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Brings both timelines up to date through August 2026. The data currently stops at Bedrock 1.21.132 (8 January 2026), so everything from this year was missing.

Versions added

Java

  • Tiny Takeover (26.1), 24 March 2026
  • 26.1.1, 1 April 2026
  • 26.1.2, 9 April 2026
  • Chaos Cubed (26.2), 16 June 2026

Bedrock

  • Tiny Takeover (26.10), 24 March 2026
  • Chaos Cubed (26.30), 16 June 2026
  • 19 minor releases, 26.0 (10 February) through 26.44 (14 August)

Upcomings

  • First Drop 2026 removed from both editions now that it has shipped as Tiny Takeover, and Bedrock 26.0 likewise
  • Third Drop 2026 added (Java 26.3 / Bedrock 26.50), currently listed as Q3 2026
  • Vibrant Visuals left as it was, since it is still Java-only and unreleased

Every date and version number comes from the version history tables on minecraft.wiki rather than from memory. Worth flagging one correction: the Java hotfixes are 1 and 9 April, not 1 and 9 May.

Art

Following the guidelines in the README: 64px tall, under 128px wide, constant integer pixel size, 3D blocks, 2px drop shadow at 50%.

  • version_26_2.png and version_26_30.png, Chaos Cubed: a sulfur cube and a cinnabar block
  • version_26_3.png and version_26_50.png, Third Drop 2026: poplar leaves in all three colours
  • years/java/2026.png and years/bedrock/2026.png: sulfur, following the one signature block per year convention. 2026 was falling back to fallback.png
  • version_26_1.png and version_26_10.png, Tiny Takeover: replaces the placeholder icon that was added while the drop was still upcoming. It is a 4x5 pixel sprite and renders noticeably smaller than every icon around it now that the drop has shipped. Happy to drop this file from the PR if you would rather keep the original or draw your own.

Bedrock's version_26_1.png is renamed to version_26_10.png to match the naming used everywhere else in that folder, for example version_1_21_130.png.

Present day marker

One small change in Year.svelte. The Present day label was placed directly after the newest version with a fixed 0.05 spacer, and the remainder of the year was rendered after it. That meant it sat at mid June while the actual date was late August, pressed up against the Chaos Cubed icon.

It now sits at today's position within the year, with the leftover space split either side. There is a floor on the gap so it cannot collide with a release published the same day. Other years are unaffected and the timeline track still ends at the label.

This one is easy to separate out if you would prefer to keep the PR to content only.

Notes

Addresses #37, #39 and #41.

This overlaps in part with #40 by @roberto-gigli, which added Tiny Takeover back in June. That work covered the same ground for the first drop; this carries it through Chaos Cubed and the summer releases.

npm run build and npm run check both pass with no errors or warnings. Checked in horizontal and vertical layouts on both editions.

Adds Tiny Takeover and Chaos Cubed as game drops for both editions, the
Java 26.1.1 and 26.1.2 hotfixes, and 19 Bedrock minor releases from 26.0
to 26.44. Replaces the released First Drop 2026 upcoming with Third Drop
2026 on both editions. All dates sourced from the minecraft.wiki version
history tables.

Adds icons for Chaos Cubed and Third Drop 2026, a 2026 year background
for both editions, and a full size replacement for the Tiny Takeover
placeholder icon.

Also positions the Present day marker at today's date within the current
year rather than directly after the newest release.
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