The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters

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Minecraft: PS Vita Edition Release Date Revealed for North America". IGN. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014 . Retrieved 13 October 2014. Sarkar, Samit (6 November 2014). "Microsoft officially owns Minecraft and developer Mojang now". Polygon . Retrieved 19 March 2020.

Jaz McDougall of PC Gamer said that Minecraft is "intuitively interesting and contagiously fun, with an unparalleled scope for creativity and memorable experiences". [32] In the prologue, Breaking the Bank, if the player chooses the "shovel" option, Henry tries to get inside the bank by digging under the walls, but hits and ignites a gas main; the failure message is "Never dig straight down.", a well-known Minecraft tip. Persson, Markus (17 May 2009). "Minecraft 0.0.11a for public consumption: The Word of Notch". Tumblr. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015 . Retrieved 1 April 2018. Minecraft is a 3D sandbox game created by Swedish game developer Markus "Notch" Persson. It is maintained by Mojang Studios, a part of Xbox Game Studios, which in turn is part of Microsoft.In Team Fortress 2, there is a hat called Top Notch that resembles Notch's avatar in a cubic form. [28] Notch is the only person to have this hat. Mojang releases smaller development versions called "snapshots" which players can choose to play on Minecraft Launcher. These snapshots have a few new features in them, and are released as the developers are working on the new version. This is so players can try out new features before the full version is released.

On December 12, 2018, it was announced that Fandom acquired Gamepedia, including the Minecraft Wiki. Provides information on Trails & Tales, Minecraft Legends, and the Minecraft Dungeons Fauna Faire seasonal adventure, as well as various builds and challenges. Provides information on the environments for both dimensions, as well as the generated structures and mobs that inhabit them. Legacy Console Edition refers to the editions of Minecraft for consoles that are developed and updated by 4J Studios. In September 2023, a large majority of the Minecraft Wiki editor community decided to fork from Fandom, Inc. and launch a new wiki. The new wiki, entitled "The Minecraft Wiki," is hosted instead by Weird Gloop Limited, who also runs the official RuneScape Wikis. Listed reasons for forking include getting a new skin, faster load times, fewer advertisements, improved search functionality, the removal of the age verification pop-up, and the reintroduction of anonymous editing. [3] Wiki statistics [ ]Contains step-by-step instructions on how to build various buildings and contraptions, including favorite ones from Notch.

Jones, Owen (19 December 2016). "minecraft.net – Apple TV Edition released!". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016 . Retrieved 30 December 2016. Provides information on builds such as underwater sculptures and space panoramas, along with interviews of the builders that created them. In season 25 of The Simpsons, the 17th episode had a couch gag known as SimCraft, complete with Bartender Moe as a creeper blowing up the house. [46] Makuch, Eddie (7 December 2015). "Minecraft Wii U Confirmed, Coming Very Soon". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015 . Retrieved 8 December 2015. Around the same time, a company called Curse Inc. had been trying to step into the wiki hosting business. They approached Redstone Wire Ltd about acquiring the wiki and forums, which was accepted and since November 15, 2010, the wiki had been owned by Curse. Not long after in December 2010, Minepedia was forced to rename to Minecraft Wiki due to legal issues.The skin is divided into areas that act as the surface area of the character (for example, the front head area, left leg area, etc.). A skin allows only solid color; transparency is not allowed on the skin file except on the second layer, which is transparent by default; playing offline, pixels can be left free resulting in "holes" in the skin. The second layer can be used to give the character glasses, hats, or other accessories. Players can also change the arm size to be slim or normal. The slim variant is 3 pixels wide while the normal variant is 4 pixels wide. In season 10 of Adventure Time, the episode Diamonds and Lemons portrays the characters in a Minecraft-like universe. Windows, ChromeOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Fire, Xbox One/ Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS VR, & PS5 In Battlefield Heroes, players could get a Royal Minecraft T-Shirt or a National Minecraft T-Shirt from the 29th to the 31st of July, 2011. [27] In Plague Inc, a popular multiplatform game, there is a chance for a message in the news to appear with the headline: "Top notch mine opens in Sweden" and the caption "Miners and crafters look forward to the opening of a new, top notch diamond mine which is expected to revitalize the Swedish economy". This is a reference to the value of diamonds, Notch, Mojang's headquarters in Sweden, and the game itself. [39] Other messages include "Creeper arrested for destruction of virtual property" and "Microsoft saves sheepish miner, rides into sunset", which refers Microsoft's acquisition.

During the night, monsters come out to fight the player, but players can build a house to protect themselves from these monsters. If a player sleeps in a bed, they can skip the night, and go directly to the next day. However, they are unable to sleep if there are monsters near the bed. Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects!) listing on Penguin Random House Contains information about armor and weapons, as well as tips on how to defeat certain mobs in the game.In August 2021, the Minecraft Wiki, along with other wikis formerly on Gamepedia, switched from the old Hydra skin to the FandomDesktop skin. Pitcher, Jenna (3 September 2014). "Minecraft PS4 Edition Release Date Confirmed". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014 . Retrieved 3 October 2014. Pereira, Chris (13 September 2017). "New 3DS Version Of Minecraft Announced, Release Date Set For Today". GameSpot . Retrieved 13 September 2017. One of the many paths in The Stanley Parable eventually takes the player to a Minecraft world. The world is removed in Ultra Deluxe, but have a photo in Memory Zone. [38]