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Welcome to the Official Minecraft Wiki, a publicly accessible and editable wiki for information on Minecraft and related subjects. This wiki and its 6,972 articles are managed and maintained by 1,060 active contributors from the Minecraft community. Anyone can contribute!

About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction video game developed by Mojang Studios. Gameplay involves players interacting with the game world by placing and breaking various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. In this environment, players can build creative structures, creations, and artwork on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes. As of May 2020, Minecraft has sold over 200 million copies across all platforms, making it the best-selling video game to date.

Minecraft Dungeons is an action-adventure role-playing video game where up to four players travel through procedurally generated levels, fight monsters and face off against the main antagonist, the Arch-Illager.

Minecraft Earth is 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 will be discontinued on June 30, 2021.

Discontinued

Minecraft: Story Mode and Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two were both episodic point-and-click narrative-driven graphic adventure video games based on the sandbox video game Minecraft, where player choices and actions had significant effects on later story elements.

Did you know...

... that buried treasure chests are always facing east?
... that the Nether was originally proposed to be called "The Nexus" or "The Slip"?
... that naming a vindicator "Johnny" will cause it to attack any nearby mobs?
... that February 29, 2020 was the first leap day to not have an update released?
... that there is a splash that is never displayed on the main menu?
... that the only place to find bamboo outside the jungle biomes is a shipwreck?
... that it is theoretically impossible for the head of a piston to fit inside its body in Java Edition?
... that the sound of a minecart falls into the category of "friendly creatures"?

Play it!

Java Edition

Release version

1.16.5(Buy | Trial)

Development versions

1.1721w14a

Combat Test 8c

Bedrock Edition

Release versions

1.16.220(Buy | Trial)

1.16.220(Buy)

1.16.220(Buy/Trial)

1.16.220(Buy)

Development versions

1.16.230beta 1.16.230.52

Bedrock Dedicated Server & Realms Plus

1.16.220.02(Download)

1.16.220.02

Minecraft Dungeons

Release versions

1.8.6.0(Buy)

1.8.4.0(Buy)

1.8.3.0(Buy)

1.8.4.0(Buy)

Minecraft Launcher

Release versions

2.2.2311(Download)

2.2.2310(Download)

2.2.2313(Download)

Beta versions

2.2.2529

2.2.2530

2.2.2528

Education Edition

Release versions

1.14.50(Buy | Download)

Minecraft China

Release versions

1.6.11.50394(Download)

1.20.5.109731(Download)

1.20.5(Download)

Gameplay

Minecraft

Game modes

Recipes

Mechanics

Tutorials

Minecraft Dungeons

Gameplay

Mechanics

Tutorials

Popular and useful pages

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.

News and events

2021-04

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Latest news

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.
February 24, 2021: Minecraft Dungeons Ancient Hunts and the Flames of the Nether DLC are released.
January 5, 2021: Mojang releases the final update for Minecraft Earth and announces that the game is set to be shut down on June 30, 2021.
December 18, 2020: The new Chills and Thrills event for Minecraft Dungeons launches, lasting until December 30.
December 6, 2020: Mojang Studios announce the Community Celebration event, gifting character creator items and Marketplace maps for free, every day until January 7.

Recent updates

March 24, 2021: Minecraft Dungeons 1.8.6.0 released.
March 9, 2021: Bedrock Edition 1.16.210 released.
March 1, 2021: Minecraft Dungeons 1.8.1.0 released on Xbox Series X|S.
February 24, 2021: Minecraft Dungeons 1.8.0.0 released.
January 15, 2021: Java Edition 1.16.5 released.
January 5, 2021: Minecraft Earth 0.33.0 released as the final version of the game.
December 15, 2020: Bedrock Edition 1.16.201 released.
December 14, 2020: Minecraft Earth 0.32.0 released.
December 8, 2020: Bedrock Edition 1.16.200 released.

Links

Official links

Wiki links

Wiki Discord
Wiki YouTube
Wiki Twitter
Feed the Beast Wiki (modded Minecraft)

Reddit communities

Servers and development

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.