The newest drop lands

Minecraft's steady cadence of updates continues with Chaos Cubed, version 26.2, which released June 16, 2026. Under Mojang's game drops model, these smaller, focused updates keep the world evolving throughout the year, and Chaos Cubed pushes players deeper underground into newly dangerous territory.

The headline addition is a new biome that gives spelunking a fresh, hazardous flavor, along with a mob that opens up creative new contraptions.

What is new

Chaos Cubed adds a substantial slate of features:

The new Sulfur Caves biome, filled with colorful sulfur and cinnabar blocks and non-damaging sulfur spikes.
The Sulfur Cube, a passive mob that ingests blocks to gain properties like flying, bouncing, and sliding.
Environmental hazards including geysers, high-pressure water jets, and sulfur springs that emit gas causing the Nausea effect.
A new Bounce music disc found in mineshaft chests that intersect sulfur caves.
On Bedrock Edition, Parties, letting groups of up to 14 players move seamlessly between worlds and Realms together.

Why it stands out

The Sulfur Cube is the star of the update from a creative standpoint. A mob that absorbs blocks to gain movement abilities is exactly the kind of systemic tool the Minecraft community loves, because it invites experimentation with mini-games, redstone-adjacent contraptions, and automated builds. Players will spend weeks discovering what the Sulfur Cube can do.

The Sulfur Caves biome, meanwhile, adds genuine risk to exploration. Geysers and Nausea-inducing sulfur springs make caving feel more perilous and rewarding, giving experienced players fresh dangers to navigate after years of familiar underground routines. The colorful sulfur and cinnabar blocks also expand the palette for builders.

The Bedrock Parties feature may be the most quietly impactful change. Being able to move a group of up to 14 players between worlds and Realms together removes friction from playing with friends, a meaningful quality-of-life improvement for the game's social core. It is the kind of feature that does not grab headlines but genuinely improves how people play day to day.

Chaos Cubed exemplifies the drop model working well, delivering a themed biome, a versatile new mob, and a practical multiplayer upgrade in one package. For a game well into its second decade, that steady stream of meaningful additions is what keeps its enormous player base coming back.