New Features

  • Added the new Ice Caves Biome
  • Added Ice Crystals
  • Added Icicles
  • Added the Frostbite mob
  • Added the Freezing mob effect
  • Added the Ice Ball

Ice Caves

  • The Ice Cave is a new cave biome that can generate under the colder biomes in the Overworld
  • It consists mainly of Packed Ice and Calcite
  • Icicles generate hanging from the ceiling
  • Large Icicles made of Packed Ice generate on the ground and hanging from the ceiling
  • Patches of Snow occasionally generate on the ground
  • Ores generate embedded in pockets of Stone and Deepslate
  • Glow Lichen does not generate in this biome
  • In addition to the mobs that normally spawn in caves, Strays and Frostbites can also spawn here
  • Ice Crystals occasionally generate on the ground

Ice Crystal

  • A new crystal-like block similar to Amethyst Clusters
  • Breaks if the support block is removed
  • It emits light and can be placed in any direction

Icicle

  • A new speleothem-like block similar to Dripstone and Sulfur Spikes
  • Icicles can be found all over the ceiling of ice caves
  • Can naturally grow up to 5 blocks long when pointing downward
  • Only grows in areas without nearby light sources and outside the Nether
  • It can be placed in any direction and has a base, middle and tip variant
  • Damages entities when it falls and deals extra damage to entities that land on it
  • Pointed blocks break when exposed to nearby light sources or when placed in the Nether

Frostbite

  • The Frostbite is a zombie variant that can throw Ice Balls
  • Spawns in cold/icy biomes
  • Switches between melee and ranged combat based on target distance and whether they have Ice Balls
  • Melee attacks apply Freezing, while ranged attacks throw Ice Balls
  • Transforms into a Zombie when underwater for long enough
  • Drops Rotten Flesh and Ice Balls
  • It can stand on top of Powder Snow
  • It is immune to freezing and does not get slowed by the Freezing effect or Powder Snow
  • Zombies and Husks transform into Frostbites when inside Powder Snow

Freezing Mob Effect

  • The Freezing effect will cause players to shake and eventually deal damage
  • Causes those affected to slowly become frozen as if in Powdered Snow for its duration
  • Leather Armor protects from freezing, just like with 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
  • Lingering Potion, Splash Potion, and Potion of Freezing can be brewed using Ice Balls
  • Arrows of Freezing can be crafted by placing a Lingering Potion of Freezing in the middle of the crafting table surrounded by eight Arrows

Ice Ball

  • Ice Balls are new projectile used by the Frostbite
  • They deal a small amount of damage and have 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

Changes

Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities

  • Snow can now be placed on Packed Ice
  • Snowballs now apply knockback to players

UI

  • Lightmap visualization is now configurable as lightmap_texture 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

Friends

  • 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 you have 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

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

Other Players

Other Players is a new menu which has been added to replace Social Interactions.

  • Other Players is 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
    • It can be opened by pressing the “Other Players” icon button in the pause menu
    • It can also be opened from in-game using the “Other Players” key (‘P’ by default)
  • It lists the players currently online in the world you are in
  • It 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

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

Debug Overlay

  • A new chunk_section_status shows the rendering status of chunks around you. This will impact performance at high view distances.
  • The chunk load overlay has been split off from visualize_chunks_on_server and into a new chunk_load_status

Technical Changes

  • The Data Pack version is now 123.0
  • The Resource Pack version is now 100.0

Data Pack Versions 122.0 through 123.0

World Generation

Features

Changed minecraft:speleothem_cluster
  • Added placement_options – a field that contains various settings for the placement of the Speleothem cluster:
    • placement_mode – represented by an enum that is one of floor_and_ceiling, floor_only, ceiling_only
    • base_block_transformer – sets a state on the base block of the Speleothem block
      • none – the regular base block state used in Sulfur Spikes and Dripstone Spikes
      • set_attached – the state of the base block of the Icicle when it is attached to a surface
    • allow_water_placement – boolean indicating whether the Speleothem can be placed in water or not
Changed minecraft:large_dripstone (renamed from minecraft:large_speleothem)
  • Added field base_block – Block State Provider, the block to build the large dripstone out of

