Just as baby as a hoglin but with a dash of NOPE, the zoglin will strike fear (and confused affection) into those who see its new look, and its tusks into the ones who dare come closer. Will you risk it all for its disturbing cuteness?  

Baby strider 

The baby strider has never been a cheerful little creature, and its new look hasn’t changed that one bit. If you have a soft spot for grumpy babies, then you'll be delighted by the baby strider’s aww-inspiring frown and tiny tuft of hair. Just make sure you have plenty of lava and a solid roof before you bring one home! 

Snifflet 

These babies have always marched to the scent of their own nose, so it’s no surprise this new look preserves the snifflet's adorable snoot and sploot. These ancient-but-newly-hatched babies are now 749% more likely to steal your heart – and your scent trail. 

Baby panda 

No thoughts, just baby! Whether playful, aggressive, or weak and snotty-nosed, these fluffy little wonders and their new look bring nothing but pure-hearted, tumbling joy to the Overworld. Well, some slime, too, but that’s just a bonus! So what are you waiting for? Find two pandas, plant some bamboo, and get ready to meet these unreasonably cute babies in all their goofy glory! 

And that’s all the redesigned baby mobs and features coming in our first game drop of 2026, now available to test, cuddle, and coo over in Java snapshot and Bedrock beta and preview. Who will be the baby mob of the year? No, forget that I asked. Even the idea of picking one feels deeply cruel and unfair. 

How can I test these features? 

You can test these features by enabling snapshots for Minecraft: Java Edition, or by enabling previews/beta* for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. To install a snapshot, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab. To turn on an experiment in preview/beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition follow these instructions.   

Send us your feedback!   

These features are all still in development, which means that the details outlined above might change as we iterate on them. So then why have we released them into testing? Because we want your feedback! Send us your feedback and report bugs at bugs.mojang.com! 

*New features are coming in the future and will require Minecraft Bedrock Edition or Java Edition (each sold separately). As development is ongoing, the features shown and their descriptions are subject to change. Feedback from the community will help us iterate these features into their final versions.