Here in Sweden, the sun is shining (most days). The streets are full of people wearing sunglasses they definitely just bought, flowery summer dresses are twirling in the refreshing breeze, and even the seagulls seem to be in a suspiciously good mood. It’s the kind of weather that makes you want to grab an ice cream, sit on a bench, and pretend you’re a Minecraft villager on vacation. 

Sun, beaches, and ice cream‑themed maps would have been the perfect fit for a July release. But if there’s one thing this month reminds me of, it’s that Halloween, my personal favorite time of year, is creeping closer with the subtlety of a zombie in full daylight. 

This month’s release is packed with all sorts of summer‑friendly adventures. You can gather your friends and play games like Armada or Codenames, or head out exploring across Island of the Crown, Prismatic Mines, or Overgrown Canopy. Feeling extra breezy? Hop on a boat and glide across the icy maze in Dune Rush – it’s basically summer… but colder. 

And if you’re like me and your parkour skills are, let’s say, “artistically unpredictable,” you can skip the jumping entirely and wander through the spooky halls of Haunted Hotel, feed The Hungry in Snack Attack, or discover who (or what) is lurking in Pallid Gardens. 

How do I play the new Java Realms maps?  

Boot up Minecraft on your device of choice, then find Minecraft Realms in the starting menu. Press the “Configure” button, then choose the “Reset World” option on the Realm slot you’re ok with overwriting (or use the “Minigame” slot for minigames). Now you can pick the map you want to play from the corresponding categories! 

Summer vibes, Check! Spooky vibes Check – July really has it all. 

MINIGAME: SNACK ATTACK 

by Yikl, CurvyWhisper 

Nothing is more refreshing than snacking on a watermelon in the summer heat, but nobody takes snacking more seriously than The Hungry, the mysterious creature hiding in the well of this minigame. It has one hobby, one passion, one life goal: eating absolutely everything it can get its claws on. 

Together with your friends, you must collect the Snacks that The Hungry is craving. Whoever feeds it the most items wins. It sounds simple, right? But The Hungry has the attention span of a sugar‑powered baby zombie. Sometimes it wants a carrot. Sometimes it demands a very specific fish from the pond. Other times it suddenly decides it needs cookies or cakes, and you have to sprint around gathering ingredients and crafting them in the bakery before the timer runs out. 

It is chaotic, it is silly, and it is the most dramatic snacking session you will ever experience in Minecraft. 

ADVENTURE: THE HAUNTED HOTEL 

by Runic Core 

Tired of the sun and the heat? Check in at the Haunted Hotel, a place where cold spots are as common as breathing and where every tiny sound makes you wonder if someone (or something) is tiptoeing right behind you. It is the perfect getaway if you enjoy a little chill with your sunshine. 

If you like parkour, swimming through terrifying water mazes, flying over bubbling lava, or fighting monsters that definitely woke up on the wrong side of the Nether, you have found the right place. There is so much to discover at this (literally) breathtaking hotel! If you manage to collect all the right keys, a mysterious door might even open for you... I am far too scared to check, so you will have to be braver than me to find out what is waiting behind it. 

And for the book nerds like me, there is a wonderful library tucked away inside the hotel. If you are lucky, you can fin-AAAAAAAAaaaaaaa..aaaa...a.... 

INSPIRATION: PALLID GARDENS 

by colonizes & amiu 

 If you ever wanted to explore a place that feels like summer vacation and ghost hunting at the same time, Pallid Gardens is exactly that. The air is warm, the sky is bright, and yet the gardens themselves feel strangely pale, almost like the sun decided to take a break the moment you walked in. Explore the garden where ghosts drift around above you like they are stuck in spectator mode and strange witch huts cover the ground, some hiding mysterious notes left behind by those who used to live there. A few huts even have cauldrons bubbling with potions that look like they were brewed by someone who definitely failed Potion Class at least twice. 

I tried investigating, but one of the garden lanterns flickered at me like a redstone torch having an identity crisis, and I decided that was enough mystery for the day. You will have to be braver than me and uncover what is really going on inside Pallid Gardens. 

 

ALSO RELEASING TODAY 

 

INSPIRATION: 

ISLAND OF THE CROWN 

by Everstone Team

PRISMATIC MINES 

by Kokoro, Cubical, Fliffan, TinkelMuffin_

 

MINIGAMES:

CODENAMES 

by Oito Team & TheWorfer27

DUNE RUSH 

by Runic Core & Eroxen 

ARMADA 

by SmartyAlek

 

WORLD TEMPLATE:

OVERGROWN CANOPY 

By MYNAMEISPHILLIP, Clarksburg, C51 

 

UPDATES TO CURRENT MAPS

Map name with major update:  

BATTLE BLITZ: This update adds several new lobby features, including a practice tool, working leaderboards, inventory organization options, and new cosmetics. It also introduces major class balancing and reworks, improves performance and damage tracking, and updates maps, UI, and game systems. Additionally, numerous bugs have been fixed, including class abilities, game settings, cosmetics, and various gameplay issues, resulting in a more polished and stable experience overall. 

Bug Fixes: Chill n’ Grill, Paradox Effect, Breezy Harbor 

Back on Realms: Parrot's Paradise, Adventures of T.Dee and T.Dum, Rhythm Break, War games  

BEFORE I RUN AWAY FASTER THAN MY FEET CAN CARRY ME: 

If you want to learn how to load this content into Java Realms, you can visit this help site. If you haven't yet tried Realms for yourself, you'll have a blue diamond on the Minecraft Realms button, located on the main screen called Minecraft: Java Edition. Click that diamond, then follow the instructions to try Realms free for 30 days.  

Want to have your own Minecraft creations featured on Java Realms and on Minecraft.net? Head over to the Java Realms Content Creator Program page. If you have questions about this process, you can find me at Bine Birk on X. You are also welcome to contact Oskar Thysell on X.