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Minecraft is a sandbox construction video game developed by Mojang Studios where players interact with a fully modifiable three-dimensional environment made of blocks and entities. Its diverse gameplay lets players choose the way they play, allowing for countless possibilities.
There are three actively maintained editions of Minecraft: Java Edition, Bedrock Edition, and Education Edition.
Minecraft Dungeons is an action-adventure role-playing video game where up to four players can travel through procedurally generated levels, fight monsters, and face off against the main antagonist of the story, the Arch-Illager.
- Minecraft Dungeons Arcade is a spin-off of Minecraft Dungeons, and an adaptation for arcade, which requires four players to play through levels and defeat large groups of mobs. Players can get equipment, skins, and pets by scanning collectible cards.
Minecraft: Story Mode was an episodic point-and-click narrative-driven graphic adventure video game based on Minecraft, made by Telltale Games where players had to complete chapters in order to progress, and their choices and actions had effects on the story.
- Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two was the sequel to Minecraft: Story Mode and had a new story continuing the adventures of the original game, with elements from newer versions of Minecraft.
Minecraft Earth was an augmented reality mobile game where players travel to real-life locations to build structures and collect resources. It features many unique gameplay aspects and interactions similar to the main game. It was discontinued on June 30, 2021.
- ... that the bedrock pattern in the Nether is the same regardless of world seed?
- ... that the belief that enderman sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation?
- ... that the player's inventory can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using shulker boxes?
- ... that although the texture of the bedrock block changed in the Texture Update, the bedrock portion of the end crystal stayed the same?
- ... that you can afford a stack of arrows from a fletcher villager by selling it the equivalent of just 16 logs?
- ... that cakes were added as a response to Minecraft winning the 2010 Indie of the Year Awards?
- ... that chorus flowers can be harvested by shooting an arrow at it, and the arrow is not consumed?
- ... that you can use dye on a sheep to continuously obtain colored wool?
Release versions
Minecraft
Minecraft Dungeons
Mechanics
Minecraft
- Achievements/Advancements
- Various challenges and goals that the player can complete.
- Blocks
- Detailed information on the various blocks that make up the world.
- Items
- Detailed information on the various items that the player can collect and use.
- Biomes
- Different regions in a world with varying geographical features.
- Enchanting
- Tools and weapons can be enchanted to improve the item's abilities.
- Effects
- Information about various effects that can be applied to mobs.
- Mobs
- Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in-game.
- Resource packs
- A user-created system that alters the look and feel of the game.
- Add-ons
- Various user-created modifications that can alter gameplay.
- Tutorials
- Different user-created guides on various aspects of gameplay.
Minecraft Dungeons
- Achievements
- Various challenges and goals that the player can complete.
- Items
- Detailed information on the various items that the player can collect and use.
- Locations
- Information about locations in general.
- Enchanting
- Tools and weapons can be enchanted to improve the item's abilities
- Status effects
- Information about various effects that can be applied to mobs.
- Mobs
- Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in-game.
- Tutorials
- Different user-created guides on various aspects of gameplay.
- June 30, 2021
- Mojang Studios officially unsupports Minecraft Earth and removes access to the game.
- April 1, 2021
- Mojang Studios releases a screensaver application for Windows and a website titled Minecraft Plus!.
- April 1, 2021
- Mojang Studios launches the Spring Sale for Bedrock Edition.
- March 31, 2021
- Mojang Studios announces the upcoming Spring Sale and free skin pack for Bedrock Edition.
- March 5, 2021
- Mojang Studios and Play Mechanix announce Minecraft Dungeons Arcade.
- March 2, 2021
- Minecraft: The Mountain released.
Recent updates
- July 6, 2021
- Java Edition 1.17.1 released.
- June 22, 2021
- Bedrock Edition 1.17.2 released.
- June 14, 2021
- Bedrock Edition 1.17.1 released only for Nintendo Switch.
- June 8, 2021
- Java Edition 1.17 and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0 released.
- May 26, 2021
- Minecraft Dungeons 1.9.1.0 released.
- May 5, 2021
- Minecraft Dungeons 1.8.8.0 released.
Wiki links
- Wiki Discord
- Wiki YouTube
- Wiki Twitter
- Feed the Beast Wiki (modded Minecraft)
Reddit communities
- Servers
- Documentation on starting and maintaining a server in Java Edition.
- Bedrock Dedicated Servers
- Documentation on starting and maintaining a server in Bedrock Edition.
- Featured servers
- Documentation and information about Bedrock Edition featured servers, along with a list of them.
- Minecraft Realms
- Information about paid Mojang Studios-hosted servers in Java Edition, known as Realms.
- Minecraft Realms Plus
- Information about paid Mojang Studios-hosted servers in Bedrock Edition, known as Realms Plus.
- Official issue tracker
- Submit and track bug reports and fixes to Minecraft.
- Official feedback website
- Submit feedback or suggest changes to Minecraft.
- Development resources
- Documentation and information to develop applications to work with Minecraft.
- Programs and editors
- A list containing several third-party programs that are designed to work with Minecraft.
- Java Edition
- Bedrock Edition
- Minecraft Dungeons
- Minecraft Earth
- Education Edition
- Minecraft China
Mentioned features
