Echo Flint and Steel

Surround a Flint and Steel with 8 Echo Shards to craft it, then right-click the Ancient City's Frame to open a portal to the Deeper Dark dimension.

Deep Dark Wastes & Ender Ghast

The only biome in the Deeper Dark dimension. Here, you'll encounter the Ender Ghast, a small Ghast that cannot shoot fireballs. It teleports and flies when provoked by eye contact, then attacks in melee when close.

Bonus Fact: Ender Ghasts have a 10% chance to drop a Dragon Egg when defeated.

Herobrine

You'll also encounter a rare new mob you definitely don't want to meet… The Herobrine. 😨

Herobrine Shrine

A dungeon structure that can generate in the new dimension. Rumors say there are many secrets to uncover here… maybe even a new villager!

Ancient Obsidian Debris

A rare ore found deep underground in the Deep Dark Wastes, completely encased in obsidian.

Note: Ancient Obsidian Debris and Ancient Debris now drop their yield directly when mined. No smelting is required, and the Fortune enchantment increases the amount.

Requires a Diamond Pickaxe or higher.

Ancient Obsidian Ingot

Combine 4 Netherite Scrap and 4 Ancient Obsidian Scrap to craft it.

Magic Obsidian Upgrade

Use this Smithing Template to upgrade your Netherite Armor and Tools into Magic Obsidian✨

Can be found in Herobrine Shrine Chests.

Can be duplicated using a dragon egg and 7 netherite ingots.

Magic Obsidian Armor and Tools

Much stronger than Netherite and naturally fireproof.

New Villager Profession: Beekeeper

A brand-new villager that specializes in bees and honey!

🏠 Lives in the Apiary House, a unique house that rarely generates in Plains and Meadow villages.

🍯 Trades honey-related items and can be leveled up all the way to Master.

New Villager Profession: Egg Summoner

Discover a mysterious villager imprisoned in the Herobrine Shrine.

Trades spawn eggs and can progress all the way to Master level.

Desert Pyramid (Badlands)

A rare badlands variant of the Desert Pyramid. Built from red sandstone and terracotta, this structure hides trapped chests instead of regular chests, making it a bit more dangerous for careless explorers.

New Block Variants:

Granite Block family:

Diorite Block family:

Andesite Block family:

Amethyst Block family:

Calcite Block family:

Dripstone Block family:

Terracotta Block family:

Glazed Terracotta Block family: (26.1.2+ only)

Concrete & Wool walls:

Glass/Tinted Glass Slabs & Stairs:

Stained Glass Block family:

New Wall Variants:

Copper Pressure Plates:

Beacon Base Blocks

Beacons can now be powered using Amethyst, Copper (in all oxidation stages), and Ancient Obsidian blocks, giving you more creative options when building your beacon base!

Block of Charcoal

Similar to a Block of Coal, this block burns for a while when ignited before disappearing.

Can be crafted from 9 Charcoal

Can be crafted back into 9 Charcoal

Bonus Fact: A Block of Charcoal can be used to smelt 80 items in a Furnace/Blast Furnace/Smoker.

New Decorative Flowers:

Buttercup🌻

A new decorative flower that brightens up your world.

Generation: Spawns naturally in the Flower Forest biome. 🌸

Drops: Can also be obtained as a rare drop from Mooblooms upon death. 🐄🌼

Use: Can be crafted into Yellow Dye or placed decoratively. 🎨

Pink Daisy🌷

A delicate new flower that adds charm to your world.

Generation: Spawns naturally in the Cherry Grove biome. 🌸

Drops: Can also be obtained as a rare drop from Moolips upon death. 🐄🌷

Use: Can be crafted into Pink Dye or placed decoratively. 🎨

New Functional Blocks:

Wind Bearing

Inspired by the Create mod, this block gives a unique purpose to the Wind Charge item. When activated, it releases a powerful burst of wind energy that launches players and mobs about 11 blocks into the air, or even higher (about 31 blocks) when used with wind charges. It also negates fall damage if you land on the same Y-level where you started.

