Minecraft.net

Minecraft Official Site
Owner	Mojang Studios
Creator	Markus Persson
Founded	May 18, 2009 (May 18, 2009)
Current status	Active
Registration	Optional
Website	minecraft.net

“	WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL SITE OF MINECRAFT With new games, new updates, and new ways to play, join one of the biggest communities in gaming and start crafting today!	„
	— minecraft.net on minecraft.net

Minecraft.net is the official website for the Minecraft franchise. It allows users to sign up, play and buy Minecraft games, provides links to related community sites (including the Minecraft Wiki), and is also where players can download the Minecraft Launcher and server client.

The website is written in Java, Python and C#.

On May 2, 2016, it was given a major redesign to include information about more products.

On December 8, 2016, it was announced on Mojang Studios' official blog that they would be moving all Minecraft related news to minecraft.net, and continue to update it there, rather than on mojang.com as they had done in the past.

Pages

Minecraft.net currently has twenty pages. There is a hamburger menu at the top of every page leading to almost every page on the site, although the download page is available without opening the menu. The pages are as follows:

Home

https://minecraft.net

The home page of minecraft.net consists of the Minecraft franchise logo and a link to buy the Minecraft game. Below the banner is a list of current Minecraft games and add ons and below that is the blog section with Minecraft news, insiders, and featured creations by the community.

Site map

https://minecraft.net/sitemap

The minecraft.net site map. This page contains a list of pages on the website.

What is Minecraft?

https://minecraft.net/about-minecraft

This page contains information about the Minecraft game.

Download Minecraft

https://minecraft.net/download

This page contains download links for the Minecraft Launcher and server software for Java and Bedrock editions, as well as Google Play and Apple App Store links for Bedrock Edition.

Realms Java Edition

https://minecraft.net/realms-for-java

Users can learn about Minecraft Realms for Java Edition and also buy a realm.

Realms Plus

https://minecraft.net/realms-plus

Users can learn about Minecraft Realms Plus for Bedrock Edition and also buy a realm.

Realms EULA

https://minecraft.net/realms/terms

This page contains the EULA for Realms.

Servers

https://minecraft.net/servers

This page contains information about the featured servers for Bedrock Edition.

Minecraft Dungeons

https://minecraft.net/dungeons

This page contains information about Minecraft Dungeons.

Minecraft Legends

https://minecraft.net/legends

This page contains information about Minecraft Legends.

Community Standards

https://minecraft.net/community-standards

This page contains information about community standards for Bedrock Edition, Minecraft Earth, and Realms as outlined by the Microsoft Services Agreement.

Community

https://minecraft.net/community

This page contains information on the Minecraft community as a whole, including community builds, livestreams, the Minecraft Discord server, along with links for reporting bugs and submitting feedback.

Redeem

https://minecraft.net/redeem

Contains options to redeem a gift code.

Minecraft Live

https://minecraft.net/live

This page has information about Minecraft Live.

Credits

https://minecraft.net/credits

The credits of Minecraft.

Virtual Reality

https://minecraft.net/vr

This page briefly describes Virtual Reality in Minecraft.

Attributions

https://minecraft.net/attribution

Contains a list of software that Minecraft uses.

Sound Attributions

https://minecraft.net/attribution/sound

Contains a list of sounds that Minecraft uses.

Free Trial

https://minecraft.net/free-trial

Contains available free trials for all editions currently available.

Mojang Studios Careers

https://minecraft.net/mojang-careers

Contains links to job openings at Mojang Studios in both Stockholm, Sweden, and Redmond, Washington, U.S.

Licensed content in Minecraft

https://minecraft.net/licensed-content

Contains a list of content licensed from other companies that are used in Minecraft in some way, such as game worlds, resource packs, etc.

Profile

https://minecraft.net/profile

When logged in, the page showcases the user's profile, their in-game skin, any Realms worlds they have, as well as a page to save payment information.

Related pages

Minecraft Help Center

Official logo of the help center site.

https://help.minecraft.net

Users can access this page from Support link of top of minecraft.net. Contains answers for frequently asked questions. This page also contains server statuses related to Java Edition.

Minecraft Dungeons

https://minecraftdungeons.net

This page lets users buy the minecraftdungeons.net version of Minecraft Dungeons and its DLC for Windows and download the Minecraft Launcher.

Crash Help

http://minecrafthopper.net

This page lists all the Minecraft crash reports sent to Mojang Studios.

Developer URLs

Developer calls and URLs found on the Minecraft Forum, game files, API, Authentication, and Legacy Authentication:

http://assets.minecraft.net/<VERSION>/<FILENAME>

Used to download resources for the client and for the server up to version 1.5.2.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/<VERSION>/<FILENAME>

Used to download resources for the client past version 1.6.2.

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http://session.minecraft.net/game/getversion.jsp?user=<USERNAME>&password=<PASSWORD>&version=12

http://login.minecraft.net/?user=<USERNAME>&password=<PASSWORD>&version=12

The Minecraft launcher uses this to authenticate logins. If the username and password are valid for a premium account, returns "<POSIX time>:<hash of password>:<username with correct capitalization>:<newly generated session id>:". If username and password are invalid, returns "Bad login". If the username and password are correct, but the account isn't premium, returns "User not premium". If the given version number is less than 12, returns "Old version". The username is not case-sensitive.

http://session.minecraft.net/game/joinserver.jsp?user=<USERNAME>&sessionId=<SESSION ID>&serverId=<SERVER ID>

This link seems to be called when a server with online-mode=true checks if it should allow a player to join the game. The session ID is generated by the launcher when logging in (users can also generate them with the "getversion.jsp" link above). This URL returns "OK" if the given session ID is the last one to have been generated for that username; otherwise it returns a "Bad login" error.

https://sessionserver.mojang.com/blockedservers

This link is called when a user on Minecraft: Java Edition attempts to connect to a server that is in violation of Mojang Studios' End User License Agreement, which returns the following error message on the client: java.net.SocketException: Network is unreachable

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http://minecraft.net/profile/skin/remote?url=<URL>
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http://minecraft.net/profile/skin/remote?url=<URL>&model=3pxarm

Directs the user to a page where they can choose if they want to change their skin to <URL>, adding "&model=3pxarm" auto-selects the 3px-arm model type.

https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/<UUID>

Returns player's name and a base64-encoded URL of player skin/cape.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/MinecraftDownload

Used by the old launcher to get a list of the latest game files that can be downloaded.

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http://resources.download.minecraft.net/

Used to download game resources.

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https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/<username>

Returns the UUID of the username.

https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/<username>?at=<timestamp>

Returns the UUID of the name at the timestamp provided.

https://api.mojang.com/user/profiles/<uuid>/names

Returns the usernames that a user has used in the past as well as the current one (the UUID must not include hyphens).

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https://login.minecraft.net

Used to authenticate logins prior to 1.6.

https://authserver.mojang.com

Used to authenticate logins for 1.6 and later.

Gallery

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  Favicon

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  Minecraft's website prior to May 2, 2016.

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  Minecraft's website from May 2, 2016 to November 26, 2019.

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  Current website

External Links

Minecraft Official Site