Java Edition 26w14a

26w14a, supposedly the first and only snapshot for the "Herdcraft Update", is an April Fools' Day joke snapshot released on April 1, 2026.^[1] Similar to 22w13oneBlockAtATime, it disables many inventory features. Instead, the player can command "living blocks" using various tools in their hotbar. The blocks act as mobs, meaning they can be hurt, moved, and attacked.

This snapshot is a fork of 26.1.1.

Copper trap

• A full block with the same texture as copper bars.
• Has an item form that stacks up to 64 (observable by luring them into a container).
• Does not appear in the Creative inventory. It can however be obtained in Creative mode using the /item command.
• Has all oxidization stages and waxed variants.
• Appears when 8 copper bars are close together.

Iron trap

• A full block with the same texture as iron bars.
• Has an item form that stacks up to 64 (observable by luring them into a container).
• Does not appear in the Creative inventory. It can however be obtained in Creative mode using the /item command.
• Appears when 8 iron bars are close together.

Add action items, all of these items share these properties:

• Does not appear in the creative inventory
• When the player dies:
  • These items do not drop (other items do if they are somehow in the inventory and /gamerule keep_inventory false)
  • If /gamerule keep_inventory false, they are restored to the inventory in their original order if the player somehow loses or rearranges them.
  • If /gamerule keep_inventory true, the inventory is not modified
• Dropping these items doesn't summon anything.
  • The item still disappears from the inventory, but nothing appears in its place.
  • Other items, in turn, summon a living block of the item or, in some cases like a default spawn eggs, an associated entity.
  • However, this item can still summon as living blocks in other situations, such as via the /give command or by breaking a container.
• These items cannot be removed using the hotbar shortcut key.
  • For example, if punch is in slot 1, opening a chest and clicking the number 1 will do nothing. Other items can still be moved this way.
    • However, the reverse works. If the punch is outside slot 1 and slot 1 doesn't contain any action items, then clicking on 1 in the punch moves it to slot 1.
  • This, along with the items not being in the inventory upon death, makes it difficult to remove them from the hotbar in survival mode, and it was probably intentional to make it impossible to remove these items from the inventory, consequently preventing the player from using other items.
    • However, it is possible to remove them from the inventory by interacting with a shelf or item frame.
    • It is also possible to remove the item by opening the inventory while mounted on a mob with an inventory, such as horses and llamas, and then simply dropping them. Although to take these animals the player needs to have an empty hand, this is possible by selecting the ninth slot or mounting a mob that has already been taken, such as skeleton horses from traps.
    • Using a shelf with a hopper, a living block container plus a hotbar shortcut key, or a flower pot, it's possible to place other items in the hotbar, after removals.

Punch

• Used to mine and attack (as most other action items prevent this)

Follow Me

• Use to select living blocks, which begin glowing
• Hit to leash selected blocks to the player
  • If no blocks are explicitly selected, will use the current group from the Group / Ungroup tool

Move

• Same selection functionality
• Hit to command blocks to move to the targeted location

Attack / Mine

• Same selection functionality
• Hit to command blocks to attack mobs, including other players
• Hit to command living tools to mine (regular) blocks.

Craft

• Use to create a 2×2 crafting grid (entity), requires enough flat space

Build

• Same selection functionality as Follow Me
• Hit to command blocks to move to the target location, and then turn back into regular non-living blocks.
  • Living items and some living blocks will not respond to this command.

Group / Ungroup

• Use to cycle group None → Red → Blue → Lime → Yellow → Purple → Aqua → All → Repeat. Hold shift to cycle in reverse order.
• Hit to add living blocks to the selected group
• Selected group affects which blocks are commanded by other tools if no blocks are explicitly selected first
  • When "None", no blocks are selected
  • When "All", all blocks that are part of a group are selected
  • When a command is issued to a group that doesn't have any members that are within loaded chunks (or "None" is selected), the actionbar shows the message "Selected group contains no blocks in the area"
• Living blocks that are members of a group glow in the corresponding color
• In multiplayer, each player has their own set of groups
  • Blocks that are members of a player's group appear to glow gray to other players
  • Blocks that are members of one player's group cannot be commanded by another player (blocks that are not part of a group may be commanded by anyone)
    • Other players may still interact with them in other ways, such as attacking them, opening containers, crafting, etc.

Highlight

• Hold it to make all living blocks glow.

Living block

• Created any time an item would normally appear
• Can collide with other mobs
  • Hitbox matches the shape of the block if it is a block (but doesn't rotate with the visual tumbling animation)
  • Other items use a small cube
  • The player and other mobs can stand on living blocks (but not living items), similar to boats. Special block contact properties are not retained (e.g. the slipperiness of ice).
• Can be damaged and die
  • Max health depends on the hardness of the block. Defaults to 10 health (5 hearts) for non-block items.
  • Heal gradually over time
  • Blocks display health using the block breaking animation
  • Won't take knockback from most damage, but can take knockback from explosions, lightning strikes, or if the player obtains a regular item with the knockback enchantment (through creative mode)
• If struck by lightning, it becomes a shroomlight.
• Depending on which block or item it is, it may have special properties.

