Minecraft Bedrock 26.40 Adds Dappled Forest and 3 New Experimental Features
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Updated · Minecraft · Aug 4
Minecraft Bedrock 26.40 Adds Dappled Forest and 3 New Experimental Features
3 articles · Updated · Minecraft · Aug 4
Summary
Update 26.40 for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition rolls out broad gameplay, accessibility and creator changes, while opening experimental access to the Dappled Forest biome, Abandoned Camps and Cushions.
The Dappled Forest appears near cold biomes with Poplar Trees in 3 leaf colors, Shelf Mushrooms, Red Shrubs and a biome-specific Abandoned Camp variant; Straw Beds also join camps as one-use beds.
Gameplay fixes restore pre-1.21.0 minecart separation, make boats easier to break, change arrow damage to scale with velocity, and add Windows cloud sync for world backups plus expanded Realms management tools.
Creators get stricter 1.26.40 schema validation, @minecraft/server 2.9.0 release updates and multiple API additions, while Mojang flags known issues including downward arrows hitting the player's own hitbox and Cushions not yet spawning in camps.