if the reported player is in your Friends list.
- Skin reports can be continued if the reported player is in your Friends list.
Pressing "Quit Game" in the main menu will now give a warning if you have an unsent draft report that would be lost.

Minecraft:Resource pack

The version is now Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Sounds

Added new sound events:

Tags

Biome Tags
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tags.

Block Tags
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tag.
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tag.
- Removed Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tag.

Entity Type Tags
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tags.
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tag.

Potion Tags
- Added Template:Cd to Template:Tag link tag.

Minecraft:Textures

Block Models
- Added new block models:
  - Template:Cd
  - Template:Cd

Block Textures
- Added new block textures:

Entity Textures
- Added new entity textures:

Item Models
- Added new item models:
  - Template:Cd

Item Textures
- Added new item textures:

Particles
- Added new particle textures:

UI Sprites
- Added new UI textures:
- The following textures have been renamed:
- The following textures have been removed:

Minecraft:UI

Lightmap visualization is now configurable as Template:Cd in debug options and appears in the Light group.
- Its visibility setting is saved with the debug profile.
- It can now be displayed alongside the FPS and network charts.
The Social Interactions screen has been replaced with the new Other Players screen.
The "Social Interactions" keybind has been renamed to "Other Players".
The Friends button has received a new icon.
The "Visibility" option has been moved from Online Options into the Friends list.
The icon buttons in the pause menu have been reordered to match the main menu.

Minecraft:World generation

Features
- Changed Template:Cd
  - Added Template:Cd - a field that contains various settings for the placement of the speleothem cluster:
    - Template:Cd - represented by an enum that is one of Template:Cd, Template:Cd, Template:Cd
    - Template:Cd - sets a state on the base block of the speleothem block.
      - Template:Cd - the regular base block state used in sulfur spikes and dripstone spikes.
      - Template:Cd - the state of the base block of the Icicle when it is attached to a surface.
    - Template:Cd - boolean indicating whether the speleothem can be placed in water or not.
- Changed Template:Cd (renamed from Template:Cd)
  - Added the field Template:Cd - Block State Provider, the block to build the large dripstone out of

Feature placements
- Added the following ore placements:
- These are all identical to their non-ice-cave counterparts, only that they place a patch of stone or deepslate (depending on y-level) before placing the ore itself.
  - They can replace ice and calcite as well.

Noise Settings
- Added new noises:
  - Template:Cd

Fixes

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Videos

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Notes

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References

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