Explorer Maps are redesigned as standalone items with individual icons for each map type, and existing maps from old worlds are converted on load to fit the new system, with zoom-out restrictions updated for new map types.

Explorer Maps are now hidden inside Abandoned Camps and can navigate to nearby camps across biomes as well as to notable structures like Ancient City, Trial Chambers, Mineshafts, Desert Pyramid, Jungle Pyramid, Warm Ocean Ruins, and Woodland Mansion.

The new Explorer Maps feature distinct icons per map type and ensure all existing maps are converted to align with the updated navigation system.

Snapshot 7 emphasizes new building materials, improved exploration tools, loot adjustments, and Realm/server region enhancements ahead of the major update.

A new swing and animation system introduces customizable attack animations (whack or stab) with adjustable duration, supported by new data components for attack and interact actions.

Minecraft Realms expands with additional server regions in Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Arizona, USA.

Technical changes include Data Pack version 115.0, Resource Pack 95.0, level.dat version history, and block state renames (name->id, properties->properties), along with updates to exploration maps and map loot functions.

The snapshot guide advises backing up worlds, using the official Minecraft Launcher with snapshots enabled, and provides server jar links and bug-report resources.

Loot in Abandoned Camps has been updated, replacing firework rockets with gunpowder in chests and updating barrel loot.

New tags for concrete stairs and slabs (block and item) as well as cloneable and extendable maps to support map cloning and zoom functionality.

Bug fixes cover macOS key binds display, buried treasure maps, swing interactions, spear animations, and multiple issues related to abandoned camps and map behavior.

Map-related changes remove minecraft:map_color, adjust how exploration maps apply data, and shift density function precision from double to single.