Use it together with Wind Charges to reach greater heights, launch yourself across the world, or easily complete the "Who Needs Rockets?" advancement.

Crafted using Any Stone Tool Material, a Sticky Piston, and a Wind Charge.

Honey Extractor

A new functional block found in the Apiary House. It serves as the profession block for the Beekeeper Villager, who uses it to unlock and trade honey-related items as they level up.

Can also be crafted using 4 Planks + 2 Honeycombs.

Place a Honeycomb and a Glass Bottle in this block to craft a Honey Bottle and Crystallized Honey.

New Overworld Ore:

Deepslate Netherite Ore

Generation: Spawns exclusively in the Deep Dark biome from Y=-45 and below.

Drops: When mined, it yields two distinct Netherite Shards.

Small Netherite Shards - can be combined into large ones.

Large Netherite Shards - can be combined into ancient debris.

Bonus Fact: Large Netherite Shards have a 10% chance to drop.

New Mining Improvements:

Ore Nuggets

Occasionally drops while mining Stone or Deepslate.

Can be crafted into its regular material form.

A single torch can be crafted using 2 coal nuggets and a stick.

Charcoal Nugget

Crafted exclusively from charcoal — the only way to get it!

A single torch can be crafted using 2 charcoal nuggets and a stick.

Bonus Fact: You can smelt one item using a single Coal/Charcoal Nugget!

Resin Nugget

Can only be obtained by smelting Resin Tools & Armor or by crafting Resin Bricks back into them.

All the Nuggets You Could Possibly Get!

New Projectiles:

Stone Ball

A throwable projectile that deals damage to entities, with damage scaling based on the player's velocity.

Deals more damage than Ice Balls.

Dropped by Bouldering Zombies upon death.

Ice Ball

A throwable projectile that deals damage to entities, with damage scaling based on the player's velocity.

Deals less damage than Stone Balls.

Dropped by Frostbites upon death.

Showcase of the new items:

New Utilities:

Wooden Shears

Crafted using 2 planks of any type.

Weaker than regular Shears but still effective for harvesting plants and leaves.

Ceramic Shears

Crafted using 2 Bricks.

Slightly weaker than regular Shears, but much more efficient for harvesting wool and leaves.

If you don’t want to waste your iron on shears, crafting multiple of these will get the job done perfectly!

New Tools And Armor:

Craft Emerald, Resin and Amethyst Tools, Weapons & Armor using Resin Bricks, Emerald Gemstones, and Amethyst Shards.

An Emerald Nugget can be crafted into an Emerald Gemstone.

Bonus Fact: Emerald Gemstones now drop from mining Emerald and Deepslate Emerald Ores, while Villager and Wandering Trader trades still use regular emeralds.

Note: Emerald Gemstones can be crafted from Emerald Nuggets.

Tools and Armor Compared to Vanilla Ones:

Visual Showcase of the New Armor:

New Mounts Armor:

Amethyst Horse Armor & Amethyst Nautilus Armor

Crafted using 7 Amethyst Shards.

Can be found in chests across many structures.

New Weapons:

Double Axes

Double Axes are powerful tiered tools and melee weapons designed to combine the utility of an axe with the strength of a heavier weapon.

Each Double Axe deals higher damage than its standard axe counterpart and has +0.5 mining efficiency, making it slightly more effective at harvesting blocks while still being primarily a weapon.

Spears

Spears now feature new and improved models ✨👌

You can craft Resin, Amethyst, Emerald, and Magic Obsidian spears.

Material Horns:

Can be crafted by combining any Goat Horn with 3 of its specific materials.

Each horn plays a different sound.

Copper Horn

Reintroduces the Copper Horn that was removed from Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

New functionality: when used underwater, it grants extra oxygen for 30 seconds before the air bubbles start to deplete.

Amethyst Horn

New Functionality: Removes Blindness effect

Redstone Horn

New Functionality: Removes Hunger effect.