Crafting grid

• Created with the "Craft" tool (2×2) or by living blocks that are crafting tables or crafters (3×3)

Hovering item

• Created by using the crafting grid
• Hitting or using it completes the crafting process, converting it into living blocks

Living block command

• Created by tools Follow Me, Move, Attack / Mine, and Build to show an icon
• Used as a target by living blocks

Splashes
This version has unique splashes:

#[a]	Splash text	Explanation
1	Watch out for traps!	Refers to the behavior of iron and copper traps.
2	Biggest herd in town!
3	Cozy dirt house!
4	Have you herd the news? The blocks came alive!	Refers to Sheep, a 1977 song by the British band Pink Floyd from the album Animals. The original line says “Have you heard the news? The dogs are dead!”.
5	They see me rolling!	Refers to Ridin', a 2005 song by Chamillionaire, and the tumbling animation of living blocks. The first line of the song is "They see me rollin', they hatin' ".
6	272 Cobblestone!	Refers to the "nine by nine" structure
7	Nom nom nom!
8	15 minutes 6 seconds!
9	Gooey!	Possible reference to the update removing all inventory GUIs, which are pronounced "gooey".
10	Don't let your tools loose!
11	What's an item entity?	Reference to the item entity, which was removed in this snapshot.
12	We solved the inventory problem!
13	Several blocks at a time!	Reference to the snapshot 22w13oneBlockAtATime, where the inventory was also removed.
14	What's that mysterious clicking noise?	Refers to the behavior of living levers Reference to a 2007 "Potter Puppet Pals" video by Neil Cicirega.[2]
15	Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking block herder!	Reference to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, in which Leia Organa says to Han Solo, "Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!"
16	What is the collective noun for a group of blocks?
17	A blockade.	Answers the question posed by the previous splash in the list.
18	Marching Cubes!	Might be a reference to the marching cubes algorithm used in computer graphics.
19	Moving Block Entities!
20	Beautiful Block Balloons
21	Don't let the wool float away	These two refer to the behavior of living wool, which floats upward, and looks like balloons when leashed to the player by the Follow Me tool.
22	Pogo Tools	Refers to the hopping animation of living mining tools.
23	Cute Cuboid Companions
24	Slice some blocks into the lime group	Might be a reference to Java Edition technical lead Mikael Hedberg, better known as Slicedlime.
25	Large block the size of a small block	Reference to an X post by the San Miguel sheriff stating that a "Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd".[3]
26	Anything can be an entity if you try hard enough	Refers to the fact that living blocks are entities
27	Blocked.
28	The true meaning of block game	Modified version of the existing splash, "The true meaning of covfefe"
29	Hungry, hungry chests	Refers to the ability of chests to pick up other living blocks Might also be a reference to the tabletop game Hungry Hungry Hippos.
30	Auto-Assembling Automata	May refer to the behavior of the crafter.
31	Like sleeping in a tumble dryer	Refers to the ability to sleep in a living bed that is rolling.
32	It's alive!	Reference to Tiny Agnes's dialogue in the Mob Vote 2022 trailer.
33	Fifteen years of ... whatever this is!	Modified version of the existing splash, "15 years of Mining and Crafting!"
34	26w14a!
35	Enough balloons make you walk on water	Reference to Jesus Refers to the behavior of living wool
36	Wool is lighter than air	Refers to the behavior of living wool
37	Flashes make so much light
38	Lightning for the miners
39	Who Let the Blocks Out?	Might be a reference to the Baha Men song "Who Let the Dogs Out?".
40	This portal is not going to build itself	Refers to the behavior of obsidian/flint and steel and End portal frames

Advancements

Added the "HerdCraft" tab:

Structures

• Nine by Nine
  • Created by combining 272 living cobblestone, 16 living glass, and 4 living torches (see above)
  • Has variants for copper and soul torches

Some properties of living blocks are defined by block tags. Although living blocks are not technically blocks, they are associated with items which in turn can be associated with blocks. Living blocks that are not associated with a block are, by default, treated as if the block were air.

builds_into_house

Living blocks in this tag can be combined with a door to form a house. By default, it contains a variety of common terrain blocks and building blocks.

living_block_takes_fall_damage

Living blocks in this tag can takes fall damage. By default, it contains all glass and glass panes.

cow_food

Living blocks in this tag can be used to tempt cows and mooshrooms.

pig_food

Living blocks in this tag can be used to tempt pigs.

sheep_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt sheep.

chicken_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt chicken.

horse_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt donkeys, horses and mules

llama_tempt_items

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt llamas and trader llamas.

zombie_horse_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt zombie horses.

panda_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt pandas.

turtle_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt turtles.

strider_tempt_items

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt striders.

cat_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt cats.

rabbit_food

Living blocks in this tags can be used to tempt rabbits.

block_placers

Living blocks of items in this tag are treated as items and not blocks. Only items that already have an associated block can be treated as blocks; therefore, adding items that are not associated with blocks has no effect.

