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Play Minecraft April Fools Snapshots on a Free Server in 2026

April 1, 2026 John Glacious

Time and time again, Mojang has released these new snapshots just about every April 1st. We call them the “April Fools Snapshots”. I mean, what else would you call them? They’re jokes and fun updates that the developers make to give players more fun!

You can play all these updates on the StickyPiston Trials. There are instructions to add these updates on the trials themselves. Just click the button underneath each update to learn how to install the updates!

Let’s explore and find out what each of these goofs and gags have brought to Minecraft!

The HerdCraft Update – 26w14a – April Fools 2026

A new era comes inside of this update. Thought that inventory management is hard? Well not anymore when the world is your inventory. Breaking blocks turn them into a follower for you and do anything you wish for them to do. It’s like commanding an army of fallen soldiers – except they’re blocks!

Play The HerdCraft Update

CraftMine – 25w14craftmine – April Fools 2025

Better prepare to head into the Mines! No, seriously, you’re going to be crafting up a lot of “Mines” within this update. First, pick the resources you want to put into a mine. Next, using the Mine Crafter, see how each of these mines unfold before your very eyes. It’s that easy!

Play CraftMine

Poisonous Potato Update – 24w14potato – April Fools 2024

Living life as a potato is tough. So tough it’s toxic, turning folks into Poisonous Potatoes. Luckily, the team has came up with a way to utilize these new fumes. The Poisonous Potato Dimension adds many useful items and gear that you won’t want to leave!

Play The Poisonous Potato Update

Vote Update – 23w13a_or_b – April Fools 2023

Oh man.. what to vote for. Do I want a large head, or do I wish for bouncy grass? In this update, the awesome folks at Mojang have made it possible to vote for the next feature instantly! No worries on waiting for each update anymore. They fulfilled our promises just like we asked.

Play The Vote Update

One Block at a Time – 22w13oneblockatatime – April Fools 2022

Time to save the world of Minecraft. One. Block. At. A. Time. The blockiest minds have come together to slow the game down considerably. No more inventory problems with the world being the inventory, constant carrying of one block, and much more!

Play One Block at a Time

Ultimate Content Update – 20w14∞ – April Fools 2020

Welcome to the constant small steps to Infinity. Technology has been utilize to simulate the best content possible. Dive into headless dimensions ready to partake in all sorts of challenges from oceans of creepers to many error blocks. The fun is Infinite with Mojang Studios!

Play Ultimate Content Update

Minecraft 3D – 3D Shareware v1.34 – April Fools 2019

Mojang has found one of their first boxed copies of the award-winning Minecraft 3D! This masterpiece was given Game of the Year and even an Oscar for the best supporting actress. The team decided to spruce up these old copies and make them better for all to enjoy again.

Play 3D Shareware

Trendy Update – 1.RV-Pre1 – April Fools 2016

Gotta set up all the fashion trends right now! Going through The Monster Market, we’ll be slaying the best of all kinds of trends. New tools, the latest gear, heck even modern technology has been added!

Warning: These gadgets need to be charged to stay active. If they die, so do the player.

Play Trendy Update

Love and Hugs Update – 15w14a – April Fools 2015

Minecraft was intended to be played for those of all ages. So gone is the violence and gone is the problems that would expose a younger audience to many issues. Now players can experience and fun and joyous update that removes the dangers of harm.

Play Love and Hugs

Java Edition 2.0 – April Fools 2013

Hoo boy, a lot has been added to this version of the game. Filled with many community members giving support, things like the Super Hostile mode alongside the Diamond Chicken have been added. Best play and experience it for yourself to see all that’s there.

Play Java Edition 2.0

Premium StickyPiston Customers can install them a different way. Instead of using the trials, they can use the Click and Play Installer inside of their server to grab these updates instantly! Want one of these servers yourself? Place an Order for an April Fools server here!

StickyPiston Minecraft Releases for April 2026

April 1, 2026 John Glacious

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Spring is here! Time to jump into another round of Minecraft releases! 🦘

Mojang has been working hard on the next game drop, Chaos Cubed, Modpack developers are creating new survival experiences, and StickyPiston Hosting brings you more of the best maps from the community.

So hop to enjoying what is about to come in April 2026.

Snapshot Releases – Be careful not to inhale that Sulfur

Chaos Cubed was announced during Minecraft LIVE March 2026 and we’re expecting to see some of the Snapshots for it this month. Get ready for the excitement that comes with this chaos! What do you think is next for Chaos Cubed?

