Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons is an action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios, and Double Eleven. It was released on May 26, 2020, for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass. The base edition of the game is available for US$19.99 (€19.99, £16.74, AU$29.95), and the Hero Edition for US$29.99 (€29.99, £24.99, AU$39.95), which includes a cape cosmetic for your hero as well as free access to the future DLC that are coming soon.

Gameplay


The game supports up to four players and features various new weapons, items, and mobs, as well as a variety of environments to explore and an overarching quest that will see players face off against a main antagonist, called the Arch-Illager.

The game has specific quests and locations, along with procedurally generated elements. The player is not restricted to one class, and can pick up more armor or weapons and use them. Players will not build or mine because the game is focused on action/adventure. The game takes place both above ground and below. Players can re-play levels they have previously beaten. There is a camp "hub world" that takes place in part of the tutorial level, Squid Coast. Levels are procedurally generated, and Mojang was considering using world seeds.

Players can choose their avatar from a variety of skins provided, with more to come as paid DLC. Character creator skins and skins purchased in vanilla Minecraft will not be available for use in Dungeons.

Character
The Character is the person that the user controls in the game. When creating a character, the user can choose a cosmetic skin that they will use throughout the game (Note that it is also possible to change the skin at any time on the character select screen).

When creating a character all loot, levels, and progress gained will only stay on that character and will not carry over into other characters the user creates.

Locations
See Locations for further information.

When starting up the game for the first time with a new character, the player will begin at Squid Coast. They then progress through the other locations, such as the Creeper Woods, until they have completed all levels. Sometimes a location can generate a room that allows access to a secret location, such as Creepy Crypt. Other levels can be accessed by proceeding through the levels normally, such as Pumpkin Pastures or Redstone Mines.

Items
See Item for further information.

Weapons are tools and items that can be used to damage entities with either melee or ranged attacks.

Armor is used to protect the player from damage and provide stat boosts.

Artifacts are objects that the player can use to gain a significant power-up, damage foes, or heal allies.

Development
The game was announced at MINECON Earth 2018. It appears as a visually enhanced version of the base Minecraft game, but has a different gameplay style. The game is inspired by classic dungeon crawlers. On September 17, 2019, Double Eleven announced that they are assisting Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios with development, particularly with multiplayer and the console versions.

Minecraft Dungeons was given an April 2020 release date in November 2019, though this date was delayed to May 26, 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The closed beta for the game ran from March 25 to April 24, 2020. Minecraft Dungeons, in either the US$19.99 (€19.99, £16.74, AU$29.95) Base Game/Standard Edition or the US$29.99 (€29.99, £24.99, AU$39.95) Hero Edition (includes Hero Pass), is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

The game's environment uses the Bedrock Codebase.

Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager
Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager is an upcoming novel by American author Matt Forbeck. It is scheduled to be published by Del Rey Books on July 7, 2020.

Minecraft Dungeons Books
Minecraft Dungeons had its first guide book released on May 26, 2020, called "Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A handbook for heroes".