Help:Official sources

The following is a list of viable official sources of information that can be used in the wiki as citations.

Generally, sources are only required for information that cannot be easily tested in game. This includes information such as intentions of, quotes from, and information about Mojang Studios employees. This also includes any game content that has not appeared in a development or released version.

Mojang Studios sites

 * The Minecraft Official Site
 * The Minecraft web page
 * The Minecraft Dungeons web page
 * The Minecraft Legends web page
 * The Minecraft Education website
 * The Minecraft Classic website
 * The minecraft.net site map
 * The Mojang Studios blog
 * The Minecraft Help Center
 * The Mojang Bug Tracker (Mojira)
 * The official blog of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Bukkit site, a group working with Mojang Studios
 * The official Caller's Bane site, another game made by Mojang Studios

Note: The following websites contain archival information that was relevant during an earlier stage of Minecraft's development.
 * The Minecraft: Pi Edition Blog
 * "The Word of Notch" - The official Tumblr blog of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * "365 Days in Sweden" - A journal style Tumblr blog made by Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Notch's biography *Outdated*
 * The official website of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The Pigtales sub-site
 * The official 0x10c site, another game made by Mojang Studios

X (formally Twitter)

 * The official X of ''Minecraft
 * The official X of ''Minecraft Earth
 * The official X of ''Minecraft Dungeons
 * The official X of ''Minecraft Legends
 * The official X of ''Minecraft Education
 * The official X of Minecraft Marketplace
 * The official X of Minecraft Festival
 * The official X of Mojang Studios
 * Their previous (now unused) X account
 * The official Mojang Studios support x
 * The official Mojang Studios status x
 * The official X of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official X of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official X of Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm
 * The official X of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Her previous (now unused) X account
 * The official X of Kristoffer Jelbring
 * The official X of Jon Kågström
 * The official X of Marc Watson
 * The official X of Karin Severinson
 * The official X of Måns Olson
 * The official X of Brandon 'kingbdogz' Pearce
 * The official X of Owen 'Bopogamel' Jones
 * The official X of Vu Bui
 * The official X of Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * The official X of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official X of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official X of Tomas Sommar
 * The official X of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official X of Aleksandra 'Ola' Zajac
 * The official X of Patrick Geuder
 * The official X of Mathais Anderson
 * The official X of Jonas Mårtensson
 * The official X of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official X of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official X of Tomas Alaeus
 * The official X of Mattias Victorin
 * The official X of David Stuart Dahlgren
 * The official X of Brynjólfur 'Binni' Erlingsson
 * The official X of Thomas 'ProfMobius' Guimbretiere
 * The official X of Ninni Landin
 * The official X of Agnes 'LadyAgnes' Larsson
 * The official X of Maria Lemón
 * The official X of Max 'Keso' Herngren
 * The official X of Georgii 'fry' Gavrichev
 * The official X of Bartosz Bok
 * The official X of Christian Westman
 * The official X of Josh 'rockenroll4life' Letellier
 * The official X of Mikael 'slicedlime' Hedberg
 * The official X of Corey Scheviak
 * The official X of Petr 'peterix' Mrázek
 * The official X of Johan Aronson
 * The official X of Pär Axelsson
 * The official X of Robert Sjodahl
 * The official X of Jifeng Zhang
 * The official X of Karim Walldén
 * The official X of Matthew 'Moesh' Dryden
 * The official X of Adam Martinsson
 * The official X of Jay 'Mega_Spud' Wells
 * The official X of Moria Ingeltun
 * The official X of Matthew 'Deus Ex' Gartzke
 * The official X of Olof Carlson
 * The official X of Alexandre Pretto
 * The official X of Fredrik Telenius
 * The official X of Josefina Axelsson
 * The official X of Adrian Östergård
 * The official X of Lisa Kempe
 * The official X of Siri Hoel Andersson
 * The official X of Nicolette Suraga
 * The official X of Tobias Ahlin
 * The official X of Cim Borg
 * The official X of Anna Lundgren

Note: The following X accounts are Minecraft developers, but not Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official X of Jason Major

Note: The following X accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * The official X of Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld, composer and sound designer of ''Minecraft
 * The official X of Kristoffer Zetterstrand, pixel artist for ''Minecraft
 * The official X of 57Digital Ltd, developers of Minecraft Explorer
 * The official X of 4J Studios, developers of ''Minecraft: Console Edition
 * The official X of Steve Woodward, QA Bug Tester @ 4J Studios


 * The official X of Nikolaj Nyholm, contracting advisor
 * The official X of Paul Spooner who helped developing the trees in ''Minecraft
 * The official X of Gary Lucken
 * The official X of Jasper 'Jappa' Boerstra

