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We’ve come a long way, but we’re finally approaching The End of the 1.9 snapshot series and are starting to work closer towards a full release.We’ve now got almost all the features we wanted for 1.9 done and stable, with a few minor balancing and polishing tasks left to do. In the coming weeks we will focus more on performance, stability and bug fixing.Notable changes:Rebalanced loot found in generated chests (dungeons, for example) Added new mechanic for respawning the Ender Dragon New item: End Crystal. Currently drops from Skeletal Horses. Re-rebalanced the golden apples. Made the “buff bar” at the top of the screen properly respect hidden & ambient effects. Made the new saturation -> food mechanic only apply when you’re not...

Hello!We’re updating our EULAs, Brand and Asset Guidelines, and Website Account Terms today, as well as releasing some brand-new Commercial Use Guidelines. I know that’s an intimidating first sentence but you don’t need to panic. If you want to jump in at the deep end, view all of our legal documents at account.mojang.com/terms and minecraft.net/termsThe majority of the changes won’t affect most of you, but we think it’s worth trying to explain the reasons behind them. The changes go into effect on November 20.How our Commercial Use Guidelines affect videos and streams Though we’ve explained the ways you can make money from Minecraft in the past, our Commercial Use Guidelines represent the first time the rules have been laid out...

Hi everyone,You’re probably already familiar with Cobalt – a game published by Mojang and developed by Oxeye Game Studio. Watch the trailer below, if you like.Unfortunately, despite what that trailer says, we’re not going to hit our planned release date of October 30th. Cobalt has been delayed until February, 2016.We’ve been working on Cobalt for a long time and, though the game is feature complete, our current build is buggier than we’re comfortable with. We want every part of Cobalt – the campaign, challenges, and local and online multiplayer to live up to your expectations, no matter which platform you play it on. That’s going to require a bit more development time.In honesty, we don’t need four months to fix the outstanding...

The scariest time of the year is almost upon us! Aside from Minecon, Halloween is the only times that the average person will respect your need to roam the streets dressed as your favourite Minecraft mob. Sad but true.In true Minecraft tradition, we’ve created a themed skin pack for Minecraft on Windows 10 and Minecraft: Pocket Edition to celebrate. But we’ve done something special this time around. This year’s pack is more about dressing up as your favourite mob – it’s kinda like your Minecraft avatar is about to head out for a trick or treating session, just like you might do on October 30th.I think this is one of the most creative skin packs we’ve done so far. I hope you enjoy it too!There are 15 skins in total, and it costs a...

Hello!We’re super happy to present update 0.12.3 for Minecraft: Pocket Edition and Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta.Here’s the tweaks:[JIRA 9985] Tooltip position was incorrect and visibility time was too short Sneaking (Crouching) animation is now visible from First Person View Fixed so controller doesn’t lose its functionality on the death screen Prevented Mojang logo from appearing sideways on iPhone 6+ Stopped so mining strength doesn’t passively grow, allowing one-hit breaks Item from 1st slot of hotbar got duplicated when placed on different hotbar slot from inventory Fixed so saving doesn’t corrupt Monster Rooms Controller tooltip (“[X] Tab”) doesn’t overlap in the hotbar in Inventory Menu Player couldn’t use...

It’s getting colder and colder here in Stockholm, so we’ve built ourselves a little igloo to hold off the incoming frost.I’d tell you more, but my fingers are freezing off.Notable changes:New structure in the world. New “loot table” concept, allows you (or custom map creators) to change the loot inside randomly generated chests, or what mobs drop. Improved debug menu. Increased the amount of strongholds. Realigned the ■■■■■■■ Some bug fixes & bug unfixes.Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots”...

Hi, everyone!Minecraft is about to get spooky!The good folks at 4J have created an entire mash-up pack dedicated to the eeriest time of the year. Not only does this Halloween pack include a whopping 43 skins, a creepy texture pack you can apply to your other Minecraft worlds, and ghostly music, it comes with an entire world that’s guaranteed to scare you senseless. Well, that’s not actually true, but it is kinda freaky. There’s even a rollercoaster that you and your friends can ride on as many times as you like for no additional charge. The ride doesn’t feature boring things like height restrictions or tickets, you’ll be happy to hear.The Halloween Mashup pack is available on all console versions of Minecraft and costs $3.99...