Iron Horn

New Functionality: Resets the freezing animation when sinking in Powder Snow, helping you escape safely.

Quartz Horn

New Functionality: Grants the Fire Resistance effect for 3 seconds when used.

Golden Horn

New Functionality: Grants the Invisibility effect for 15 seconds when used.

Diamond Horn

New Functionality: When used while falling, it resets your fall distance as long as you are close to hitting the ground, preventing fall damage.

Emerald Horn

New Functionality: When used while falling, it resets your fall distance as long as you are close to hitting the ground, preventing fall damage.

Can also remove the Nausea effect.

Netherite Horn

Can be obtained by upgrading a Diamond Horn in a Smithing Table.

New Functionality: Extinguishes the player while on fire and removes the Wither effect.

Echo Horn

New Functionality: Removes the Darkness effect when used.

Showcase of All New Horns:

Moobloom

The Moobloom is a new mob originally featured in Minecraft Earth. It was one of the candidates in the Minecraft Live 2020 mob vote, but ultimately lost to the Glow Squid.

Spawn: Found in the Flower Forest biome.

Breeding & Tempting: Can be tempted and bred using Buttercups and Wheat.

Moolip

The Moolip is a new mob originally introduced in Minecraft Earth. It is a pink variant of the Moobloom.

Spawn: Found in the Cherry Grove biome.

Breeding & Tempting: Can be tempted and bred using Pink Daisies and Wheat.

Muddy Pig

Originally from Minecraft Earth, this variant of the pig can rarely spawn in the Mangrove Swamp biome. Covered in mud, it’s just as friendly as regular pigs but has a unique look.

Bouldering Zombie

Originally from Minecraft Earth, this zombie variant can climb blocks to reach you.

It can also throw Stone Balls at you from a distance, making it a dangerous threat both up close and from afar.

Spawn: Found in the Stony Peaks, Stony Shore, Windswept Gravelly Hills, and Dripstone Caves biomes.

Drops: 0–3 Stone Balls upon death, with an additional chance to drop the Stone Ball it was holding.

Papa Smurf

Who hides in the mushrooms? The Smurfs! Well… not all of them—just Papa Smurf.

He can rarely spawn in a Mushroom House located in the Dark Forest biome (if you’re lucky enough).

Drops: Some paper, books, and a Bottle o’ Enchanting. He might also drop some rare goodies you’ll enjoy 😉

Smurfette

Smurfette lives with Papa Smurf in the Mushroom House. She tends to a small garden nearby, filled with flowers, carrots, and two rabbits.

Drops: Flowers upon defeat. 🌸

Gargamel

Who hates Smurfs? None other than Gargamel, the Evil Wizard!

He can spawn inside a castle in the Pale Garden biome, always accompanied by his wicked cat. Gargamel hunts down Papa Smurf or Smurfette—and if you provoke him, he’ll even come after you.

Drops: Valuable loot… if you’re lucky enough. 🧙‍♂️✨

Crystallized Honey

Each Honeycomb can be crafted into 9 Crystallized Honey pieces. Eating them cures poison instantly and is twice as fast as eating regular foods (similar to Dried Kelp).

Honeyed Apple🍯

Crafted by surrounding an Apple with Crystallized Honey. Eating it cures Poison, Slowness, and Weakness effects, making it especially useful against Witches!

Green Apple🍏

Can be obtained rarely as a drop from Oak or Dark Oak leaves.

Restores the same Hunger and Saturation as a regular apple when eaten.

Can be used to craft Golden Apples, just like regular apples.

Honeyed Green Apple🍏🍯

Can be crafted by surrounding a Green Apple with 8 Crystallized Honey in a Crafting Table.

Note: Like the regular Honeyed Apple, eating a Honeyed Green Apple removes Poison, Weakness, and Slowness effects.

Pear🍐

A rare fruit that can occasionally be found when breaking Birch Leaves.

Restores slightly less Hunger than an apple, but provides greater Saturation when eaten.

Can also be crafted into a Golden Pear, which grants the same powerful effects as a Golden Apple.

