Minecraft LIVE · September 2026
Is coming to Minecraft
Bedrock & Java Edition · 2027
Experience it first in Minecraft Dungeons II — September 29, 2026
Four dimensions
The trailer lined them up side by side. Three of them you know. The fourth is the one Mojang has been hiding for fifteen years.
Field guide · 01
The Sift is Minecraft's fourth dimension, standing next to the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Mojang revealed it at Minecraft LIVE on September 26, 2026, after players had already spotted it in footage shown at Gamescom.
Its look is nothing like the dimensions you know. The reveal shows a flat teal sky over fields of coral-pink, blocky vegetation, a red-pink ground plane and pale rock outcrops wrapped in green. Souls drift through the air, small blue creatures hop between the plants, and the terrain is broken up by pools of a thick, warm liquid called ichor.
In the story of Minecraft Dungeons II, the dimension is the source of the crisis: strange events unsettle the Overworld, new enemy types appear and souls begin to fly through the world. The Illagers have invaded the Sift to harvest its resources and souls, and it is up to the heroes to push them back.
Mojang is deliberately keeping the vanilla version vague. Officially confirmed for Minecraft itself is exactly one mob — the Blub — plus a family of new "healthy sculk" blocks. Everything else that has been shown so far comes from Dungeons II and may or may not make the jump into the main game.
Field guide · 02
Mojang confirmed two biomes by name — the Meadows and the Carapace — and keeps the rest of the dimension a secret. The Dungeons II version already shows more regions, which is the best preview we have for 2027.
Singer's Meadow · the Meadows
The entry point of the dimension, and the biome shown in the vanilla reveal. Red sculk beneath tall blue grass, dotted with green flowers, yellow flower patches and pale-blue blossoms. Towering tree-like growths are wrapped in pale-blue vines, and pools of ichor fracture the flatland.
Home of the Singer and its Echo Golems. The Dungeons II tutorial entry "Sift tides" unlocks the first time you step in.
The Carapace
A desert-style region dotted with strange blue walls and giant, hollow fossils. Where the Meadow is soft and pink, the Carapace is dry, sharp and eerie — and it is the biome most likely to surprise players in 2027.
Named by Mojang. Full layout still unknown.
Lullaby Hills · Echo Den
Both exist in the Dungeons II version of the Sift — the hills are named on the dimension's map, the Echo Den is a sub-area. Mojang has shown almost nothing of them, so treat these as unexplored.
Not confirmed for Minecraft itself.
Open questions
Mojang says more will be revealed at upcoming Minecraft LIVE shows.
Field guide · 03
The Sift does not just reskin the game — it introduces blocks and rules that change how you build, fight and travel.
The vanilla reveal showed a whole family of new sculk variants — green healthy sculk, pink healthy sculk, pink sculk grass blocks and short and tall sculk grass. A living counterpart to the corrupted sculk of the Deep Dark.
In Dungeons II the dimension is opened with the Note Block Machine: a Singer awakens the sonorous deepslate and note blocks are placed on it. Singers use music to open portals — and to pacify Wardens.
Souls are everywhere in the Sift — they drift through the sky, feed the Illagers' plans and are drained by its hazards. Trills flock through the air like living soul lights, and the Sculk Monstrosity can burst them out in a fight.
A thick, glowing liquid that pools across the dimension and behaves like a trap: it burns anything that steps in and pulls the souls out of it. Sift-native mobs walk straight through.
Rifts tear open across the Overworld and drop you into the Sift. In Dungeons II the Grand Illusioner can open them on command with his staff; the Deep Dark portal in the Ancient City is the second, more permanent route.
Forests of a brand-new tree: thick dark-grey trunks with white canopies that trail stalactite-like weeping foliage underneath — pale oak energy, but paler still.
Hazard · do not swim
Ichor is the thick, glowing liquid that pools through the Sift. It looks like a warm bath and behaves like a trap.
Fun detail: the developer name for ichor was "ouch water" until very late in development. The Spectral Spear's item description claims the weapon was "forged in ichor", which suggests the liquid may also be a crafting material — much like lava in the Nether.
Field guide · 04
Officially named for vanilla Minecraft: one. The Blub. Everything else on this list is confirmed from the Minecraft Dungeons II version of the dimension and shows the direction the Sift is going — not a promise for 2027.
A small blue creature that hops like a rabbit, squeaks and is described as soft and squishy. It likes to bathe in ichor and is the mascot of the dimension — and the Deluxe Edition pet in Dungeons II.
Pale green body, shaggy fur, tiny faces on an elongated neck and pale antlers. Singers communicate through song, awaken the sonorous deepslate to open portals, and are said to be able to pacify Wardens.
Golems animated by soul blocks created by the Singers. Instead of attacking you they help heroes move through the story — the friendly face of the dimension's oldest magic.
