Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 26.40 Released

26.40 is a minor Bedrock Edition update released on August 4, 2026[1][2]. This update adds some features from the third drop of 2026 to Experimental Gameplay and fixes several bugs.

New Features

General

Experimental Gameplay

Added the “Third Drop of 2026” sub-option.
- Used to enable features added in the third drop of 2026.

Loading Tips

Added 3 loading tips displayed while loading Realms.

Settings

Added storage settings for the Ore UI version.
Added a “Screen Distortion” slider to Accessibility settings.
- Used to control the intensity of screen distortion caused by the Nausea effect and entering a Nether portal. The default value is 100%.
Added a “VSync” option to Video settings on Xbox.
- Used to enable frame synchronization. Disabled by default.

Worlds

Added cloud backups for worlds on Windows.
Added cloud synchronization support for world data on Windows to ensure that world data is backed up and accessible across devices.

Changes

Blocks

Beds

Changed the item texture to match the appearance of its block form.

Material Reducer

Can now reduce Chiseled Cinnabar, Chiseled Sulfur, Cinnabar, Cinnabar Bricks, Polished Cinnabar, Polished Sulfur, Crude Sulfur, Sulfur, and Sulfur Bricks.

Sulfur Pointed Dripstone

Now has unique sounds.
Reduced the length to which stalactites can grow from 8 blocks to 3 blocks to match Java Edition.
Slightly changed the texture of the tips of upward-pointing stone columns.

Mobs

Chicken

Changed the hurt and death sounds of chicken variants.

Creaking

Creakings bound to a Creaking Heart no longer disappear after being in the same block as a player for more than 5 seconds.

Ender Dragon

While perching, now deflects arrows and tipped arrows that hit it. Previously, arrows and tipped arrows passed straight through the Ender Dragon.

Players

Arrows and tridents that hit players in Creative mode are now deflected. Previously, they passed straight through players.

Sulfur Cube

Changed the distance at which medium Sulfur Cubes are attracted to players holding block items or item entities containing blocks from 16 blocks to 8 blocks to match Java Edition.
Sulfur Cubes containing magma blocks no longer damage mobs wearing boots enchanted with Frost Walker.
Are no longer considered hostile mobs. As a result, they:
- No longer prevent nearby players from sleeping.
- No longer unlock the “Monster Hunter” achievement when killed by a player.
- Are no longer attacked by a fully framed Conduit.
Changed spawning rules:
- Can now spawn on the surface.
- Removed the light-level restriction.
Sulfur Cubes containing magma blocks now damage Sulfur Cubes that do not contain blocks.
Can no longer absorb Observers or Redstone Lamps.
Arrows and tipped arrows that hit Sulfur Cubes containing blocks are now deflected.

Turtle

Can now be leashed to balloons.

Non-Mob Entities

Boats and Chest Boats

Now lose 10 durability for every 1 () damage taken, rather than 1 durability.
- This makes the number of hits required to destroy them match Java Edition.
Now naturally recover durability to match Java Edition.

World Generation

Sulfur Caves

Changed the underwater fog color from
#5BC313 to
#17543C to match Java Edition.

Gameplay

Vibrant Visuals

Updated the Android devices that support Vibrant Visuals.

General

Music

Background music now stops when players approach a jukebox that is playing music.

Recipe Book

Changed the order of tabs and recipes in the Furnace recipe book.

Technical

Actor Components

The schemas for the following components are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:cannot_be_attacked
- minecraft:ignore_cannot_be_attacked
- minecraft:floats_in_liquid
- minecraft:wants_jockey

AI Components

The schemas for the following components are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:annotation.open_door
- minecraft:bucketable
- minecraft:hide
- minecraft:managed_wandering_trader
- minecraft:persistent
- minecraft:trade_resupply
The schemas for the following components are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:jump.dynamic
- minecraft:jump.static