A Golden Pear can also be crafted into an Enchanted Golden Pear.

Golden Beetroot

Can be crafted using 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Beetroot.

When eaten, grants Speed, Saturation, and Invisibility, making it very useful for sneaky situations or quick escapes.

Cherries

Cherries are a new fruit that can occasionally drop from Cherry Leaves.

They can be eaten, smelted into Jam, or crafted into Golden Cherries, which grant you Speed, Haste, and Saturation for a short burst, perfect for quick escapes or fast mining in caves.

Cherries can also be composted, and even Piglins are tempted by the shiny Golden Cherries!

Cooked Chicken Nugget

A Cooked Chicken can be crafted into 9 Cooked Chicken Nuggets, which can be eaten quickly.

Nuggets can also be crafted back into a Cooked Chicken if you change your mind.

Cooked Tropical Fish

Tropical Fish can now be cooked to create Cooked Tropical Fish.

New Types of Meat🥩

Cooked Rotten Flesh

Rotten Flesh can now be cooked to create Cooked Rotten Flesh.

Unlike the raw version, it does not inflict the Hunger effect.

Chevaline

Dropped from Horses, Donkeys & Mules.

Chevon

Dropped from Goats.

Wolf Meat

Dropped from Wolves.

Vulpine

Dropped from Foxes.

Cat Meat

Dropped from Cats & Ocelots.

Camelid Meat

Dropped from Camels & Llamas.

Bear Meat

Dropped from Polar Bears & Pandas.

Omelet and Omelet Sandwich🍳

Smelting any type of Egg in a Furnace, Smoker, or Campfire turns it into an Omelet.

Combine an Omelet with 2 pieces of Bread to craft an Omelet Sandwich – a healthy and filling meal 😋

Bonus Fact: Chickens now have a chance to drop an Egg on death.

Milk Chocolate Bar

Crafted using Sugar, a Milk Bucket, and Cocoa Beans.

Chocolate Glazed Berries

Crafted by combining a Milk Chocolate Bar with Sweet Berries.

Chocolate Bucket

Crafted with 4 Cocoa Beans, 4 Sugar, and a Milk Bucket.

Drinking it removes all negative status effects (26.1.2+ only).

Chocolate Cake🎂

Baked using 3 Milk Chocolate Buckets along with the regular cake ingredients.

Can be lit with any type of candle placed on top!🕯️🔥

Full Doughnut (Sufgania)

Crafted with 3 Wheat, 1 Egg (any type), and 3 Sugar.

Full Doughnut with Milk Chocolate🍩

Made by combining a Full Doughnut with a Milk Chocolate Bar.

Jam

Sweet Berries/Cherries can now be smelted to create Jam.

Full Doughnut With Jam

Combine a Full Doughnut with Sweet Berry Jam to make a Full Doughnut with Jam.

New Music Discs:

Rodeo Stampede Music Discs

Music from the Rodeo Stampede mobile game, obtainable through Wandering Trader trades.

Music Disc "Bounce" (from the Chaos Cubed 26.2 drop), obtainable through Mineshaft minecart loot chests and also through Wandering Trader trades.

Loot Table Revamps to Containers:

Loot tables for chests and other containers have been revamped to make rewards more interesting.

Ice Box Loot

The Ice Box in the Ancient City can now contain Ice, Blue Ice, Golden Apples, Enchanted Golden Apples, Golden Pears, Enchanted Golden Pears, Golden Beetroots, and Golden Cherries.

Jungle Pyramid Dispenser Loot

Jungle Pyramid dispensers may contain Fire Charges or Stone Balls instead of Arrows.

Bonus Chest Loot

The entire loot of the Bonus Chest has been updated.

It can now contain Spears, Copper Tools, Wooden Shears, Ceramic Shears, a Bundle, and rarely a Spyglass.

Trial Chambers Loot

Now contain Copper Tools and Spears instead of Stone Tools.

Pillager Outpost Loot

Now contain Copper Horns!

