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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 on an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations, and artwork, on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes.

Minecraft is available to all players for €19.95 ($26.95 USD). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable launcher. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. Minecraft development started around May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on June 13, 2009. Minecraft's official release date was November 18, 2011. On April 5, 2013, Minecraft for the computer reached 10 million sales.

On August 16, 2011, Minecraft - Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia Play. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for $6.99 USD.

On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20.00 USD), where it soon shattered every previous sales record.

On February 11, 2013, Minecraft: Pi Edition was released exclusively for the Raspberry Pi. It is based on the Pocket Edition and is available for free at Mojang's dedicated blog. The Pi Edition is intended as an educational tool for novice programmers and users are encouraged to open and change the game's code using its API.

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Current versions

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Gameplay

Explanation of the various game modes and features used in Minecraft.

Current game modes: Creative; Survival; Hardcore; Adventure
Planned game modes: Capture the Flag
Recipes: Crafting; Smelting; Brewing
Tutorials

Enchanting & smelting

Mechanism

Technical

Popular and useful pages

Blocks: Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items: Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
Enchanting: Information about enchanting.
Mobs: Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in Minecraft.
Trading: Detailed information about villager trading.
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.

Updates, news and events

News

May 10, 2013 - Minecraft 1.4.2 (TU11) released for Xbox 360.
May 2, 2013 - Minecraft 1.5.2 released.
April 16, 2013 - Minecraft 1.4.1 (TU10) released for Xbox 360.
April 5, 2013 - Minecraft for Computer surpasses 10 million sales.
April 1, 2013 - Minecraft 2.0 announced.

Version history

Computer - Classic • Indev • Infdev • Alpha • Beta • Official Game • Snapshots
Pocket Edition - Alpha
Xbox 360 Edition - Official Game
Pi Edition - Alpha

Upcoming features

Computer - Plugin API • Minecraft Realms
Pocket Edition - Online Multiplayer
Xbox 360 Edition - Texture packs

Links

Official links

Minecraft Wiki partners

Servers and development

Servers: Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
Minecraft Realms: Information about paid Mojang-hosted servers, known as Realms.
Official issue tracker: Official issue tracker for tracking bug reports and fixes for the computer and Pocket editions.
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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 [[File:Mclogo.png|90px|Minecraft|link=Minecraft]] is a [[wikipedia:Open world|sandbox]] construction game, inspired by ''[[Infiniminer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Keeper|Dungeon Keeper]]'', created by [[Markus Persson]], the founder of [[Mojang AB]]. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of [[blocks]] in a [[The Overworld|three-dimensional environment]]. The player takes on an [[The Player|avatar]] that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations, and artwork, on [[multiplayer]] servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple [[Gameplay|game modes]].
-''Minecraft'' is available to players for €19.95 ($26.95 USD). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable [[Minecraft launcher|launcher]]. ''Minecraft'' [[Classic]] is [http://www.minecraft.net/classic/play available to play] for free. ''Minecraft'' development started around May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on June 13, 2009. ''Minecraft's'' official release date was November 18, 2011. On April 5, 2013, ''Minecraft'' for the computer reached 10 million sales.
+''Minecraft'' is available to all players for €19.95 ($26.95 USD). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable [[Minecraft launcher|launcher]]. ''Minecraft'' [[Classic]] is [http://www.minecraft.net/classic/play available to play] for free. ''Minecraft'' development started around May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on June 13, 2009. ''Minecraft's'' official release date was November 18, 2011. On April 5, 2013, ''Minecraft'' for the computer reached 10 million sales.
 On August 16, 2011, ''[[Pocket Edition|Minecraft - Pocket Edition]]'' was released for the [[wikipedia:Xperia Play|Xperia Play]]. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for $6.99 USD.
-On May 9, 2012, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]] on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20.00 USD), where it soon shattered every previous sales record.
+On May 9, 2012, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]] on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] for 1600 [[wikipedia:Microsoft Points|Microsoft Points]] ($20.00 USD), where it soon shattered every previous sales record.
 On February 11, 2013, ''[[Pi Edition|Minecraft: Pi Edition]]'' was released exclusively for the [[wikipedia:Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]]. It is based on the ''Pocket Edition'' and is available for free at Mojang's [http://pi.minecraft.net dedicated blog]. The ''Pi Edition'' is intended as an educational tool for novice programmers and users are encouraged to open and change the game's code using its API.
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+* '''May 10, 2013''' - ''Minecraft'' 1.4.2 (TU11) released for [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]].
 * '''May 2, 2013''' - ''Minecraft'' 1.5.2 released.
 * '''April 16, 2013''' - ''Minecraft'' 1.4.1 (TU10) released for [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]].
 * '''April 5, 2013''' - ''Minecraft'' for Computer surpasses 10 million sales.
 * '''April 1, 2013''' - [[Minecraft 2.0|''Minecraft'' 2.0]] announced.
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-* '''March 21, 2013''' - ''Minecraft'' 1.5.1 released.
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 * Computer - [[Version history/Classic|Classic]]&nbsp;• [[Version history/Indev|Indev]]&nbsp;• [[Version history/Infdev|Infdev]]&nbsp;• [[Version history/Alpha|Alpha]]&nbsp;• [[Version history/Beta|Beta]]&nbsp;• [[Version history|Official Game]]&nbsp;• [[Version history/Development versions|Snapshots]]
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 * Xbox 360 Edition - [[Xbox 360 Edition version history|Official Game]]
 * Pi Edition - [[Pi Edition version history|Alpha]]
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 * [http://www.facebook.com/minecraft Facebook]
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 * [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MinecraftCommunity Steam]