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Minecraft Wiki

The ultimate source on information about Minecraft.

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About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson, the founder of Mojang AB. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment. The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes.

Minecraft is currently in Beta, available to players for €14.95 (~$21/~£13/~R$37). Beta singleplayer and Beta multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable client. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. Minecraft development started around the 10th of May 2009, pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June 2009. Minecraft's official release date is the 18th of November 2011, which is today!

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Current PC version: 1.0.0Server version: Beta 1.0 RC
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Gameplaycategory
Gameplay

Explanation of the various gamemodes and features used in Minecraft.

Current gamemodes
Creative • Survival • Hardcore
Planned gamemodes
Adventure • Capture the Flag
Tutorials
New Player Tutorials
General Tutorials
Mechanism Tutorials
Technical Tutorials
Blockcategory
Popular and Useful Pages
Blocks
Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items
Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
Crafting Recipes
A list of the craftable items and blocks in Minecraft and their corresponding recipes.
Smelting Recipes
A list of the smeltable items and blocks in Minecraft and their corresponding recipes.
Brewing
Potions Recipes and effects.
Enchanting
Information about enchanting.
Mobs
Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in Minecraft.
Redstone circuits
Information about Redstone Circuits.
Texture Packs
Various texture packs that alter the look and feel of the game.
Modifications
Various modifications that alter the gameplay.
IOTY
Updates, News and Events
Version history

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Servericon
Servers and Development
Servers
Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
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.
Custom servers
Documentation and information about custom servers, along with a list of them.
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