AI Goals

The schemas for the following goals are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:behavior.leap_at_target
- minecraft:behavior.silverfish_merge_with_stone
- minecraft:behavior.silverfish_wake_up_friends
The schemas for the following goals are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:behavior.squid_dive
- minecraft:behavior.squid_flee
- minecraft:behavior.squid_idle
- minecraft:behavior.squid_move_away_from_ground
- minecraft:behavior.squid_out_of_water
The schema for minecraft:behavior.beg is now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later. The floating-point field look_time now only accepts objects with min andmax values.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.drink_potion is now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.float_wander is now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later. The floating-point field float_duration now only accepts objects with min andmax values.
The schema for minecraft:behavior.summon_entity is now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
The schemas for the following goals are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:behavior.nap
- minecraft:behavior.move_to_block
- minecraft:behavior.snacking
- minecraft:behavior.stalk_and_pounce_on_target
The schemas for the following goals are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:behavior.charge_held_item
- minecraft:behavior.eat_block
- minecraft:behavior.knockback_roar
- minecraft:behavior.ranged_attack
For version 1.26.40 and later, the actor goal minecraft:behavior.ranged_attack now uses attack_interval as its floating-point range instead of attack_interval_min andattack_interval_max.
The schemas for the following actor components are now stricter during parsing, and entity JSON containing invalid data will not load in version 1.26.40 and later.
- minecraft:on_death
- minecraft:on_friendly_anger
- minecraft:on_hurt_by_player
- minecraft:on_hurt
- minecraft:on_ignite
- minecraft:on_start_landing
- minecraft:on_start_takeoff
- minecraft:on_target_acquired
- minecraft:on_target_escape
- minecraft:on_wake_with_owner
Fixed a bug where the on_kill event in the following components was incorrectly mapped to the on_attack field, causing the event to never trigger when an entity killed its target. This fix applies to entity definitions with format version 1.26.40 or later.
- minecraft:behavior.melee_attack
- minecraft:behavior.melee_box_attack
- minecraft:behavior.delayed_attack
- minecraft:behavior.stomp_attack
- minecraft:behavior.use_kinetic_weapon

API

Released @minecraft/server version 2.9.0.
Added @minecraft/server version 2.10.0-beta.
Fixed an invulnerability-timer bypass that occurred when damage was changed in a hurt event before the damage was reduced below the source amount.
Moved nameplateDepthTested andnameplateRenderDistance from beta to version 2.8.0.
Moved the SoundInstance class from beta to version 1.2.0.
Moved SoundInstance.stop from beta to version 2.9.0.
Moved SoundInstance-returning Player.playSound from beta to version 1.2.0.
Moved SoundInstance-returning Dimension.playSound from beta to version 1.11.0.
Fixed an issue where Dimension.fillBlocks did not work when called with a block filter.
Moved the PlayerStartBreakingBlockAfterEvent class from beta to version 2.9.0.
Moved the PlayerStartBreakingBlockAfterEventSignal class from beta to version 2.9.0.
Moved the PlayerCancelBreakingBlockAfterEvent class from beta to version 2.9.0.
Moved the PlayerCancelBreakingBlockAfterEventSign class from beta to version 2.9.0.
Moved the PlayerBreakingBlockEventOptions interface from beta to version 2.9.0.
Renamed Dimension.findClosestBiome to Dimension.calculateClosestBiomeFromSeed and made it available from beta in script version 2.9.0.
Made BiomeSearchOptions available from beta in script version 2.9.0.
Fixed an issue where minecraft:hopper_minecart did not trigger EntityItemPickupAfterEvent andEntityItemPickupBeforeEvent for items in minecarts.
Released the 2.9.0 version in @minecraft/server, moving it from beta to stable.
DDUI
- Added the image method to CustomForm in @minecraft/server-ui, allowing images to be displayed in CustomForms.
- Fixed an issue where images in CustomForms were not centered in forms.
- Added ImageOptions.onClick andImageOptions.tooltip, which allow callbacks when images and tooltips on images are clicked, for use with CustomForm.image.
Dimensions
- Significantly improved block-search performance when using BlockVolume with the fillBlocks API.

