Mojang plans to add The Sift as a fourth Minecraft dimension in 2027, bringing the new realm to Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. The announcement came during Minecraft Live, as first reported by Eurogamer.
The Sift will join the Overworld, the Nether and The End. Mojang showed a setting with pink environments, a turquoise sky and rabbit-like creatures that walk rather than hop.
Minecraft’s dimension structure is changing after years of expansion
The addition matters because Minecraft has kept the same three dimensions while regularly adding new biomes, blocks and creatures. The End arrived in 2011, making this the first planned expansion of the game’s dimension structure since then.
A new realm could alter the long-established flow of exploration and progression in the survival sandbox, depending on how Mojang connects it to the existing world. Java and Bedrock support also means the update is intended to reach Minecraft’s two main player bases rather than remain exclusive to one edition.
Dungeons 2 will offer an earlier version of the setting
A version of The Sift is due to appear in Minecraft Dungeons 2, scheduled for release the following week. That action game’s take on the area includes shifting tides, dangerous blocks, and both friendly and hostile mobs.
Singer’s Meadow and Carapace are two named biomes associated with the Dungeons 2 version. Mojang also outlined a separate Overworld addition: ice caves beneath some colder surface regions, where placing a torch beneath an icicle can cause it to fall.
Mojang has yet to say how players will enter the 2027 realm, disclose its full selection of mobs, blocks and biomes, or explain how its main-game form will differ from the Dungeons 2 interpretation. The studio has also not announced an exact date for the 2027 Minecraft update.
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