Minecraft 26.60.29 for Android

Developers have released a test version of Minecraft 26.60.29 for Android. Winter is coming early: the fourth drop of 2026 opens with icy caves, glowing crystals, dangerous icicles, and a new hostile mob that loves to freeze players. The build also brings a refreshed main menu, faster Realms downloads, and a long list of fixes.

Drop 4 of 2026

The first look at the winter drop. What's inside:

• Ice Cave
• Ice Crystal
• Icicle
• Freezing effect
• Frostbite
• Ice Ball

Ice Cave

A new cave biome. Main features:

• Hides underground beneath cold Overworld biomes
• Walls and floor are made mostly of Packed Ice and Calcite
• Icicles hang from the ceiling, while huge Packed Ice spikes rise from the floor and drop from above
• Small patches of Snow cover the ground here and there
• Ores sit in pockets of Stone and Deepslate
• No Dirt, Granite, or Glow Lichen in sight
• Strays and Frostbites join the usual cave mobs
• Ice Crystals are scattered across the floor

Ice Crystal

A new light source. Properties:

• The only natural light you'll find in Ice Caves
• Grows on top of Packed Ice
• Looks and works a lot like Amethyst Clusters
• Can be placed facing any direction
• Breaks when its supporting block is removed
• Known issue: crystals are currently smaller than planned

Icicle

A new cave block. Details:

• Covers the ceilings of Ice Caves under Packed Ice
• Behaves similarly to Dripstone and Sulfur Spikes
• Can grow up to 5 blocks long when pointing down
• Only grows in dark places and never in the Nether
• Bright light nearby can make it fall on whoever stands below
• Hurts entities when it falls and deals extra damage to anyone landing on it
• Melts away near light sources or in the Nether, leaving only the base block

Freezing Effect

A new mob effect. Important details:

• Makes the player shake, weakens jumps, and eventually starts dealing damage
• Works like being stuck in Powder Snow for the whole duration
• Leather Armor stops you from freezing but doesn't remove the effect itself
• Mobs sensitive to cold take five times more damage from it
• Potion, Splash Potion, and Lingering Potion of Freezing are brewed with Ice Balls
• Arrows of Freezing are made by dipping Arrows into a Cauldron with Potion of Freezing

Frostbite

A new hostile mob. Main features:

• A frozen relative of the Zombie
• Lives in cold and icy biomes
• Prefers close combat, where each hit applies Freezing
• Throws Ice Balls when the target is far away
• Turns into a regular Zombie after staying underwater long enough
• Drops Rotten Flesh and Ice Balls
• Walks on Powder Snow without sinking
• Completely immune to freezing and slowdowns from cold
• Zombies and Husks become Frostbites if they get stuck in Powder Snow

Ice Ball

A new projectile. Properties:

• The Frostbite's favorite ranged weapon
• Deals up to 4 damage and knocks targets back
• The slower it flies, the weaker the hit
• Shatters on impact with a sound and particle effect

Changes

Made 7 changes. Main ones:

• The main menu got a fresh layout, better performance, and an updated first-time accessibility setup
• Realms worlds now download much faster and more reliably
• Realms Hub now includes a help guide for owners and admins
• The skin info panel is available even for skins you haven't bought
• The Marketplace now has an Audio category and a new icon for the Creators button
• A separate Marketplace Storage bar appears on devices that keep worlds and Marketplace content apart
• Ice blocks received their own sounds

Bug Fixes

Fixed 22 bugs. Details:

• The Disclosure pop-up on Android can be interacted with again
• Redstone dust correctly shows its climb up a block side when the wire also steps down elsewhere
• Cushions no longer vanish after an unloaded chunk loads back in
• Walking into a dropped stack with a full inventory no longer duplicates items
• The End flash in Fancy graphics is now closer in size to Java Edition
• World preview images no longer capture UI elements with Vibrant Visuals on Nintendo Switch 2
• Inventory items stay visible with custom Display Brightness and anti-aliasing set to 1
• Distance fog is no longer too bright in front of water
• Split Slimes no longer inherit their parent's properties
• Sounds stay in sync after pausing and resuming the game
• Pausing during a dimension transfer no longer leaves players stuck on the "Generating World" screen
• Holding an invalid photo no longer crashes the game
• Joining a friend's world from inside another world now loads the correct resources
• Fixed endlessly growing text values in level data
• Out-of-game menus open faster
• The Marketplace Wishlist updates right away after adding, removing, or buying items
• Fixed "unkown" typos in error messages
• First-time onboarding no longer waits for the character appearance to load before starting a multiplayer world
• Fish, Elder Guardians, Tadpoles, and Slimes now have correct closed captions
• Comparators, Tripwires, and Dispensers show the right captions for their clicks
• Thrown items like Eggs, Ender Pearls, Snowballs, and potions have proper captions
• A primed Creeper now has the correct closed caption

Technical Changes

Added 45 technical changes for addon development and testing. Among them, the /time command no longer needs an experiment and gained new options such as /time pause, /time resume, and /time of for custom world clocks.