Third Drop 2026 – Minecraft Wiki
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The third drop of 2026 is an upcoming, currently unnamed, game drop that will release in the third quarter of 2026. It focuses on the dappled forest biome, adding poplar trees with three different colors of leaves and its related blocks, wool stairs and slabs, and a new abandoned camp structure. It was...

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New Biome: Dappled Forest (seasonal forest variant)

  • Cold biome (contains cold mob variants)

  • New Poplar trees with their own wood variant (light gray, similar to but slightly different from pale oak) and 3 leaf colors (yellow/orange/red)

  • Shelf fungus that spawns on fallen logs

  • Red bush variants that remain red when placed in other biomes

Abandoned Camp structures

  • Found randomly in the overworld (including but not limited to the new biome)

  • Has a tent made from new wool stair and slab blocks

  • Wool stairs are craftable and can be any of the existing wool colors