Inventory

• Opening the inventory in any mode except Creative mode only shows crafting recipes.
  • Selecting a crafting recipe will fill it into a nearby 2x2 crafting grid entity.
  • An "i" icon appears above the recipes. When clicked, it opens the advancements.
• The inventory can be opened as normal in Creative mode.
  • The hotbar will appear empty except on the "Survival Inventory" tab, which accurately shows the inventory contents (by default the 8 special tools added with this update).
  • This functions completely normally, including allowing the special tools to be moved, removed and/or replaced.
  • Other items work normally when moved into the hotbar this way.
  • Creative and loading the 9th saved hotbar does not work, perhaps because the key bind for the 9th hotbar slot is disabled, but the other 8 do work; however, see Issues below.
• The inventory can be opened when mounted on a mob with an internal inventory.
  • The mob's inventory renders normally; the bottom part of the player's inventory does not render and remains invisible, although the items are still visible. The ninth slot in the hotbar is rendered.
  • Unlike the creative inventory, when the player holds an item with the mouse it is automatically dropped, and they cannot organize items with the mouse.
  • It's possible to drop action items, which are then deleted, freeing up space in one of the first 8 slots of the hotbar.
  • Using the hotbar shortcut buttons, it's possible to remove items from hotbar and place them in the player's internal inventory, and vice versa.
    • However, it's not possible to move items to a slot that already has an action item in that way, but it is possible to move action items to a slot that doesn't have an action item. This way it is possible to move the action items to slot 9, which is empty by default, and re-register the action items, also freeing up a space without having to drop an action item.
    • Non-action items can be moved from the hotbar to the internal inventory, and items from the internal inventory can be moved to a hotbar slot that does not contain action items.
• The ninth hotbar slot is invisible and cannot be accessed by controls (e.g., mouse roll or number 9)
  • It is still possible to select using the middle button on an entity (such as a boat, minecart, mob, end crystal).
    • If in creative mode, slot 9 is empty and slots 1 to 8 are occupied with different items of the entity, slot 9 will be selected.
    • If slot 9 is the first to contain the item corresponding to the entity (in the case of mobs, the spanner egg), it will be selected.
    • Selecting a block will have no effect, as instead of adding it to the inventory it summons the corresponding living block (in creative mode) or does nothing in survival mode.
• Living crafting tables and crafters can be used to create 3x3 crafting grids.
  • Interacting will open the recipe list, including recipes that require a 3x3 grid.
  • Selecting a recipe will fill it into the grid.
  • For crafting tables, the ingredients must be commanded into place with the Move tool. Once this is done, a hovering item entity appears showing the result of the recipe, and punching it completes the recipe (converting the hovering item into living blocks).
  • For living crafters but not crafting tables, other living blocks nearby will automatically start to position themselves to complete the recipe. Once all are positioned correctly, the recipe will be completed automatically as well. Recipes can still be done manually as with crafting tables.

General

• The offhand keybind has been removed.
• Using pick block on a block in Creative mode will clone the block toward the player.

Recipe unlocking

• All recipe unlocks that previously required an inventory update have changed and now require summoning a living block of the same item.
  • Note that adding items to the inventory, creative mode, or using /item for example, does not unlock recipes.
  • Many generations of living blocks are counted, summon by the player.
• The chest recipe is unlocked by summoning a plank. Previously, it was unlocked by having ten slots occupied in the inventory.

Interactable blocks

Interactable blocks with menu has been modified to prevent access to the internal inventory. However, some of these blocks have replaced their interaction with block behavior such as living blocks.

• Furnace, blast furnace, smoker, barrel, chest, trapped chest, copper chests, crafter, and shulker boxes should have their interaction completely removed.
  • It is still possible, for example, to use honeycomb and axes on copper chests, as this behavior is controlled by the item and not the block.
• Anvils, beacon, brewing stand, cartography table, dispenser, dropper, enchanting table, grindstone, hopper, lectern, loom, smithing table, and stonecutter no longer open the menu.
  • It's still possible to interact by increasing specific stats, activating the advancement triggers, and moving the hand.
• The crafting tables menu must be changed; it now only shows the recipe book.
• When interacting with the ender chest, they are still trying to create a menu based on the player, but it fails to do so, making it seem as if there is no menu​^{[more information needed]}.
  • It is still possible to access players' ender chest slots by /item.

Chest

The blast resistance has changed to 6.0, previously it was 2.5.

• The trapped chest's blast resistance has remained at 2.5

• Using a boat now won't fail if the hitbox intersects with a block or entity, making it easier to place.
  • This is the behavior of using the item as a living block that was maintained for the normal item.
• Bows and fishing rods no longer have durability and can be stacked up to 64.

Stronghold

• Strongholds do not contain end portal frames
• Instead, the silverfish spawner is replaced with one that spawns living end portal frames
  • The spawner functions until it contains living 12 End portal frames around it. However, it is possible to move the End portal frames far away or place them in a container, causing the spawner to continue functioning.

/give

• Now spawns living blocks instead of putting items in the player's inventory.

/loot

• /loot spawn ... spawns living blocks instead of items.
• /loot give ..., /loot insert ..., and /loot replace ... keep adding items to the inventory.
  • Block containers can still receive items even if they can't be accessed via the menu, with /loot insert ... and /loot replace block .... It's still possible to access them by breaking them, using commands, etc.
  • Living container blocks cannot receive items with /loot replace entity ... and with no other /loot command, because the container does not belong to the entity in itself and if it belongs to the item.

