Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.0

Template:Infobox version 26.0, also known as 1.26.0,<ref>Template:Cite</ref> is a minor update for Template:BE released on February 10, 2026,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref><ref>Template:Cite</ref> which adds Minecraft:command macros, experimental features for Minecraft:Tiny Takeover, and fixes bugs.

This is the first Bedrock Edition release version to use the new year-based version format announced in December 2025.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Additions

Minecraft:Commands

• Added command macros. This adds 10 new key mappings to the keyboard/mouse controls settings screen which each have a text input for what command to run when the input is pressed in-game.
  • All re-mappable keys are chords of Template:Keys plus the chosen key.
  • Added guard to prevent mapping a command macro key to Template:Keys, as Template:Keys is the chord key.

Changes

Blocks

File:Bamboo.png Minecraft:Bamboo

• Bamboo stalks will now have no transparency from a distance (except on simple graphics).

Mobs

Template:Animate Minecraft:Camel Husk and Minecraft:Skeleton Horse

• No longer panic when hit.
• No longer damaged by a Minecraft:conduit.
• No longer prevent players from sleeping when nearby.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Donkey, Minecraft:Horse, and Minecraft:Mule

• No longer gradually grow in size as they age, to match Template:JE.

File:Drowned BE.png Minecraft:Drowned

• Adjusted the ratio at which drowned spawn with Minecraft:tridents and Minecraft:fishing rods, to match Template:JE.
• Gurgles can now spawn with tridents, to match Template:JE.
• Gurgles now drop items when killed.
• 15% of naturally-spawned gurgles now have the ability to Minecraft:ride most nearby mobs.
• Gurgles are now part of a new family, Template:Cd.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Glow Squid and Minecraft:Squid

• Baby variants no longer drop items when killed.

File:Nautilus.png Minecraft:Nautilus

• Now has swim sounds.
• Now has alternative ambient, hurt, and death sounds when on land.
• Baby nautilus now has unique swim sounds, including alternative ambient, hurt, and death sounds when on land.
• Now has an underwater saddle equip sound.
• No longer damaged by a Minecraft:conduit.
• No longer prevent players from sleeping when nearby.
• Changed swimming animation.

File:Piglin BE.png Minecraft:Piglin

• Now part of the Template:Cd Minecraft:family.
• Baby variants are now part of a new family, Template:Cd.

File:Polar Bear.png Minecraft:Polar Bear

• Baby polar bears are no longer hostile towards the player.

Underwater Mobs

• When tempted, they navigate around obstacles instead of moving in a straight line toward the player.
• No longer spin while moving vertically.
• No longer move excessively slowly when moving vertically.

File:Vindicator.png Minecraft:Vindicator

• Now correctly attacks all non-illager mobs when the Minecraft:name tag "Johnny" is applied on it on Minecraft:Realms.

File:Zombie.png Minecraft:Zombie

• Babies are now part of a new family, Template:Cd.
  • Removed the Template:Cd family. It upgrades to the above family.

File:Zombie Horse BE3.png Minecraft:Zombie Horse

• Babies can no longer be ridden or equipped with a saddle or horse armor.
• No longer panic when hit.
• No longer damaged by a Minecraft:conduit.
• No longer prevent players from sleeping when nearby.

File:Zombie Nautilus.png Minecraft:Zombie Nautilus

• Attachable items no longer render when equipped to a zombie nautilus via commands.
• Now has swim sounds.
• Now has alternative ambient, hurt, and death sounds when on land.
• Now has an underwater saddle equip sound.
• Changed swimming animation.
• Now part of the Template:Cd Minecraft:family.
• No longer damaged by a Minecraft:conduit.
• No longer prevent players from sleeping when nearby.

File:Plains Zombie Villager Base.png Minecraft:Zombie Villager

• Babies are now part of a new family, Template:Cd.

File:Zombified Piglin BE.png Minecraft:Zombified Piglin

• Babies are now part of two new families, Template:Cd and Template:Cd.

