If you have been hunting through the Creative inventory for Minecraft’s new Packed Ice Bricks, the latest Bedrock Preview has a small but welcome fix: the block set now appears in the expected place, following its Sulfur counterparts. It is a tidy interface change, but it matters when you are building quickly, comparing variants, or assembling a redstone showcase without switching through unrelated entries.
The change is listed in Mojang’s official Minecraft Preview 26.70.22 changelog, published October 28, 2026. The same notes also confirm improvements to the Packed Ice Bricks set’s Note Block sound, naming consistency, and waterlogging behavior. Here is what the inventory adjustment does—and what it does not do.
What changed in Creative mode?
Mojang’s changelog says blocks from the Packed Ice Bricks set are now correctly located in the Creative inventory, following their Sulfur counterparts. In practical terms, the update corrects where you find the set in the inventory’s ordering. It is not a new crafting recipe, a change to the block’s mining requirements, or a claim that every inventory layout on every platform is identical.
That distinction is useful because Creative inventory organization is easy to mistake for a gameplay change. The block itself remains a decorative, non-melting building material introduced in Preview 26.70.21. The later 26.70.22 update addresses the known placement issue noted in the earlier preview.
How to find the Packed Ice Bricks set
- Launch Minecraft Bedrock Preview 26.70.22 on a supported Preview platform, or the corresponding Android beta build where available.
- Open a Creative-mode world. For a clean check, use a new test world or a copy of a world you can safely experiment in.
- Open the Creative inventory and locate the Packed Ice Bricks entries in the block listings.
- Look for the set in its corrected position after the Sulfur-related entries, as described in the official changelog.
- Check the variants you use most—full blocks, slabs, stairs, walls, and chiseled blocks—and place them in your hotbar for a quick build test.
Menu layout and navigation can vary by device, input method, and interface configuration, so treat the official changelog’s ordering note as the confirmed change rather than assuming an exact screen coordinate or tab position for every platform.
Which blocks are included?
The Packed Ice Bricks family is designed as a coordinated decorative set. Depending on the variant you need, the set includes the main brick block, slabs, stairs, walls, and a chiseled version. Having the entries easier to locate reduces the small but repeated friction of finding each piece while building a roofline, staircase, retaining wall, or detailed ice-cave base.
- Packed Ice Bricks: the main repeating surface for walls, floors, and large structures.
- Packed Ice Brick Slabs: useful for half-height transitions, trim, and layered floors.
- Packed Ice Brick Stairs: useful for roofs, entrances, and stepped terrain.
- Packed Ice Brick Walls: useful for railings, borders, and narrow decorative details.
- Chiseled Packed Ice: a contrasting accent block for patterns and focal points.
Why this matters for builders and map makers
Creative mode is often a working toolbox, not just a place to grab unlimited blocks. Builders use it to test palettes, prototype builds, stage screenshots, and prepare tutorial worlds. Map makers may also need to move between related blocks rapidly while laying out structures. A predictable inventory order makes those workflows less fiddly and lowers the chance of overlooking a variant during a build session.
The benefit is modest but real: when related blocks are grouped in a sensible order, you spend less time searching and more time building. It is especially helpful when testing a whole palette of new blocks in one sitting. Still, this is an inventory organization fix—not evidence of faster loading, improved performance, or a change to block behavior on its own.
Other Packed Ice Bricks fixes in Preview 26.70.22
The inventory change arrived alongside several related refinements. Mojang’s notes state that Packed Ice Bricks now make Note Blocks play the Chime sound; slabs and stairs submerge correctly in lava and water; and the set’s names follow the same pattern as other brick block sets. The notes also mention ambient sounds when standing on a block of packed ice.
If you are building a sound-based display, see our related guide: Note Blocks Play Chime Sound on Packed Ice Bricks Now. The sound behavior and the inventory ordering are separate changes, so test them independently if you are troubleshooting a world.
Preview warning: check your build before using it in a main world
Preview and beta builds are unfinished testing versions. Mojang explicitly warns that they can be unstable and may not represent the quality of the final release. If your main world depends on add-ons, complex redstone, or a carefully maintained resource-pack setup, test the update in a copy first and keep a backup before opening important worlds in preview software.
The Creative inventory fix is straightforward to verify, but it does not guarantee that every other issue is resolved. Check the current changelog before reporting a bug, and include your platform and exact preview version when filing a report through the official Mojang bug tracker or the Minecraft Feedback site.
Frequently asked questions
Which version fixes Packed Ice Bricks Creative inventory placement?
Mojang lists the fix in Minecraft Bedrock Preview/Beta 26.70.22. The previous Preview 26.70.21 notes listed Creative inventory placement among the issues still being finalized.
Does this change add new Packed Ice Bricks?
No new block family is announced by this particular fix. It corrects where the existing Packed Ice Bricks set is located in the Creative inventory.
Does the inventory fix change crafting or mining?
The changelog does not describe a new recipe or a change to mining requirements as part of this fix. It is specifically an inventory organization correction.
Are the changes available in the regular stable release?
The cited notes are for a work-in-progress Preview/Beta build. Availability in a stable release should be checked against the current official release notes for your platform.
What else was fixed for Packed Ice Bricks?
The same 26.70.22 notes list Chime sounds for Note Blocks, corrected waterlogging behavior for slabs and stairs, and more consistent naming across the block set.
Bottom line
Preview 26.70.22 makes the Packed Ice Bricks set easier to locate by placing it correctly in the Creative inventory after the Sulfur counterparts. It is a quality-of-life correction rather than a dramatic new feature, but it helps keep building tools organized—and it arrives with several other small refinements that make the new ice-themed blocks more consistent to use.
Official sources: Minecraft Preview 26.70.22 and Minecraft Beta & Preview 26.70.22 changelog.