Loot tables

• Now, instead of the loot tables controlling the drop of items, it controls the "drop" of living blocks.
  • If a dropped living block is of the same block type as the broken block, it copies the block state of the broken block.
• Many loot tables have been modified:
  • Leaf litters, it doesn't drop anything.
  • All slabs, pink petals, sculk vein, sea pickle, wildflowers, composter, all candles, resin clump, and glow lichen, which previously could drop multiple items in certain states, now only drop a single living block of themselves. Sculk vein only drop with Silk Touch, glow lichen only drops with shears, all the rest have no additional conditions on the loot table.
    • Note that when breaking a block with 4 candles, for example, only one living candle block is dropped. However, this block has the block state of 4 candles. If the old loot table were maintained, 4 living blocks with 4 candles would be dropped.
• Some loot tables now ignore the item count, for example minecraft:carve/pumpkin, which when interacting with shears on a pumpkin only generates one living block of pumpkin seed and not 4.
  • If minecraft:carve/pumpkin is modified to produce more than one item entry, carving a pumpkin will result in one item from each entry, regardless of the count of each entry.
  • Using the command /loot give @s loot minecraft:carve/pumpkin, for example, still works normally. The items are added to the inventory (and not as living blocks) and with the correct count.
• Added loot tables for the new blocks (iron trap and copper trap), in which they are looted themselves as living blocks, without any additional conditions.

Item

• Completely removed and replaced with living blocks.

Advancements

• Removed all vanilla advancements.
  • Not including recipe unlock advancements.

Splashes

• Removed all regular splashes.

26w14a is not supported due to being an April Fools' joke, and therefore issues affecting it get closed as "Invalid" in the issue tracker.

• Loading any saved hotbar in creative mode will most likely crash the game with the error message java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 8 out of bounds for length 8 due to the removal of the 9th hotbar slot.
  • It occasionally works, restarting Minecraft and reentering the world may show the new hotbar contents.
  • Saved hotbars are also shown incorrectly in their tab in the creative inventory — for each row with data, the 9th item is missing, causing all of the rows below to be shifted. Empty rows still correctly take up 9 slots.
• Summoning a living block of air or other block with no model crashes the game when attempting to animate it.
• If holding wool blocks and jumping, then killing the wool blocks (for example being blown up by a creeper), the player will retain the slow falling and higher jump effect, but take normal fall damage upon landing.

• This is the first and only version to use the YYwWWn snapshot naming format since 25w46a.
  • This is the second April Fools' Day jokes version to regularly use the YYwWWn snapshot naming format (i.e., with n as a single letter). The first was 15w14a.
  • Since 2020 (20w14∞), all versions of April Fools' Day jokes version have used this format.
• Since 2019 (3D Shareware v1.34), all April Fools' Day jokes version have either added a new dimension or featured a change to the hotbar. This was the third release to have a change to the hotbar, after 3D Shareware v1.34 and 22w13oneBlockAtATime.
• This version was released on the same day as 26.1.1.
• In the official trailer, the player seems to have nine inventory slots, one empty, but in the final version there are only eight.
  • There also seems to be a pre-release texture of the Punch item.
• The ninth inventory slot can still be selected using external editors or using pick block on a mob to get their spawn egg.
  • The selected slot border will display off to the right, but the slot itself remains invisible (both the background and the held item).
  • In creative mode, other items can be moved into this slot and will function normally.
• There seems to be unused item textures for signalling_arrow and attack_signalling_arrow.
• The main menu panorama textures are not quite in the usual location: instead of assets\minecraft\textures\gui\title\background, they are one layer deeper in assets\minecraft\textures\gui\title\background\af. af likely stands for "April Fools".
• The random toggling behavior of living levers is called AnnoyingClickClackBehavior in the code.
• The iron and copper traps are a reference to the Cage Trap in the mod SecurityCraft. The developer of the mod, bl4ckscor3, eventually joined Mojang Studios.^[5]

