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26.4 Snapshot 5: Packed Ice Bricks and Payback Ice Balls

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Snapshot 5 gives Java a full packed-ice brick kit and a delicious Frostbite revenge advancement. PixelCraft’s leather-first build night.

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Java 26.4 Snapshot 5 adds Packed Ice Bricks with stonecutter variants, a new advancement with a pun-worthy name, and ice ambience. It also brings an experimental Windows graphics option. Snapshot profile recommended, as usual.

What’s new

  • Packed Ice Bricks and stonecutter variants
  • New advancement: “What Goes Around Comes Around” — earned by dealing with Frostbite using an Ice Ball
  • Ice ambient sound
  • Experimental DXGI Present option on Windows

Creator numbers

  • Data pack version 125.0
  • Resource pack version 100.2

Packed Ice Bricks give builders a cleaner block palette, and the stonecutter variants make stairs, slabs, and walls easy to craft. The new advancement rewards a bit of poetic justice — freeze the Frostbite with its own weapon.

  1. Use a snapshot-only profile
  2. Craft Packed Ice Bricks and test stonecutter variants
  3. Try to earn “What Goes Around Comes Around”
  4. If you’re on Windows, test the DXGI option on a copy of a world

Throw the Ice Ball back at the Frostbite and the achievement name finally makes sense.

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Session vibe

Brick-and-revenge lab: stonecutter packed ice set, kill one Frostbite with an Ice Ball for the advancement, soft chill pads.

Player checklist

  • 2×2 Packed Ice → bricks; stonecutter for slabs/stairs/walls/chiseled.
  • DXGI Present is experimental Windows-only — leave off if unstable.
  • Throwaway snapshot profile only.

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