March 31st – 26.1.1 Release Candidate 1

  • No more reporting when chat is enabled

Read the full 26.1.1 Release Candidate 1 Changelog

April 1st – 26.1.1 Release

  • No more reporting when chat is enabled

Read the full 26.1.1 Release Changelog

April 7th – 26.2 Snapshot 1

  • Game Rendering support through Vulkan
  • New Graphics API option
  • Additions from the announced from Chaos Cubed

Read the full 26.2 Snapshot 1 Changelog

April 8th – 26.1.2 Release Candidate 1

  • A hotfix to some critical issues with 26.1

Read the full 26.1.2 Release Candidate 1 Changelog

April 9th – 26.1.2 Release

  • A hotfix to some critical issues with 26.1

Read the full 26.1.2 Release Changelog

April 9th – 26.2 Snapshot 2

  • Upgrading worlds from 26.1 is now faster
  • Dolphins drowning themselves without players near
  • Vulkan preventing the game opening

Read the full 26.2 Snapshot 2 Changelog

April 14th – 26.2 Snapshot 3

  • The addition of Sulfur Spikes, a new Stalactite & Mite variant
  • Potent Sulfur Block no longer crafts back into Sulfur Blocks
  • Updated some of the new block textures

Read the full 26.2 Snapshot 3 Changelog

Minecraft Modpacks – Survival is the name of the game

Get ready to survive various scenarios this month. Agmundr brings in that itch for zombie survival, introducing a new and fun class system to try out. And if you’re eager to try and survive a new perspective, give Ruthless Frontiers a playthrough.

Speaking of which, going beyond the normal of survival, we got Beyond Ocean. This modpack is sure to satisfy that craving that you’ve wanted for surviving the watery depths.

Minecraft Maps – Time to jump around

Hope you’re ready to jump all around the place. Death Swap But Way Better expands on the formula of classic death swap. There’s even a fun way to parkour known as The Horse’s Leap, where the horses are doing the jumping all for you!

But if you truly want to get around, we’ve got tons of Andyyyleo’s maps on the Trial site! He has many wonderful maps that got pushed recently. From Climbing Skeleton Island going all the way into the depths of Parkour Crack.

Looking Into May 2026

We May be seeing even more new things coming next month. What might they be though?

Even us here at StickyPiston Hosting are curious. From what we can estimate, we’ll be seeing Mojang drop more information about Chaos Cubed, even more modpacks getting released, and tons of maps updating to the latest 26.1 update.

Be sure that whatever comes our way, it’ll be hosted for all to enjoy! So keep a watch on the news and make sure to follow us on our socials.

Stay Crafty

JohnGlacious

Minecraft 26.1 Drop | Tiny Takeover

March 24, 2026 John Glacious

The Tenacious Tots of this Minecraft Game Drop come. It’s a Tiny Takeover! 🐤

Hinted at earlier this year, Tiny Takeover is a Minecraft drop featuring all about the little Minecraft mobs. Initially, they were just shrunken down versions of the adults. Now they got a new charm!

The Spring Drop here makes sure the little guys can spring into action and make your life much easier to deal with. All baby mobs have been given new models to help prevent players from doing dastardly things to them. Oh yeah, there’s also tons of new changes inside of the Minecraft code to help out the community of creators.

Play the Tiny Takeover drop now!

Main Highlights to 26.1

  • A complete overhaul of baby mobs to new models
  • The introduction to the Golden Dandelion to prevent aging
  • Many changes to data driven components
  • Villager Trades getting an entire overhaul

Just Look at how cute These Guys are

All these baby mobs, they’re just too cute!

D’ah, just look at these little guys. There’s so many of these little guys it’s hard to name them all off. Well, I’m still going to anyways. We got:

  • Baby Axolotls who even play dead
  • The Gurgle previously known as Baby Drowned
  • Baby Dolphins
  • Baby Farm Animals (Chickens, Horses, Cows, Sheep, etc.)
  • Baby Trader Llamas!
  • Baby Nautilus
  • Puppies, Kittens, and.. Snifflets?
  • The Baby Polar Bear
  • Tiny Baby little Villagers

And many more that can be talked about. See the full list of baby mobs.

Stay Golden my Little Miscreants

The Golden Dandelion has been introduced! This makes it super easy for players to keep their baby mobs, well.. babies!

The way this works is that when a baby mob is fed one of these golden dandelions, they will be able to stay forever young! Okay well maybe not forever. For if you fed them another Golden Dandelion, it resets their aging cycle and makes them age again.

Swing your Arms from Side to Side

The newly added /swing command now exists! It’s a pretty simple change to the game – it allows players to make entities swing their arms. There’s also a lot of new data driven features that came along with it, including vegetation.

These new data driven components will make it easier for creators to add in tons of new features.

