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Java Edition 26.2, named Chaos Cubed, is an upcoming game drop for Java Edition. It is set to release on June 16, 2026.

Additions[]

Gameplay[]

• New background music tracks by fingerspit
  • Shores
  • Memories
  • Nightly
  • Home
  • Ebb

Blocks[]

• Cinnabar Block Set
  • A new reddish-hue colored blocks found in sulfur caves.
  • These include:
    • Cinnabar Stairs
    • Cinnabar Slab
    • Cinnabar Wall
    • Polished Cinnabar
      • Polished Cinnabar Stairs
      • Polished Cinnabar Slab
      • Polished Cinnabar Wall
    • Cinnabar Bricks
      • Cinnabar Brick Stairs
      • Cinnabar Brick Slab
      • Cinnabar Brick Wall
    • Chiseled Cinnabar
  • Like any stone-related blocks, it can only be mined with a pickaxe.
• Sulfur Block Set
  • A new sickly yellowish-colored blocks found in sulfur caves.
  • These include:
    • Sulfur Stairs
    • Sulfur Slab
    • Sulfur Wall
    • Polished Sulfur
      • Polished Sulfur Stairs
      • Polished Sulfur Slab
      • Polished Sulfur Wall
    • Sulfur Bricks
      • Sulfur Brick Stairs
      • Sulfur Brick Slab
      • Sulfur Brick Wall
    • Chiseled Sulfur
  • Like any stone-related blocks, it can only be mined with a pickaxe.
• Potent Sulfur
  • A new sulfur block variant that emits gas bubbles when placed on underwater.
  • Inflicts nausea when a player or mob gets close to or enters a sulfur pool.
  • Can be used to create geysers.
    • To create a geyser, the potent sulfur must be placed on top of a magma block and under 1-4 water-source blocks.
    • Can also trigger geysers when lava is placed underneath..
  • Like any stone-related blocks, it can only be mined with a pickaxe.
• Sulfur Spike
  • A new pointy and sharpy block that naturally generates in sulfur caves.
  • Like pointed dripstones:
    • Creates a stalactite when placed above the ceiling, and creates a stalagmite when placed on the ground.
    • Breaks instantly with a thrown trident.
  • Unlike pointed dripstones:
    • Does not increase fall damage when fallen on a stalagmite.
    • Does not drip liquid on a stalactite's tip when water or lava is placed on the block above where the spike is hanging from.
  • Can be used to craft sulfur blocks.

Items[]

• Sulfur Cube Spawn Egg
  • Can be used to spawn sulfur cubes.
  • Spawns in random size.
• Bucket of Sulfur Cube
  • Can be obtained by using a bucket on a sulfur cube.
  • Spawns sulfur cube when spawned.

Mobs[]

• Sulfur Cube
  • A new passive slime-like mob that mostly spawns in sulfur caves.
  • Like slimes and magma cubes, they split into two upon death.
    • However, smaller cubes can grow to larger versions.
  • Has 12 effects depending on the type of block absorbed:
    • Bouncy - makes it very bouncy
    • Explosive - explodes when ignited
    • Fast Flat - less bouncy, slides more often
    • Fast Sliding - unable to bounce, able to slide
    • High Resistance - unable to bounce, very hard to push
    • Light - lower gravity, makes it float
    • Slow Flat - higher gravity, makes it heavy
    • Slow Sliding - unable to bounce, slides slow.
    • Sticky - unable to bounce or slide
    • Slow Bouncy - can bounce, but very slow
    • Hot - makes players and mobs take damage when nearby, similar to walking in magma block
    • Regular - able to bounce and slide often
  • When a player drops or uses a block on a sulfur cube, the mob sucks the block up and turns into a bouncy cube.
    • Can be removed by using shears.

Biomes[]

• Sulfur Caves
  • A new underground biome that mainly consists of sulfur and cinnabar blocks.
  • Sulfur pools generate in this biome.
  • It is where sulfur cubes spawn naturally.

Structures[]

• Sulfur Spring
  • A new structure that generates on any overworld biomes above sulfur caves.
  • Consists of sulfur and potent sulfur, tuff, granite, water, and magma blocks.
  • Can trigger geysers overtime.

Advancements[]

• Uh Oh
  • Requires a sulfur cube absorbing a TNT block.

Changes[]

Gameplay[]

• Menu screen
  • Changed the panorama to reflect Chaos Cubed game drop.

Blocks[]

• TNT
  • Can now be absorbed by sulfur cubes, either by picking it up or interacting with it.
    • This gives an explosive effect when ignited.
• Stones
  • Can now be absorbed by sulfur cubes, either by picking it up or interacting with it.
    • This gives a new slow bouncy effect when hit.
• Magma Blocks
  • Can now be absorbed by sulfur cubes, either by picking it up or interacting with it.
    • This gives a new hot effect, damaging nearby players and mobs similar to walking on a regular magma block.