Ocean Ruines Chest Loot

Now contain Stone Spears and Stone Double Axes.

Village Chest Loot

Now contain Green Apples.

Blacksmith Chests contain Copper/Iron Spears.

Mineshaft Chest Loot

Now contain Golden Pears, Enchanted Golden Pears and Amethyst Pickaxes!!

Dungeon Chest Loot

Now contain Golden Pears and Enchanted Golden Pears.

Crafting Recipes:

Sculk Sensor - Now craftable!

Sculk Catalyst - Now craftable!

Sculk Veins - Now craftable!

Bells – Now craftable!

Amethyst Block – Can be crafted into 4 Amethyst Shards!

Budding Amethyst – Now craftable!

Honey Bottle - Now craftable!

Honeycomb Block - Can now be crafted back into 4 Honeycombs!

Any Cushion - Can now be crafted into 3 Wool Slabs of its respective color!

Any Wool – Can now be crafted into 4 Strings!

Any Wool Carpet – Can now be crafted into 2 Strings!

White Carpet – Can now be crafted using 2 Strings!

Cobweb – Can now be crafted using 9 Strings!

Cobweb – Can also be crafted back into 9 Strings!

God Apple – Now craftable again!! (But in a different way..)

Blaze Powder – can now be crafted into Blaze Rods.

Wind Charges – can now be crafted into Breeze Rods.

Green Dye – Can now be crafted by combining Blue Dye and Yellow Dye!

Lime Dye – Can now be crafted by combining Blue Dye with 2 Yellow Dyes!

Sticks – Can now be crafted back into 2 Oak Planks!

Crafting Table - Can be crafted into 4 Oak Planks!

Chest - Can be crafted into 8 Oak Planks!

Any Wooden Button - Can be crafted into one plank of its respective type!

Any Wooden Pressure Plate - Can be crafted into 2 planks of its respective type!

Any Boat – Can be crafted into 5 planks of its respective type!

Composter - Can be crafted into 7 Oak Slabs!

Oak Slabs – Can be crafted into Petrified Oak Slabs!

Furnace - Can be crafted into 8 Cobblestone!

Stone Button - Can be crafted into one Stone!

Stone Pressure Plate - Can be crafted into 2 Stone!

Polished Blackstone Button - Can be crafted into one Polished Blackstone!

Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate - Can be crafted into 2 Polished Blackstones!

Dispensers, Droppers, Levers, Observers & Pistons - Can be crafted from Any Stone Tool Material!

Snow Block - Can be crafted into 4 Snowballs!

Snow Layer - Can be crafted into a snowball!

Clay Block - Can be crafted into 4 Clay Balls!

Sandstone - can be crafted into 4 Sand!

Red Sandstone - can be crafted into 4 Red Sand!

Dripstone Block - Can be crafted into 4 Pointed Dripstone!

Sulfur - Can be crafted into 4 Sulfur Spikes!

Potent Sulfur - Can be crafted into 9 Sulfur blocks!

Block of Quartz - Can be crafted into 4 Quartz!

Magma Block - Can be crafted into 4 Magma Cream!

Any Brick Block - Can be crafted into 4 bricks of its respective type!

Flower Pot - Can be crafted into 3 bricks!

Prismarine - Can be crafted into 4 Prismarine Shards!

Prismarine Bricks - Can be crafted into 9 Prismarine Shards!

Packed Ice - Can be crafted into 9 Ice!

Blue Ice - Can be crafted into 9 Packed Ice!

Elytra – Now craftable!! 😱

Monster Spawners – Now craftable!! 😱

Copper Trapdoor - Can now be crafted back into 4 Copper Ingots!

Lightning Rod - Can now be crafted back into 3 Copper Ingots!

Copper Pressure Plate - Can be crafted back into 2 Copper Ingots!

Light Weighted Pressure Plate - Can now be crafted back into 2 Gold Ingots!

Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate - Can now be crafted back into 2 Iron Ingots!

Bucket – Can now be crafted back into 3 Iron Ingots!