Note: The following X accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official X of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official X of Jakob 'JahKob' Porsér
 * The official X of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official X of Carl Manneh
 * The official X of Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * The official X of Hayden 'Dock' Scott Baron
 * The official X of Andreas 'hideous' Jörgensen
 * The official X of Joe Liu
 * The official X of Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * The official X of Mike Till
 * The official X of Anton Albiin
 * The official X of Linn Hultman
 * The official X of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * The official X of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official X of Amir Moulavi
 * The official X of Marsh Davies
 * The official X of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official X of Leonard 'xlson' Gram
 * The official X of Henrik 'carnalizer' Pettersson
 * The official X of Daniel Frisk
 * The official X of Martin Odhelius
 * The official X of Poi Poi Chen
 * The official X of Torbjorn Allard
 * The official X of Andreas 'Blurpi' Andersson
 * The official X of Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö
 * The official X of David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official X of Rikard Herlitz
 * The official X of Bella
 * The official X of Philip 'Zee' Vieira
 * The official X of Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham
 * The official X of Corey 'MonsieurV3rt' Clemans

Note: The following X accounts are not accounts of Mojang Studios staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang Studios stuff, and, while not conclusive evidence, can be used for citation if there is no other source.
 * The official X of Ez, Notch's former wife, and an admin at the Minecraft forums
 * The official X of 242_girl, Jeb's fiancée

Mastodon

 * The official Mastodon of Mikael 'slicedlime' Hedberg
 * The official Mastodon of Sarah Boeving
 * The official Mastodon of Patrick Geuder
 * The official Mastodon of Matthew 'Moesh' Dryden
 * The official Mastodon of Brandon 'kingbdogz' Pearce
 * The official Mastodon of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Mastodon of Petr 'peterix' Mrázek
 * The official Mastodon of Felix 'Xilefian' Jones
 * The official Mastodon of Laura de Llorens Garcia
 * The official Mastodon of David Fries
 * The official Mastodon of Gegy
 * The official Mastodon of David 'CornerHard' Carlton
 * The official Mastodon of Oleg Kozitsyn

Note: The following Mastodon account is an account of a contract employee for Mojang Studios.
 * The official Mastodon of Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld, composer and sound designer of ''Minecraft

Note: The following Mastodon accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Mastodon of Helen 'HelenAngel' Zbihlyj
 * The official Mastodon of Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

Hive Social

 * @jappa – The official Hive Social of Jasper 'Jappa' Boerstra
 * @jdavidfries – The official Hive Social of David Fries
 * @kingbdogz – The official Hive Social of Brandon 'kingbdogz' Pearce
 * @gegy – The official Hive Social of Gegy

Note: The following Hive Social account is an account of a former Mojang Studios employee.
 * @helenangel – The official Hive Social of Helen 'HelenAngel' Zbihlyj

Facebook
Note: While some Mojang Studios staff members have Facebook pages, they only help this much if you're not in their friend list, thus ruling this out from being an official source that everyone can check and verify.


 * The official Minecraft Facebook page
 * The official Minecraft Education Facebook page
 * The official Minecraft Festival Facebook page

Instagram

 * The official Instagram of ''Minecraft
 * The official Instagram of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Instagram of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Instagram of Vu Bui
 * The official Instagram of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams

Note: The following Instagram account is an account of a former Mojang Studios employee.
 * The official Instagram of Markus 'Notch' Persson

Minecraft Wiki
Edits made by Mojang Studios employees can be used as sources.

Current employees
The following are current accounts of Mojang employees.


 * Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * David 'CornerHard' Carlton (former account)
 * Tommaso Checchi
 * Mikael Hedberg
 * Marc Watson (former account)

One wiki account has been confirmed to be run by Minecraft staff
 * User:Minecraft Staff

Two current Mojang employees formerly had wiki accounts that got deleted. Former edits may be treated as a valid source, but the accounts will no longer make new edits.


 * Shoghi Cervantes
 * Jon Kågström

Contract employees
The following Wiki accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.


 * Daniel Rosenfeld
 * Jocopa3
 * Tamerjeison

Former employees
The following Wiki accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.


 * Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham
 * Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * Maria Lemón
 * Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * Helen 'HelenAngel' Zbihlyj

One former employee formerly had wiki accounts that got deleted. Former edits may be treated as a valid source, but the account will no longer make new edits.


 * Thomas 'ProfMobius' Guimbretiere

Minecraft Forum
Users:
 * Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * Johan Bernhardsson
 * Mathias Anderson

Note: The following Forums accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld

Note: The following Forums accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * Tobias Möllstam
 * Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

Reddit
Communities:
 * r/Minecraft – A Minecraft Reddit
 * r/MinecraftUnlimited – A Minecraft Reddit
 * r/MCPE – A Bedrock Edition Reddit
 * r/MCPi – A Pi Edition Reddit
 * r/Minecraft360 – A Xbox 360 Edition Reddit
 * r/MinecraftOne – A Minecraft on Xbox One Reddit
 * r/PSMinecraft – A Minecraft on PlayStation Reddit
 * r/MinecraftDungeons – A Minecraft Dungeons Reddit
 * r/MinecraftLegends – A Minecraft Legends Reddit
 * r/minecraftsuggestions – A Minecraft suggestions Reddit
 * r/realms – A Minecraft Realms Reddit
 * r/Mojira – A Mojang Bug Tracker (Mojira) Reddit

