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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 and 76,651 files are managed and maintained by 248 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 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 July 8, 2014, Minecraft for the computer reached 16 million sales and became the best-selling PC game of all time.

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 April 2, 2014, Minecraft was released for the Amazon Fire TV. It contains all the same features as the Pocket Edition as well as support for the Fire TV's controller.

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.

On June 26, 2014, the Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 editions' sales passed the number of sales for the PC edition of Minecraft, leaving the Minecraft series having sold more than 54 million copies world-wide and become third best-selling video game of all time.

Minecraft was released for the PlayStation 4 on September 4, 2014, the Xbox One on September 5, 2014 and the PlayStation Vita on October 14, 2014.

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Gameplay

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

Game modes

Recipes

Tutorials

Popular and useful pages

Achievements: Information on achievements that can be collected in Minecraft.
Blocks: Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items: Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
Biomes: Information about all biomes 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

October 14, 2014: Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition was released.
September 15, 2014: Minecraft and Mojang were bought by Microsoft.
September 5, 2014: Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is released.
September 4, 2014: Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition is released.
August 1, 2014: Minecraft End-User License Agreement started to be enforced on all servers.

Recent updates

September 2, 2014: Minecraft 1.8 released.
July 10, 2014: Minecraft Alpha 0.9.0 released for the Pocket Edition.
June 26, 2014: Minecraft 1.7.10 released.
May 28, 2014: Minecraft 1.06 released for the PlayStation 3 Edition.
May 19, 2014: Minecraft Title Update 16 released for the Xbox 360 Edition.