General

• Mob effect particles can now appear slightly outside of the mob's bounding box.
• Changed updating logic for mob effects to match Java Edition.
• The description and storage bar labels under the "Free up space" popup dialog are now treated as two separate objects for narration instead of one.
• The description of the Reset and Replace confirmation modals have been updated in the Realms Edit World screen.

Minecraft:Game menu

• Changed Minecraft:settings button on the game menu back to being a text button.

Minecraft:Settings

• Keybinding for Minecraft:command macros and copy coordinates are now always shown on the Keyboard & Mouse settings tab.

Minecraft:UI

• Implemented the same HUD icon for ambient mob Minecraft:effects File:Effect background ambient BE1.png as Template:JE.
• The way the character faces the cursor in the Minecraft:inventory menu is now the same way as Template:JE.

Graphical

• Dithering:
  • Added dithering to items held by players and mobs if dithering is enabled.
  • Added dithering to skulls, heads, chests, shulker boxes, banners, conduits, decorated pots, and copper golem statues held by players and mobs if dithering is enabled.
  • Added cobweb block to the list of ditherable blocks.
• Data-driving:
  • Added the ability to specify ambient light colors and illuminances, and sky light light intensity according to the time of day in the Vibrant Visuals lighting configuration files.

Items

Custom Armor, Minecraft:Horse Armor, Minecraft:Nautilus Armor, and Minecraft:Wolf Armor

• Now display their toughness, armor, and knockback resistance values when greater than 0.

File:Diamond Horse Armor.png File:Diamond Nautilus Armor.png Minecraft:Diamond Horse Armor and Minecraft:Diamond Nautilus Armor

• The toughness values are now 2.

File:Netherite Horse Armor.png File:Netherite Nautilus Armor.png Minecraft:Netherite Horse Armor and Minecraft:Netherite Nautilus Armor

• The toughness values are now 3.

Minecraft:Spawn Egg

• Now always spawn baby mobs when Template:Control on the same mob to match Java Edition.

Template:Animate Minecraft:Spears

• Now rotate in the same direction when charging in first and third person view.
• Minecraft:Drowned, Minecraft:skeleton, Minecraft:stray, Minecraft:bogged and Minecraft:parched can no longer pick up spears.

Spawn events

• Can now be applied when summoning Minecraft:husks, spawning as an adult.

• Can now be applied when summoning Minecraft:husks, Minecraft:zombie villagers, or Minecraft:zombified piglins spawning as a baby.

• Can now be applied when summoning Minecraft:drowned or Minecraft:husks, spawning as a baby that is a jockey that finds mounts.

• Can now be applied when summoning mobs that have a baby variant, spawning as a baby.

Technical

AI Goals

• Made schemas for the following goals stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.0 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• Float range field Template:Cd in Template:Cd now only accepts an object with Template:Cd and Template:Cd values.
  • Other formats will fail to parse.
• Made the schema for Template:Cd stricter when parsing, now will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.0 and newer.
• Made schemas for the following goals stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.0 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• Float Range fields Template:Cd and Template:Cd in Template:Cd, Template:Cd, and Template:Cd now only accepts an object with Template:Cd and Template:Cd values.
  • Other formats will fail to parse.
• Made the schema for for the following goals stricter when parsing, they will now fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.0 and newer:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• Float Range field Template:Cd in Template:Cd and Template:Cd now only accepts an object with min and max values. Other formats will fail to parse.
• Added new fields to Template:Cd:
  • Template:Cd: Used during normal skip movement.
    • Template:Cd: The multiplier applied to horizontal velocity when jumping.
    • Template:Cd: The force applied vertically when jumping.
    • Template:Cd: Amount of ticks between sequential jumps.
    • Template:Cd: Duration of the jump animation.
  • Template:Cd: Used when travelling quickly with skip movement.
    • Template:Cd: The multiplier applied to horizontal velocity when jumping.
    • Template:Cd: The force applied vertically when jumping.
    • Template:Cd: Amount of ticks between sequential jumps.
    • Template:Cd: Duration of the jump animation.