Data Drive those Villagers Insane

One of the many changes that have been brought inside of this newest update is how much Villagers are changed. This is mainly so datapack developers can mess with them a lot more.

Driving the data to new trades.

This makes it so the trades and amount of trades can be entirely limited by their choice. There’s also much more in store that I’m sure these developers and even map makers can find entertainment from.

What’s next after Tiny Takeover?

No predictions this time folks! Thanks to Minecraft LIVE March 2026, we know exactly what we’re going to be getting. Read our Minecraft LIVE March 2026 Recap post to find out!

Want to experience this update in full?

Order yourself a Tiny Takeover Minecraft Server and pet those teensy mobs featured in 26.1!

Minecraft LIVE March 2026 Recap | Here’s Everything Mojang Announced

March 24, 2026 John Glacious

The first Minecraft LIVE of 2026 is back and went by so quickly! Want to know what happened? Well then fret not as here’s everything you need to know.

Bedrock Parties + Bedrock Minigames

This is for the Bedrock players out there. Have you ever wanted to get a group of friends together, but are tired of trying to manually join the servers at the same time? Well worry not as Bedrock Parties now exist! You can bring up to a group of 4 people together into a server all at once.

This will pair well with upcoming Bedrock Minigames. These include new updates for Mob Maze by Gamemode One and Soulsteel by Noxcrew.

Bedrock Parties Menu. Image: Minecraft

Tiny Takeover and Spring Drops

Releasing on March 24th, 2026; the newest in the game drops will be coming out! It’s the Tiny Takeover! In it many baby mobs are overhauled, tons of data driven components are added, and much more. Read more about it in our 26.1 Drop | Tiny Takeover post.

The small creatures of Minecraft get shown off for the big leagues.

Not to mention we got confirmation as to how the Spring Drops will be in the future. Each of these will help make obtaining previous items easier and are purely intended to be quality of life additions.

Minecraft Experience grows bigger

In the many Minecraft Announcements that were release, we got confirmation on Minecraft Experience coming to even more cities! This include:

  • Herning, Denmark
  • Singapore, Asia
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • A few more to come..

Not to mention there’s works for a NEW Minecraft Experience in the works. This will be an outdoor exploration known as Moonlight Trail. It will open in Buenos Aires, Argentina within the future. You can join in on the wait list if you are interested in it.

Moonlight Trail Concept showcase. Image: Minecraft

The Introduction of Minecraft World

Minecraft World, a new theme park, will be introduced as a part of the Chessington World of Adventures. While this is releasing in 2027, it’s definitely something to be anticipating for. There’s a lot to be seen in this that includes the first IRL Minecraft Roller Coaster!

Minecraft World Promotional Teaser. Image: Minecraft

There’s a lot of people who are having a hand in making this dream become a reality. From the small snippet seen at Minecraft LIVE; it appears as if builders like Mumbo, Grian, and DanTDM might have had a hand in making this become a reality.

The Chaos Cubed Summer Game Drop

This time around though, we should be expecting for Chaos Cubed. The Minecraft Summer Drop that’s arriving for players to mess around with. And, like with the predictions from the last blog post, is adding a cool new functionality for players with the newest mob alongside its building blocks.

Chaos Cubed Announcement. Image: Minecraft

So what exactly is inside of Chaos Cubed? Well for the 26.2 Drop, it’s focusing on a new cave system and the aforementioned mob and blocks. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but trust us – there’s a lot of versatility inside of this small action-packed drop.

  • Sulfur Caves – A new Cave Biome made for players to explore and discover Cinnabar and Sulfur
  • New Building Blocks – Cinnabar and Sulfur Blocks made for building decoration and extras to the building palette
  • Sulfur Cubes – Slimes have grown to a new type of mob called the Sulfur Cubes, which are passive

Minecraft Dungeons II

Minecraft Dungeons II, a sequel Minecraft Dungeons, will be releasing Fall 2026. We don’t know what to expect from it, but it seems like we might be learning about the depths of the Deep Dark and its mysterious portal.

All of this was a part of the Minecraft releases seen for March 2026. Read our March 2026 recap post to learn more.

StickyPiston Minecraft Releases for March 2026

March 10, 2026 John Glacious

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Better shoot on in for the latest in Minecraft releases. 🏹

Minecraft finally drops the Tiny Takeover drop while mapmakers and modpack developers continue releasing their projects to the world. These working in tandem make it easy for StickyPiston Hosting to continue providing the best content out there.

Time to crawl about for March 2026 this time around. We’ll see what’s popping and dropping.

Snapshot Releases – Minecraft gets a Tiny Takeover

With March, we will be seeing the new Tiny Takeover Drop finally come alongside Minecraft Live. Hope everyone is ready to see all the additional changes that have arrived!

