Today we are shipping the first release candidate for 26.3, the Wilderness Bound game drop! If no critical issues are found, this will be the version that we ship for the eventual full release.

Happy mining!

Fixed bugs in 26.3 Release Candidate 1

• MC-311607 - Items with the weapon component with disable_blocking_for_seconds set no longer disable items with the blocks_attacks component
• MC-311705 - Axes can no longer disable shields
• MC-311725 - The match_block loot predicate always requires a block entity
• MC-311776 - Throwing ender pearls at blocks at a specific angle allows the player to briefly see through blocks