Noise Settings

  • Added new Noises:
    • ice_cave_gradient

Feature Placements

  • Added the following Ore Placements:
    • ice_cave_ore_coal_upper
    • ice_cave_ore_coal_lower
    • ice_cave_ore_copper
    • ice_cave_ore_diamond
    • ice_cave_ore_diamond_medium
    • ice_cave_ore_diamond_large
    • ice_cave_ore_diamond_buried
    • ice_cave_ore_iron_upper
    • ice_cave_ore_iron_middle
    • ice_cave_ore_iron_small
    • ice_cave_ore_gold
    • ice_cave_ore_gold_lower
    • ice_cave_ore_lapis
    • ice_cave_ore_lapis_buried
    • ice_cave_ore_redstone
    • ice_cave_ore_redstone_lower
    • ice_cave_ore_andesite_upper
    • ice_cave_ore_andesite_lower
    • ice_cave_ore_diorite_upper
    • ice_cave_ore_diorite_lower
    • ice_cave_ore_gravel
  • 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

Block Sound Sets

Added minecraft:block_sound_set registry containing definitions for sounds produced by different categories of blocks.

Format: object with fields:

  • volume – a float between 0.00001 and 10.0, the relative volume at which all sounds will be played
    • If not present, defaults to 1.0
  • pitch – a float between 0.00001 and 2.0, the relative pitch at which all sounds will be played
    • If not present, defaults to 1.0
  • break_sound – Sound Event, the sound that will be played when the block gets broken
  • step_sound – Sound Event, the sound that will be played when an entity walks on top of the block
  • place_sound – Sound Event, the sound that will be played when the block gets placed
  • hit_sound – Sound Event, the sound that will be played while the block is being destroyed
  • fall_sound – Sound Event, the sound that will be played when an entity falls onto the block
  • All sound fields are optional

Tags

Block Tags

  • Added block tag ice_cave_ore_replaceables to describe all blocks which are allowed to be replaced by ores within Ice Caves (in addition to stone_ore_replaceables, height_specific_ore_replaceables and deepslate_ore_replaceables)
  • Added block tag melts_icicle_above to describe all blocks causing Icicles directly above to melt
  • Added block tag large_icicle_replaceable 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:
    • #pathfinding/avoid_in_air – blocks to be avoided while flying, either due to danger our potential to get stuck
    • #pathfinding/damage_cautious – blocks that will damage entities that walk through them, but are not considered dangerous enough to avoid entirely
    • #pathfinding/damaging – blocks that will damage entities that walk through them
    • #pathfinding/drop_down – blocks that can be dropped down through
    • #pathfinding/leaves – blocks that are considered leaves
    • #pathfinding/open – blocks that are considered completely open to walk through
    • #pathfinding/powder_snow – blocks that are considered powder snow
    • #pathfinding/rails – blocks that are considered rails
    • #pathfinding/sticky – blocks that are considered sticky, causing slowed movement and inability to jump

Item Tags

  • Added #frostbite_preferred_weapons for items picked up and used by the Frostbite
  • Added #knocks_back_players_even_with_zero_damage for items which shall apply knockback even if they do 0 damage
  • Added #sheep_wool_dyes – items that can be used to dye a Sheep’s wool
    • The color will be taken from the minecraft:dye component of the used item stack

Biome Tags

  • Added #spawns_strays_without_powder_snow to describe all biomes which allow the spawning of strays without requiring powder snow on the surface above them

Block Sound Set Tags

  • Added #sounds_wooden – block sound sets which when stepped on cause Horses to produce a galloping sound

Particles

  • Removed particle type minecraft:item_snowball

Added minecraft:freezing

  • Emitted by Entities which are affected by the Freezing mob effect
  • Has no fields

Resource Pack Versions 98.0 through 100.0

Block Sprites

  • Added new Block texture:
    • block/ice_crystal.png
  • Added new Block textures:
    • block/ice_crystal.png
    • block/icicle_down_base.png
    • block/icicle_down_frustum.png
    • block/icicle_down_middle.png
    • block/icicle_down_tip.png
    • block/icicle_down_tip_merge.png
    • block/icicle_side.png
    • block/icicle_top.png