Iron Trapdoor - Can now be crafted back into 4 Iron Ingots!

Minecart – Can now be crafted back into 5 Iron Ingots!

Cauldron – Can now be crafted back into 7 Iron Ingots!

Nether Wart Block – Can now be crafted back into 9 Nether Warts!!

Any Horse Armor – Now craftable!

Any Horse Armor – Can now be crafted back into its respective materials!

Any Nautilus Armor – Now craftable!

Any Nautilus Armor – Can now be crafted back into its respective materials!

Smelting Recipes:

Raw Ore Blocks - Can now be smelted into Ore Blocks!!

Rails - Can be smelted into Iron Nuggets!

Powered Rails - Can be smelted into Gold Nuggets!

Honey Bottle - Can now be smelted into Crystallized Honey!

Glowing

Brewed using a Glow Ink Sac in a Brewing Stand.

Blindness

Brewed using an Open Eyeblossom in a Brewing Stand.

Darkness

Brewed using a Sculk Shrieker in a Brewing Stand.

Nausea

Brewed using a Potent Sulfur in a Brewing Stand.

Farmer Villager Trades

Farmers can sometimes sell Green Apples instead of regular apples.

Wandering Trader Trades

More trades are now available!

Mob Drops:

Warden

Now drop 1–2 Echo Shards upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Witch

Now has a 50% chance to drop 4–8 Lapis Lazuli upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Villager

Drops a few Emeralds and other villager-related items, with increased drops when using Looting.

Husk

Drops 1–3 Sand upon death, and Cooked Rotten Flesh when killed while on fire or with Fire Aspect.

Parched

Drops 1–3 Sand upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Pig

Now drops Leather upon death.

Chickens

Each Has a 50% chance to drop a specific egg upon death, depending on the chicken’s type.

Bee

Drops Poppy or Dandelion, with a rare chance to drop Cornflower or Lily of the Valley.

Salmon, Cod, Pufferfish, Tropical Fish

Each has a 25% chance to drop 0–2 Bones upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Axolotl

Drops 0–2 Tropical Fish, with rare chances to drop Ink Sacs or other types of fish.

Turtles

Now drops Seagrass, Kelp, Sea Pickle and Scute, with increased drops when using Looting.

Nautilues & Zombie Nautiluses

Now have a small chance to drop Pufferfish upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Frogs

Drops 0–2 Slimeballs upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Allay

Drops 0-1 Amethyst Shards on death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Sniffer

Drops 0–2 Torchflower Seeds upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

It can also be used to discover Golden Dandelions, Ender Eyes, Phantom Membranes, and even a Snoft Pottery Sherd, in addition to its usual Ancient Seeds.

Armadillo

Has a small chance to drop an Armadillo Scute, and a 10% chance to drop a Spider Eye.

Creaking

Now drops Sticks and Resin upon death, with increased drops when using Looting.

Happy Ghast

Drops Snowballs and rarely a Ghast Tear, with increased drops when using Looting.

Vex

Has an extremely rare chance to drop a damaged Iron Sword upon death, when killed by the player.

Block Drops:

Grass, Tall Grass, Tall Dry Grass, Fern, Large Fern, Bush

Now have a small chance to drop Sticks when broken.

Dead Bush & Tall Dry Grass

Now have a very rare chance to drop an Armadillo Scute.

Grass Block, Dirt, Coarse Dirt, Rooted Dirt, Podzol, Mycelium, Dirt Path, Sand, Red Sand, Moss, Pale Moss

These blocks can now occasionally drop random useful items.

Dirt Path can now also be obtained with a Silk Touch tool.

Jungle Leaves

Increased Jungle Sapling drop rate from 2.5% → 5%, matching other tree types.

Budding Amethyst

Has a tiny chance to drop 0–3 Amethyst Nuggets.

Can now also drop itself when mined with a Silk Touch Pickaxe.

Netherrack

Has a tiny chance to drop Gold Nuggets, and an extremely low chance to drop Netherite Nuggets.