Minecraft 26.4 Snashot 5 Java Edition Download (Overview)
26.4 Snapshot 5 is a preview version of Minecraft Java Edition, released on October 20, 2026. This time, the list of building blocks was expanded with packed ice bricks and several of their variants, which make it possible to use an icy theme in building decoration. The developers also added a new advancement, made changes to existing game elements, and fixed a number of bugs.
Contents:
1 New Features
2 Changes
3 Bug Fixes
4 Installation
5 Download Links
New Features
Packed Ice Bricks. A new building material appeared in the snapshot — packed ice bricks, which are crafted from four packed ice blocks arranged in a 2×2 square. Unlike regular ice, they do not have a slippery surface and can be mined even by hand, although a pickaxe speeds up breaking them. The new material received several decorative variants:
- Packed Ice Brick Slabs — half-blocks for construction.
- Packed Ice Brick Stairs — allow you to create stairways and sloped building elements.
- Packed Ice Brick Walls — are used for enclosures and decorative structures.
- Chiseled Packed Ice — a decorative block with a snowflake pattern on each side.
All variants can be crafted using a stonecutter. In addition, packed ice bricks and chiseled packed ice give the sulfur cube the "Fast Sliding" archetype.
Changes
- Ice ambient sounds — ice blocks can now emit ambient sounds if they are surrounded by at least eight other ice blocks horizontally, have air above them, and water below them.
- Block destruction by projectiles — mobs can now break patterned vases, chorus flowers, dripstones, icicles, and sulfur spikes with their projectiles in Adventure mode, even when the mob_griefing gamerule is disabled.
- Ice cave generation — strongholds and ruined portals can now appear in the new underground biome.
Bug Fixes
In Snapshot 5, 30 bugs were fixed, including:
- Crashes caused by the player — bugs were fixed that could cause the game to crash when displaying hidden music disc tooltips and when the playlist position value was incorrect.
- Ice cave generation — problems that prevented ruined portals and strongholds from appearing in the new underground biome were fixed.
- Incorrect effect behavior on undead mobs — zombies, husks, drowned, strays, and frostlings are no longer affected by poison and regeneration effects.
- Behavior of squeakers — a bug was fixed that caused these creatures to continue trying to attack players after they switched to Creative mode.
- Mob spawning on honey blocks — a bug was fixed that allowed creatures to spawn on the surface of honey blocks.
Installation
Step 1. Open TLauncher and go to the Settings tab by clicking the gear icon in the lower right corner.
Step 2. Select the Display Snapshots checkbox, and do not forget to save the changes by clicking the appropriate button at the bottom.
Step 3. On the main screen of TLauncher, open the version selection tab, select the desired snapshot, and click 'Install' or 'Launch the Game' if the snapshot is already installed.
Download Links
26.4 Snapshot 5 is out!
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