# Minecraft: Java Edition 26.3-snapshot-9 — Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 - Product: Minecraft: Java Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minecraft-java) - Vendor: Mojang Studios - Date: 2026-08-17 - Version: 26.3-snapshot-9 - Original notes: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/updates - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minecraft-java/releases/26.3-snapshot-9 - Labels: Pre-release What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- Looks like this Snapshot couldn't wait until Tuesday! Arriving a day early, it brings new customization options for Realms. Owners can now increase render distance up to 25 chunks and separately configure render and simulation distance to find the balance - **added** — Added render distance and simulation distance sliders to Realm configuration settings, with render distance up to 25 chunks - **changed** — Endermen will now take damage from projectiles if they're riding something - **fixed** — Endermen and Shulkers no longer teleport onto Bedrock - **added** — Added a Right Click Emulation option in Controls settings on macOS, which treats Control + left-click as a right-click - **changed** — Data Pack version is now 117.0 - **changed** — Visible root advancements must always declare background field in display structure - **changed** — Only root advancements can have background field in display structure - **changed** — minecraft:group slot source can only use an inline definition in a top-level file - **changed** — minecraft:sequence loot function can only use an inline definition in a top-level file - **changed** — minecraft:sum number provider summands field was renamed to operands and now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID - **changed** — minecraft:sum now requires at least one operand and uses integer mode for intermediate steps when in integer mode - **added** — Added minecraft:product number provider that returns the product of operands and requires at least one operand - **added** — Added minecraft:minimum number provider that returns the minimum value of operands and requires at least one operand - **added** — Added minecraft:maximum number provider that returns the maximum value of operands and requires at least one operand - **added** — Added minecraft:average number provider that returns the average value of operands and requires at least one operand - **added** — Added #uncarvable block tag for blocks that Carvers can never carve - **added** — Added #dangerous_for_teleportation block tag defining blocks that are dangerous to teleport on - **added** — Added #cat_does_not_teleport_to block tag for blocks that Cats do not teleport to - **added** — Added #enderman_does_not_teleport_to block tag for blocks that Endermen do not teleport to - **added** — Added #shulker_does_not_teleport_to block tag for blocks that Shulkers do not teleport to Looks like this Snapshot couldn't wait until Tuesday! Arriving a day early, it brings new customization options for Realms. Owners can now increase render distance up to 25 chunks and separately configure render and simulation distance to find the balance that works best for their world. Aside from these changes, we've also included plenty of technical improvements and bug fixes. Happy mining! ##### New Features ##### Realms - Added render distance and simulation distance sliders to Realm configuration settings ##### Minor Tweaks to Blocks, Items and Entities - Endermen will now take damage from projectiles if they're riding something - Endermen and Shulkers no longer teleport onto Bedrock ##### UI - On macOS, added a "Right Click Emulation" option in Controls settings, which treats Control + left-click as a right-click - Off by default ##### Technical Changes - The Data Pack version is now 117.0 ##### Data Pack Version 117.0 ##### Advancements ###### Validation - Visible root advancements (i.e. ones that have display field, but no parent field) must always declare background field in display structure - Only root advancements can have background field in display structure ##### Slot Sources ###### Changed minecraft:group - Can only use an inline definition in a top-level file ##### Loot Functions ###### Changed minecraft:sequence - Can only use an inline definition in a top-level file ##### Number Providers ###### Changed minecraft:sum - The summands field was renamed to operands and now accepts an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type - Now requires at least one operand - When used in integer mode, integer mode is used for intermediate steps as well ###### Added minecraft:product - Fields: - operands - A list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type - Returns the product of the operands, multiplying them all together - Requires at least one operand ###### Added minecraft:minimum - Fields: - operands - A list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type - Returns the minmimum value of the operands - Requires at least one operand ###### Added minecraft:maximum - Fields: - operands - A list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type - Returns the minmimum value of the operands - Requires at least one operand ###### Added minecraft:average - Fields: - operands - A list of numbers as an inline value, a single namespaced ID, a list of namespaced IDs, a list of inline values, or a hash-prefixed tag ID of a minecraft:number_provider type - Returns the average value of the operands - Requires at least one operand ##### Tags ###### Block Tags - Added #uncarvable - blocks that Carvers can never carve - Added #dangerous_for_teleportation - collection tag defining blocks that are dangerous to teleport on - Added #cat_does_not_teleport_to - blocks that Cats do not teleport to - Added #enderman_does_not_teleport_to - blocks that Endermen do not teleport to - Added #shulker_does_not_teleport_to for blocks that Shulkers do not teleport to - Added #consumable_does_not_teleport_to - blocks that entities do not teleport to when they consume food that teleports randomly when eaten - Empty by default ###### Item Tags - Added #brewing_potion_inputs - Items that can be placed in a Brewing Stand potion slot, regardless of whether they are brewing recipe inputs ###### Potion Tags - Added #douses_fire - Potions that douse Fire blocks when they hit something - Added #hurts_water_sensitive_entities - Potions that _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/updates]_