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v t e April Fools' Day jokes
Non-update jokes	Mars Effect (2012) Villager Skins (2014) Mine & Craft (2017) "Texture Update" (2018) Minecraft Plus! (2021) Mob Animator (2025)
Beta 1.4 (2011) Blocks Locked chest Other Minecraft store
Minecraft 2.0 (2013) Blocks Block of Coal Torch (Burnt-out) Etho Slab Tinted Glass Mobs Diamond Chicken Horse Pony Pink Wither Redstone Bug Entities Pink Wither Skull
15w14a (2015) Items Obsidian Boat Potion of Caring Splash Potion of Sharing Splash Mobs Love Golem Pink Wither Smiling Creeper Entities Obsidian Boat Pink Wither Skull Effects Caring Sharing
1.RV-Pre1 (2016) Blocks USB Charger Block Items Ankle Monitor Reality Vision Smarter Watch
3D Shareware v1.34 (2019) Items 3D Blue Key Red Key Yellow Key Mobs Nerd Creeper World generation Structures Bonus barrel
20w14∞ (2020) Blocks Box of Infinite Books Funky Portal An Ant Cursor Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Items A Very Fine Item Footprint World generation Dimension Generated dimensions Easter egg dimensions ant basic blacklight blue brand bridges busy checkerboard chess colors content credits custom darkness decay fleet gallery green holes isolation library llama message missing notes nothing origin patterns perfection pillars red retro rooms shapes skygrid slime spiral sponge terminal this_is_a_very_long_phrase_that_hopefully_is_not_in_any_dictionary tunnels wall zones Structures 9x9.nbt Bridge command.com.nbt content.nbt desire.nbt Funky Portal house_of_bob.nbt library.nbt llama.nbt Biomes _generated:id Between Biome For Player With No Time For Nonsense Shapes Commands /debugdim /warp
22w13oneBlockAtATime (2022) Blocks How did we get here?
23w13a_or_b (2023) Blocks Cheese Copper Sink Copper Spleaves Golden Chest Other Portal Packed Air Pickaxe Block Place Block Items Air Bit Bottle of Entity Splash Bottle of Void La Baguette Le Tricolore Longer String minecraft:dupe_hack Moon Cow Spawn Egg New Thing Banner Pattern Potion of Big Splash Lingering Arrow Potion of Small Splash Lingering Arrow Tag Name String End Unused Byte Short Int Long Float Double Compound List Left Square Right Square Left Curly Right Curly Sssyntax Error Mobs Moon Cow Ray Tracing Entities Stencil Display Effects Big Small World generation Dimension The Moon Structures Lunar Base Other Portal Biomes The Moon Commands /transform /vote
24w14potato (2024) Blocks Baked Potato Bricks Slab Wall Stairs Charred Slab Wall Stairs Expired Slab Wall Stairs Big Brain Block of Amber Block of Potato Peels Corrupted Floatater Floatato Frying Table Gravtater Pedestal Peelgrass Block Corrupted Poison Farmland Poison Path Poisonous Mashed Potato Poisonous Potato Block Compressed Double Compressed Triple Compressed Quadruple Compressed Poisonous Potato Cutter Poisonous Potato Head Block Poisonous Potato Headpiece Poisonous Potato Ore Deepslate Potato Battery Potato Bud Potato flower Potato Fruit Potato Leaves Potato Pedicule Potato Portal Potato Refinery Potato Sprouts Potato Stem Planks Slab Stairs Door Trapdoor Button Pressure Plate Sign Hanging Sign Fence Fence Gate Potone Copper Ore Diamond Ore Gold Ore Iron Ore Lapis Lazuli Ore Redstone Ore Resin Ore Powerful Potato Strong Roots Taterstone Terre de Pomme Vicious Potato Weak Roots Items Amber Gem Batato Spawn Egg Golden Poisonous Potato Enchanted Dent Hash Browns Hot potato Lashing Potato Mega Spud Spawn Egg Plaguewhale Slab Spawn Egg Poisonous Polytra Poisonous Pota-Toes Poisonous Potato Chestplate Poisonous Potato Chips Poisonous Potato Fries Poisonous Potato Plant Poisonous Potato Slices Poisonous Potato Sticks Poisonous Potato Zombie Spawn Egg Poisonous Potato Hammer Potato Eye Potato of Knowledge Potion of Sticky Splash Lingering Arrow Potato Oil Poisonous Potato Oil (Potion) Splash Lingering Arrow Poisonous Potato Oil (Potion) Splash Lingering Arrow Potato Peeler Potato Peels Corrupted Potatiesh, Greatstaff of the Peasant Toxic Beam Toxic Resin Toxifin Slab Spawn Egg Venomous Potato Mobs Batato Mega Spud Plaguewhale Slab Poisonous Potato Zombie Potato mob category Toxifin Slab Effects It's very slippery Sticky Enchantments Potatofication World generation Dimension Potato Structures Colosseum Potato Mineshaft Potato Village Ruined Portatol Features Hash Well Potato Geode Potato Tree Biomes Arboretum Corruption Fields Hash Wasteland Rarities Potato Fonts Potatis Add-Ons Poisonous Potato Add-On
25w14craftmine (2025) Blocks Dimension Control Mine Travelling Block Mine Revisitor Mine Crafter Mob Trophy Shimmering Door Sky Trophy Items Displacement Wand Eye of Exit Fire Wand Grave Mine Mine Ingredient Music Disc And Action! Shazboots! Shimmering Key Sky Box Wind Wand Mobs Angry Ghast Pet Armadillo Pet Axolotl Pet Bee Pet Cat Pet Chicken Pet Cow Pet Creeper Pet Fox Pet Frog Pet Mooshroom Pet Polar Bear Pet Slime Pet Turtle Pet Wolf Spectator Villager Spectator Witch Traitor Warden (boss) Effects Shazboots! World generation Biomes Hub Mine Special Mine Start Platform Mine Exit
26w14a (2026) Blocks Copper Trap Iron Trap Items Punch Follow Me Move Attack / Mine Craft Build Group / Ungroup Highlight Entities Living Block Crafting Grid Hovering Item Living Block Command