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

Upcoming features

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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.
+''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 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 July 8, 2014, ''Minecraft'' for the computer reached 16 million sales and became the [[wikipedia:List of best-selling PC games|best-selling PC game]] of all time.
-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.
+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 [[wikipedia:Android|Android]] devices on October 7, 2011, and [[wikipedia:iOS|iOS]] devices on November 17, 2011 for US$6.99. On April 2, 2014, ''Minecraft'' was released for the [[wikipedia:Amazon Fire TV|Amazon Fire TV]]. It contains all the same features as the ''Pocket Edition'' as well as support for the Fire TV's controller.
 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.
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 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.
+On June 26, 2014, the [[Xbox 360 Edition|Xbox 360]] & [[PlayStation 3 Edition|PlayStation 3]] editions' sales passed the number of sales for the PC edition of ''Minecraft'', leaving the ''Minecraft'' series having sold more than 54 million copies world-wide and become third [[wikipedia:List of best-selling video games|best-selling video game]] of all time.
+''Minecraft'' was released for the [[PlayStation 4 Edition|PlayStation 4]] on September 4, 2014, the [[Xbox One Edition|Xbox One]] on September 5, 2014 and the [[PlayStation Vita Edition|PlayStation Vita]] on October 14, 2014.
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 ; [https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe Purchase the Android Pocket Edition!]
 ; [http://itunes.apple.com/app/id479516143 Purchase the iOS Pocket Edition!]
+; [http://www.amazon.com/Mojang-Minecraft-Pocket-Edition/dp/B00992CF6W/ref=lp_7031433011_1_8?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1400229461&sr=1-8 Purchase the Amazon Fire TV Edition!]
 ; [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Edition/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111f7 Purchase the Xbox 360 Edition!] ([http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Edition/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111f7?DownloadType=GameDemo#LiveZone Demo])
+; [https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/Games/Minecraft-Xbox-One-Edition/582e7bcc-11bc-4702-ab1b-b31566f8e327 Purchase the Xbox One Edition!]
 ; [https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation3-edition/cid=UP4433-NPUB31419_00-TRIALUPGRADE0001 Purchase the PlayStation 3 Edition!] ([https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation3-edition-demo/cid=UP4433-NPUB31419_00-MINECRAFTPS30295 Demo])
+; [https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation4-edition/cid=UP4433-CUSA00744_00-MINECRAFTPS40000 Purchase the PlayStation 4 Edition!] ([https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstation4-edition-demo/cid=UP4433-CUSA00744_00-MINECRAFTPS4DEMO Demo])
+; [https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstationvita-edition/cid=UP4433-PCSE00491_00-MINECRAFTVIT0000 Purchase the PlayStation Vita Edition!] ([https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/games/minecraft-playstationvita-edition-demo/cid=UP4433-PCSE00491_00-MINECRAFTVITDEMO Demo])
 ; [http://pi.minecraft.net Download the Raspberry Pi Edition!]
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 <p style="margin-bottom:0">'''[[Gameplay|Game modes]]'''</p>
-* [[Creative]]
 * [[Survival]]
+* [[Creative]]
 * [[Hardcore]]
 * [[Adventure]]
 * [[Spectator]]
+* [[Demo mode|Demo]]
 <p style="margin-bottom:0">'''Recipes'''</p>
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 * [[Tutorials#General|General]]
 * [[Tutorials#Mining|Mining]]
-* [[Tutorials#Item Farming|Item farming]]
+* [[Tutorials#Items|Item farming]]
-* [[Tutorials#Mob Farming|Mob farming]]
+* [[Tutorials#Mobs|Mob farming]]
 * [[Tutorials#Enchanting and smelting|Enchanting & smelting]]
 * [[Tutorials#Mechanisms|Mechanism]]
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+; [[Achievements]]
+: Information on achievements that can be collected in ''Minecraft''.
 ; [[Blocks]]
 : Detailed information on the various blocks available in ''Minecraft''.
 ; [[Items]]
 : Detailed information on the various items available in ''Minecraft''.
+; [[Biome]]s
+: Information about all biomes in ''Minecraft''.
 ; [[Enchanting]]
 : Information about enchanting.
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 {{/style|id=mf-news|header=News and events|content=
 '''[[Timeline of events|News]]'''
-;April 1, 2014
+;October 14, 2014
+:''Minecraft'': [[PlayStation Vita Edition]] was released.
-:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Canada.
-;March 27, 2014
+;September 15, 2014
+:''Minecraft'' and [[Mojang AB|Mojang]] were bought by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]].
-:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in the United Kingom, Ireland and Netherlands.
-;February 27, 2014
+;September 5, 2014
+:''Minecraft'': [[Xbox One Edition]] is released.
-:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
-;December 19, 2013
+;September 4, 2014
+:''Minecraft'': [[PlayStation 4 Edition]] is released.
-:[[Realms|Minecraft Realms]] Beta has launched in Sweden.
+;August 1, 2014
-;December 17/18, 2013
+:''Minecraft'' [https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula  End-User License Agreement] started to be enforced on all servers.
-:''Minecraft'' released for the [[PlayStation 3 Edition|PlayStation 3]].
-;November 9, 2013
-:[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]], [[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s new soundtrack album, is released.
 ----
 '''Recent updates'''
-;April 9, 2014
+;September 2, 2014
-:''Minecraft'' 1.7.7 released.
+:''Minecraft'' [[1.8]] released.
-;February 26, 2014
+;July 10, 2014
-:''Minecraft'' 1.7.5 released.
+:''Minecraft'' {{verlink|Pocket Edition Alpha 0.9.0|Alpha 0.9.0}} released for the [[Pocket Edition]].
-;December 12, 2013
+;June 26, 2014
-:''Minecraft'' {{verlink|Pocket Edition Alpha 0.8.0|Alpha 0.8.0}} released for [[Pocket Edition]].
+:''Minecraft'' 1.7.10 released.
-;December 10, 2013
+;May 28, 2014
-:''Minecraft'' 1.7.4 released.
+:''Minecraft'' {{verlink|PS3 1.06|1.06}} released for the [[PlayStation 3 Edition]].
-;October 25, 2013
+;May 19, 2014
-:''Minecraft'' 1.7.2 released.
+:''Minecraft'' {{verlink|Xbox TU16|Title Update 16}} released for the [[Xbox 360 Edition]].
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 <p style="margin-bottom:0">'''Official links'''</p>
 <div style="-moz-columns:160px;-webkit-columns:160px;columns:160px">
-* [https://minecraft.net Minecraft]
+* [https://minecraft.net Minecraft Website]
-* [https://mojang.com Mojang]
+* [https://mojang.com Mojang Blog]
 * [https://help.mojang.com Mojang Support]
 * [https://bugs.mojang.com Mojang Bug Tracker]
+* [https://twitter.com/MojangTeam Mojang Twitter] ([https://twitter.com/Kappische/mojang Mojangsta list])
-* [http://www.minecraftforum.net Minecraft Forums]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamMojang Mojang YouTube]
-* [https://twitter.com/MojangTeam Twitter] ([https://twitter.com/Kappische/mojang Mojangster list])
-* [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft Facebook]
+* [http://www.minecraftforum.net Minecraft Forums]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamMojang YouTube]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft  Minecraft Facebook Page]
 * [http://pi.minecraft.net Pi Edition Blog]
 * [https://minecraft.net/realms Realms Website]
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 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/ /r/Minecraft – All versions]
 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/ /r/MinecraftSuggestions – Suggestions]
+* [http://www.reddit.com/r/realms/ /r/Realms – Minecraft Realms]
 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/MCPE/ /r/MCPE – Pocket Edition]
 * [http://www.reddit.com/r/MCPi/ /r/MCPi – Pi Edition]
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 ** [[Version history|Official game]]
 ** [[Version history/Development versions|Development versions]]
+** [[Version history/Pre-classic|Pre-classic]]
 ** [[Version history/Classic|Classic]]
 ** [[Version history/Indev|Indev]]
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 ** [[Plugin API]]
-** [[1.8]]
 *<li class="hlist"> '''[[Pocket Edition upcoming features|Pocket Edition]]''' –
-** [[Pocket Edition upcoming features#0.9.0|0.9.0]]
+** [[Pocket Edition upcoming features#0.10.0|0.10.0]]
 *<li class="hlist"> '''[[Console Edition upcoming features|Console Edition]]'''
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