Brrrr! There’s a chill in the air, a sparkle in the ceiling, and an ominous groan in the distance. That can only mean one thing! The final game drop of 2026 is upon us, and before you descend into the ice caves we have to check that everything is ready for you! It’s time to test out the new features! For this frosty game drop, we’re going to collect all the moments right here, for new things to test! Cool, right? You can expect a lot of incredible wordplay in that icy vein but don’t let that discourage you!  

Go forth, test, and give us your feedback at feedback.minecraft.net and report any bugs you find at bugs.mojang.com. 

Click on the link to jump to each testing moment:

• September 30: Mobs and more! [Preview/beta]

Mobs, caves, and more!

Explore the ice caves, battle the frozen zombie, fight with ice balls, and build with ice crystals and icicles. 

If you watched Minecraft Live you’ll know that this drop is so cool it’s positively frozen. Pull on your warmest, wooliest sweater because you’ve got new ice caves to explore! The caves are so shiny and pretty thanks to the new ice crystals and icicles decorating them. But be careful, they’re pretty sharp so try not to knock them over! Or do, if you woke up and chose chaos.  But while we’re on the topic of being careful, I would watch out for ice balls. *Wooosh* See! They’re fast! That one almost hit me, and I do not have time to get frozen right now.

Wait a minute… who threw that? Uh-oh. There must  be a frostbite around here.  You might know the frozen zombie variant. It was just too cool, so we had to name it. See for yourself, here it comes! 

Well, that’s my cue! Don’t worry, I’m sure you can use a Freezing potion if you get in trouble. But I’m not going to chill out and find out!

How to test the new features 

Get the Snapshot 

Snapshots are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab. 

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds. 

Report bugs here: