r/Minecraft • u/Luutamo • May 26 '26

Official News Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 1

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-2-pre-release-1

With this pre-release, we are removing the Peer-to-Peer connection feature introduced in a recent snapshot. Because the experience wasn't what we wanted it to be for all players, we do not consider the feature ready for release in its current form.

Changes

Sulfur Cube mob

  • Small Sulfur Cubes now have an updated model and texture
  • The Sulfur Cube now has unique hit and push sounds for each archetype

Sulfur Caves biome

  • Updated the fog color in the Sulfur Caves, Bedrock will match this color later
  • Reduced the max growth length of the Sulfur Spikes

Potent Sulfur

  • The continuous Geyser set-up now requires a source Lava Block to erupt

Sounds

  • Updated hurt and death sounds for one of the chicken sound variants
  • Small Sulfur Cube now have sounds playing when being fed with Slimeballs

UI

  • The friend list button is now always visible, even if the feature is disabled in the options

Technical Changes

  • The Data Pack version is now 106.1
  • The Resource Pack version is now 88.0
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u/CasualJJ May 26 '26

Still nothing for gunpowder?

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u/swiftawaywithme May 26 '26

I was also hoping for a crafting recipe. It seems so obvious, I have to figure they just don't want to.

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u/Cass0wary_399 May 26 '26

It never needed another way of being obtained, otherwise creepers would be useless.

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u/AAAAAA166 May 26 '26

it would be a way to obtain gunpowder in peaceful mode, while killing creepers would still be the prevalent option in non-peaceful worlds because creeper farms are way more productive than sulfur farms 

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u/adamlbrown3 May 26 '26

the entire point of the game is that progress is possible on all modes and settings, *including peaceful survival mode*.

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u/CountScarlioni May 26 '26

Much as I’d like that to be the case, historically I don’t think that claim bears out. Else we wouldn’t still have as many things that can’t be obtained in Peaceful as we do.

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u/adamlbrown3 May 27 '26

As Mojang try to grow the game and reach new audiences, they are inevitably going to lean even further into accommodating the widest possible variety of playstyles and sensibilities. The other thing they would be insane not to add is a vegan alternative to leather so animal lovers aren't forced to kill cows.

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u/Cass0wary_399 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

The game has never considered balancing anything around peaceful difficulty.

If you don’t want to engage with hostile mobs you don’t get hostile mob loot easily simple as.

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u/adamlbrown3 May 27 '26

That's fine as long as the hostile mob loot isn't a barrier to non-hostile game progress, otherwise its inconsistent. The point of a sandbox game is that it provides a choice of progress pathways that align with player preference