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Welcome to the Minecraft Wiki, a publicly accessible and editable wiki for information related to Minecraft. The wiki and its 7,425 articles are managed and maintained by 244 active contributors from the Minecraft community, along with the wiki's administration team. Anyone can contribute.

About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB founder Markus Persson, and inspired by the Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper games. 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.

Minecraft is available to all players for €19.95 (US$26.95, £17.95). When purchased, singleplayer and multiplayer game modes can be played using a web browser or the downloadable stand-alone 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 Sony Xperia Play gaming smartphone. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for US$6.99.

On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for US$20, where it subsequently broke every previous sales record.

On February 11, 2013, Minecraft: Pi Edition was released 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.

On December 17, 2013, Minecraft was released for the PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Store for US$19.99. The release was almost identical to the Xbox 360 Edition and was developed in tandem with the Xbox 360 Edition from then on.

Play it!

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Purchase the Android Pocket Edition!
Purchase the iOS Pocket Edition!
Purchase the Xbox 360 Edition! (Demo)
Purchase the PlayStation 3 Edition! (Demo)
Download the Raspberry Pi Edition!

Current versions

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Pocket Edition
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Gameplay

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

Game modes

Recipes

Tutorials

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.
Resource packs: Various resource packs that alter the look and feel of the game.
Modifications: Various modifications that alter the gameplay.

News and events

News

April 1, 2014: Minecraft Realms Beta has launched in Canada.
March 27, 2014: Minecraft Realms Beta has launched in the United Kingom, Ireland and Netherlands.
February 27, 2014: Minecraft Realms Beta has launched in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
December 19, 2013: Minecraft Realms Beta has launched in Sweden.
December 17/18, 2013: Minecraft released for the PlayStation 3.
November 9, 2013: Minecraft - Volume Beta, C418's new soundtrack album, is released.

Recent updates

April 9, 2014: Minecraft 1.7.7 released.
February 26, 2014: Minecraft 1.7.5 released.
December 12, 2013: Minecraft Alpha 0.8.0 released for Pocket Edition.
December 10, 2013: Minecraft 1.7.4 released.
October 25, 2013: Minecraft 1.7.2 released.

Links

Official links

Reddit communities

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.

Version development

Version history

Computer –
- Official game
- Development versions
- Classic
- Indev
- Infdev
- Alpha
- Beta
Pocket Edition –
- Alpha
- Development versions
Console Edition –
- Official game
Pi Edition –
- Alpha

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+[[File:Mclogo.png|90px|Minecraft|link=Minecraft]] is a [[wikipedia:Open world|sandbox]] construction game created by [[Mojang AB]] founder [[Markus Persson]], and inspired by the ''[[Infiniminer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Keeper|Dungeon Keeper]]'' games. Gameplay involves players interacting with the game world by placing and breaking various types of [[blocks]] in a [[The Overworld|three-dimensional environment]]. In this environment, [[The Player|players]] can build creative structures, creations, and artwork on [[multiplayer]] servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple [[Gameplay|game modes]].
+''Minecraft'' is available to all players for €19.95 (US$26.95, £17.95). When purchased, singleplayer and multiplayer game modes can be played using a web browser or the downloadable stand-alone [[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|Sony Xperia Play]] gaming smartphone. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for US$6.99.
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-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 US$6.99.
+On May 9, 2012, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]] on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] for US$20, where it subsequently broke every previous sales record.
+On February 11, 2013, ''[[Pi Edition|Minecraft: Pi Edition]]'' was released 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.
-On May 9, 2012, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]] on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] for US$20, 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.
+On December 17, 2013, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[PlayStation 3 Edition|PlayStation 3]] on the [[wikipedia:PlayStation Store|PlayStation Store]] for US$19.99. The release was almost identical to the [[Xbox 360 Edition]] and was developed in tandem with the [[Xbox 360 Edition]] from then on.
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 * [[Creative]]
 * [[Survival]]
 * [[Hardcore]]
 * [[Adventure]]
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-;December 17, 2013
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-:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched.
+:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Canada.
+;March 27, 2014
+:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in the United Kingom, Ireland and Netherlands.
+;February 27, 2014
+:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
+;December 19, 2013
+:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Sweden.
+;December 17/18, 2013
+:''Minecraft'' released for the [[PlayStation 3 Edition|PlayStation 3]].
 ;November 9, 2013
 :[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]], [[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s new soundtrack album, is released.
-;August 20, 2013
-:''Minecraft'' announced for the [[PlayStation 3 Edition|PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 4 Edition|PlayStation 4]], and [[PlayStation Vita Edition|PlayStation Vita]].
-;June 27, 2013
-:''[[MineCon#2013|Minecon 2013]]'' location announced.
-;June 10, 2013
-:''[[Xbox One Edition]]'' announced.
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 '''Recent updates'''
+;April 9, 2014
+:''Minecraft'' 1.7.7 released.
+;February 26, 2014
+:''Minecraft'' 1.7.5 released.
 ;December 12, 2013
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-* [http://www.minecraft.net Minecraft]
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-* [http://www.mojang.com Mojang]
+* [https://mojang.com Mojang]
-* [http://help.mojang.com Mojang support]
+* [https://help.mojang.com Mojang Support]
-* [http://dev.minecraft.net Developer blog]
+* [https://bugs.mojang.com Mojang Bug Tracker]
-* [http://minecraftforum.net Forums]
+* [http://www.minecraftforum.net Minecraft Forums]
 * [https://twitter.com/MojangTeam Twitter] ([https://twitter.com/Kappische/mojang Mojangster list])
-* [http://www.facebook.com/minecraft Facebook]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft Facebook]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamMojang YouTube]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamMojang YouTube]
-* [http://pi.minecraft.net Pi Edition blog]
+* [http://pi.minecraft.net Pi Edition Blog]
-* [https://minecraft.net/realms Realms website]
+* [https://minecraft.net/realms Realms Website]
 * [http://www.jinx.com/shop/coll/minecraft/ J!NX merchandise]
 * [http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=Minecraft ThinkGeek merchandise]
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 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/MCPi/ /r/MCPi – Pi Edition]
+* [http://www.reddit.com/r/PSMinecraft/ /r/PSMinecraft – PlayStation Editions]
 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft360/ /r/Minecraft360 – Xbox 360 Edition]
 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/MinecraftOne/ /r/MinecraftOne – Xbox One Edition]
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 ; [[Realms|Minecraft Realms]]
 : Information about paid Mojang-hosted servers, known as Realms.
-; [http://mojang.atlassian.net Official issue tracker]
+; [http://bugs.mojang.com Official issue tracker]
 : Official issue tracker for tracking bug reports and fixes for the computer and Pocket editions.
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+** [[Pocket Edition version history/Development versions|Development versions]]
-*<li class="hlist"> '''Xbox 360 Edition''' –
+*<li class="hlist"> '''Console Edition''' –
-** [[Xbox 360 Edition version history|Official game]]
+** [[Console Edition version history|Official game]]
 *<li class="hlist"> '''Pi Edition''' –
 ** [[Pi Edition version history|Alpha]]
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 ** [[Plugin API]]
-** [[Realms|Minecraft Realms]]
+** [[1.8]]
 *<li class="hlist"> '''[[Pocket Edition upcoming features|Pocket Edition]]''' –
+** [[Pocket Edition upcoming features#0.9.0|0.9.0]]
-** [[Realms|Online multiplayer]]
-*<li class="hlist"> '''[[Xbox 360 Edition upcoming features|Xbox 360 Edition]]''' –
+*<li class="hlist"> '''[[Console Edition upcoming features|Console Edition]]'''
-** [[Texture pack]]s
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