Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 Released Early with Enhanced Realms Customization

The Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 9 has been released a day ahead of schedule, bringing exciting new customization options for Realms. Realm owners can now increase the render distance up to 25 chunks and independently adjust both the render and simulation distances to tailor the gameplay experience to their preferences.

This update also includes multiple technical improvements and bug fixes to enhance overall game performance.

Key New Features

Realms

• New sliders have been added for both render distance and simulation distance within the Realm configuration settings. This allows for more precise control over world rendering and entity simulation without affecting each other.

Minor Adjustments To Blocks, Items, and Entities

• Endermen will now sustain damage from projectiles if they are riding entities.
• Both Endermen and Shulkers have been prevented from teleporting onto Bedrock, improving gameplay consistency.

User Interface

• For macOS users, a new “Right Click Emulation” option is now available in the Controls settings. It enables Control + left-click to act as a right-click, and is disabled by default. This feature aims to provide better mouse control options on Apple devices.

Technical Updates

• The Data Pack version has been updated to 117.0.

Advancements

• Visible root advancements must now include a background field in their display structure.
• Only root advancements are permitted to have a background field.

Slot Sources and Loot Functions

• New constraints limit inline definitions to top-level files.

Number Providers Changes

• The minecraft:sum function has been renamed to use the operands field instead of summands, and it now accepts a variety of inputs including inline values and namespaced IDs, requiring at least one operand.
• Additional functions introduced include minecraft:product, minecraft:minimum, minecraft:maximum, and minecraft:average, which calculate the product, minimum, maximum, and average values respectively, all requiring operands.

Tags Added

Block Tags

• Introduced new tags such as #uncarvable, #dangerous_for_teleportation, #cat_does_not_teleport_to, #enderman_does_not_teleport_to, #shulker_does_not_teleport_to, and #consumable_does_not_teleport_to.

Item Tags

• Added #brewing_potion_inputs for items usable in Brewing Stand potion slots.

Potion Tags

• Added #douses_fire for potions that extinguish fire blocks.
• Added #hurts_water_sensitive_entities for potions that damage entities vulnerable to water, like Endermen.
• Added #extinguishes_entities for potions capable of putting out entities.
• Added #rehydrates_axolotls for potions that hydrate Axolotls.

Enjoy exploring the new features of this snapshot for Minecraft and happy mining!

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