Blocks

Added shelf to geo.json as an offset for item_display_transforms.
- This provides an offset when placed inside a display case.
- Blocks before 1.26.40 with a value for fixed will copy that value to shelf.
- New blocks in 1.26.40 can define fixed for item displays and shelf for display cases.
Fixed an issue where custom blocks with the minecraft:tick component could tick more often than expected when placed by saving structures containing tick data. (MCPE-236362)
Exposed the minecraft:multi_block feature. However, horizontal directions for the field direction still require the “Upcoming Creator Features” option.
Custom stairs can now form corners with vanilla stairs without using Experimental Features.
N-direction rotation on geometry components no longer requires the “Upcoming Creator Features” experimental option.
The minecraft:sixteen_way_rotation state on the placement direction block feature no longer requires the “Upcoming Creator Features” experimental option.
Unified light-sampling behavior between custom and vanilla blocks. (MCPE-237493)
Jigsaw block replacements are now logged when they encounter an invalid final_state.
Added the new biome decoration feature minecraft:multi_block_feature, intended specifically for placing blocks defined with the minecraft:multi_block feature.
Moved the minecraft:instrument_sound component out of Experimental Gameplay.

Block Components

Vanilla blocks that define shapes in the shapes/ folder now use voxel-shape-based culling without enabling the Experimental Voxel Shapes feature. This allows custom blocks using voxel shapes to attempt culling against any vanilla block with a voxel shape.
Fences
- Vanilla fences now expose directional connection block states (minecraft:connection_north,minecraft:connection_east,minecraft:connection_south, andminecraft:connection_west) to reflect adjacent blocks connected to the fence.
- In 1.26.40+ worlds, fence connection changes now send server block updates to adjacent blocks. Older worlds retain the previous behavior for compatibility.
Stairs
- Vanilla stairs now expose minecraft:corner block states (none,inner_left,inner_right,outer_left, andouter_right) to reflect corner shapes formed with adjacent stairs.
- In newer worlds, with a base game version of 1.26.40 or later, stair-corner state changes now trigger adjacent-block updates to align more closely with Java Edition. Existing worlds retain the previous client-only update behavior.

Bugs

Updating a structure from the clipboard now opens a confirmation dialog before overwriting, and this option is disabled when the clipboard is empty.
Added support for pagination and selection menus to tabs.
When scrolling the toolbar with the mouse wheel, hotbar items and pop-up tabs now switch between pages.
Added scrolling support for menu bars and context submenus when they exceed the window size.

Commands

Non-operator players can now use player names as command targets, such as /tell.
Non-operator players can now choose extensions when using commands such as /tell.
Fixed an issue where /clone required both parts of a bed to be within the copied volume when copying part of a bed.
Fixed an issue where /fill incorrectly placed blocks defined with the minecraft:multi_block feature.

Crafting

minecraft:recipe_smithing_transform now accepts items with the minecraft:transform_materials tag in the addition field.

Dedicated Servers

Fixed an issue where a log file was not created when the content-log-file-enabled option was set to true. (BDS-23033)
Added a CLI option to run dedicated servers in package optimization mode, allowing creators to optimize packages for testing and distribution inside and outside the Marketplace.

Bedrock Editor

After leaving the edit-project screen using the back/restore button, the GameCore build no longer crashes or incorrectly copies data from the shared minecraftWorlds folder of worlds with behavior/resource packs enabled.
Fixed an issue where the mouse-preview volume disappeared after enabling or disabling Vibrant Visuals.
Added live chunk synchronization to the biome-data assignment tool.
The Vibrant Visuals resource-pack generation button now exports any edited settings to a resource pack and provides a folder link.
Renamed “Brush Painting” to “Brush” in the editor UI.
Added glTF and GLB file-format support to the Custom Geometry tool.
The dimension dropdown now displays a check mark next to the player’s current dimension.
Added Structures to the View menu.
Added keyboard settings to the File menu.
Added biome assignment data