Minecraft Bedrock 26.20 update patch notes: Sulfur Cubes, Party System and more

Minecraft Bedrock 26.20 update patch notes

Chaos Cubed Experimental Features

• A brand-new mob found in Sulfur Caves with an appetite for blocks - feed it different blocks to change its physical behaviour
• Knockback is now directionally affected by the attacker's hit angle, position, and damage
• Hitting left sends it right and vice versa; hitting from above sends it along the ground; hitting from below sends it upward
• Greater damage results in greater knockback distance

• Found across the Overworld, identifiable by Sulfur and Cinnabar blocks and noxious gas above them
• Digging beneath a Sulfur Spring reveals a Sulfur Cave

• A new block that creates bubbling hot pools when placed beneath water
• Generates bubble columns and noxious gas, which triggers nausea in players and nearby mobs

• A new cave type featuring shallow pools, glow lichen, yellow Sulfur blocks, and red Cinnabar blocks
• Two new full block sets, Cinnabar and Sulfur, are available for building, with stairs, slabs, bricks, and more

Accessibility

• Added Closed Captions with customisable sound, position, and duration options
• Fixed incorrect UI scales when changing resolution
• Damage tilt slider now affects the rotation of the player's hands

Party System (Beta)

• Create a party of up to 15 players and follow the party leader seamlessly from world to world, including into Realms and featured servers
• Party Text Chat keeps your group connected across worlds, separate from in-game world chat
• Available on Xbox, Windows, Android, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch - iOS support coming soon

Realm Hub

• New Realm Hub introduced as a home base for all things Realms
• Administrator Role - Realm owners can now promote trusted players to help manage the world, members, and settings
• Admin Log - tracks actions taken by administrators for full accountability
• Story Feed - a social hub for sharing screenshots and celebrating major Minecraft milestones
• Timeline - shows who has been playing on your Realm over the past month
• Subscription management now accessible directly from the Realm Hub

Baby Mob Fixes (Tiny Takeover Follow-Up)

• Baby Squid and Baby Glow Squid hitboxes are now correctly bound to the mob
• Baby Turtle now has swimming animations
• Baby Striders no longer float above the ground
• Baby Zombie Piglin's snout texture fixed to be front-facing
• Baby Zombies no longer levitate when riding baby mobs
• Baby Wolves' hind legs now rotate correctly while sitting
• Baby Camel, Baby Hoglin, and Baby Zoglin hitbox sizes increased to match model geometry
• Baby Panda, Baby Goat, Baby Snifflet, Baby Dolphin, and Baby Fox textures all corrected for consistency
• Golden Dandelion growth particles now emit from above baby mobs, not inside them
• Baby mobs no longer show green growth particles when fed, while growth is stopped by a Golden Dandelion

Blocks

• Grass Blocks can now spawn Tall Grass when bone mealed
• Tall Seagrass no longer breaks when generated using Bone Meal
• Blocks can now only be placed above a Flowerpot when sneaking
• Four Sulfur Spikes can now be crafted into one Sulfur block

Gameplay

• Fixed knockback effect to behave more like Java Edition
• Smelting damaged armor now outputs nuggets
• Fixed Minecarts on the same track not properly transferring momentum when colliding

Sounds

• Adult Pigs and Baby Pigs now have eating sounds
• Trumpet Note Block instrument added to all Copper variants
• Baby spawn sounds now play at the correct pitch for Baby Pig, Cat, Chicken, Horse, and Wolf

User Interface

• Crafting preview now shows the correct wood material variants
• Fixed a bug where emojis were not rendering in the small text tooltip in the hotbar
• Furnace recipes now unlock when you collect the corresponding material (Experimental)

Mobs

• Villagers move at the correct speed when heading to workstations
• Librarians no longer offer Name Tags; they now offer Red or Yellow Candles at the Master Level
• Mobs now correctly bounce after contact with Slime Blocks and Beds, rather than bouncing mid-air