These Tenacious Tots alongside many other technical changes are going to be coming to your Minecraft world soon! Just keep watch and follow along for Snapshot updates.

March 3rd, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 11

  • Item Models now have no limit in their visual displays
  • Various Block Tags and Loot Tables have been added
  • The Trumpet Sound has been added to the sound assets

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 11 Changelog

March 10th, 2026 – 26.1 Pre-Release 1

  • The Panorama has updated to the Tiny Takeover iteration
  • NBT Text Component format has changed
  • New Syntaxes and changes done to the TIME command

Read the full 26.1 Pre-Release 1 Changelog

March 10th, 2026 – Minecraft LIVE Announced

  • The 1st Minecraft LIVE for 2026 announced
  • Comes March 21st, 2026 @ 1 PM EDT / 7 PM CEST
  • Prepare to discover some secrets behind the mobs

March 13th, 2026 – 26.1 Pre-Release 2

  • Updated the dismount speed thresholds for Spears
  • Baby Cat is now scaled to the same size as the baby Ocelot
  • New display option called “Exclusive Fullscreen”

Read the full 26.1 Pre-Release 2 Changelog

March 17th, 2026 – 26.1 Pre-Release 3

  • Dat Pack version updated to 101.1
  • New Count Placement Modifier up to 4096
  • Fixed the caves & floating islands noise settings

Read the full 26.1 Pre-Release 3 Changelog

March 19th, 2026 – 26.1 Release Candiate 1

  • A promise to release 26.1 if no critical issues found

Read the full 26.1 Release Candidate 1 Changelog

March 20th, 2026 – 26.1 Release Candiate 2

  • No longer forced to English when switching to another window

Read the full 26.1 Release Candidate 2 Changelog

March 21st, 2026 – Minecraft LIVE March 2026

Read our about the Recap of Minecraft LIVE on our blog – COMING SOON

March 23rd, 2026 – 26.1 Release Candiate 3

  • Fixed an issue involving the death animation of the Ender Dragon

Read the full 26.1 Release Candidate 3 Changelog

March 24th, 2026 – 26.1 Release

  • A complete overhaul of baby mobs to new models
  • The new Golden Dandelion flower
  • Tons of new data driven components

Read the full 26.1 Release Blog here

Minecraft Modpacks – Is there truly Nothing here?

Feels like there was a lot of emptiness that came about. I mean we got Forest NOTHING where the world was left to just trees and saplings. Then we got a world that doesn’t even BeLoong to humans! But is there a planet that’s more dangerous than these?

The Desolate Planet returns the classics of Crash Landing back to the modern age. This hardcore forces the players to deal with blazing heat and trying to survive the depths of a forgotten planet. This is NOT for the faint of heart, but you should try your luck against this pack nevertheless.

Minecraft Maps – Help Me Find It

Things have been hidden all over the place lately. First comes the LI6HT hiding itself from players, needing to do cryptic puzzles to discover it. And it’s tough to even Escape The House that has stuck everyone inside of it.

Luckily the best way to discover all of these secrets is through the ItemFinder. Try to discover the hidden items of the world either by mining them from the Earth or even discovering what recipes make what. It’s the only way that we’ll be able to escape this madness…

Looking Into April 2026

Did you know that April is my birth month? Well now you do! Oh right, this is about Minecraft..

Well we’re getting Minecraft’s newest Drop out of the way! It’s a surprise that, in terms of content, we just got babies but having a small slow down is pretty nice. Wonder what they are planning next. Maybe we’ll see glimpses in April?

Doesn’t matter what they introduce – StickyPiston Hosting is always here. We’re ready to host whatever they might be cooking up inside their offices.

Stay Crafty

JohnGlacious

StickyPiston Minecraft Releases for February 2026

February 18, 2026 John Glacious

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Love is in the air and it seems to be right on fire! ❤️‍🔥

Minecraft brings in more babies and StickyPiston Hosting provides more content. Is there anything that needs to be changed here? Well probably a lot, but we’re ready for it! Speaking of which, we got more snapshots, Minecraft Maps, and Minecraft Modpacks ready for you to see.

So what’s the hold up? Be ready to love what February 2026 has.

Snapshot Releases – The Small Steps for Minecraft

Take your time with this new Minecraft Drop Mojang. Patience is needed and we love seeing all the changes you’re doing to make the little guys better.

Thinking the baby mobs are done being changed around? Well think again! We’re still getting new ones each snapshot. I wonder what the theme for this drop is meant to be though. The Bold Baby Drop?

