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Vanilla News - Mojang Spotlight - March 2026

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Here is Vanilla news, the most Vanilla technical snapshot news in Minecraft. Our reporter Vanilla Fox reports the latest snapshot news for you~

Mojang released a total of five snapshots this month, namely snapshots 8-11 of 26.1 and preview version 26.1-pre-1. Currently, the data pack version has reached 101.0, and the resource pack version has reached 84.0.

Let’s talk about the conclusion first. This month’s update has medium practicality and average destructiveness. Overall, it belongs to the big cup level.

item model mapping

In 26.1-snapshot-11, this isminecraft:model、​minecraft:special、​minecraft:range_dispatch、​minecraft:composite、​minecraft:selectand​minecraft:conditionitem model type addedtransformationfield. The format and display of these fields are of entitytransformationThe fields are the same. The transformation of the item model will be performed after the item rendering transformation.

Some special item model transformations are extracted into special model types, including:

• minecraft:bell: Added. Render the animation part of the clock block
• minecraft:book: Added. Books that render enchantment tables and lecterns.
• minecraft:bed: Only half of the bed is now rendered. new fieldpartControls which half of the bed is rendered.
• minecraft:banner: new fieldattachmentControls the model used for flag rendering
• minecraft:chest: new fieldchest_typeControl the model used for rendering
• minecraft:hanging_sign: new fieldattachmentControl the model used
• minecraft:standing_sign: new fieldattachmentControl the model used
• minecraft:shulker_box: RemovedorientationField
• minecraft:end_cube: Render end portal and end portal blocks

At the same time, some changes have been made to the block state rendering of some scenes, such as the block held by the Enderman and the block display entity block, but not the falling block and moving pistons. For details, please view the change log in the Wiki.

timeline

In the previous snapshot, the concept of timeline was added, as well as thetimeThe command has been modified to adapt to the new timeline mechanism. And in 26.1-pre-1, it istimecommand has been further enhanced. newtime [of <clock>] rate <rate>The subcommand allows the player to set the rate at which time passes for a clock. With this command, you can control the timeline-related functions in the game, such as the speed of day and night replacement. But note that this command will not be liketickCommand can directly change the flow speed of game moments.

Environmental properties

In 26.1-pre-1, new value providers are provided to get the value of an environment property at the current context location. At the same time, the loot table predicate was addedminecraft:environment_attribute_check, used to accurately match the value of an environment attribute at a given context location.

Miscellaneous

forfectchprofilecommand newentitySubcommand, used to output the file information of the entity in the world (currently only player and player models are supported).

Added new block state providerrule_based_state_provider, determine the provided block according to the blockpredicate rules.

Features that can be generated using bone meal are made of#can_spawn_from_bone_mealtag control, no longer limited toflowertype of features.

objectThe component now supportsfallbackField that allows alternative text to be provided when the object component cannot be rendered.

nbtText component of type ininterpretforfalseWhen the time comes, typesetting and printout will be carried out. Also addedplainField to remove the fine print text style.

minecraft:provides_banner_patternscomponents,minecraft:blocks_attackscomponentbypassed_byfields,minecraft:damage_resistantcomponenttypesfields andminecraft:set_instrumentloot table functionoptionsIn addition to accepting tags, fields now also support IDs or lists of IDs.

New integer provider addedtrapezoid, select random numbers according to the trapezoidal distribution.

New particles addedpause_mob_growthandreset_mob_growth。

shadercore/rendertype_translucent_moving_blockwas removed.

Please check the update log for more details~

• 26.1-snapshot-8：<https://zh.minecraft.wiki/w/Java版26.1-snapshot-8&gt;
• 26.1-snapshot-9：<https://zh.minecraft.wiki/w/Java版26.1-snapshot-9&gt;
• 26.1-snapshot-10：<https://zh.minecraft.wiki/w/Java版26.1-snapshot-10&gt;
• 26.1-snapshot-11：<https://zh.minecraft.wiki/w/Java版26.1-snapshot-11&gt;
• 26.1-pre-1：<https://zh.minecraft.wiki/w/Java版26.1-pre-1&gt;