Minecraft Bedrock Edition 26.30 Released

26.30 is the first official release of Chaos Cube and a minor update for the Bedrock Edition, released on June 16, 2026[1][2]. This update introduces Sulfur Caves, Sulfur, Cinnabar, and Sulfur-Cube monsters, along with several bug fixes.

New Content

Blocks

Cinnabar

Generates naturally in the Sulfur Cave biome.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Sulfur

Generates naturally in the Sulfur Cave biome.
Can be crafted using 4 Sulfur Spikes.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Polished Cinnabar

Can be crafted using 4 Cinnabar.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Polished Sulfur

Can be crafted using 4 Sulfur.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Cinnabar Bricks

Can be crafted using 4 Polished Cinnabar.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Sulfur Bricks

Can be crafted using 4 Polished Sulfur.
Can be used to craft corresponding slabs, stairs, and walls.

Chiseled Cinnabar

Can be crafted using 2 Cinnabar slabs, or made from Cinnabar in a Stonecutter.

Chiseled Sulfur

Can be crafted using 2 Sulfur slabs, or made from Sulfur in a Stonecutter.

Volatile Sulfur

Generates naturally in the Sulfur Cave biome.
Can be crafted using 9 Sulfur.
Generates upward-moving bubbles in water source blocks up to 4 blocks above it; yellow smoke particles are generated when the bubbles reach the surface.
- Mobs touching this water surface will receive the Nausea effect.
When placed beneath a water source, waterlogged scaffolding, or waterlogged blocks without collision volume that are 1-4 blocks high, and with air or a block without collision volume 1 block above the water, a geyser will form on the water surface. When the geyser erupts, it acts like a bubble column, pushing entities above it upward.
- When placed on top of Magma Blocks, the geyser erupts periodically; the duration of eruption and dormancy is determined by the block's position.
- When placed on top of Lava, the geyser erupts continuously, but the sound is slightly quieter than when placed on Magma Blocks.

Sulfur Spike

A block similar to Pointed Dripstone.
Generates naturally on Sulfur in the Sulfur Cave biome.
Forms a stalactite when placed on the bottom surface of a block, and a stalagmite when placed on the top surface.
Under specific conditions, if a stalactite has Sulfur above it, it will grow slowly and cause a stalagmite to grow slowly on the block below.
Adjacent stalagmite tips and stalactite tips will connect to form a stone column, unless placed while sneaking.
Stalagmite forms are destroyed if there is no supporting block beneath them.
Unlike Pointed Dripstone, falling onto the tip of a stalagmite does not increase fall damage.
Stalactite forms become falling blocks if there is no supporting block above them.
Falling stalactites deal significant damage to entities.
Stalactites do not drip water or lava like Pointed Dripstone.
Can be destroyed by being hit with a Trident.

Items

Music Disc

Added music disc "Bounce" by fingerspit.
- Can be found in transport minecarts in abandoned mineshafts located within Sulfur Caves.
- Rarity is "Uncommon".
- Outputs a redstone signal strength of 8 when used with a Redstone Comparator.

Sulfur-Cube Bucket

Obtained by using a Bucket on a medium-sized Sulfur-Cube.
Releases the Sulfur-Cube when used on a block.

Spawn Egg

Added Sulfur-Cube Spawn Egg.

Mobs

Sulfur-Cube

A slime-like mob that comes in small and medium sizes.
Generates naturally in the Sulfur Cave biome.
Small Sulfur-Cubes have 4 health points (), and medium Sulfur-Cubes have 8 health points ().
Small Sulfur-Cubes grow into medium Sulfur-Cubes after 20 minutes.
- Can be fed Slimeballs to accelerate growth and are attracted to them.
- Can also be fed Golden Dandelions to stop or resume growth.
Medium Sulfur-Cubes split into two small Sulfur-Cubes upon death.
Medium Sulfur-Cubes are attracted to specific blocks and can absorb them.
- Medium Sulfur-Cubes will follow players holding specific blocks.
  - Players can use the block on them to give it to them.
- Medium Sulfur-Cubes will approach and pick up specific blocks in item entity form.
- When holding or given a specific block, the Sulfur-Cube stops moving and displays the block inside its body.
- Sulfur-Cubes containing blocks are immune to most damage and will bounce when hit or collided with.
- Sulfur-Cubes containing different blocks have different properties.
- Players can use Shears to remove the block contained within a Sulfur-Cube.
Medium Sulfur-Cubes drop 1-2 experience points when killed by a player.

World Generation

Sulfur Cave

A new cave biome.
Contains large amounts of Sulfur and Cinnabar, with some water pools on the ground.
Volatile Sulfur generates at the bottom of water pools, creating yellow smoke.
Sulfur-Cubes and Cave Spiders generate here.

Gameplay

Achievements

Added 1 new achievement.
- "Uh oh." — Use a Sulfur block to absorb a TNT block. [sic] (10G)

Music

Added 5 new music tracks by fingerspit:
- "Ebb" plays in Lush Caves, Frozen Peaks, Jagged Peaks, and Sulfur Caves.
- "Home" plays in Bamboo Jungles, Cherry Groves, Frozen Peaks, Jungles, and Sparse Jungles.
- "Memories" plays in Badlands, Cherry Groves, Deserts, Flower Forests, and Forests.
- "Nightly" plays in Cherry Groves, Frozen Peaks, and Jagged Peaks.
- "Shores" plays in Lush Caves, Flower Forests, Forests, Snowy Slopes, Old Growth Pine Taigas, Old Growth Spruce Taigas, Swamps, and Sulfur Caves.
- All new tracks play in Survival mode (when in Overworld biomes without specified music) and on the main menu.