February 3rd, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 6

  • Revamps to the visuals of more baby mobs like Foxes
  • New play dead animation for the Baby Axolotls
  • The World Storage now has many subfolders

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 6 Changelog

February 10th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 7

  • New sound variations for various animals like Cats
  • The Trumpet Instrument has been added for Note Blocks
  • More Baby Mob Revamps for the hostile mobs and Villagers

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 7 Changelog

February 17th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 8

  • Fixed the hitboxes on the baby Hostile mobs
  • Finished the visuals of new baby mobs, like the Panda
  • New Ctrl + Pick input inside of Minecraft’s Creative Mode

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 8 Changelog

February 18th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 9

  • Kittens meow no longer constant on beds
  • Fixed game crashes for entities outside world height
  • Entity shadow fixes

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 9 Changelog

February 24th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 10

  • Reduced the head size of baby mobs
  • Golden Dandelion now has different particles
  • Technical Changes involving Data Pack & Resource Pack

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 10 Changelog

Minecraft Modpacks – Fallen Legacies of the World

Tons more Modpacks have dropped this month. A few more students have finally taken on the Academy in Cobblemon Academy 2.0 and some even has gone on into Shivrs’ Ascendency. But many realize that some worlds are just destined to fall.

Infinity Legacy II contains a world that acts exactly like that. There’s been a small selection of players who have managed to claw their way to save it, but it was never an easy task. They had to find the Heart of the Void, an object of unknowing power. Least, it’s unknown until you get your hands on it.

Minecraft Maps – Through Fire and Fights

Fights and fire engulf this month, despite the passion involved. Some people will need to tackle OneBlock – Elements while others gotta keep their Hellheaven Determination. It’ll be hard to get through it all.

Roguefire will keep you covered though. This deck-building roguelike stylizes itself in the usual CTM format but in a much more unique and fun way. Tackle dungeons, open Card Packs, and complete the monument.

Looking Into March 2026

Another month that’s gone by! Time to see what more we’re looking forward to.

March tends to be a quiet time for a lot of people, but we don’t think it’s going to be that way. We’ve been preparing something special for all our players, so be tuned for that. We’ll likely even see more new Minecraft Modpacks and Minecraft Maps as time goes. 👀

StickyPiston Hosting is always ready and willing to provide all that players would ever need! Enjoy everyone and keep your head up high.

Stay Crafty

JohnGlacious

StickyPiston Minecraft Releases for January 2026

January 19, 2026 John Glacious

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

StickyPiston Hosting comes knocking straight out the gate in 2026! 🎊

The air is chilly and yet ripe with something new. Minecraft enters into a new era with its drop system changing versions while StickyPiston Hosting adapts to the prospects of the future. And we still provide Minecraft Maps and Minecraft Modpacks for you to this day.

What are we waiting for? Let’s look into January 2026 and this new year!

Snapshot Releases – The First Drops of 2026

Already off to a great start with the introduction of what’s already coming to 26.1! Man, it feels a bit weird that we’re in a new versioning system from Mojang.

While the first snapshot here was released in December, most of us were on break for Christmas so we didn’t get to update the previous blog. That plus we thought it’d be more fitting to include it here.

December 16th, 2025 – 26.1 Snapshot 1

  • Trades are now determined through random sequences, like loot
  • A new Lightmap Algorithm to improve block and sky light levels
  • Data packs can now influence villager trades

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 1 Changelog

January 7th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 2

  • Tons of Baby Mob model updates for passive mobs
  • JVM Options now default to 4 GB of RAM instead of 2 GB
  • Name Tags are now craftable with 1 Paper & 1 Metal Nugget

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 2 Changelog

January 13th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 3

  • Day count is now separate from local difficulty
  • Tripwire Texture is now rendered as an alpha cutout
  • Difficulty button is now replaced with World Options

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 3 Changelog

January 20th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 4

  • Baby Variations of the Horse Mobs
  • New baby sounds for Horses and Mules
  • The world clock has been added to The End

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 4 Changelog

January 20th, 2026 – 26.1 Snapshot 5

  • The Golden Dandelion to prevent mob aging
  • Baby Sounds for the Baby Chicken
  • More updates to Aquatic Baby Models

Read the full 26.1 Snapshot 5 Changelog

Minecraft Modpacks – Concentrated Enjoyment

Time to look into the massive well of modpacks for this month. We got some Christmas Nostalgia on board, people still wanting winter to stay thanks to this. And we even see the return of BM Exosphere in its sequel.

One big thing to take note of though is the Gamma Files. It gives us a new approach to The Lore. This lore is an expansion upon what Minecraft could’ve been and how it fleshes out the world by enhancing older iterations of Alpha & Beta. It blends in the past and present with something new, yet familiar.

