{"title":"Minecraft 26.3 Pre-Release 2","version":"26.3-pre-2","type":"snapshot","image":{"title":"26.3-pre-2 540x540.jpg","url":"/v2/images/26.3pre2540x540.jpg"},"body":"<p>Two pre-releases in one week!? That's right! Now that we're in the pre-release phase, we're no longer following our regular snapshot schedule. This also means we're spending more time hunting bugs as we get things ready for release, and this pre-release is no exception. Hope you brought your bug spray!<p>Happy Mining!<h1>Changes</h1><h2>UI</h2><ul><li>Removed the custom rendering of IME candidates</ul><h1>Technical Changes</h1><ul><li>The Data Pack version is now 120.0</ul><h1>Data Pack Version 120.0</h1><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Structure Tags</h3><ul><li>Renamed <code>on_abandoned_camp_windswept</code> to <code>on_abandoned_camp_windswept_forest</code></ul><h1>Fixed bugs in 26.3 Pre-Release 2</h1><ul><li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-210117 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-210117</a> - Sculk sensors don't detect ice/snow melting<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-211708 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-211708</a> - Client spawns crit particles when attacking another player that cannot be harmed<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-228273 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-228273</a> - Goats do not move correctly after they are tempted during a long jump<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-237053 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-237053</a> - Block breaking particles cannot be seen by other players<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-237165 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-237165</a> - Block breaking sounds cannot be heard by other players<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-247034 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-247034</a> - Particles produced from entities growing cannot be seen by other players<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-248600 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-248600</a> - Particles produced from moving in powder snow cannot be seen by other players<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-263100 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-263100</a> - Cave biomes interfere with relief on exploration maps<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-299460 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-299460</a> - Saddled pigs in boats carried by happy ghasts can cause a desync when unequipping a carrot on a stick<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-304719 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-304719</a> - <code>InhabitedTime</code> for some chunks can be set to impossibly high values when a world is opened<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-307449 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-307449</a> - Spawners with their light limits set no longer spawn mobs underground at night time<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310088 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310088</a> - The taskbar icon displays the Java logo instead of the game's logo<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310169 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310169</a> - The IME candidate box sometimes twitches while typing<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310300 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310300</a> - Other windows cannot be displayed on top of the game window even with the \"Exclusive Fullscreen\" option disabled<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310592 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310592</a> - Severe rendering errors occur on Windows devices with a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 CPU<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310756 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310756</a> - The mouse cursor is invisible in fullscreen mode with the OpenGL rendering backend<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-310939 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-310939</a> - Interacting with camels with two passengers is preferred over using items<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311186 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311186</a> - The water overlay and fog does not render when the player's head is inside a block underwater<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311219 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311219</a> - Pressing a mouse button after unmaximizing the game window while in a world can cause odd behavior<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311245 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311245</a> - Ruined portals can generate replacing end portal frames<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311271 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311271</a> - Some loot context parameters are missing from \"generic\" loot context<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311272 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311272</a> - Some LootContextUser can crash when referenced parameter is not provided<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311285 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311285</a> - Unnamed key binds from previous versions cause several options to be reset<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311345 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311345</a> - Reloading resource packs with the OpenGL rendering backend when in a world causes visual glitches and crashes<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311430 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311430</a> - The name of the <code>#on_abandoned_camp_windswept</code> structure tag does not contain the full name of the biome it generates in<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311445 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311445</a> - In the 26.3 snapshots, game input freezes after triggering emoji panel with Win + .<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311453 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311453</a> - Particles from feeding flowers to brown mooshrooms cannot be seen by other players<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311454 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311454</a> - Particles from water evaporating in the Nether are not properly displayed<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311482 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311482</a> - Kelp and seagrass can generate floating on submerged beached shipwrecks<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311485 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311485</a> - The fog color when the weather is rain or thunder is much bluer compared to previous versions<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311488 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311488</a> - Some IME software still cannot be used in fullscreen even with borderless mode.<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311583 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311583</a> - Riding saddled pigs with carrot on a stick in boats carried by happy ghasts causes severe desync<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311592 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311592</a> - Cursor containment does not update<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311593 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311593</a> - Spear animation jitters when swapping into spear slot and charging it in the same tick<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311594 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311594</a> - Some number providers produce an unexpected error when used in /compute<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311610 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311610</a> - Clicking on an unopened double loot chest in Spectator mode plays the locked chest sound<li><a href=https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-311652 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"target=_blank>MC-311652</a> - Player-caused damage while trading allows villager trades to be completed without payment</ul>","id":"2d614235aefd68fb1cdc8202d674f3d2717c80efdeb73f5364e63482b874fb9c","date":"2026-09-04T11:54:52.000Z","needsTranslation":false}