General

Death Messages

Added a death message for being killed by a Sulfur-Cube that has absorbed a Magma Block:
- "Player died because not just the floor is lava"

Formatting Codes

Added a new formatting code §w, used in-game for team chat.

Game Rules

Added the playerWaypoints game rule.
- Replaces the locatorBar game rule.
- Accepted values:
  - off: Players will not appear on the locator bar.
  - everyone: (Default) All players will appear on the locator bar.

Particles

Added noxious_gas_particle, sulfur_bubble_particle, and sulfur_cube_goo particles.

Settings

Added a "Panorama Scroll Speed" slider in Video settings.
- Controls the rotation speed of the panorama; default value is 100%.

Splash Text

Added "Music by fingerspit!" splash text.

World

Added cloud backup functionality for worlds on the Windows platform.

Changes

Blocks

Birch Saplings and Cherry Saplings

Now have a chance to carry a Bee Nest when growing into trees near Spore Blossoms and Chorus Flowers.

Mobs

Bees

Now collect pollen from Spore Blossoms and Chorus Flowers.
Now follow players holding Chorus Flowers or Spore Blossoms.
Now can be bred or accelerated in growth using Chorus Flowers or Spore Blossoms.

Bogged and Wither Skeletons

Now have a shooting interval of 3.5 seconds on Easy and Normal difficulties, and 2.5 seconds on Hard difficulty.
- Previously, the shooting interval was 3.5 seconds on all difficulties.

Nautilus

Changed the sound effects for collision and the end of the collision cooldown.

Skeletons and Strays

Now have a shooting interval of 3 seconds on Easy and Normal difficulties, and 2 seconds on Hard difficulty, to match the Java Edition.
- Previously, the shooting interval was 1-3 seconds, unaffected by game difficulty, and increased with distance from the target.

Strider

String drops are now affected by the Looting enchantment.
- The maximum drop count increases by 1 for each level of the enchantment.

Wandering Trader

Now sells Sulfur Spikes.

World Generation

The End

Added Boss fog while the Ender Dragon is alive.

Strongholds

Iron Doors and Stone Buttons now generate here.

Gameplay

Music

Changed the playback locations for the following music:
- "Below and Above", "Broken Clocks", "Fireflies", "Lilypad", and "O's Piano" no longer play on the main menu.

General

Chat

Team chat now appears in-world.

Creating and Editing Worlds

Replaced the "Locator Bar" option with "Player Waypoints".
- Options: "Off" or "Everyone".
  - "Off": Players will not appear on the locator bar.
  - "Everyone": (Default) All players will appear on the locator bar.

Credits

Updated the credits.

Dedicated Server

The allowlist is now enabled by default in server.properties; if enabled and empty, a warning will be displayed when the server starts.

Experimental Gameplay

Removed the "Update 2 of 2026", "Furnace Recipe Book", and "Experimental Custom Projectile Features" sub-options.

Game Rules

Removed the locatorBar game rule.
- Worlds previously setting locatorBar to true will automatically migrate to the new game rule playerWaypoints with a value of everyone, while false values will migrate to off.

Panorama

Updated the main menu panorama to fit Chaos Cube.

Settings

The "Hide Sky Flash" option now controls the sky flickering effect of lightning, matching the Java Edition.
Added Ore UI version of storage settings.

Recipe Book

Furnace, Blast Furnace, and Smoker recipe books are no longer experimental.
Updated the Furnace recipe book UI.

Graphics

Updated the fog JSON schema to allow keyframes for the following volumetric fog data. JSON must be set to 1.26.20 schema version to use this new feature:
- Max Density: Maximum fog density (0.0–1.0).
- Zero Density Height: Y-coordinate with maximum density.
- Max Density Height: Y-coordinate where density reaches 0.
- Scattering: RGB scattering coefficient (light reflection in fog).
- Absorption: RGB absorption coefficient (light absorbed by fog).
- Henyey Greenstein G: Scattering asymmetry parameter.

Technical

Add-on Packs

Enabled custom projectile functionality. This feature can now be used without enabling experimental gameplay.

AI Goals

The schema for minecraft:behavior.croak is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later. The floating-point fields interval and duration now only accept objects with min and max values. Other formats will fail to parse.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.emerge is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.fire_at_target is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later. The floating-point field attack_range now only accepts objects with min and max values. Other formats will fail to parse.
The schemas for the following goals are now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later:
- minecraft:behavior.restrict_open_door
- minecraft:behavior.restrict_sun
- minecraft:behavior.rise_to_liquid_level
The schemas for the following goals are now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later:
- minecraft:behavior.roll
- minecraft:behavior.run_around_like_crazy
- minecraft:behavior.scared
The schemas for the following goals are now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later:
- minecraft:behavior.stay_while_sitting
- minecraft:behavior.sneeze
- minecraft:behavior.trade_interest
The schemas for the following goals are now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later:
- minecraft:behavior.follow_caravan
- minecraft:behavior.share_items
- minecraft:behavior.target_when_pushed
The schemas for the following goals are now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later:
- minecraft:behavior.make_love
- minecraft:behavior.receive_love
- minecraft:behavior.skeleton_horse_trap
- minecraft:behavior.swell
The schema for minecraft:behavior.hurt_by_target is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.owner_hurt_by_target is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.owner_hurt_target is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.wither_target_highest_damage is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:wither_target_highest_damage is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.random_look_around is now more strictly parsed, and entity JSON containing invalid data will fail to load in 1.26.30 and later. The integer range field @@MCFUNKEEP