Minecraft Maps – Cold Blasts of Refreshment

It’s about time we got some Winter blasting maps! We got the likes of some with Frost Switch switching themselves into view and even the airy breezes coming from Wing Guard.

But maybe Santa should be a focus as you recover his Lost Gifts. It would be pretty helpful to recover these lost items and help the big guy out.

Looking Into February 2026

Talk about a jam packed start to the month! A new year and we’re already on top of it all.

February’s looking to be a bit more condensed and action packed, yet also not blasting people with too much all at once. There’s a lot that players will want to get their hands on whether it’d be the new Hytale release or even tons of new Minecraft Modpacks. ⚔️

StickyPiston Hosting is still here and ready to provide all that players would ever need! Enjoy Minecrafters and look on into the future.

Stay Crafty

JohnGlacious

StickyPiston’s End of 2025 Blog

December 10, 2025 John Glacious

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

“Man.. where has the time gone?” one might be asking themselves. We can hardly believe it ourself, the end of 2025 coming! It only feels like yesterday that we were recounting our 2024 Recap…

This year saw quite a bit happening. To mention some of the things – we put a pause on Minigame Mash and the Stream Team! With them though we’ve seen more mapmakers coming along to partake and even the introduction to our very own Map Drops.

Not only that, but we’ve been seeing all the Minecraft Drops that have came along, including the most recent one – Mounts of Mayhem.

Before spoiling everything that’s occurred though, let’s take a recap through all that 2025 has offered to us at StickyPiston.

Snapshot Releases – A New Version System AND Drop

So not only do we get to see the release of an ENTIRELY new Mounts of Mayhem Minecraft Drop, but we also get to see how Mojang will be handling their versions of Minecraft for the future!

It’s honestly crazy to think about how this will change not just around for the community, but for even us as server hosts! 😲

Just between you and me? I like the new versioning system.

Okay without further ado, here’s the Snapshot releases alongside the Mounts of Mayhem Drop!

December 1st, 2025 – 1.21.11 Pre-Release 4

  • Changes to the Item Component “Attack_Range” tag
  • Attack Range extension for Creative Mode is set to 2 blocks
  • Dispensers can equip Saddles and Nautilus Armor

Read the full 1.21.11 Pre-Release 4 Changelog

December 3rd, 2025 – 1.21.11 Pre-Release 5

  • Enchantment Glint no longer being as bright as before
  • Charge Attacks disabling shields in the off-hand
  • Dolphins stop following players inside of boats

Read the full 1.21.11 Pre-Release 5 Changelog

December 4th, 2025 – 1.21.11 Release Candidate 1

  • Increased duration which Spear can deal Knockback while charging
  • Charge Attack animations now better correspond to phases of the spear

Read the full 1.21.11 Release Candidate 1 Changelog

December 8th, 2025 – 1.21.11 Release Candidate 2

  • Fixed a major crash affecting quite a handful of players

Read the full 1.21.11 Release Candidate 2 Changelog

December 8th, 2025 – 1.21.11 Release Candidate 3

  • Addressed transparent item models not rendering correctly
  • Made Zombie Nautiluses in Ocean Ruins generate persistently
  • Fixed problems with undead mobs catching fire from light sources even at night

Read the full 1.21.11 Release Candidate 3 Changelog

December 9th, 2025 – 1.21.11 Release | Mounts of Mayhem

  • The introduction of the Nautilus and more variants for Zombies & Skeletons
  • New Armor types for the Nautilus mob and Netherite Horse Armor
  • The mysterious and powerful new Spear that can do a lot of damage

Read the full Minecraft 1.21.11 Changelog

Hey, pst. Go read our blog post on the 1.21.11 Update | Mounts of Mayhem too.

StickyPiston Experiences – Where Did They Go?

It feels like it has almost been a while since we’ve seen the likes of Minigame Mash and the Stream Team to grace us with their presence. So what happened? Where did they go?

Minigame Mash

To be honest with everyone – we have been having trouble with hosting Minigame Mash! I know, it hurts to have to say it. But we miss the larger groups of people, we miss bringing in mapmakers, and we miss a lot of the activity that revolved around it.

So it’s clear changes have to be done, but we’re working on refining our side of things before we can host this again. Will it be coming back? Yes! We just don’t know when.

Just give us some time to focus on our hosting experience before we can make ourselves ready for this.

Stream Team

As you have probably noticed, we have stopped our Twitch streams! But why is that? We’ve not had a proper explanation so let us do so – we’re busy!

Some of the Stream Team members are people who work for StickyPiston. Happy, John, Hessel. So we’re busy trying to make sure StickyPiston is prim and proper and that requires our full attention. But it’s not just us!