Groups of small flying entities that drift through the sky of the Sift, giving the air that strange, living-souls feeling the reveal footage is full of.
A whole family: Baby Sifters bite, Bearded Sifters spit homing projectiles from their chin, Tall Sifters lob explosive shots that leave damaging goo. Snout and Antenna Sifters round out the variants.
Bounds at heroes the moment it spots them, lunges in for a bite, then circles at close range while its attack cools down. Relentless rather than clever.
Seedlings grow on the ground, Sprouts hover and attack from the air with tentacle-like limbs. Both make the Sift's vegetation feel like it is watching you.
Sift Sheep are the dimension's wool supply in Dungeons II. The Licker does exactly what its name says — that is, that is everything we know about it so far.
One of the three bosses of the Sift. Its Monarchlings guard it, and it rules over the dimension's insect-like hierarchy.
A shoulder-charging monster that bursts out souls and summons rolling Sculk Cubes. Fought in the Singer's Meadow, and the closest thing to a sculk Warden the Sift has.
The third boss of the dimension, tied to the Sift's music-and-song theme. As with the Monarch, Mojang has kept the details of the encounter under wraps.
Groobler and Crested Sentinels, Sculk Slashers that dash backwards leaving spectral afterimages, a Sculk Dancer mini-boss with spinning AoE attacks — plus the Illagers who invaded the dimension for its souls.
Field guide · 05
Two releases matter, and only one of them has a date yet.
Mojang shows the Sift for the first time and confirms it is coming to Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition.
Status: done
The Sift becomes the centre of the new action RPG, days after the reveal. This is where you can learn its mobs, blocks and biomes hands-on.
Xbox Series X|S · Xbox on PC · Steam · PS5 · Switch · Switch 2 · Game Pass day one
The base game's Switch 2 release lands about a month after Dungeons II — so the Sift can arrive on Nintendo's new console too.
Status: announced
Confirmed window, no exact date, no update number, no price. Mojang says more will be shown at future Minecraft LIVE events.
Status: announced, release window only
FAQ
Short answers, only what is actually confirmed — and a clear label when something is still unknown.
The Sift is Minecraft's fourth dimension, alongside the Overworld, the Nether and the End. It was revealed at Minecraft LIVE in September 2026 and described as a soul-rich world of red and orange stone, green vegetation, sculk blocks and pools of ichor. Mojang's own wording: an uncharted dimension of threats, mysteries and breathtaking beauty.
The Sift launches first inside Minecraft Dungeons II on September 29, 2026. For Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition Mojang has confirmed a 2027 release window — no exact day, no update number, no price announced yet.
In Dungeons II: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, included with Game Pass on day one and supporting Xbox Play Anywhere.
For Minecraft itself the Sift arrives as part of the game in 2027, which covers Java and Bedrock Edition on Windows, macOS, Linux, consoles, mobile and cloud.
In Dungeons II there are two routes: the Deep Dark portal activated with the Note Block Machine, and dimensional rifts that the Grand Illusioner can open with his staff.
How players will enter the Sift in vanilla Minecraft has not been revealed. The obvious candidate is the Deep Dark portal that has been sitting in the Ancient City since the Wild Update — but Mojang has not confirmed it.
Officially confirmed for vanilla Minecraft so far: the Blub, a small passive creature that glows, hops and squeaks.
For the Dungeons II version, the dimension adds Sifters, Nesters, Seedlings, Sprouts, Sift Sheep, Echo Golems, Lickers and Trills, with the Monarch, the Sculk Monstrosity and the Harmonizer as bosses. Not all of these are expected in the main game.
Ichor is the thick, multicoloured liquid that pools across the dimension. It sets you alight with soul fire and drains your souls, while Sift-native mobs are immune. Mojang's developers called it "ouch water" internally until very late in development, and the Spectral Spear is said to have been "forged in ichor".
Unknown. Mojang has not announced a price, a DLC pack or a version requirement for the Sift in Minecraft. Every dimension added to Minecraft so far — the Nether and the End — shipped as part of a regular game update, which is why most players expect the same here.
Probably not identical. Dungeons II is an action RPG with its own combat systems, bosses and level design, and it already contains content that never appeared in vanilla Minecraft. Mojang has said it wants each dimension to have a functional reason to exist, and that it will show more of the Sift's vanilla form at future Minecraft LIVE events.
Coming up
This hub grows with the dimension. These pieces are being prepared and go live when the facts are confirmed — no speculation pages, no filler.
Guide · entry
Deep Dark portal, note block sequences and rifts — step by step, once Mojang confirms the vanilla method.
In preparation
Explainer · survival
What ichor does to you, how Sift mobs ignore it, and which blocks are safe to build on.
In preparation
Overview · world
The Meadows, the Carapace and the regions Mojang is still hiding — with what we know about each one.
In preparation
THE SIFT
