Minecraft 26.50.26 [Beta]

The developers have released the Minecraft 26.50.26 beta. There are no major additions — the update refines the fall drop's Drop 3 2026 content. Along with that, it brings 8 changes and 25 bug fixes.

Drop 3 2026

What was refined in the fall drop content:

• Abandoned Camp:
  • Camps are now less likely to generate on top of Villages.
  • Fixed several trees not generating at campsites in the Cherry Grove and Old Growth Birch Forest biomes.
• Cushion:
  • A fishing rod bobber now consistently breaks a Cushion instead of passing through it and coming to rest inside its hitbox.
  • Cushions can now be placed inside non-full blocks that already have a Cushion on top.
  • Fixed being able to place a Cushion on top of another Cushion when moving quickly in any direction.
  • A Cushion can no longer be renamed with a name tag.
  • Cushions no longer block vibrations when placed, broken, or interacted with.
• Explorer Maps:
  • Changed the map color of many poplar items (door, double slab, fence, fence gate, hanging and wall signs, log and stripped log, pressure plate, sapling, shelf, slab, stairs, standing sign, trapdoor, wood and stripped wood) to match their in-game appearance.
• Straw Bed:
  • Straw Bed pillows now render correctly when two beds are placed next to each other.
• Blocks:
  • Fixed Red Shrub flickering when placed right against another Red Shrub in multiplayer.
  • Wool Stairs and Slabs can no longer be used in the painting recipe.
• Sound:
  • The correct subtitle now shows when jumping and landing on a Straw Bed.
  • The correct subtitle now shows when jumping and landing on a Shelf Mushroom.

Changes

8 changes made. Here's the rundown:

• In the Editor, added user-friendly biome and block names to the minimap hover tooltips, making them easier to identify at a glance.
• Updated custom biome color handling: color changes now appear immediately both in the biome list and on the minimap in the Custom Biome Tool.
• The poplar door hinges now have a metallic reflectiveness.
• Increased the maximum view distance to 48 for Vibrant Visuals on Windows.
• In the Minecraft Debugger, the Entity System and CPU Profiler views now work without a behavior pack enabled.
• Updated the main menu cube map.
• Removed the self-selection expansion when using commands (such as /tell) for non-operator players.
• Added an option to mute a player when reporting their chat messages.

Bug Fixes

25 bugs fixed. The highlights:

• Comparators once again read a container's inventory through Honey Blocks and Chains.
• Vibrant Visuals are no longer disabled when loading a world with Education features enabled.
• Foxes now hold the Shelf Mushroom correctly in their mouths.
• Fixed triangular gaps that could appear on water surfaces where water meets a bank or flows over a lip.
• Fixed the incorrect name for the yellowtail parrotfish.
• Fixed a crash when opening Realms Edit World, particularly on iOS devices.
• Fixed a crash when render controller expressions referenced variables of the wrong resource type.
• Fixed worlds getting stuck when created from chunks saved before block connection upgrades.
• Fixed players being disconnected while loading worlds with certain add-on content.
• Fixed stuttering in-world after long play sessions or after leaving the game suspended for an extended time.
• Reduced the memory used by animated Character Creator skins.
• Brought the poplar hanging sign in line with the other signs.
• Fixed remaining cases of button touch areas not aligning with the buttons in windowed Android modes with a title bar (Samsung DeX, pop-up view).
• Some sign-in errors previously reported as "Wool" now get a more specific codename.
• Screen narration now properly reads out the first focused element after opening the Pause Menu.
• Fixed the false "Your party is too large" message for a party leader joining a friend who isn't in their party.
• The Shelf Mushroom now has the correct scale in inventory slots.
• Prevented soft-locks when the game can't connect to a server.
• Fixed the choppy gamepad cursor in menus after long play sessions or after leaving the game suspended for an extended time.