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- Java Team
- Published
- 3/17/26
A Minecraft Java Pre-Release
Today we are shipping the third pre-release with minor tech changes and bug fixes.
Happy mining!
Technical Changes
- The Data Pack version is now 101.1
Data Pack Version 101.1
World Generation
Placement Modifiers
count Placement Modifier
- The count field is now limited to a range of 0 to 4096 instead of the previous 256
Fixed bugs in 26.1 Pre-Release 3
- MC-305118 – Resource packs previously labeled as “Broken or incompatible” don’t show up at all
- MC-306240 – /fill does not obey the max_block_modifications game rule if too many blocks are in the specified area
- MC-306620 – Feeding a snifflet with a golden dandelion resets its age to the wrong amount of ticks
- MC-306805 – Baby zombie villagers’ arms are positioned and move incorrectly when holding an item
- MC-306840 – Dolphins still drown themselves when no players are nearby
- MC-306850 – The caves and floating_islands noise settings no longer generate as intended
- MC-306854 – Unmentioned differences of villager trades between 1.21.11 and 26.1 snapshots
- MC-306859 – The arms of baby zombies, baby husks, gurgles, and baby zombie villagers clip through their worn chestplates when holding items
- MC-306860 – Player object text components in server status messages (MotD) are no longer replaced by fallback text
- MC-306898 – Placed / Configured Features are now limited to only 256 tries, previously higher numbers where possible
- MC-306899 – The blocklists of the fire_patch and soul_fire_patch features are inverted, causing generation issues
Get the Pre-Release
Pre-Releases are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Pre-Release, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the “Installations” tab.
Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.
Cross-platform server jar:
Report bugs here:
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