After 17 Years, Minecraft is Finally Adding a Long-Requested Feature

In its latest developer blog, Mojang pulled back the curtain on Minecraft‘s upcoming game drop, which included the announcement of a feature fans have been waiting almost two decades for. A brand-new craftable item is being introduced in Minecraft‘s next update, and it’ll finally let players sit down.

Though most first played Minecraft after it fully launched in November 2011, the world-famous sandbox game was first technically playable in May 2009, when an early alpha build of the game was released online. This first version of Minecraft — at least compared to the version fans know today — was incredibly basic and lacked countless features that have now become staples of the Minecraft experience. But even back then, when there was only one biome and villages didn’t even exist, players were asking for a way to make Steve sit down.

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Minecraft Is Adding The Ability to Sit Down

While the next Minecraft game drop won’t be arriving until Q3 2026, Mojang has just shared a video detailing some of the update’s most intriguing features. Cheekily titled “SIT DOWN! NEW FEATURES INCOMING!”, this Minecraft dev blog finally confirms a feature that fans have been waiting 17 years for: the ability to sit down.

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Over the last 17 years, Minecraft players have discovered a handful of makeshift ways to force Steve and Co. to sit down, none of which have been perfect solutions. Aside from downloading one of the many Minecraft mods dedicated to letting players sit down, common methods included wedging mine carts or boats into small seat-like structures and placing a mountable animal in a similar structure.

Now, players will simply need to forge Minecraft‘s brand-new Cushion item. Shown in the recent Mojang dev blog, Minecraft‘s new Cushion can be made by placing three Wool Slabs (itself a new block being introduced in this upcoming game drop) in a horizontal line. Once made, players can place this Cushion on a flat surface and click to make their character sit down. To make this news even sweeter, Mojang have confirmed that the Cushion will come in 16 different colors. The Cushion will be officially added to Minecraft with its Q3 2026 game drop, but those playing the Java Snapshot, Bedrock Beta, or Preview versions of Minecraft will be able to try it out for themselves today.

Everything Else Announced for the Upcoming Minecraft Game Drop

In the remainder of the five-minute dev blog, Mojang provided a general overview of the upcoming Minecraft Dappled Forest biome and teased some of the new blocks and items coming with the update. A good portion of the dev blog was spent showcasing the new Straw Bed item. Crafted by placing three Hay Bales in a horizontal line, the Straw Bed can be dropped anywhere and used to skip the night without resetting the player’s spawn point. However, this comes at the cost of the Straw Bed breaking after just one use.

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The new Poplar Wood block set was also shown off during the dev blog, as were the new Shelf Mushroom and the long-requested Wool Stairs and Wood Slabs. A new Abandoned Camp POI is also being added to the Dappled Forest and previous biomes.