v t e Minecraft: Java Edition versions
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Pre-Classic (2009) Version history Guide Cave Game Cave game tech test (dev) rd-132211 rd-132328 Minecraft: Order of the Stone rd-20090515 Minecraft rd-160052 rd-161348
Classic (2009) Version history Guide Private alpha mc-161607† mc-161616† mc-161625† mc-161648† 0.0.2a† 0.0.3a† 0.0.9a† 0.0.10a† Early Classic 0.0.11a† 0.0.12a† (dev) _01† _02† _03* 0.0.13a (dev) _03 0.0.14a† (dev) _01† _03† _04*† _05*† _06† _07† _08 Multiplayer Test 0.0.15a Multiplayer Test 1 (dev) 2† 3† 4† 5† 6† 7† 8† _01† _02† _03† 0.0.16a† _01† _02*** 0.0.17a 0.0.18a† _01† _02 0.0.19a† (dev) _01† _02† _03† _04 _05† _06* 0.0.20a† _01 _02 0.0.21a* _01† 0.0.22a*† _01† _02† _03† _04† _05 0.0.23a† _01 HP Survival Test 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST† (dev) _01† _02*† _03 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST† #2† #3† #4† _05 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST† (dev) 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST 0.30 (Survival)* Late Classic Creative 0.28† (dev) _01 0.29 _01 _02 0.30 (Creative)* Server 1.0† 1.1† 1.2 1.3 1.4* 1.4.1 1.5† 1.6 1.7† 1.8† 1.8.1† 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.9 1.9.1 1.10 1.10.1
Indev (2009–2010) Version history Guide 0.31 December 2009 23-0040† (dev) 23-1457† 23-1459 31-1856† 31-2004† 31-2013† 31-2033† 31-2147† 31-2255 January 2010 04-2154† 04-2258 06-1655† 06-2158† 06-2220† 07-1851† 07-1947† 07-2010† 09-1939† 09-2000† 10 11-2207† 11-2210† 12-0826† 12-1949† 13-2015†‡ 13-2244† 14† 22-1708† 22-2251† 24-2119† 24-2134† 24-2310 25 28-2200† 28-2304 29-1447† 29-1452 29-2129† 29-2134† 29-2138† 29-2158† 29-2209† 29-2332† 30 31-2156**† 31-2241† 31-2244 February 2010 01-0025 01-0038† 01-2227 02*** 04-1541† 04-2027† 04-2153† 05-1558† 05-2241† 06 (14:37)† Minecraft Indev 06-2034† 06-2103 07-1057† 07-1101 07-1647† 07-1703 11-2327† 11-2333† 11-2340† 12-1210 12-1622 13 14 18-0011† 18-0016 19 23
Infdev (2010) Version history Guide Minecraft Infdev Phase 1 227-1414† (dev) 227-1433 313 316 320 321 325-1545† 325-1640 Phase 2 327 330-1203† 330-1611 413-1951† 413-1953 414 415 420 Phase 3 607 608 611 615 616-1808 616-2210† 617-1205 617-1531 SF1 618 624 625-0922 SF2 625-1917 627 Alpha 629 630-1340 630-1835
Alpha (2010) Version history Development versions v1.0 (Guide) SF3 v1.0.1† _01 v1.0.2† _01 _02 v1.0.3 SF4 v1.0.4 v1.0.5* _01 SF5 v1.0.6 _01 _02† _03 v1.0.7 v1.0.8† _01 v1.0.9 v1.0.10 SF6 v1.0.11 v1.0.12 v1.0.13 _01‡ SF7 v1.0.14* v1.0.15 v1.0.16 _01 02 SF8 v1.0.17† _01† 02 03 04 v1.1 (Guide) SF9 v1.1.0** SS1 v1.1.1 v1.1.2 _01 Halloween Update (Guide) v1.2.0* preview v1.2.0_01 _02 v1.2.1† _01 v1.2.2*‡ v1.2.3 _01* 02 04 05 v1.2.4 _01 v1.2.5 v1.2.6 Server 0.1.0 0.1.1* 0.1.2* _01 0.1.3 0.1.4 0.2.0 _01 0.2.1 0.2.2 _01 0.2.3 0.2.4 0.2.5* _01 02 0.2.6 _01 02 0.2.7 0.2.8
Beta (2010–2011) Version history Development versions 1.0 (Guide) 1.0 1.0_01 1.0.2* 1.1 (Guide) 1.1* 1.1_01 1.1_02 1.2 (Guide) 1.2 1.2_01 1.2_02 20110517 1.3 (Guide) 1.3** 1.3_01 Demo 1.4 (Guide) 1.4* (dev) 1.4_01 1.5 (Guide) 1.5 (dev) 1.5_01 1.5_02 1.6 (Guide) 1.6 preview Test Build 3 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.7 (Guide) 1.7 preview 1.7_01 1.7.2 1.7.3 Adventure Update: Part I (Guide) 1.8 PAX Prime preview pre* pre2* 1.8.1