Item Sprites

  • Added new Item texture:
    • item/ice_crystal.png
  • Added new Item texture:
    • item/frostbite_spawn_egg.png
    • item/ice_ball.png
    • item/ice_crystal.png
    • item/icicle.png

UI Sprites

  • Added new UI textures:
    • mob_effect/freezing.png
    • friends/background_light.png
    • friends/presence_all.png
    • friends/presence_limited.png
    • friends/presence_none.png
    • friends/profile.png
    • friends/profile_highlighted.png
    • friends/sort_alphabetical.png
    • friends/sort_presence.png
    • friends/tab_selected.png
    • pause_menu/other_players.png
  • The following textures have been renamed:
    • friends/button.png -> friends/tab.png
    • friends/button_highlighted.png -> friends/tab_highlighted.png
    • friends/loading.png -> widget/loading.png
    • pause_menu/social_interactions.png -> pause_menu/feedback.png
  • The following textures have been removed:
    • friends/button_disabled.png
    • friends/remove.png
    • pause_menu/player_reporting.png
    • toast/social_interactions.png

Entity Textures

  • Added new Entity textures:
    • entity/zombie/frostbite.png
    • entity/zombie/frostbite_baby.png
    • entity/zombie/frostbite_outer_layer.png

Sounds

  • Added new sound events:
    • entity.frostbite.ambient
    • entity.frostbite.death
    • entity.frostbite.hurt
    • entity.frostbite.step
    • block.ice.break
    • block.ice.fall
    • block.ice.hit
    • block.ice.place
    • block.ice.step
    • block.ice_crystal.break
    • block.ice_crystal.fall
    • block.ice_crystal.hit
    • block.ice_crystal.place
    • block.ice_crystal.step
    • block.icicle.break
    • block.icicle.fall
    • block.icicle.hit
    • block.icicle.place
    • block.icicle.step
    • block.icicle.land
    • entity.ice_ball.break
    • entity.ice_ball.throw

Particles

  • Added new Particle textures:
    • particle/freezing_0.png
    • particle/freezing_1.png
    • particle/freezing_2.png
    • particle/freezing_3.png
    • particle/freezing_4.png
    • particle/freezing_5.png

Item Models

  • Added new Item Models:
    • item/icicle

Block Models

  • Added new Block Models:
    • block/icicle
    • block/icicle_base

Fixed bugs in 26.4 Snapshot 3

  • MC-212616 – The dye staining sound does not play when dyes are used on tamed wolves or cats
  • MC-303468 – Pets can be teleported to the incorrect coordinates when going through a nether portal
  • MC-306017 – The main arm doesn’t swing when making a tamed wolf sit or stand while holding a dye matching its collar color
  • MC-307830 – The game’s framerate is limited to 20 fps with the Vulkan rendering backend on some systems
  • MC-308037 – Unselected tabs in the friends menu show white text instead of gray
  • MC-308051 – The icons on several buttons do not adhere to the UI pixel grid
  • MC-308747 – The social interactions button in the game menu is grayed out in LAN worlds with no players
  • MC-308994 – The Chat Restrictions screen does not display Xbox communication settings that affect the chat
  • MC-309896 – The options.allowFriendRequests.tooltip and options.inGameNotification.tooltip strings lack a period, unlike similar strings
  • MC-309906 – The term “Friends List” is inconsistently capitalized across strings
  • MC-310124 – Leaving a menu that was opened using the keyboard doesn’t select its button from the previous screen
  • MC-310237 – The gui.friends.error.generic string uses an em dash, unlike similar strings
  • MC-310854 – The buttons in the friends screen have inconsistent outlines
  • MC-311932 – The Caps Lock key can no longer activate sprinting, sneaking, etc. when the control in question is set to “Hold”
  • MC-311963 – The subtitles.block.poplar_leaves.ambient string uses a present participle instead of the present tense, unlike similar strings
  • MC-312120 – Enabling the “Exclusive Fullscreen” option while the game is windowed and then entering non-exclusive fullscreen does not update the “Exclusive Fullscreen” option’s button to “OFF”
  • MC-312198 – Almost no small mushrooms generate on mushroom islands anymore
  • MC-312213 – The game crashes when using custom Superflat presets containing air