Minecraft teases its first drop of 2026, and it might finally be the thing that stops me from being a passive mob killing machine

With the 2025 cycle of drops out of the way, Minecraft has already revealed a feature of its next update—and let me tell you, it's simply adorable. In fact, it's probably going to stop me from creating tiny little animal farms as a food source as a whole, which is a pretty dramatic statement given every Minecraft player seems to do the same thing.

In a post to the official Minecraft news blog, it was revealed that baby mobs will be getting an entirely new appearance. Prior to this drop,...