SHARE YOUR REAL-LIFE MINECRAFT MOMENTS!
Hey!
Minecraft can be a funny old game. Over the years, crafters have uncovered a wealth of secrets, and developed a bunch of unique ways to play. Dirt block towers, pigs with saddles, chests packed with mushroom stew - over time, these things have become almost… normal.
For the near future, we’re celebrating some of the funkiest bits of Minecraft. KeenFacebook and Twitter users might have noticed that we’ve already created an LA installation that references the way shrewd Minecrafters use torches to light their way back home. We also uploaded a unique L.A. map to Minecraft Realms for Minecraft Java that features loads of mini-games themed around light. In case you don’t have access to a Realm we’ve also made it available to download here.
When players at the installation complete the mini-games, a huge sign gets lit up. It’s so massive that airborne travellers can read it from the sky! It’s an awe-inspiring sight, and just one of the ways we’re championing the way you play.
You’ll see a lot more of these things over the next few weeks. Follow us on Facebook or check our Twitter to keep up to date. Even better, get involved yourself! Think of some of your favorite things to do in Minecraft and re-create them in the real world. Of course, don’t do anything dangerous like putting a bucket full of lava in your backpack. That’s just dumb.
Oh, and don’t forget Share your Minecraft IRL moments with the hashtag #MinecraftIRL so we can find them easily and retweet our faves!
Have a great day, everyone!
Source: mojang.com
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Minecraft Light your way!
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Minecraft Texture!
GO GOOGLY-EYED! CARTOON TEXTURES ON POCKET / WIN 10!
Turn your world into a toon with the latest texture pack to arrive on Pocket and Windows 10 Edition! Give your pigs a higher derp factor - and resolution to boot. Reshape villagers’ noses! Make sheep look startled!
Have a look at the screenshots below:
Enjoy
Source: mojang.com
Minecraft News!
ON CONSOLES THIS HOLIDAY: ELYTRA, END CITIES & MORE
We’ve prepared a rather spectacular seasonal gift for Console Edition. As is traditional, you’ll have to wait until late December to open up the full package, but we’re happy to give you a teeny preview today - the digital equivalent of letting you sneak downstairs and give your gift-wrapped goodies a little inquisitive shake.
That’s if you can even lift the box - this is the biggest update we’ve put out this year! There are new mobs, blocks, items, status effects and all manner of other tweaks. Here are a few of the things you might hear rattling round inside:
Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid glider, or, if you’d rather practice first, why not put your aerobatic skills to the test by generating a world with the new Amplified Terrain option?End Cities, replete with End Ships, Chorus Plants, Chorus Flowers and Purpur blocks. Not all is as it seems, however - some blocks may conceal Shulkers, limpet-like enemies who fire homing rockets.
Take a hit and you’ll take damage and experience something new, too: levitation!
Elytra are essential to avoid an uncomfortable landing.
You can now use Dragon’s Breath to create Lingering Potions - throwable potions that leave a bubbling slick behind, ideal for ensnaring unwary pursuers.
There’s quite a few other stocking-fillers in there, too - but you’ll just have to wait for the free update to launch to unwrap its other mysteries!
Cheerio!
Source: mojang.com
Monday, November 21, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Minecraft News!
BOP A BUDDY OR JOURNEY THROUGH JUNGLES
Welcome back, Minecrafters, to another Friday of PC Realms maps! Based on last week’s numbers, loads of you went nuts for A Giant Quest! We had fun stomping around and staring down the dragon as well.
Let’s get into this week’s maps!
Makers Punch by MineMakers Team
Makers Punch was a natural choice for inclusion on Realms. It was a fun and error-free minigame from the start, and it reminded us of the fan favorite, Knockback Madness, seasoned with design elements from MineMakers Team’s Makers Spleef. The goal of knocking your enemies flying off the platform is simple, but learning the jumps and items will give you an advantage as you and your friends play this game over and over.
The Lost Civilization by Blockception and Mojang
We occasionally reach out to build teams for special projects, such as the House of Horrors earlier this month. For Minecraft 1.11, we worked with Blockception to show you some of this version’s new features, and it made sense to make it available through Realms as well. So far, it’s been very popular! You can find this map under the newly-renamed World Template heading.
Hmm, upgrades!
When Minecraft gets a big update, sometimes we have to retire old maps on Realms. However, through the tireless efforts of many mapmakers, a collection of adventure maps and minigames are already back! Here’s what you can play right now:
TNT Run
Memory Battle
3D Minesweeper
Blocked In Combat
Makers Spleef
Wither’s Challenge
Clambering Cubes
Ludo
Imperium
Color Run
Pumpkin Party
Unsighted Shadow
The Dornenstein Estate
Herobrine’s Mansion
Where Next?
Gray
Negentropy
The Present Factory
Don’t Go Insane
Like all of the other Realms content, you can find and load these maps by going into your Realms settings and clicking Reset World.
News you can use
However you get your PC Realms news, we’ve added an even easier way to get here and stay up to date. From the main menu of Minecraft for PC, click on Minecraft Realms, then click on the new, fancy black and white newspaper icon.
If you want to see the Realms content duo have adventures with coworkers and special guests, make sure that you follow our streams at twitch.tv/Minecraft, where you can catch our Friday broadcasts, as well as a bunch of previous videos.
That’s all for now! See you next time!
Source: mojang.com
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Minecraft News!
GOT TIME TO SPARE? TRY OUR HOUR OF CODE 2016 EDITION!
What could you learn in one hour? A little maths? A smattering of English? Some “science”?
