
9 Things REMOVED in 26.2 Minecraft update
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Before updating to Minecraft 26.2 Java, there are several rare and soon-to-be impossible items, mobs, and blocks to collect. One of the most significant is an infinite TNT dupe glitch. By placing a powered block and then TNT, the TNT appears to be lost but is actually refilled in your stack. This glitch also works with wet sponges in the Nether, where they dry and can be duplicated infinitely, allowing for a sponge farm. Pumpkins can also be duplicated by placing them on snow or iron golems, with the pumpkin returning to your inventory. Infinite lava can be created by placing it in a flowing stream; right-clicking again or swapping off-hand re-places the lava instead of creating obsidian. This trick requires snapshot 26.2, update number three.
A rare mob to collect is a master Fletcher villager with a "broken" trade, where the emerald is on the right instead of the usual left. This can be obtained in versions 26.1 or 26.1.2 by trading with a new villager until the last two trades have a 66% chance of yielding this glitched trade. This broken trade persists even after updating to 26.2.
Another rare find is the "chicken jockey" variant of jungle villagers. These are incredibly rare because jungle villages are uncommon, and these mobs spawn from zombie villagers in abandoned villages that have encroached on jungle biomes. Normally, zombie villagers spawn with biome-specific textures, but in this scenario, they can spawn with jungle textures and as chicken jockeys. A bug in versions 26.11 and 26.12 makes obtaining these easier: by curing a zombie villager from any biome in a jungle biome, it will convert to a jungle variant.
A trick that did not make it to the full release of 26.2 involved placing armor on mobs that normally cannot wear it, such as villagers or dolphins, using dispensers. This trick was fixed in the snapshot. However, there are still cool sulfur cube tricks in the full release, including an automatic farm where baby sulfur cubes grow, clip into blocks, take damage, and respawn as two babies, creating an infinite loop. These new mobs are found in the sulfur caves biome, which contains new blocks like cinnabar and sulfur. A music disc called "Bounce" by Finger Spit can be found in minecart chests within sulfur caves with a 42% chance. This biome is also required for the "Adventure Time" advancement. The update also fixes AFK fish farms and dry grass farms.