Hello!It’s been a long time coming, but Episode one of Minecraft: Story Mode – The Order of the Stone – is now available on all platforms. Well, apart from Wii U – that version is coming later on.However, Minecraft: Story Mode is available to download on PC, Mac, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Android, and iOS devices.To celebrate, the good folks at Telltale have prepared the insightful launch trailer. I’ve embedded it up there for convenience.So yes, download and enjoy! For more on Minecraft: Story Mode check out this informative website. It really is quite fancy.Have a great day!Owen – @bopogamelContinue reading...

Today is a very special day. Do you know why? No? Well then nevermind, it clearly isn’t important.Oh, you’d like to know? Well, fine, I guess. It’s a snapshot day. There, happy now? You’ve gone and ruined all the surprise. I might as well just tell you exactly what’s in the snapshot then, and forgo any fun or mystery.Notable changes:Added two new “treasure” enchantments: “Frost Walker” and “Mending”. Treasure enchantments cannot be created, only found. “Frost Walker” enchant leaves a path of frost (new block) behind you, when walking across water. “Mending” enchant allows items to stay durable, at a cost. Improved speed & handling of boats. Added new cost to using brewing stands. Fixed a bunch of bugs. Optimised a bunch of plugs...

Update: We released a ‘b’ snapshot to fix a crash that affected some users on launch.This week’s snapshot brings you the ability to smash out of the window of a high tower building, fly past the bad guys who are all shooting you with surprisingly bad accuracy, swoop down and land flawlessly into a strategically placed boat and then paddle away at moderately high speeds with the stolen prize pig in the back.I’m not really sure what it all means, though.Notable changes:Fixed boats. Added reward to End Cities. Broke boats. Improved cheat detection in multiplayer. Fixed boats again. Swoosh. Splash. Oink.Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get...

Hello!The first episode of Minecraft: Story Mode is almost here! It’ll be available to download on October 13th which is less than two weeks away! Watch the trailer up there for a sneak peak of the action.Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic game series from Telltale Games. You play as Jesse who (in a first from the studio) can be a male or female hero, and embark on an exciting adventure to save the world while learning about a group of legends known as The Order of the Stone.Telltale’s games are more about story and characters than building and crafting, but the world of Story Mode will be familiar to anyone who’s played Minecraft. We’ve been working closely with our buddies at Telltale to make things as authentic as possible...

UPDATE: Version 15w40b is now available and it fixes the problem that it wasn’t possible to connect to servers.This weeks snapshot brings some further changes to mob AI. We’ve sprayed every single cactus with animal repellant and hopefully this should keep your pets out of danger just a little bit longer.I’ve also been working on boats, but that’s not ready yet!Notable changes:Lots of changes to mob pathfinding. Changes to how health regenerates. Some bug fixes. Some optimisations. Some hugs. Some bugs.Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box...

Update: We’ve released 15w39b. Buckets am became Death, destroyer of blocks.The Minecraft team are out for a company workshop, but I’ve decided to stay behind, hold the fort and man the guns. Ain’t no bugs getting past me!This means I’m all alone. I can do anything I want. Creepers? They’re upside down now. Stairs? They’re sideways… and upside down. I added dirtbikes, removed blocks, and inverted the nether. And nobody can stop me!Okay maybe not.Notable changes:Found a big cause of FPS loss from 1.8, and hopefully fixed it. Made a funny joke in a changelog. [Bug MC-51987] – Minecart/Activator Dismount Location is Inconsistent in Cardinal Directions [Bug MC-52274] – Dismounting does not work to the South, South east, and South...

Hello!You probably remember us talking about Minecraft: Story Mode back in December. It’s a narrative driven adventure made by Telltale Games which takes place in the world of Minecraft. Read on, crafter, because we finally have a release date!The first Episode of Minecraft: Story Mode will be released on Tuesday October 13th this year. It’ll be called “The Order of The Stone” and will almost definitely be the best thing to happen in the whole of that month.One of my favourite things about Story Mode is that you get to choose which type of Jessie – the main character – you want to play as, regardless of gender or look. That’s the first time any Telltale game has let you do that; it’s great that we can represent our playerbase so...

Clonk. Clunk. Chunk. Clonk.(These are the sounds of skeletons, just before they shoot you.)Notable changes:Clonk. Clunk. Neigh! More optimisations! More bug fixes! Further improvements to general mob AI. Taught skeletons how to multitask. Made all pet (ocelot & wolves) deaths be announced to their owners, not just named ones. Thunder & Lightning is 0.02% more scary. Clank. Clonk. Twang. Thud.Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in...

