Minecraft 26.30.20

Developers have released Minecraft Beta & Preview 26.30.20 build version. This update adds sulfur spikes growing on cinnabar and sulfur blocks in sulfur caves, updates sulfur cube textures, enables texture streaming by default on supported platforms, and fixes over 20 bugs.

Known Issues

• Servers and Realms are disabled in this version due to a crash bug.
• Sulfur Springs are not generating correctly in new worlds and chunks.
• Sulfur Spike is not yet available in the creative inventory.

Sulfur Spike

A new block that grows naturally on sulfur blocks in the sulfur caves biome.

• Forms stalactites on ceilings (hanging down) and stalagmites on floors (pointing up).
• Can be combined into long chains.
• Automatically merge at their tips (hold Shift while placing to prevent this).
• Stalagmites (on floors) break without support from below.
• Stalactites (on ceilings) fall without support from above.
• Falling stalactites deal damage.
• Tridents break sulfur spikes.

Changes

• Sulfur Caves:
  • Added Granite and Tuff blocks interspersed between Sulfur and Cinnabar.
  • Sulfur Spike clusters have been made slightly shorter on average.
  • The biome no longer replaces Bedrock blocks.
• Sulfur Cube:
  • Updated textures.
  • Health reduced from 9 to 8.
  • No longer becomes unpushable once a block is removed from it.
  • New sounds: absorbing blocks, ejecting blocks, landing.
  • On touch screens, knocked back based on tap location.
• Each ball archetype now has its own unique hit and push sounds.
• Sulfur and Cinnabar moved to Neutral category.
• Added subtitles for Sulfur Cube and Sulfur/Cinnabar blocks.
• Sulfur and Cinnabar blocks now have unique jump and land sounds.
• Texture streaming is now enabled by default on PC and mobile (can be disabled in Video settings).
• Skeletons and their variants now shoot at the same rate as Java Edition — rate depends on difficulty, not distance.
• Added Boss Fog in the End Dimension while the Ender Dragon is alive.
• Text fields can now be navigated using the Tab key.
• Storage indicator is now taller with a square action button.
• Updated Recipe unlocked tooltip design.
• Updated Welcome to Realms screen.

Bug Fixes

• Command Block hover note text now updates after changing it without reloading the world.
• Some blocks no longer appear semi-transparent in the inventory when Texture Streaming is enabled.
• Streamed textures are no longer completely invisible after being off-screen for a while.
• Dithered objects no longer flicker in split-screen.
• Item-in-hand no longer clips when inside a block in Vibrant Visuals.
• Certain items-in-hand now render when inside a block in Fancy mode.
• Snow golem heads no longer render as completely black with Vibrant Visuals enabled.
• Villager farmers no longer get stuck nodding while planting crops.
• "No Members Found" modal no longer briefly shows up before loading members in Realms Stories and Realms Hub.
• Realms side menu tabs are no longer squashed and are easier to select when the design preview panel is visible.
• Two states can no longer be presented on the moderate feed screen.
• Fixed crash related to the data-driven renderer when an entity's geometry expression cannot be resolved.
• Default Game Mode and Activate Cheats settings no longer appear editable to players without operator permissions.
• On-screen keyboard on iOS and Android now dismisses after submitting text in JSON UI text fields.
• Banner message for graphics mode settings option is now correct.
• Add-ons are now enabled in the create from template screen in Preview.
• Chat text is narrated if UI or Chat narration is enabled.
• Narration of typed letters stops when the message is sent.
• Chat input text is narrated when auto-completed or taken from history.
• Fixed issue on the idle device screen on Switch, image has been updated also.
• Sulfur Bricks, Cinnabar Bricks, Chiseled Sulfur, and Chiseled Cinnabar now appear in the Construction inventory tab.
• Bucket of Sulfur Cube is now positioned together with other Buckets.
• Polished Sulfur, Sulfur Bricks, Cinnabar, Polished Cinnabar, and Cinnabar Brick Walls are now found in the Walls category.
• Potent Sulfur is now placed before Sulfur Bricks.
• Sulfur blocks are now correctly shown after Cinnabar blocks.