Minecraft:API

• Released Template:Cd version 2.5.0.
• Added missing Template:Cd enum values into 2.5.0:
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd
• Changed Template:Cd to send when damage amount is zero.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Released Template:Cd from Template:Cd to Template:Cd.

Biomes

• Biomes without a namespace in Template:Cd will be applied to worlds below Template:Cd 1.21.40 with the default namespace.
• Enabled the Biome Replacement feature in the Nether.
  • Biome Replacement in the Nether can only be used with Template:Cd of types:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd

Minecraft:Camera

• Provided the script API for supporting entity type families in the aim assist.

Components

• Updated Template:Cd behavior components:
  • Made schemas stricter when parsing and will fail to load an entity json that has invalid data in versions 1.26.0 and newer:
    • Template:Cd and Template:Cd - deprecated and has been replaced properly with Template:Cd.
      • Uses of Template:Cd and Template:Cd will get upgraded automatically.
      • Template:Cd - takes Template:Cd and Template:Cd as a range.
  • These changes affect the following behavior components:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
  • Previous usage of the following definitions will not be automatically upgraded to preserve old behavior:
    • Template:Cd - this was not correctly parsed prior to version 1.26.0, and always resulted in default values being assigned to Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
    • Template:Cd - was used in some definitions and it was never passed to the component.
      • This would just silently fail and assign default values to the component.

Minecraft:Block components

• Released the component [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:connection_rule|Template:Cd]] from experimental for block format versions 26.0 or higher.
• Released the component [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:support|Template:Cd]] from experimental for block format versions 26.0 or higher.
• The block component [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:leashable|Template:Cd]] can be used with format_version 26.0 and higher without the "Upcoming Creator Features" toggle.
• Added Template:Cd field to the Template:Cd in [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:liquid_detection|Template:Cd]]
  • "Template:Cd" means the block will use the "Template:Cd" to visually clip the water.
  • "Template:Cd" ignores liquid clipping, which will render water across the whole block.
  • Defaults to Template:Cd prior to Template:Cd 1.26.0.
  • Defaults to Template:Cd for Template:Cd 1.26.0 and after.
• Updated Template:Cd renamed field Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• The option Template:Cd in Template:Cd no longer requires "Upcoming Creator Features".
• Released [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:redstone_consumer|Template:Cd]] from experimental for Template:Cd >= 1.26.0.
• The Block Trait Template:Cd can now be used without the Upcoming Creator Features toggle.
• Template:Cd in Template:Cd can now be used without the Beta APIs toggle.
• Updated documentation for the Template:Cd field in Template:Cd to better explain its use.
• Updated the Template:Cd block component:
  • Changed Template:Cd so DOWN face is rotated 180 degrees, this brings it in parity with non data driven full blocks and Java full blocks.
  • The old geometry can still used by explicitly using the identifier Template:Cd.
  • Any existing blocks using Template:Cd that have a Template:Cd less than 1.26.0 will look the same and internally be considered as Template:Cd.
• Released [[Minecraft:Block components#minecraft:collision_box|Template:Cd]] improvements from experimental and removed requirement of format version 1.21.130 or higher for those improvements.
  • Can now have an array of collision boxes.
  • Max height has been increased from 16 to 24.
• Game no longer crashes on initializing Template:Cd component when the server sends invalid packets.
• Custom blocks intersecting with other blocks will have a better ambient occlusion.

Entity

• All projectiles now deflect Template:Cd projectiles on hit.
  • This is in addition to damage causing these projectiles to be deflected.

Entity components

• Changed the Template:Cd field to default to Template:Cd in the Template:Cd component.
• Split the Template:Cd component into two:
  • Template:Cd which defines how an offspring of an entity is born, it contains the following fields moved from Template:Cd:
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
    • Template:Cd
  • Template:Cd now only contains data about how an entity uses breeding behavior.
    • The way it spawns the child entity is via the Template:Cd component.
• Added the entity component Template:Cd, an empty component that allows the spawning baby version of the creature to interact with the entity, triggering the entity event Template:Cd.