Full Release (1.0–1.9) (2011–2016) Version history Development versions Adventure Update: Part II (Guide) 1.0.0‡ pre pre2 Beta 2 pre3* pre4** pre5 pre6 RC1 RC2** 1.0.1 1.1 (Guide) 1.1 11w47a 11w48a 11w49a 11w50a 12w01a 1.2 (Guide) 1.2.1 12w03a 12w04a 12w05a* 12w05b 12w06a 12w07a 12w07b 12w08a 1.2 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.3 (Guide) 1.3.1 12w15a 12w16a 12w17a 12w18a 12w19a 12w21a 12w21b 12w22a 12w23a 12w23b 12w24a 12w25a 12w26a 12w27a 12w30a 12w30b 12w30c 12w30d 12w30e 1.3 1.3.2 Pretty Scary Update (Guide) 1.4.2 12w32a 12w34a 12w34b 12w36a 12w37a 12w38a 12w38b 12w39a 12w39b 12w40a 12w40b 12w41a 12w41b 12w42a 12w42b 1.4 1.4.1* 1.4.4 1.4.3 1.4.5 pre 1.4.6 12w49a 12w50a 12w50b pre* 1.4.7 Redstone Update (Guide) 1.5 13w01a 13w01b 13w02a* 13w02b 13w03a** 13w04a* 13w05a* 13w05b 13w06a* 13w07a 13w09a 13w09b 13w09c 13w10a 13w10b pre 1.5.1 13w11a 13w12~* pre 1.5.2 pre Horse Update (Guide) 1.6.1 13w16a*** 13w16b** 13w17a 13w18a 13w18b 13w18c 13w19a 13w21a 13w21b 13w22a* 13w23a 13w23b* 13w24a 13w24b 13w25a 13w25b 13w25c 13w26a 1.6* 1.6.2* pre** 1.6.4 1.6.3* The Update that Changed the World (Guide) 1.7.2 13w36a* 13w36b** 13w37a 13w37b 13w38a 13w38b 13w38c* 13w39a 13w39b 13w41a 13w41b* 13w42a 13w42b 13w43a 1.7* 1.7.1 1.7.4 13w47a 13w47b 13w47c 13w47d 13w47e 13w48a 13w48b 13w49a 1.7.3 pre 1.7.5 -wip 1.7.6 pre1 pre2 1.7.7* 1.7.8 1.7.9 1.7.10 pre1 pre2* pre3 pre4 Bountiful Update (Guide) 1.8 14w02a 14w02b 14w02c 14w03a 14w03b 14w04a* 14w04b* 14w05a 14w05b 14w06a 14w06b 14w07a 14w08a 14w10a 14w10b 14w10c* 14w11a 14w11b* 14w17a 14w18a 14w18b 14w19a 14w20a 14w20b 14w21a 14w21b 14w25a 14w25b 14w26a 14w26b 14w26c 14w27a 14w27b* 14w28a 14w28b 14w29a 14w29b 14w30a 14w30b 14w30c 14w31a 14w32a 14w32b 14w32c 14w32d 14w33a 14w33b 14w33c 14w34a 14w34b 14w34c* 14w34d pre1 pre2 pre3 1.8.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 1.8.2 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.8.7 1.8.8 1.8.9 Combat Update (Guide) 1.9 15w31a 15w31b 15w31c 15w32a 15w32b 15w32c 15w33a 15w33b 15w33c 15w34a 15w34b 15w34c 15w34d 15w35a 15w35b 15w35c 15w35d 15w35e 15w36a 15w36b 15w36c 15w36d 15w37a 15w38a 15w38b 15w39a 15w39b 15w39c 15w40a 15w40b 15w41a 15w41b 15w42a 15w43a 15w43b 15w43c 15w44a 15w44b 15w45a 15w46a 15w47a 15w47b 15w47c 15w49a 15w49b 15w50a 15w51a 15w51b 16w02a 16w03a 16w04a 16w05a 16w05b 16w06a 16w07a 16w07b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 1.9.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 1.9.2 1.9.3 16w14a 16w15a 16w15b pre1 pre2 pre3 1.9.4
Full Release (1.10–1.19) (2016–2023) Version history Development versions Frostburn Update (Guide) 1.10 16w20a 16w21a 16w21b pre1 pre2 1.10.1 1.10.2 Exploration Update (Guide) 1.11 16w32a 16w32b 16w33a 16w35a 16w36a 16w38a 16w39a 16w39b 16w39c 16w40a 16w41a 16w42a 16w43a 16w44a pre1 1.11.1 pre 16w50a 1.11.2 World of Color Update (Guide) 1.12 17w06a 17w13a* 17w13b 17w14a 17w15a 17w16a 17w16b 17w17a 17w17b 17w18a* 17w18b pre1 pre2 pre3* pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.12.1 17w31a pre1 1.12.2 pre1 pre2 Update Aquatic (Guide) 1.13 17w43a 17w43b 17w45a 17w45b 17w46a 17w47a 17w47b 17w48a 17w49a 17w49b 17w50a 18w01a 18w02a 18w03a 18w03b 18w05a 18w06a 18w07a 18w07b 18w07c 18w08a 18w08b 18w09a 18w10a 18w10b 18w10c 18w10d 18w11a 18w14a 18w14b 18w15a 18w16a 18w19a 18w19b 18w20a 18w20b 18w20c 18w21a 18w21b 18w22a 18w22b 18w22c pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 pre9 pre10 1.13.1 18w30a 18w30b 18w31a 18w32a 18w33a pre1 pre2 1.13.2 pre1 pre2 Village & Pillage & Texture Update (Guide) 1.14 18w43a 18w43b 18w43c 18w44a 18w45a 18w46a 18w47a 18w47b 18w48a 18w48b 18w49a 18w50a 19w02a 19w03a 19w03b 19w03c 19w04a 19w04b 19w05a 19w06a 19w07a 19w08a 19w08b 19w09a 19w11a 19w11b 19w12a 19w12b 19w13a 19w13b* 19w14a 19w14b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 1.14.1 pre1 pre2 1.14.2 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4* 1.14.3 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 1.14.4 pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 