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The Third Drop 2026 (also referred to as Drop 3 of 2026‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) is an upcoming game drop that features dappled forests, abandoned camps, poplar wood set, and Wool slabs and stairs. It is set to release at some point within 2026. It was revealed in Minecraft Live - TwitchCon May 2026.

Additions[]

Blocks[]

• Poplar Sapling
  • Can be used to grow poplar trees.
• Poplar Wood set
  • A new desaturated, pale-brown colored wooden blocks that can be found in dappled forest.
  • These include:
    • Poplar Log
      • Stripped Poplar Log
    • Poplar Wood
      • Stripped Poplar Wood
    • Poplar Planks
      • Poplar Slab
      • Poplar Stairs
    • Poplar Door
      • Poplar Trapdoor
    • Poplar Fence
      • Poplar Fence Gate
    • Poplar Sign
      • Poplar Hanging Sign
    • Poplar Button
      • Poplar Pressure Plate
    • Poplar Shelf
  • Like most overworld wood sets:
    • Are flammable
      • Catches fire from lava
    • Gives a bouncy effect when a sulfur cube sucks up the block (except slabs, stairs, doors, trapdoors, fences, fence gates, buttons, pressure plates, signs, hanging signs, and shelves)
    • Can be used to craft:
      • Wooden tools
      • Planks
        • Wooden slabs
        • Wooden stairs
      • Wooden doors
        • Wooden trapdoors
      • Fences
        • Fence gates
      • Signs
        • Hanging signs
      • Wooden buttons
        • Wooden pressure plates
      • Shelves
      • Boats
        • Boats with Chest
      • Crafting tables
        • Cartography tables
        • Fletching tables
        • Smithing tables
      • Bookshelves
        • Chiseled bookshelves
      • Sticks
      • Beds
      • Chests
      • Jukeboxes
      • Note blocks
      • Loom
      • Barrels
      • Beehives
      • Composters
      • Bowls
      • Shields
    • Can be used as a fuel for smelting in the furnace
• Poplar Leaves
  • Generates as part of poplar tree.
  • Comes in red, orange, and yellow colors.
• Red Shrub
  • Generates as part of dappled forest.
  • Like bushes and firefly bushes, they are not biome-tinted.
• Shelf Mushroom
  • Can be found in the sides of any log blocks.
  • Are bouncy.
• Wool Slab
  • Comes in 16 colors similar to sheep.
  • Can be crafted with 3 matching wool color.
    • Can produce 6 of them.
• Wool Stairs
  • Generates as part of abandoned camps.
  • Comes in 16 colors, similar to sheep.
  • Can be crafted with 6 matching wool color.
    • Can produce 4 of them.
• Straw Bed
  • A new bed variant that lets players sleep, but doesn't set their respawn point.
  • Can be crafted with 3 hay bales.
    • Can produce 4 of them.
  • Unlike beds:
    • One-time use, meaning it will break once used.
    • Does not trigger an explosion when attempting to use in the Nether or The End.

Non-mob entities[]

• Poplar Boat
  • Can be crafted with 5 poplar planks.
• Poplar Boat with Chest
  • Can be crafted with a chest and poplar boat.
• Cushion
  • Generates as part of abandoned camps.
  • Can be ridden on similar to minecart.
  • Comes in 16 colors, similar to sheep.
  • Can be crafted with 3 matching wool slabs.

Biomes[]

• Dappled Forest
  • A new orange-tinted cold forest biome that mainly consists of poplar wood.
  • Poplar trees and abandoned camps generate in this biome.
  • Farm animals and foxes can spawn here.

Structures[]

• Poplar trees
  • Generates as part of dappled forest.
  • Made of poplar logs and poplar leaves.
• Abandoned Camp
  • A new structure that mainly consists of wool stairs, fences, and various blocks.
  • Generates in the following overworld biomes:
    • Dappled Forest
    • Swamp
    • Old Growth Pine Taiga
    • Cherry Grove
    • Plains