Key Highlights:
- Minecraft’s version 26.1 Snapshot 2 update brings with it a ton of fixes and new additions.
- One of these additions happens to be Baby Mobs, which are cute, miniaturized versions of existing animal mobs.
- Players can collect and name these Baby Mobs post update.
Minecraft routinely features preview version updates to go along with it, which are scheduled for its Java and Bedrock editions. These updates bring with them new features and gameplay additions, some of which can be often transformative.
The version 26.1 Snapshot 2 update is no different in this regard, bringing with it a plethora of bug fixes, quality of life improvements and the addition of Baby Mobs, a new kind of adorable NPC to the game.
Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 2 Update Full Patch Notes
As per the official Minecraft blog, version 26.1 Snapshot 2 brings with it the following new additions to the base version of the game:
- You can now craft Name Tags with 1x Paper and 1x Metal Nugget.
- Zombie Horses will not panic when hurt.
- Default JVM options have been tweaked.
- New baby sounds for Wolf, Cat and Pig added.
- Baby Mob visuals have now been revamped.
- The rabbit art textures have been remodelled, and the programmer art textures for it have been removed.
- Baby Mobs added to the game, with updated textures and models.
- Armor on baby Wolves and saddles on baby no longer render.
- Minecraft now allocates 4 GB RAM by default, from its original value of 2GB. Devices with less than 4 GB of RAM may run into issues, so be warned.
- Compatible devices now run garbage collection in ZGC instead of G1GC.
- Data Pack version is now 96.
- Resource Pack version is now 77.
- Copper, Iron and Gold Nuggets have been added under #metal_nuggets.
- A bunch of entity textures have been added and updated.
- New sound events have been added for the Cat.
- New sound events have been added for the Wolf.
The update also brings with it the following bug fixes:
- Zombie horses constantly move in and out of water and burn to death
- The heads of zombie nautiluses have a massive empty gap on the back
- The E value in entity_render_stats in the debug overlay doesn’t work
- Spears’ charge animation takes too long to rotate sideways for slower spears
- Nautili spawned as a result of a player breeding two other nautili can despawn
- The “Programmer Art” and “High Contrast” resource packs are listed as incompatible
- Some expert level mason trades no longer generate
- Farmers sell suspicious stews with 20 times the intended duration
- Duplicate trade entries in journeyman level shepherd trades
- Master level fletchers can now sell tipped arrows of thick, mundane, and awkward potions
- Armorers now buy diamonds at expert level instead of journeyman
- The Lunge enchantment now works at 6 hunger and above, instead of 7
- Expert cleric sells glowstone instead of ender pearl
What Are Baby Mobs and How Do They Work in Minecraft?
Baby Mobs are essentially miniature, cuter versions of adult sized mobs in Minecraft. A total of eight new ‘Baby Versions’ of existing animal mobs have been added to the game, which have a bunch of varying features to separate them.
For starters, Baby Mobs have eyes made of a single pixel, transforming their appearance to be more cutesy. These new mobs also look a bit different when compared to the regular versions, in addition to having a variety of additional sound effects and quirks to go along with it.
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Players will be able to collect a massive number of Baby Mobs with this particular update, and name these animals using Name Tags.
You’ll have to use the Snapshot feature of the Java edition in order to access these early.