General

• minecraft://connect?localLevelId=<level id> launch protocol requires the level id to be a url encoded value.
• Added Template:Cd biome component that determines the type of the village in the biome. This also allows for the generation of villages in the biome; not using this component means the village will never be generated in the biome.
• Now possible to reuse keybinding for normal actions, macros, and chords.

Graphical

• Introduced new parameter Template:Cd to the Vibrant Visuals water effects configuration file. This new parameter controls the contribution of per-biome water colors provided by *.client_biome.json files.
  • Range: Template:Cd
  • Default value: Template:Cd

Minecraft:Item components

• The [[Minecraft:Item components#minecraft:damage|Template:Cd]] item component now supports values between 0 and 32767.

Minecraft:Molang

• The Template:Cd and Template:Cd fields in Template:Cd and Template:Cd now properly support {} brace scope delimiters across multiple lines.
  • This change applies only when using format version 1.26.0 or higher.

Network Protocol

• Template:Cd modified: deprecated Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd modified: added Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd modified: renamed Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Template:Cd modified: renamed Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added new Level Sound Event Template:Cd.
  • Template:Cd modified: added unique sound events for every spear type.

Tags

• Added new biome tags.
  • Template:Cd tag allows slime to spawn higher than usual.
  • Template:Cd tag allows huge mushrooms to spawn in shallow swamp water.
  • Template:Cd tag increases fishing speed.
  • Template:Cd tag alters salmon behavior.
  • Template:Cd tag changes surface mineshaft blocks to dark oak.

UI

• Added Template:Cd Boolean to image controls so that a size of "default" will resize to maintain the texture's aspect ratio.

Experimental

These additions and changes are accessible by enabling the "Beta APIs", "Upcoming Creator Features", and new "Drop 1 of 2026" Minecraft:experimental toggles.

Changes

Items

File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png Minecraft:Name Tag

• Are now craftable.

Mobs

Baby Mobs

• Added new sounds for baby variety of wolves, cats, and pigs.
• Updated the models and textures of the following baby mobs:
  • Template:Animate Kitten
  • Template:Animate Chick
  • Template:Animate Minecraft:Cow
  • Template:Animate Minecraft:Mooshroom
  • File:Baby Ocelot JE3 BE3.png Minecraft:Ocelot
  • Template:Animate Minecraft:Pig
  • Template:Animate Minecraft:Sheep
  • Template:Animate Puppy
• Armor on baby wolves and saddles on baby pigs will no longer render.

Template:Animate Template:Animate Minecraft:Rabbit

• The model, animation, and texture have been updated.
• File:Brown rabbit head tilt.gifFile:Baby brown rabbit head tilt.gif Now has an idle animation.

Technical

Minecraft:API

• Added Template:Cd version 2.6.0-beta.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd and Template:Cd.
• Added the Template:Cmd command to the command window that allows users to see what packs they have installed and their world template data if one is in use.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Changed Template:Cd to use Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added enum Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added interface Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added the method Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
    • This can be used to attach third-person camera to an entity.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd in Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd interface to Template:Cd.
• Added the easing type parameter to camera splines API for rotation and position.
• Added the privilege with which a closure will be called to API metadata.
  • Added Template:Cd as a property to expose the Minecraft:world seed to Template:Cd.
• Added before & after script events for when an entity picks up an item in the world.
  • Added class Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added class Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added class Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added class Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added interface Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added interface Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
  • Added property Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd which specifies an entity that this shape should be positionally attached to.
• Added Template:Cd property to Template:Cd which specifies an array of players that this shape should be visible to.
• Debug Shapes no longer have a maximum render distance.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd behind Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd into Template:Cd.
• Added Template:Cd to Template:Cd into Template:Cd.

Minecraft:Blocks

• Blocks can handle the entity Template:Cd event via custom components in scripting, being beta features.

Minecraft:Camera

• Behavior packs for custom camera splines can be created in the camera/splines/ directory. Splines will only play on the Template:Cd camera preset.

Minecraft:Commands

• Added the Template:Cd keyword to the Template:Cmd command for playing a spline loaded from behavior pack.
  • Enabled with the Experimental Creator Camera toggle.

