Minecraft is getting its second major update of the year tomorrow, and the clock is ticking. The Chaos Cubed update goes live on June 16, and based on Mojang's consistent release schedule, it should hit at 10am CT.
No official time has been confirmed, but Minecraft updates have followed the same rollout pattern reliably enough that 10am CT is the number to plan around. Mark your calendar.
Exact launch times by region
Here's when Chaos Cubed is expected to go live across major time zones on June 16:
What the Chaos Cubed update actually adds
The headline addition is the Sulfur Cube, a new passive mob that hops around a brand-new underground biome. You can feed Sulfur Cubes different blocks to trigger various effects, though experimenting with what each block does is part of the fun.
The Sulfur Cave biome is the main stage for all of this. It spawns underground but has a clever surface tell: sulfur springs and geysers appear above ground directly over the cave, making it much easier to locate than most hidden biomes. Once you're inside, you'll find sulfur blocks, sulfur spikes, and the Cubes themselves bouncing around.
The block list for this update is substantial. Cinnabar and sulfur each get full building sets, meaning stairs, slabs, walls, polished variants, brick variants, and chiseled versions. Potent Sulfur is a notable addition as a standalone block with its own mechanics. If you want the full rundown on that one, the Minecraft Sulfur Caves guide covers the biome and its new materials in detail.
There's also a new music disc called Bounce, found in mineshaft chests within Sulfur Cave biomes. And for Java Edition players specifically, a long-requested quality-of-life fix finally lands: you can now invite friends directly without needing a dedicated server or Realms subscription.
The Java friends list is a bigger deal than it sounds
The Sulfur Cave content will get most of the attention, but the Java Edition friends list change quietly fixes one of the most persistent friction points in the game. Coordinating a session with friends previously required either paying for Realms or setting up a server, which locked out a lot of casual players from easy co-op. That barrier is gone with Chaos Cubed.
Here's the thing: Minecraft doesn't push major updates at a rapid pace, so when one lands it tends to reshape how players spend their sessions for weeks. Chaos Cubed looks like it has enough new material to do exactly that, between the biome hunting, mob feeding mechanics, and the expanded block palette for builders.
For everything you need once the update is live, the full Minecraft guides collection has you covered on the new content as it drops.