We got others like MoseMajor, Khallador, and Captonium who are busy with their personal projects or real life. It’s hard to try and get streams in when you got constant goals happening around each corner!

So we, in the future, want to be able to make things uniform and easy. We also want to be able to help them connect to the audience who watch in, adding various engagements and activities to do while watching the stream!

In the end, we want to make it easier for the audience AND ourselves to engage more into what we’re doing. So these experiences that we provide? They’re not going anywhere! We’re just taking a break and putting more of a focus on improving not just them, but ourselves.

Minecraft Modpacks – Christmas Cheers

Let’s take a break to introduce you to something amazing – Christmas Modpacks! Recently, TheHappywheels1 has introduced players to 5 Winter-Ready modpacks to look at. Want to take a look at what is suggested?

Read about the 5 Festive Modpacks from our blog here!

Hytale – A New Monolith Has Grown

This year has been a mix of emotions from a new block game growing – Hytale. At first we’re getting news that.. it was being shut down! Even us at StickyPiston were surprised that it was going away! But low and behold a savior comes who originally started this project…

Simon of Hypixel! This man came back, made a large deal with Riot Games, and now has gotten Hytale on the ground running again. There’s been constant updates since he got his hands on it again and constantly getting us more and more hyped up for it again.

Now will we be hosting game servers for it? 🤔 Only time will tell…

Looking Into 2026

Ho-ho-hoo boy was that a lot to get through! Now, what’s in the works for 2026 you may be wondering? Well we got a lot of plans, not all of which we can share just yet here at StickyPiston.

Looking into the New Year, we are looking to give more control to our customers. This means additional Modpacks, additional Maps, and maybe even entirely new revamps! There’s going to be a lot going on that you should keep a watch out for.

We might also be bringing back things such as Minigame Mash as a potential weekly or monthly event. We also might come to make the Stream Team more unified, feeling more like a group rather than just individuals who happens to stream on the same channel. Keep a watch for us on StickyPiston.TV.

Thanks again from all of us here at StickyPiston Hosting! Have a great Christmas Holiday of 2025, and here’s to a bright future in 2026! 💡

Stay Crafty

Minecraft 1.21.11 Update | Mounts of Mayhem Drop

December 10, 2025 John Glacious

Prepare yourself from the Minecraft Game Drop featuring Mounts of Mayhem. 🧟

October’s Minecraft Monthly started showing us the introduction to this spooky drop. Revealed with its name in this post, we got to see Mojang’s plan for our Winter update.

This comes to make sure that adventurers and forgotten mobs are coming back to show themselves in here. We may have gotten some new mounts alongside an extra weapon added into the game, but be on the lookout for those hostile mob variants ready to grapple you 6 feet under!

Main Highlights to 1.21.11

  • Camel Husks and the new Parched riding on inside
  • A mysterious new water mob mount known as the Nautilus
  • The introduction to the Spear and its long range capabilities
  • A look into the future for Minecraft’s newer update versioning

Be on the lookout for the Mounts of Mayhem

There’s a lot of dangers to be on the watch out for now. We got Zombie Horses having Zombie Riders. We also got Camel Husks that contain the Parched and its shooting players alongside normal Husks coming to fight you.

It’s best not to get on their bad side, or to quickly eliminate the troubles that they’re going to cause. They wield Spears alongside shoot arrows of weakness to make sure you can’t fight back easily. Best learn to strategize and know when to back away!

Nautilus may Naut-a be your Friend

Ah the humble Nautilus. We’ve seen their shells in the game for a while now. Now they have come in and can be mounted to keep you alive underwater.. but they also have a zombie variation.

The zombie variations will go out of their way to attack you and may even contain Drowned riding them! Unlike their normal Zombie counterpart though? They wield the deadly tridents that can hit from a distance, with even more accuracy! 🔱 Now that’s scary.

Charge right in and jab with the Spear

Lunge, charge, and jab your way across the mobs using the Spear. This item has a tiering system similarly to the swords and axes going from Wood all the way to Netherite. While they may seem slightly weaker to swords, they have a longer range alongside extra abilities!

Parity with Bedrock’s Versioning System

As you may have noticed, starting in 2026, Java’s versioning system will change! This is a major change in development compared to past updates. This will matter a LOT for the future of development.

Why is this being a thing? A lot of people have asked when this started. To keep things short for people – it’s to help keep Bedrock and Java with similar versions while still keeping Java at least different enough. Java still has their major releases (or Minecraft Drops) be the main versioning number. It’s just now represented with the year (i.e. 2026 is 26.) and no more “1.” at the beginning.

After all, it’s not like Minecraft will ever receive a sequel haha.. right? 😅

So what’s in store for 26.1?

