Minecraft 26.50.20 [Beta]

The developers have released the Minecraft 26.50.20 beta. There are no major additions, it's groundwork for the release of the experimental content from the fall 2026 drop. Along with that, this update brings 8 changes and 28 bug fixes.

Drop 3 2026

To try out the new content, enable experimental features when creating a world. Here's what was refined:

• Abandoned Camp:
  • Cushions now generate inside camps with the correct position, rotation, and color.
  • In specialized forest biomes, camps now generate the variant matching their biome instead of the generic Forest one.
  • Secret Chests once again contain their intended loot (Diamonds and potions) and no longer give Oxidized Copper Chains instead.
• Cushion:
  • Can now be placed right next to each other by aiming the crosshair close to an already placed one.
  • Players are no longer pulled into the ground when a Cushion they're sitting on is destroyed by Lava.
  • Collecting any ingredient from the Cushion recipe now unlocks it in the Recipe Book and shows a notification.
  • Fixed the Cushion's name translation, nudged it down slightly when placed, and raised the sitting height by one texel.
• Poplar Saplings can now be composted.
• Shelf Mushrooms now burn correctly in lava, and breaking particles were added to them.
• Players no longer fall through a Shelf Mushroom when growing it while standing on top of it.
• Red Shrubs can now be snowlogged.
• Wool Stairs and Wool Slabs no longer conduct Redstone signals.
• Added localized closed captions for jumping and landing on Poplar Leaves.
• Improved the Poplar sign texture.
• Made the Hay Bale symmetrical.
• Fixed the color palette on the top of the Poplar Log.
• Wolves that spawn in the Dappled Forest now use the Pale Wolf variant.
• Wandering Traders can now offer Poplar Logs.

Changes

8 changes made. Here's the rundown:

• Removed the "Text to Speech with Device Settings" option. Text to speech can still be turned on or off in the accessibility settings, and the first-time TTS discovery still happens on all devices as before.
• A green vignette now appears while the Nausea effect is active when screen distortion is turned all the way off in the accessibility settings.
• Updated the MERS of the Sulfur Cube Spawn Egg icon.
• Endermen now always attempt to teleport away before being hit by a projectile.
• The Tick Speed can now be set to 0 in the Game Settings tab.
• Added a "Clear Layout Cache" action in Storage settings for cached Server tab content.
• Added a new grid option for viewing achievements, along with several UI improvements.
• On the Create from template screen, the "Owned by Me" tab now defaults to sorting by acquired date — most recently acquired templates first.

Bug Fixes

28 bugs fixed. The highlights:

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur while ticking block entities.
• Fixed a crash when failing to parse certain resource pack contents.
• Fixed Hoppers unintentionally collecting items on their side at large coordinates.
• Droppers facing east or south no longer insert items into containers below them instead of ejecting them forward.
• Restored the missing Baby Fox texture.
• Clouds no longer render as bright white spots after switching to Vibrant Visuals with a low cloud render distance.
• Reduced the stuttering that could occur when a mob is far away.
• Fixed dependency packs not loading their settings properly.
• Realms:
  • Players once again respawn at their bed or respawn anchor after dying in a different dimension.
  • Fixed a performance regression in the in-game Realms system.
  • The renew button for an expired Realm is now disabled when renewal isn't supported on the current device.
• Fixed chunk updates sometimes not saving correctly when the same chunk was unloaded and loaded rapidly.
• The profile achievements screen now shows "Beta" instead of "Preview" on Beta builds.
• Added high-resolution Korean font support and fixed Korean text showing as question marks on mobile.
• Fixed mouse wheel input sometimes not registering on Windows.
• Fixed bold text extending beyond the page margins in a Book.
• Fixed being able to keep playing after the trial expired by switching the game mode.
• Added the missing translation text to the layout button on the Achievements screen.
• Selecting a Featured Item in the Dressing Room no longer requires two clicks.
• Ported the party eligibility check for joining multiplayer from JSON to the OreUI.
• Updated the inventory panel on the Loom, Stonecutter, Cartography Table, Villager, and Wandering Trader screens in the Pocket UI to match the header style of the Inventory and Crafting Table screens.
• Removed the flickering icon and world card texture on layout change in the Play screen; the column layout now alternates between 4, 3, and 2 columns depending on screen size.
• Ported the old world conversion flow to OreUI in the Storage Settings tab.
• Ported the modal tied to the "Sync Old World" action in the Storage tab into OreUI.
• Ported the Marketplace Wishlist flow to the OreUI factory pattern.
• Players are now warned about how their custom packs will appear when the profanity filter is enabled; pack names and descriptions are filtered in the Edit World screen.
• Added support for admin log events for Realm name and description changes.
• Fixed the stretched mining animation when breaking a Straw Bed.