Minecraft 26.40.5 [Release]

The developers have released the Minecraft 26.40 update. The release packs in a wide range of bug fixes, gameplay improvements, accessibility updates, and technical enhancements for creators. On top of that, you can try out experimental features from the upcoming Drop 3, such as the Dappled Forest, Abandoned Camps, Cushions, and more.

Known Issues

• Arrows shot downward get stuck in the player's own hitbox.

Drop 3 2026

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

Abandoned Camp

• A new type of structure that generates across many biomes.
• Each biome has its own camp variant designed to match its surroundings, while some pieces are shared across all variants.
• Loot can be found in the camp's Chests and Barrels.
• Camps now generate in the Pale Garden and Flower Forest biomes.
• Straw Beds can be found in the camps.

Dappled Forest

• A new type of forest biome found near cold biomes.
• Poplar Trees and fallen Poplar Trees generate here, with Shelf Mushrooms growing on them.
• Red Shrubs are scattered across the ground.
• Passive and neutral mobs spawn here.
• A local variant of the Abandoned Camp also generates here.
• The biome's fog settings were adjusted to match other forest biomes.

Poplar Tree

• A new tree in the Dappled Forest, with three leaf color variants (red, orange, and yellow).
• Each variant has its own falling-leaf particles matching the canopy color.
• Poplar Leaves drop Poplar Saplings, which randomly grow into any of the three variants. Saplings can also be traded from the Wandering Trader.
• Shelf Mushrooms and leaf litter naturally generate on and around poplar trees.
• The trunk is made of Poplar Logs, which craft into a new set of wood blocks.
• Forest ambience sounds are tied to the Poplar Leaf blocks.
• Known issue: some "Vibrant Visuals" settings currently aren't applied correctly to Poplar Leaf blocks.

Red Shrub

• A new decorative plant block found in small patches in the Dappled Forest.
• Can be placed in the Composter.
• Using Bone Meal can grow another Red Shrub in a random adjacent space.

Shelf Mushroom

• A new mushroom that grows on poplar trees and fallen poplars.
• Comes in two sizes, small and large.
• A small one grows into a large one with Bone Meal, and a large one drops two mushrooms when broken.
• Can be used in Stews like other mushrooms, and is sold by the Wandering Trader.
• Slightly bouncy when stepped on.

Cushion

• An item you can place in the world and interact with to sit on.
• Crafted in 16 color variants from 3 Wool Slabs of the same color.
• A Cushion can be placed on any flat surface: horizontally it aligns to the grid, and vertically it sits on top of the supporting surface.
• It can't move, breaks when the supporting block is removed, has no collision, and can overlap with other objects — except other Cushions.
• Known issue: they don't generate in Abandoned Camps yet, but they can be found in the creative inventory.

Straw Bed

• A new type of bed that lets you sleep through the night without changing your spawn point.
• It can be used only once and is destroyed afterward.
• It doesn't work in the Nether or the End, and breaks if you try to sleep on it there.
• Crafted from 3 Hay Bales, yielding 4 Straw Beds at once.

Changes

• Added Wool Stairs and Wool Slabs in all 16 colors.
• Updated the ambient sounds for Poplar Leaf blocks.
• Added dedicated sound events for Red Shrubs and Poplar leaves.

Bug Fixes

All fixes from the beta builds have been carried over.