Version history

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"Patch" redirects here. For the terrain feature, see Random patch.

This page links to the version history lists for different development stages and editions of Minecraft and related games.

Java Edition

• Version history
  • Pre-classic (May 10 – May 16, 2009)
  • Classic (May 16 – November 10, 2009)
  • Indev (December 23, 2009 – February 23, 2010)
  • Infdev (February 27 – June 30, 2010)
  • Alpha (June 30 – December 3, 2010)
  • Beta (December 20, 2010 – November 11, 2011)
  • Official Release, or Java Edition (November 18, 2011 – present)
• Development versions (September 9, 2011 – present)

Bedrock Edition

• Version history
  • Pocket Edition Alpha (August 16, 2011 – December 19, 2016)
  • Pocket Edition (December 19, 2016 – September 20, 2017)
  • Bedrock Edition (September 20, 2017 – present)
• Development versions (November 22, 2013 – present)

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• Version history (September 15, 2017 – January 15, 2019)

Minecraft Education

• Version history
  • MinecraftEdu
    • Beta (November 5, 2011 - 2014)
    • Full Release (2014 - April 5, 2016)
  • Early Access (June 28, 2016 - October 2, 2016)
  • Minecraft Education full release (November 1, 2016 – present)
• Development versions (June 9, 2016 – present)

Pi Edition

• Release (February 11, 2013)

Minecraft Earth

• Version history (July 16, 2019 – June 30, 2021)

Minecraft Dungeons

• Version history (May 26, 2020 – present)

Minecraft Launcher

• Version history (April 18, 2013 – present)

Legacy Console Edition

• Version history
  • Xbox 360 Edition (May 9, 2012 – April 30, 2019)
  • Xbox One Edition (September 5, 2014 – December 3, 2019)
  • PlayStation 3 Edition (December 17, 2013 – April 15, 2020)
  • PlayStation 4 Edition (September 4, 2014 – September 9, 2019)
  • PlayStation Vita Edition (October 14, 2014 – April 15, 2020)
  • Wii U Edition (December 17, 2015 – March 19, 2019)
  • Nintendo Switch Edition (May 11, 2017 – June 21, 2018)