This weeks snapshot is not late, we just decided that Thursday is basically Wednesday+1!Notable changes:Rebalanced weapon, tools again. Rebalanced shields. Hardcore mode no longer deletes your world on death; instead you may spectate it. Added new gamerule to disable chunk generation for spectators. Allowed the bow to be shot from off-hand. Made chunk generation much smoother in both multiplayer and singleplayer. Added new flatworld preset. Lots of optimisations. Many bug fixes. Cuddling increases happiness by 35%.Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check...

Hey!We hope you enjoyed Doki Doki Compatibility Quest: 3. It took up a lot of resources (all typos and bugs are intentional). Extra special thanks to Stephen Velema for letting us use his nostalgic tunes.Doki Doki Compatibility Quest III was created in celebration of our latest update to Minecraft Pocket Edition and the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta.Patch 0.12.1 is packed with content, but one of the most exciting things is that you can now play cross-platform. That means a Windows 10 Edition Beta player can jump into their friend’s world, even if they’re playing on a phone or tablet.One of our long-term goals for Minecraft is to bring our community closer, and give as many players as possible a chance to play together...

It’s wednesday again – really wednesday this time, not a phony monwednesday! This can only mean three things – but we only care about the second possibility… snapshot!Notable changes:Rebalanced armour. Changed damage & protection enchantments to match new armour system. Fixed a few AI bugs across lots of mobs. Made endermen creepy again. Vwooop. More optimisations! Many optimisations! Added player collision again. Fishing rods can now catch entities properly again. Added team-based options for collision. The world may corrupt slightly less times now! Or slightly more, we’re not sure! I like hugs!Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!To get snapshots...

Update: We’ve released snapshot 15w35b to loosen the new zombie clothes. They were so tight they couldn’t walk, poor things.By order of the bone, today is officially declared a Wednesday.Wednesday.Have you ever noticed how weird that word is? Wednesday. Wednesday. It makes no sense!Anyhows, we’re not going to be in the office much this week so we thought we’d bring you a snapshot today to fix some issues brought about by last weeks experimental changes. I also put some clothes on some zombies, as I couldn’t help but blush every time one of them walked past.Notable changes:Finished the magic trick in which we vanished chunks. They were hiding under the hat this whole time. Fixed some old memory leaks in the client. Put some...

Hello Minecrafters!Minecraft Realms has just been upgraded!Load a minigame or map which features a custom resource pack and you’ll be asked if you’d like to download the new assets. Some maps have been updated with the packs that they originally used, such as Color Cube and Bloxorz, but we’re even more excited about the new things that you’re going to come up with. Sound-based challenges, animated lightning swords, or a narrated museum tours. Go wild! And read on for the details.To show off the feature, we’ve added an awesome ski resort adventure map from The VoxelBox: The Muk-Luk Lodge. It features a cast of original characters, plenty of wintry ambiance, and some sick sled jumps, making it a cool example of our new features...

Zoooom!That’s the sound of this update being pushed out really fast, due to some new speedy optimisations and speedy combat mechanics.Todays snapshot makes a start on the melee combat changes, which are completely not final nor balanced at all in the absolute slightest not even a little bit really honestly seriously. We welcome all feedback, but please remember that nothing is yet balanced and the mechanics themselves are subject to change and redesign.Here are some of the notable changes:New “attack strength” combat mechanic. Maps now start at a more useful zoom level. New recipe for zooming in a map. Lots of optimisations! Improved command blocks. Worsened Zombies’ arms getting tired.And these are some of the fixed bugs...

Update: Snapshot 15w33b has been released to fix some nasty bugs, as follows:[Bug MC-85837] – Crash or chunk corruption on turning "text" into Components [Bug MC-85839] – Crashing when summoning a mob [Bug MC-85884] – Lingering potion shows incorrect time valuesRoar! That’s dragon for “Greetings, human. I like your face. Here’s a snapshot“.This week’s snapshot brings a whole new type of potion, some smaller changes to existing potions, more changes to the Dragon fight mechanics (there’s a reason to respawn her now, and I do not apologize for making it so much harder), and a bunch of optimisations/bug fixes.I would like to take this opportunity to remind people that we have not yet balanced the new (or existing) features...