Nothing of significance, basically. That’s why you should be delighted that we’ve created a second Hour of Code tutorial, designed to teach you the basics of coding in a mere 60 minutes. We introduce concepts of game design and computer science in easy-to-understand steps before giving insight into mob behavior and more. Of course, to be a master coder like Jens takes more than an hour’s training, but this is a great place to start.
Last year’s hour of code has been played over 31 million times, making it the most popular on the Code.org platform. Despite that, we’ve rebuilt the thing so it’s even better than last year’s.
Both the 2015 and 2016 tutorials are now available at code.org/minecraft so head over and give them a try. Oh, and if you’re still not convinced, watch the chirpy video below.
Thanks for reading, everyone! Enjoy your hour of code
Watch video here: http://mojang.com/2016/11/got-time-to-spare-try-our-hour-of-code-2016-edition/
Source: mojang.com
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Minecraft Updates!
1.0 beta changelog build 1 (aka 0.17.0.1)

1.0 beta build 1 - AKA 0.17.0.1
New Features:
The END
End Cities
End Ships
Ender Pearls
Eye of Ender
Ender Chest
Jean? the Ender Dragon
Dragon head
Shulkers
Chorus fruit
Popped chorus fruit
End stone
End stone brick
End poem
Purpur block
Purpur pillar
Purpur slab
Purpur stairs
End Rod
Dragon Egg
Exit Portal
End Gateway
Ender charge
Ability to craft lingering potions in survivalAbility to craft tipped arrows in survival
Ability to respawn Jean? the Ender Dragon
Dragon's breath
Elytra
Ender crystals
256 world height!
World seed library
Igloos
Polar bears
Strongholds now fully implemented - strongholds have a chance of spawning randomly in newly generated chunks. You're not limited to only three!Support for world templates
Tweaks:
Stronger validation of Add-Ons manifest- you may need to update them.Sound & music effect volume issues fixed.Fixed issues with text lagging when updating (& not updating scroll bar visibility, too.)Fixed various text sizing and spacing issues.Transferring items between containers should be faster now.Lava and water should again go where you point to place them.Various tweaks to Add-Ons, including improvements to loading.Tweaked opacity of pop-up windows for easier reading.Tweaked enchanted golden apples so they have the correct amount of absorption health points.
Bug Fixes:
Worlds again displayed in the Play tab for Win 10 players with utf-8 symbols in their names.
Fixed a crash when players with utf-8 symbols in their names tried to delete a world.
FOV slider now shows the correct value.
Stone blocks should now show up in all recipes when using the MCPE crafting screen.
Fixed a game crash on startup if you had two monitors connected with different DPIs (Win 10 only).
Android keyboard will no longer switch to the numeric keypad if you lock and unlock the screen (Android only).
Creative search tab now selects the search box when switching tabs and when typing any character even if the box is not selected.
No more crashing when eating mushroom stew!
There is now an animation for throwing items.
Realm names no longer overlap the number of players actively in the realm.
Fixed a crash when your internet connection dies while using Replace World on Realms.
Good news: guardians, wither skeletons & blazes respawn naturally again when switching from peaceful game mode to easy/normal/hard. Bad news: they will only do this in newly generated structures, not ones that have already been discovered.
Fixed the Store getting stuck on "Getting products…" screen"Your home bed was missing or obstructed" message now appears if you die and your bed was destroyed.
Fall momentum now saved even if you close & reopen a world.
"Dye" button is displayed when trying to dye a sheep.
Skeleton horse traps should now work correctly (multiple bug fixes).
You now have to actually brew a potion to get the achievement.
"Local Brewery", "Monster Hunter" and "Archer" achievements fixed.
Cycling through commands to get to the @ character now properly displays all available values.
Magma cubes no longer take damage from water.
Minecarts with chests/hoppers/TNT no longer get stuck halfway in a block if they run into it.
Mobs can drown again.
Lured mobs no longer push you around when you're riding a pig/horse/mule/donkey.
Wearing a pumpkin helmet prevents endermen from attacking you.
Fixed a crash on mobile devices if game was launched without wi-fi enabled (MCPE only).
Fixed arrow hit sound effect.
TTS narrated messages are no longer interrupted by sending a new message.
Sprinting fixed so it doesn't stop unless hunger is low.
Fixed a crash with the /drop command.
The Wither is no longer hostile to wither skeletons and strays.
Paintings can no longer run into each other at right angles.
You can now make huge mushrooms from regular mushrooms!
You can now drink milk in Creative mode.
Baby zombies now drop loot upon death.
Snow golems now attack silverfish.
Villagers now turn into zombie villagers when they are killed by a husk.
Now only adult cows can be milked.
Potatoes and beetroot can once again be used to feed and breed pigs.
Beetroots and beetroot stew appear in your Creative inventory.
Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting a world for Replace World for realms (iOS only).
Mobs killed by tamed mobs will now drop XP.
Untamed horses/mules/donkeys no longer follow you when you're holding food.
Fixed a bug that caused mining to go slowly after a player reconnected to a multiplayer game while riding a horse.
Fixed a bug where you could use commands to have buckets place other blocks.
Negative effects from splash potions no longer affect endermen (as they teleport away quickly).
Cats no longer change their textures back to ocelots when worlds created before 0.16 are loaded.
Fixed a bug where the villager reproduction rate was capped by something other than door count.
Fixed a bug where game would hang on a black screen during launch (Fire TV only).
Fixed a bug where endermen would get angry even if you only looked at their torso.

Source: pocketbeta.minecraft.net
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