MCME is now on Minecraft 26.2
Hello everyone,
The maintenance is over, and Minecraft Middle-earth is back online on Minecraft 26.2! Besides the version update itself, we updated and tested our plugins across the whole network. This post has the highlights. The full changelog, one chapter per audience, is pinned in our new 26.x Update: Issues & Suggestions forum and linked below.
Thank you all for your patience while the servers were offline, and a big thank-you to everyone who worked on this update behind the scenes.
Current Status
Server: Online, running Minecraft 26.2 (since 24/09/2026 at 02:00 CET)
⚠ Before you join
- Pick 26.2 in the launcher. "Latest release" is now 26.3, so create an installation for release 26.2. Java is handled by the launcher. 26.3 should work too, but older versions can't join.
- Replace your mods with their 26.2 versions, in a new instance. The easiest way is the new MCME Installer 2.1: it sets up the Fabric profile "MCME for 26.2" with our modpack.
- Accept the server resource pack when you join.
Highlights
- Six Minecraft game drops at once: Spring to Life, Chase the Skies, The Copper Age, Mounts of Mayhem, Tiny Takeover and Chaos Cubed.
- Nearly 100 new blocks for more building options that we can change for Middle-earth: leaf litter, wildflowers and dry grass; copper bars, chains and green-flame lanterns; shelves; and the sulfur and cinnabar stone sets.
- A new tab list showing everyone on the network, with announcements and tips.
- Better views: clouds to the horizon, softer fog, less shimmer in the distance and new graphics presets.
- Updated building tools: FastAsyncWorldEdit 2.15 with new commands and brushes, Multiverse 5, WorldGuard and CoreProtect.
- Every MCME plugin checked and, where needed, rebuilt for Paper 26.2 and our new Velocity 4 proxy.
Full changelog
- What's new for you: joining on 26.2, mods and shaders, what you'll notice. Everyone
- Minecraft 1.21.5 to 26.2: every game drop we skipped, with Middle-earth tips. Everyone
- MCME plugin changelog: every plugin, old and new version. Everyone and staff
- For builders and creative devs: new blocks and block states, commands, FAWE, Multiverse 5. Builders
- For the resource pack team: pack formats, what breaks, a migration checklist. Resource pack team
- For technical devs: Java 25, the Paper and Velocity APIs, admin notes. Developers and admins
- Known issues and what's next: what we're still fixing, and what's coming. Everyone
Found a bug, or have an idea? Post it in 26.x Update: Issues & Suggestions, and vote for the threads that affect you.
Progress Log
21/09/2026 at 13:00 CET
- Maintenance started, server taken offline.
- Backups completed.
- All servers started on Minecraft 26.2, and the proxy on Velocity 4. Testing continues.
- Updated the plugins to 26.2 - running tests across the network and worlds.
- Updated PluginUtils, the shared library most of our plugins use, on every server.
- Installed the updated MCME-Connect, MCME-PvP and MCME-Warps.
- Removed or paused the plugins that don't work on 26.2 yet, and ran final checks across the network.
- The network is open again, on Minecraft 26.2. Welcome back!
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