Prediction time! Let’s look at what we might have gotten correct from last time. Well it seems like we have predicted the Nautilus actually coming in! That’s pretty good. And we even had the whole “Drowned riding an animal” predicted right!

Too bad they weren’t Dolphins though. Man imagine having to fight Dolphins with Drowned on them. It’d be nuts! So what’s the prediction this time though? Seems to be a bit of a pattern going on. Winter Drops are featuring hostile extras, Spring Drops are nice quality of life additions, Summer Drops add cool functionality for players, and Fall Drops add extra and fun life into the world.

So since the next drop is going to be a Spring Drop, the prediction this time will be Call the Wild.

Call the Wild, as we’re calling it, will focus more on the general wilderness of Minecraft. It’ll focus on adding some additional features to Jungles, add more to the wildlife, and even improve upon the sounds you hear inside of Minecraft. So what’s going to be in it?

  • Ambience Additions – Additional sounds like leaf sounds on the ground, birds chirping in the air, or even the sounds of wind
  • Another Volume Slider – Background Noises or World Sounds; more ways to customize sound in Minecraft
  • Birds! – New birds and different variations that spawn across each biome, look similar to Parrots
  • Overgrown Blocks – Additional blocks that have moss or vines growing on top of them

It’s always fun to stretch out the speculations we make. Seeing as we got some predictions right last time, it’s very curious to see what is coming into the next Minecraft drop!

Want to experience this update in full?

Order yourself a Mounts of Mayhem Minecraft Server and experience the new twists featured in 1.21.11!

5 Festive Modpacks To Play This Christmas 2025

November 27, 2025 Happy

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Modded Minecraft is a great way to take the game to a whole new level with countless possibilities of mod combinations. With winter approaching, we’ve picked 5 Winter-Ready Minecraft Modpacks to try this Christmas. So wrap up warm, grab your friends, and dive into a new Christmas adventure.

If a modded Christmas adventure isn’t what you’re looking for, we have 1000’s of other Minecraft Modpacks for you to try. From All The Mods 10 to StoneBlock 4, and Pixelmon Reforged to RLCraft.

Check out our full range of Minecraft Modpacks and start your adventure!

Right, onto the 5 Winter-Ready Minecraft Modpacks To Try This Christmas. What’s up first?

1. Christmas Holidays

Christmas is a special time of the year so people should be checking out a Christmas Holidays Server. This thematic modpack is ideal for the date as everything is enhanced to embrace this winter festivity. Whether it’d be the new christmas decorations or the changing of biomes, players will be sure to enjoy their Christmas with friends around too.

🛒 Start your Christmas Holidays adventure

2. Frozenopolis

Frozenopolis is an ice-themed modpack that will get you to survive in the ice and snow. You’ll meet all sorts of new biomes to encounter from frozen oceans to new cold jungles. There’s a lot hidden in the adventure you’ll be on and it’s up to you to find out how to warm yourself up before the environment around you takes you down to the freezer.

🛒 Start your Frozenopolis adventure

3. The Winter Rescue

The Winter Rescue has you reviving the world again. You come from the Columbiat, the last space harbor and a paradise for mankind after The Great Winter. A blizzard has hit your spacecraft during your time landing back, where you awake in the crashed shuttle with a vast whiteness. You have to use the Generator Core to survive and thrive before you can rebuild connection back to the space harbor.

🛒 Start your adventure in The Winter Rescue

4. Winter Is Here

Winter is Here and it’s not the average wonderland some want it to be. It has created an intense blizzard leaving the world ravashed with no crops or proper sustainability up on the surface. Dig underground to establish a safe haven and protect yourself from the guaranteed doom.

🛒 Start your adventure. Winter Is Here!

5. The Winter Frontier

The Winter Frontier has you follow along the storyline of “The Last One“. Three years have passed since the disaster struck, creating a difficult time surviving. As a resident of the City of Cyprus and a member of the reserve team of the expeditionary organization, you are tasked with making your own survivor camp and trying to survive a harsh winter. According to the PDC, the Eastern European Plain is about to face the worst blizzard in a hundred years.

🛒 Start your adventure in The Winter Frontier

Closing Thoughts

I hope you enjoy these 5 Winter-Ready Minecraft Modpacks To Try This Christmas. Modpacks themed around Christmas are my favourite way to get into the modded Minecraft spirit at this time of year.

There really is something for everyone in this list. Wether you’re a cosy player who loves decorating interiors, or enjoy lore based Modpacks. This list should have something for you. If not, there’s akways our main list of Modpacks with 1000’s of options availalbe!

But that’s all, see you again very soon! I need to start writing the 2025 End Of Year Blog!

Stay Crafty 👋
TheHappywheels1

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