We’ve released a new version of Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta to improve functionality and fix some reported bugs & crashes. Thanks for all the feedback so far, people!Notable improvements & bug fixesReal fullscreen now enabled Sprinting should work like PC Make FOV changeableOther thingsAnvil UI works better- you can access the main UI while renaming/repairing & can place items in the second slot Minecarts don’t disappear when you enter the nether “Repopulation” achievement fixed Squid able to be pulled with a fishing rod Creative world saves can be imported to the Trial version Nether brick slab now craftable You can keep chatting with your friends when you get on a boat Fixed spawning/respawning in the Nether & in...

Another week, another snapshot. We are currently focusing on getting all the new content that we have planned into the snapshots, but it will take a little time until we see it all there. This week we have spent some time laying down the ground work for better boss fight AI and upgrade paths between worlds, so we can do even cooler stuff in the following weeks’ snapshots.Thanks to everyone who reported bugs for the snapshots last week. We were very eager to see how many problems are reported for the first snapshots in many months and we are positively surprised by the fact that we saw less problems than expected.Here are some of the improvements since last week:Improved Ender Dragon fight, now with more cowbell! Better handling...

As Gamescom enthusiasts might already know, we’ve just released a brand-new Cobalt trailer for your viewing pleasure! Watch it!Cobalt is the brainchild of Oxeye Game Studio, which consists of Jens Bergensten, Daniel Brynolf, and Pontus Hammerberg.As you can see from the trailer it’s dense with features, but Cobalt is mostly about playing as a cute robot with a passion for 2D battles packed with extreme slow-mo and combat rolls.Cobalt will be released on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Steam in October 2015, but you can play the remarkably-dated 2014 alpha version on PC and Mac right now. And hey – everyone who already owns Cobalt, or buys it for PC/Mac before October will get their Steam key for free!Check out the official Cobalt site...

It’s time! It’s that time again! It’s finally here! It’s snapshot time! Snapshots!A little later than I’d have liked, but we’re now ready to start public testing of Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update. As you can expect from the name, the update is mostly about cuddling and farming plants.I’m not going to tell you what’s new, but I will tell you what isn’t new… yet. These are the things you should not expect to find in this super-alpha-development-preview-test-build-thing:Any balancing of any kind. Seriously, expect things to be hilariously overpowered or underpowered. Melee combat changes. Melee combat will change, just not in this snapshot. Shields. They tie into the melee combat changes. The meaning of life. That’s also for...

Update: This is still rolling out, so don’t panic if you can’t see the button on your account page yet! Check back later!Hello!Windows 10 – Microsoft’s shiny new operating system – launches tomorrow. As announced at MINECON 2015 a few weeks ago it features a brand-new Edition of Minecraft. We’re calling it Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta.If you’re one of the 20 million(ish) players who already own Minecraft for PC/Mac, you get the new version for free. Completely free!To download your copy, first log into your Mojang account (My password is significantly more complex than those dots so don’t bother trying, criminal person).Next, click the “Redeem” button on your account page, sign into your Microsoft account, and follow...

We will release a new version of Minecraft, 1.8.8, to improve some functionality of Realms and fix some reported bugs & crashes. It is currently available for testing in the launcher if you enable snapshots, and will be released fully tomorrow (Tuesday) if all goes well.This version is fully compatible with all previous 1.8 versions, but it is still highly recommend to update to 1.8.8 as soon as possible for both players and servers.Notable bugs fixed:[Bug MC-80817] – Server may not start in some environments [Bug MC-81018] – Potential server crashing exploit [Bug MC-81405] – Client crashing exploit [Bug MC-82629] – Lag exploit with bannersReport bugs here:Minecraft issue tracker!Download server jar...

What did the greeks ever do for us? They inspired another mash-up for Minecraft on console, that’s what.Yes – now you can download 39 skins, a custom texture set, and a new UI, all inspired by Greek mythology of old. The pack gives you the chance to play as actual gods, including head honcho, Zeus, and fishy beardy man, Poseidon. Cool monsters like minotaurs and cyclopes also feature.The pack also comes with greek-inspired music composed by Gareth Coker and an custom map of awesome scale for you to explore alone, or with your buddies.The Greek Mash-up pack costs £3.29/$3.99 and is available on the Xbox marketplace and PSN right now!Have fun, friendly crafter!Owen – @bopogamelContinue reading...

Hello there!Some of you may have seen this guy hanging around MINECON in London a couple weeks ago. He’s Rob McElhenney, and he’s going to be directing the upcoming Minecraft movie.– Vu (@vubui)Continue reading...