Vibrant Visuals and Chase the Skies hit Bedrock on June 17 with shaders, biome atmosphere changes, a player locator, improved leads and saddles, plus the Happy Ghast a new rideable mob you raise from dried ghasts in the Nether. Java gets the mob but not the visuals. This should have happened half a decade ago.
Minecraft has looked the same for over a decade. That finally changes next week when Bedrock gets the Chase the Skies and Vibrant Visuals bundle on June 17. Shaders, richer biome atmospheres, and underwater tension upgrades are here. It is the first real glow up in years and players have been waiting for it.
The New Happy Ghast And How It Works
The star of Chase the Skies is the Happy Ghast. You head into the Nether, find a dried ghast, raise it, and eventually ride the thing around the world. Leads and saddles get new functionality to make this practical. There is also a player locator bar so you can actually find your friends on big servers without constant chat spam.
Bedrock gets the full package including all the visual upgrades. Java players can ride the Happy Ghast but miss out on the shaders and prettier world. This is standard operating procedure at this point. One edition moves forward while the other waits for parity that never quite arrives on schedule.
The timing lines up with Mojangs four drops per year promise. After the earlier 2026 releases this one focuses on exploration, mobility, and finally making the world stop looking like it did in 2011. Expect the community to split between hype for the new rideable mob and complaints that Java got shortchanged again on the graphics.
If you play Bedrock this is the biggest reason to log in next week. The combination of actual shaders and a new way to traverse the map changes how worlds feel. Whether it sticks or becomes another gimmick mob remains to be seen but the visual upgrade has been earned.
