The Spawn Chunks 396: Chaos Squared
Joel, and Jonny share their first impressions on the Chaos Cubed drop after some first hand experience in the latest Bedrock Edition Preview. Plus dishing the dirt on the April Fools Java Edition snapshot, and golden dandelions.
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Joel
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- The Citadel | Mushroom Island
- Still feeling a little stuck on the design of the command center midsections, so spent the week filling out the details of the west wing Level 3 observation deck, and attached rooms, and elevators.
- It’s not difficult work but given the scale of the build it is time consuming.
- Made some slight adjustments, iterating on previous design elements like trim materials, skylights, and door, and elevator details.
- There is still an undesigned space in the room with the elevators which needs a purpose before filling the details.
- Filling Out The West Wing – Part 1
- Filling Out The West Wing – Part 2
- Filling Out The West Wing – Part 3
- Filling Out The West Wing – Part 4
- Filling Out The West Wing – Part 5
- Still feeling a little stuck on the design of the command center midsections, so spent the week filling out the details of the west wing Level 3 observation deck, and attached rooms, and elevators.
Jonny
- The Minecraft Survival Guide, Season 3
- The David Copper Aging Facility beacon mine continues…
- April Fools 2026: The Herdcraft Update
- Spent some time in the April Fools snapshot for this year, though not as robust, and repayable as years past, there were still some interesting mechanics to explore.
- Lady Agnes Takeover
- Had the opportunity to speak with Minecraft Game Director Agnes Larsson about the Tiny Takover drop in a world designed to showcase the new baby mobs.
- Agnes confirmed that the librarians trading red, and yellow candles was not a direct hint at sulfur, and cinnabar being on the way. Though she couldn’t rule out the candle colours could have been a subconscious decision.
- The conversation will be edited in to an upcoming episode of The Minecraft Survival Guide about Tiny Takeover.
- PearlescentMoon also had a chance to speak with Agnes, and has uploaded that video.
- Tiny Takeover With Agness (@PearlescentMoon on YouTube)
Minecraft News
- Minecraft: Java Edition 26.1.1 (Minecraft.net)
- Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Preview 26.20.23 (Minecraft.net)
- April Fools 2026: The Herdcraft Update (Minecraft.net)
Chunk Mail
FROM: Lizasaurous13
SUBJECT: Crop Block State Locking
Pix, and Joel,
In Episode 390, you discussed the potential of using the golden dandelion in potion or bone meal type form to lock the block states of crops.
What if there was a way to combine the golden dandelion with dirt to create a type of dirt (or soil) that causes the crop to not grow? This would be reusable if you chose to move the dirt, and would help with the issue Joel mentioned about accidentally breaking the crop, and then wasting the effect of the golden dandelion. If there is more than one block state, you could bone meal the crop until the desired level.
Lizasaurous13 finally planted a turnip field as she could lock the pitcher pod block state with her golden dandelion dirt.
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Chaos Cubed Preview
Both Joel, and Jonny had the opportunity to jump into the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition preview last week to get some hands on with the sulfur, and cinnabar block families, though sulfur caves proved to be a bit illusive. The sulfur cube testing will have to wait until Chaos Cubed snapshots hit the Java Edition of the game, hopefully this coming week!
- Joel’s Chaos Cubed preview stream:
