Java Edition 26.1, named Tiny Takeover, is a game drop for Java Edition, released on March 24, 2026. It is the first version to use the new YY.D.H version format and the first to require Java 25.

Additions

Blocks

• Golden Dandelion
  • A new decoration block which can be planted on flower pots like other flowers do.
  • Can be crafted with a dandelion surrounded by 8 gold nuggets.
  • Can be used to feed most baby mobs, which will prevent them from ageing.
    • It will age again when fed on again.
  • Can be used to craft yellow dyes and Saturation suspicious stews.

Changes

Blocks

• Note Block
  • Added a new trumpet sound.
    • Plays when placed on top of a copper block.
    • Its oxidation stages make different sounds.

Items

• Name Tags
  • Can now be crafted with any nugget and paper.

Mobs

• Baby mobs
  • The following baby mobs have remodelled the texture:
    • Armadillo
    • Axolotl
    • Bee
    • Camel
    • Cat
    • Chicken
    • Cow
    • Dolphin
    • Donkey
    • Drowned
    • Fox
    • Glow Squid
    • Goat
    • Horse
    • Hoglin
    • Husk
    • Llama
    • Mooshroom
    • Mule
    • Ocelot
    • Panda
    • Pig
    • Piglin
    • Polar Bear
    • Rabbit
    • Sheep
    • Skeleton Horse
    • Sniffer
    • Strider
    • Squid
    • Trader Llama
    • Turtle
    • Villager
    • Wolf
    • Zoglin
    • Zombie
    • Zombie Horse
    • Zombie Villager
    • Zombified Piglin
  • The following baby mobs have new names:
    • Baby chicken -> Chick
    • Baby drowned -> Gurgle
    • Baby horse -> Foal
    • Baby wolf -> Puppy
    • Baby cat -> Kitten
  • Chicks, baby cats (kittens), horses (foals), pigs, and wolves (puppies) now has a new sound.
  • Armor, carpets, and saddles on baby wolves, llamas, baby equines, camels, and pigs, respectively, will no longer render.
  • Can pause or resume aging by feeding them with golden dandelion.
• Rabbit
  • Changed the texture.
  • Now has an idle animation.
  • Programmer's Art textures of the rabbit were removed due to the new rabbit remodel change.
• Adult cats, chickens, cows, and pigs
  • Added new sound variants.
    • Cats now have a new "royal" sound.
    • Chickens now have a new "picky" sound.
    • Cows now have a new "moody" sound.
    • Pigs now have new "mini" and "big" sounds.
    • The original sounds of these mobs prior to this update are now "classic".
• Camel Husks
  • Their baby model is entirely removed.

Trivia

• In the Minecraft.net article, Mojang added the phrase "removed baby Herobrine", as a joke following the previous running gag of "removing" Herobrine.
• There is also a Bedrock Edition version with the same version number.