Users:
 * The official Reddit of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Reddit of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Reddit of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official Reddit of Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * The official Reddit of Marc 'Midnight' Watson
 * The official Reddit of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official Reddit of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Reddit of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official Reddit of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Reddit of Måns Olson
 * The official Reddit of Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm
 * The official Reddit of Henrik 'carnalizer' Petterson
 * The official Reddit of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * The official Reddit of Jon Kågström
 * The official Reddit of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official Reddit of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official Mojang Studios - Ask me anything Reddit user
 * The official Mojang Studios Bug Collector user

Note: The following Reddit accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * The official Reddit of C418, composer and sound designer of Minecraft
 * The official Reddit of Paul Spooner who helped developing the trees in Minecraft
 * The official Reddit of Steve Woodward - QA Bug Tester @ 4JStudios

Note: The following Reddit accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Reddit of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Reddit of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official Reddit of Jakob 'JahKob' Porsér
 * The official Reddit of Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * The official Reddit of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * The official Reddit of David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official Reddit of Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

Note: The following Reddit accounts are not accounts of Mojang Studios staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang Studios stuff, and, while not conclusive evidence, can be used for citation if there is no other source.
 * The official Reddit of 'eZ'

Video hosting services
Using a video as a source, especially ones longer than five minutes, please use a timestamp in the link so other users can easily view the location of the reference.

YouTube: Note: YouTube has a feature that makes videos unlisted, i.e. that can only be found via a direct link, as such all unlisted videos from Mojang Studios will be shown in this list.


 * The official YouTube channel of ''Minecraft
 * "Mojang Studios's Public Minecraft Server's Aftermath" (unlisted)
 * The official YouTube channel of ''Minecraft Education
 * The official YouTube channel of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official YouTube channel of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official YouTube channel of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official YouTube channel of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official YouTube channel of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * The official YouTube channel of Martin Odhelius
 * The official YouTube channel of Mikael 'slicedlime' Hedberg


 * The BengtAndRon channel, used to upload to pigtales video
 * The Pig Tales video - "Encpinter in the Park" (unlisted)

Note: The following YouTube accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * Official YouTube of 4J Studios - Minecraft: Console Editions Developer
 * The official YouTube of C418, composer and sound designer of ''Minecraft

Note: The following YouTube accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The first official YouTube channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The second official YouTube channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official YouTube channel of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official YouTube channel of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz

Note: The following accounts are people independent of Mojang Studios, but work on something Minecraft related and official, thus they are only sources of information regarding their own work.
 * The official YouTube channel of 2PlayerProduction, who produce the film "The story of Mojang Studios"
 * The official YouTube channel of H.A.T Films, who make official Minecraft videos.

TikTok

 * The official TikTok of Minecraft

Live streams
Twitch:
 * The official Twitch channel of ''Minecraft
 * The official Twitch channel of Mojang Studios
 * The official Twitch channel of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official Twitch channel of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Twitch channel of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Twitch channel of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official Twitch channel of Marc Watson
 * The official Twitch channel of Henrik 'carnalizer' Petterson
 * The official Twitch channel of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Twitch channel of Mikael 'Slicedlime' Hedberg
 * The official Twitch channel of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters

Note: The following Twitch accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Twitch channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Twitch channel of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz

Linktree

 * The Spotlight and Official Sites Linktree
 * The Minecraft Official Channels Linktree
 * The Support and Feedback Linktree

ask.fm

 * The official ask.fm account of Marc Watson

Kickstarter

 * The official "Minecraft: The Story of Mojang" movie Kickstarter page

irc.esper.net

 * #minecraft - The official Minecraft IRC channel
 * #mcchatter - The official Minecraft off-topic IRC channel
 * #minecrafthelp - The official Minecraft help IRC channel
 * #minecraftwiki - The official Minecraft Wiki IRC channel
 * #minecraftforums - The official Minecraft Forums IRC channel

Discord

 * The official Minecraft Discord server
 * The official Minecraft Earth Discord server
 * The official Minecraft Dungeons Discord server
 * The official Minecraft Legends Discord server
 * The official Minecraft Live Discord server

Online shops

 * Merchandise
 * The official Minecraft J!NX merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft ThinkGeek merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft Happy Socks page
 * The official LEGO Minecraft page
 * Bedrock Edition
 * Trial:
 * Minecraft Trial for Android
 * Minecraft for Windows 10 Trial
 * Minecraft for PlayStation 4 Demo
 * Base Game:
 * ''Minecraft for Android
 * ''Minecraft for iOS
 * ''Minecraft for Kindle Fire
 * ''Minecraft for Windows 10
 * ''Minecraft for Windows 10 Mobile
 * ''Minecraft for Gear VR
 * ''Minecraft for Kindle Fire
 * ''Minecraft for PlayStation 4
 * ''Minecraft for Nintendo Switch
 * ''Minecraft for Xbox One
 * Starter Collection:
 * ''Minecraft for Windows 10 Starter Collection
 * ''Minecraft for Xbox One
 * Master Collection:
 * ''Minecraft for Windows 10 Master Collection
 * ''Minecraft for Xbox One Master Collection

Other sources

 * Interviews with Mojang Studios employees.
 * Videos featuring Mojang Studios employees.
 * Images taken by/of Mojang Studios employees.

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