Minecraft:Molang

• Added Template:Cd molang function behind the Upcoming Creator Features toggle.

Tags

• Added the new tag Template:Cd item tag to copper, iron, and gold nuggets.

Fixes

Template:Fixes Other

• Fixed a bug where screenshots taken with Ray Traced graphics mode selected did not render accurately.
• Fixed Minecraft:water extinction being drawn over fog when the chunk behind it is missing in Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed an issue that caused Minecraft:lighting on Minecraft:end portals to render incorrectly if a resource pack defined a portal block as a point light in Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed note effects on Minecraft:note blocks not displaying the correct color in darkness.
• Fixed a bug with the 'Hide Sky Flashes' option causing Minecraft:the End entrance sound to loop.
• Fixed an issue where Minecraft:polar bears recalculated their path to the target twice as often during the stomp attack.
• Fixed a bug where baby Minecraft:zombie horses would shrink in size when they grew into adults.
• Fixed an issue where narration was not always reading the description for the "Free up space" popup dialog when using a mouse.
• Fixed input legends for Realms purchase reconciliation modal.
• Fixed "Realm couldn't load" error from occurring after joining a Realm via invite.
• Fixed a bug where the Template:Key key would not open the game menu when on the death screen.
• Fixed an issue where Template:Cd on Template:Cd could return an undefined in the array, when used in older scripting versions.
• Fixed a bug with Template:Cd where the Template:Cd and Template:Cd were applied inversely.
• Fixed an issue where generated JSON Schemas included superfluous Template:Cd fields (e.g. Template:Cd, Template:Cd) for certain components such as Template:Cd.
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes allow sunlight to shine through walls, e.g. near cave entrances, in Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed a bug where some low memory Android devices would crash at startup.
• Fixed a bug that was causing crashes when using the Minecraft:NPC component.
• Fixed upgrade from UWP to GDK causing corrupt skin states.
• Fixed an issue where textures would not be correctly reloaded when changing between graphics modes in the main menu.
• Fixed shadow stripes appearing on the ground during sunset and sunrise with high FoV on low quality settings in Vibrant Visuals mode.
• Fixed an issue that caused all player markers on locator maps to have the same color in Vibrant Visuals mode.
• Fixed an issue which was causing textured items held-in-hand to be double-tinted in Vibrant Visuals mode.
• Fixed an issue that caused banner poles to appear darker in Vibrant Visuals.
• Fixed dithering for equipped Minecraft:shields with Minecraft:banner designs when held by entities.
• Fixed a bug where most mobs would stare at players, other mobs, or targets for an excessive amount of time.
• Fixed a bug where several mobs would look at players from a further distance than intended.
• Fixed a bug where the game could crash if the player cancelled in the middle of creating a template world on a Realm.
• Fixed players potentially getting stuck between Realms timeline opt-in screen and play on Realms progress screen.
• Fixed a bug in Realms where Minecraft:villages would not generate until approached.
• Fixed an issue that caused the shield to appear colored if placed in a slot that previously contained a colored shield.
• Fixed an issue where the Template:Cd entity component could return an undefined in the array when used in older scripting versions.
• Fixed an issue where the Template:Cd and Template:Cd events on the Template:Cd entity component would be executed on world load.
• Fixed an issue where marketplace content did not load correctly on PlayStation.
• Fixed "Might occur crash when suspended" title when "Syncing user data" UI is running.
• Fixed cases of static colored lighting leaking through corners.
• Fixed a bug where custom components used by older versions of item definitions were not being properly loaded.
• Nautiluses and zombie nautiluses no longer have permanently increased movement speed after becoming hostile.
• Fixed a rare crash when trying to breed animals.
• Fixed a freeze that could happen when buying a Realm on Nintendo Switch.
• Fixed attachables not rendering correctly when the game is paused or when rendered in an NPC UI window.
• Fixed a crash that can occur with specific blocks in worlds using the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment.
• Fixed a brief flash when removing lights when using static colored lighting.
• Fixed an issue that caused Minecraft:Nether portals to not get ignited by Minecraft:lava.

Videos

Updates for Creators