Buzzy Bees (Guide) 1.15 19w34a 19w35a 19w36a 19w37a 19w38a 19w38b 19w39a 19w40a 19w41a 19w42a 19w44a 19w45a 19w45b 19w46a 19w46b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 1.15.1 pre1 1.15.2 pre1 pre2 Nether Update (Guide) 1.16* 20w06a 20w07a 20w08a 20w09a 20w10a 20w11a 20w12a 20w13a 20w13b 20w14a 20w15a 20w16a 20w17a 20w18a 20w19a 20w20a 20w20b 20w21a 20w22a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 rc1 1.16.1 1.16.2 20w27a 20w28a 20w29a 20w30a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 1.16.3 rc1 1.16.4 pre1 pre2 rc1 1.16.5 pre1 rc1 Caves & Cliffs: Part I (Guide) 1.17 20w45a 20w46a 20w48a 20w49a 20w51a 21w03a 21w05a 21w05b 21w06a 21w07a 21w08a 21w08b 21w10a 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 21w16a 21w17a 21w18a 21w19a 21w20a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.17.1 pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 Caves & Cliffs: Part II (Guide) 1.18 Experimental 1 2 3 4 5 6 gameplay-tweaks 7 21w37a 21w38a 21w39a 21w40a 21w41a 21w42a 21w43a 21w44a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 pre8 rc1 rc2 rc3 rc4 1.18.1 pre1 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.18.2 22w03a 22w05a 22w06a 22w07a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 The Wild Update (Guide) 1.19 Experimental 1 22w11a 22w12a 22w13a 22w14a 22w15a 22w16a 22w16b 22w17a 22w18a 22w19a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.19.1 22w24a pre1 rc1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 rc2 rc3 1.19.2 rc1 rc2 1.19.3 22w42a 22w43a 22w44a 22w45a 22w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.19.4 23w03a 23w04a 23w05a 23w06a 23w07a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 rc3
Full Release (1.20–1.21) (2023–2025) Version history Development versions Trails & Tales (Guide) 1.20 23w12a 23w13a 23w14a 23w16a 23w17a 23w18a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 pre6 pre7 rc1 1.20.1 rc1 1.20.2 23w31a 23w32a 23w33a 23w35a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 Bats and Pots (Guide) 1.20.3 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.20.4 rc1 Armored Paws (Guide) 1.20.5 23w51a 23w51b 24w03a 24w03b 24w04a 24w05a 24w05b 24w06a 24w07a 24w09a 24w10a 24w11a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 rc2 rc3 1.20.6 rc1 Tricky Trials (Guide) 1.21 24w18a 24w19a 24w19b 24w20a 24w21a 24w21b pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.1 rc1 Bundles of Bravery (Guide) 1.21.2 24w33a 24w34a 24w35a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a 24w39a 24w40a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 pre5 rc1 rc2 1.21.3 The Garden Awakens (Guide) 1.21.4 24w44a 24w45a 24w46a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 rc3 Spring to Life (Guide) 1.21.5 25w02a 25w03a 25w04a 25w05a 25w06a 25w07a 25w08a 25w09a 25w09b 25w10a pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 Chase the Skies (Guide) 1.21.6 25w15a 25w16a 25w17a 25w18a 25w19a 25w20a 25w21a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.7 rc1 rc2 1.21.8 rc1 The Copper Age (Guide) 1.21.9 25w31a 25w32a 25w33a 25w34a 25w34b 25w35a 25w36a 25w36b 25w37a pre1 pre2 pre3 pre4 rc1 1.21.10 rc1 Mounts of Mayhem (Guide) 1.21.11‡ 25w41a 25w42a 25w43a 25w44a 25w45a‡ 25w46a‡ pre1‡ pre2‡ pre3‡ pre4‡ pre5‡ rc1‡ rc2‡ rc3‡ Full Release (2026–present) Version history Development versions Tiny Takeover (Guide) 26.1 snap1 snap2 snap3 snap4 snap5 snap6 snap7 snap8 snap9 snap10 snap11 pre1 pre2 pre3 rc1 rc2 rc3 26.1.1 rc1 26.1.2 rc1 Chaos Cubed (Guide) 26.2 snap1 snap2 snap3 snap4 snap5 * indicates a reupload | † indicates a lost version | ‡ indicates a version with a variant