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Java Edition 26.3, named Wilderness Bound, is an upcoming game drop for Java Edition. It is set to release on September 15, 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.
• Concrete Slab
  • Comes in 16 colors similar to sheep.
  • Can be crafted with 3 matching concrete color.
    • Can produce 6 of them.
• Concrete Stairs
  • Comes in 16 colors, similar to sheep.
  • Can be crafted with 6 matching concrete color.
    • Can produce 4 of them.

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:
    • Bamboo Jungle
    • Birch Forest
    • Cherry Grove
    • Dappled Forest
    • Flower Forest
    • Forest
    • Meadow
    • Old Growth Birch Forest
    • Old Growth Pine Taiga
    • Old Growth Spruce Taiga
    • Pale Garden
    • Savanna
    • Snowy Taiga
    • Sparse Jungle
    • Swamp
    • Taiga
    • Windswept Forest
    • Wooded Badlands

Changes[]

Gameplay[]

• Menu screen
  • Changed the panorama to reflect Wilderness Bound.

Items[]

• Maps
  • Changed the texture.
  • Added 8 new abandoned campsite maps:
    • Bamboo Jungle
    • Cherry Grove
    • Birch Forest
    • Dappled Forest
    • Flower Forest
    • Pale Garden
    • Swamp
    • Windswept Forest
  • Added 4 new explorer maps:
    • Ancient City
    • Mineshaft
    • Desert Pyramid
    • Warm Ocean Ruins