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Realms Map Round-Up: Pandas, Puzzles and Egyptian Elytra

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +0200

Brave Adventurers!

This week, we have FOUR new maps for you. They’ll let you soar across ancient ruins, saddle up sturdy panda steeds, clamber through the jungle canopy and ponder brain-bending puzzles. Mildly interested? We can work with that.

Our first addition is a great Capture the Flag game where you use elytra wings to fly into your enemy’s base. Let’s get into it!

Valley of the Kings by The Broken Buttons

The Archaeologists have dug to deep and too greedily, awaking a force of Ancient Egyptians from their supernatural slumber! Now these eternal enemies do battle, seeking to steal each other’s flags. You know, for reasons. Join one of the two teams, and make your way across this gorgeous Egyptian-themed canyon to nab your enemy’s flag. Try to sneak past foes on foot, or grab the elytra on the upper path and swoop right down into the enemy stronghold. But it won’t give up its prizes so easily! Each base is defended not only by other players, but by a cohort of AI skeletons. To win, you’ll need to yoink the flag from their bony grasp and return it to your own base. But be aware that a single fully-charged shot will drop you instantly - so shield skills are a must!

Canopy Dream by Theticman30 and ChildOfStars

Climb through the trees, peek around every corner in the mines, and get a headstart building your base-camp with this Jungle biome survival spawn!

Gray by MinecraftRedstoning

This 2D puzzle map challenges you to switch all the lights on before you leave. Easy? Definitely not. Every time you move, the tiles switch their state, flipping previously activated lights off. You’ll have to put your thinking cap on and plan your path carefully to ensure you leave each level fully illuminated!

Sad Panda Adventures by Mithey

These are some very, very sad pandas. Don’t worry. You can help! Travel with your panda mount and keep an eye out for anything you can shoot with your bow. Unlock new pandas, weapon upgrades and other epic treasure!

Adventurers, we have to wrap up this post quickly so I can grab a couple of my friends and finish unlocking all the very, very sad pandas!

Watch the Weekly Realms Livestream

Community map maker, slicedlime and I will be playing these maps on Minecraft’s official Twitch channel today at 1:00 PM EST! Set your alarms!

If you can’t join us, that’s all right. All of these maps are now available on Realms!

See you there,

Moesh - (@lemoesh)

Minecraft snapshot 16w41a

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:16:00 +0200

It’s time for a new snapshot, and this one includes a lot of bugfixes!

And this snapshot includes…

Notable changes:

A number of Observer block fixes
Two+ crash fixes
The ascii rabbit was removed from the code, but fortunately added again
Damaged items are now more bright
Nothing wrong with pistons anymore ever. -Grumm

Bugs fixed in 16w41a:

[Bug MC-2912] - Creative Mode Hotbar Glitch when using Number Key to exchange items slots
[Bug MC-11416] - Dispenser / Dropper / Piston / Command block placing is not consistent
[Bug MC-59303] - When placed next to a cactus, the head of bed remains same
[Bug MC-70806] - Blocks with a data value > 0 have missing texture in superflat customization
[Bug MC-80692] - WitherBoss attacks ArmorStands
[Bug MC-96544] - Temperature Freezing Point Inconsistency
[Bug MC-97982] - Offhand slot frame rotated 180 degrees compared to hotbar
[Bug MC-98009] - Elytra equipment sound using Leather armor equipment sound
[Bug MC-99103] - You can’t see remaining time when you have potion effect in Demo Mode
[Bug MC-99599] - Server does not test if player is sleeping when receiving CPacketEntityAction.Action.STOP_SLEEPING
[Bug MC-99603] - Wolves, Dogs, and Ocelots fall out of the world
[Bug MC-99661] - Summoning a LeashKnot with a passenger entity crashes
[Bug MC-99814] - help -1 throws unknown command exception
[Bug MC-99900] - Enchantments boostrap class has the wrong error message when called before bootstrap
[Bug MC-101249] - Target selectors ignore invalid arguments
[Bug MC-102439] - Shield Desynchronizes
[Bug MC-102683] - “Elder Guardian Flops” showed as “Guardian Flops” in subtitles
[Bug MC-104901] - Suboptimal visibility and horrific look of the tool’s durability bar colors
[Bug MC-105406] - OpenGL Leak in View Frustum
[Bug MC-105898] - Mushrooms and crops cause bed to drop; leaves “head” of bed behind, same with double plant
[Bug MC-106296] - Wrong subtitle for sound (sounds.json mistake)
[Bug MC-107171] - maxEntityCramming is off-by-one
[Bug MC-107407] - Zooming out an exploration map turns the map blank
[Bug MC-107410] - Observer block outputs single game tick pulse, not single redstone tick pulse
[Bug MC-107600] - Observer block causes bottom half of bed to break
[Bug MC-107662] - Observers can cause blocks to be stuck in the powered state when being pushed by pistons
[Bug MC-107730] - Oberserver block powers air blocks
[Bug MC-107783] - Observer powers redstone dust only to level 1
[Bug MC-107795] - Redstone connects to Observer Blocks on sides
[Bug MC-107869] - Llamas often spawn in blocks and die while in mountainous regions
[Bug MC-107907] - Llama spit is not saved as entity
[Bug MC-107934] - Observers are placed with the input facing you (unlike MCPE)
[Bug MC-107957] - Hopper: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
[Bug MC-107959] - Buttonspamming with observerblocks
[Bug MC-108054] - Observer rotates towards +z, when reloaded while being moved or set with /setblock
[Bug MC-108216] - Copying then zooming out an Explorer Map make it lose its structure pointer
[Bug MC-108270] - Wither skeleton spawing quelled by normal skeletons
[Bug MC-108315] - Closing options with esc doesn’t send player setting packet
[Bug MC-108344] - Left-handed vindicators raise right arm when aggressive
[Bug MC-108348] - Totem of undying is not consumed/destroyed
[Bug MC-108349] - When a sticky piston (facing up with a block on it) is retracted while an entity is standing on it, the entity appears to sink into the ground.
[Bug MC-108354] - Incorrect subtitle when equipping a llama with a chest
[Bug MC-108357] - Naturally generated vindicators axe is missing
[Bug MC-108358] - Crash when 32 or more pistons retract in a single chunk (IllegalArgumentException)
[Bug MC-108378] - Crafting a Zoomed Out Map By a Hotbar Hotkey Won’t Update It
[Bug MC-108399] - No subtitle for when the totem of undying activates
[Bug MC-108409] - Villager makes disagree sounds when you click arrows and trade boxes.
[Bug MC-108480] - Johnny Vindicators attempt to attack armor stands
[Bug MC-108525] - shulker_box.png Default resource pack GUI 1 pixel too high (167 vs 166 pixel)
[Bug MC-108588] - Structure blocks save invalid data when saving a structure at 0, 0

Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!

To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).

Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

Minecraft issue tracker!

Hurry! Pre-order Be@rbrick Creeper 400% before Oct 10

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 20:00:00 +0200

MediCom Toy Inc have been making supercool BE@RBRICK figurines since 2001 and it’s a great honour to be able to collaborate with them on this limited edition 28cm-tall creeper model. Other featured designs have been by the likes of H R Giger and Vivienne Westwood, so we’re in some very fancy company!

You can pre-order yours now right here - but you only have until Oct 10 to do so! The models will then be shipped out in January.

That’s all!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies

Minecraft snapshot 16w40a

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:46:00 +0200

It’s time for a charming bug fix snapshot!

And this snapshot includes…

Notable changes:

Fixed bugs introduced in the previous snapshot
Added bugs to fix in next snapshot

Bugs fixed in 16w40a:

[Bug MC-3352] - Arrows fired into a repeater / comparator / jukebox / command block / hopper / daylight sensor that is updating will play the arrow hitting a block noise
[Bug MC-4132] - Piston placement issue past 16777217
[Bug MC-67665] - Mouse click position always lags a few frames behind the crosshair
[Bug MC-89030] - Pistons warp entities too much (Pistons pull entities in/through blocks)
[Bug MC-98093] - Distorted Pistons
[Bug MC-106706] - Renamed brewing stand does not drop after being placed
[Bug MC-106765] - Silverfish not moving when mobGriefing is false
[Bug MC-106826] - Can interact(eat) with cake in creative mode/hunger bar is full
[Bug MC-106905] - Rabbits jump extra high on farmland and fence related blocks.
[Bug MC-107168] - Weather changes to clear after sleeping with doWeatherCycle set to false
[Bug MC-107378] - Unable to shift-click items into non-full brewing stand ingredient slot
[Bug MC-107403] - No subtitles for Shulker Box / Llama
[Bug MC-107674] - Evocators & Vindicator do not display custom head item or held items
[Bug MC-107891] - Vindicator axes are not damaged
[Bug MC-107929] - Typo: “Light Grey Shulker Box”
[Bug MC-107937] - Renamed shulker boxes got unnamed when placed by a dispenser
[Bug MC-107941] - Shooting an arrow and reloading the world gives potion particles.
[Bug MC-107946] - Entities fall through Shulker Boxes when opened
[Bug MC-107954] - Camera shakes when open shulker box you standing on
[Bug MC-107998] - Animals not running away when on fire
[Bug MC-108021] - Some mobs float above horses when riding them
[Bug MC-108029] - Strange Texture Behavior of End Portal Block
[Bug MC-108055] - Leash Knot can’t be broken sometimes
[Bug MC-108079] - Crash when trading or picking up filled map with invalid data value from furnace
[Bug MC-108084] - When in Creative’s “Survival Inventory”, dropping an item will not delete item from hand
[Bug MC-108085] - Vindicators and mobs with axes don’t disable shields.
[Bug MC-108105] - Llamas in caravan unable to be tamed
[Bug MC-108123] - {CanPickUpLoot:1b} Vindicators don’t use their better weapon
[Bug MC-108188] - Spectral arrows not being shot by skeletons
[Bug MC-108225] - Cannot leash multiple mobs to same fence when not holding lead item
[Bug MC-108271] - Unable to untie more than one Lllama from a fence

Please report any and all bugs you find in Minecraft to bugs.mojang.com. If nobody reports a bug, we can’t fix it!

Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

Minecraft issue tracker!

New book alert! Build a mighty medieval empire!

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0200

Hear ye! Hear ye! Today we’re releasing Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress - a new book that teaches you how to put together your own medieval kingdom piece by (possibly plague-ridden) piece.

If you’re a history nerd like me, it’s an absolute delight, jam-packed with both Minecraft and medieval facts, and full of gorgeous rendered diagrams demonstrating how each bit of your mighty castle plugs together. It has ramparts, dungeons, everything in between and a good deal outside too, from Ye Olde taverns to bustling market squares. It’s not just about antique architectural artistry either: the book includes detailed explanations of redstone engineering, helping you to construct elaborate trap rooms, a switch-activated portcullis, ballistas and loads more.

It’s probably one of the nicest looking things we’ve produced, too. Just look:

Construct keeps to defend your loyal subjects and build a bustling township within your high walls, sending noble knights to spread your benevolent rule across the land. Alternatively, subjugate serfs from a decadent throne-room, toss naughty mobs into the dungeons and build battlements to prevent the peasants from disturbing you. It has everything a righteous ruler or a megalomaniac monarch might want.

It costs £12.99, though you may be able to get a sweet discount from some retailers. The US release will follow shortly.

You can order it here!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies

Fearsome fixes! Changelog 0.15.10 for Pocket / Win 10

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:57:00 +0200

Hello! The 0.15.10 update for Pocket and Windows 10 Edition slunk out during the dark hours of the night, bringing with it the chilling Campfire Tales skin pack and squishing a fair few bugs.

We’ve been having a few issues distributing the special MINECON skins and associated capes. They are meant to be free, but some users have been asked for money while trying to obtain them through the Google Play store. If you do get prompted for a fee, use the code MINECON2016, and it should let you have them for the correct price of zero money.

Android users who want the skins should do this as soon as possible - the skins won’t be available for much longer!

Anyway, on to the log:

New Features:

Campfire Tales skin pack!

Tweaks:

Fixed mirror texture issues.
Small fix to smart turning. (VR only)
Capes no longer clip through armor.

Bug Fixes:

When getting the MINECON 2016 capes, you will now be prompted to make a “free” purchase from your device’s store. If you are on Android & it prompts you for a payment, use the code MINECON2016 to get it for free.
Fixed crash when rendering leads in VR. (VR only)
Using the B button to quit the game (when using a controller) now works. (Win 10 only)
Fixed top of cursor flickering in VR. (VR only)
Mouse clicks no longer cause keyboard input to stop. (VR only)
Fixed issue where Minecraft would not shut down completely when launching another app in the Oculus store. (Win 10 Oculus only)
Added in bug fixes for VR that were previously in the 0.16 betas. Click here for 0.16 build 1 changelog and click here for 0.16 build 3 changelog!

Chilling stuff!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies

Eek! Campfire Tales skin pack haunts Pocket / Win 10!

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 09:20:00 +0200

Halloween is almost upon us! The land falls into shadow. The moon is but a sallow, spiteful eye, glowering through black clouds. Ancient things - forgotten things - begin to stir in the lonely places of the earth. A sickly fog rasps through the streets. Lock the doors! Shutter the windows! Huddle round the fire. It’s time to swap stories of the strange, the sinister and the supernatural!

Scared out of your skin? Luckily for you, the Campfire Tales skin pack comes with 16 more! It crept from the shadows and onto Pocket / Win 10 Edition during the night.

Each skin is exceptionally spooky. If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you may have spotted some of the twisted tales behind them - the jealous Headless Haunter, the vengeful Lumbering Jack, the obsessive Sea-Swallowed Captain, the hasty confectioner Crisp, the cursed Well Wisher, Rancid Anne, The Sham, Ol’ Diggy and the Risen Rose.

But there are stories left to tell! What otherwordly origin could explain The Enderall? What sad story anchors The Lapis Lady to this earthly realm? For whom, or what, does Cropsy wait? What drives the mysterious Farlander? What will the Silksnatcher do with all that webbing? Where does the Blocksquatch hide? And just why is The Unshorn so woolly?

Why not tell your own tale? Share your spooky sightings and frightsome fables with us using the #campfiretales hashtag!

Cheerio! (Or should that be EERIE-o?)

Marsh - @marshdavies

Console update ahoy: Banners, Blocks, Beets & Bears!

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0200

It’s here! Rolling out across consoles today and tomorrow: an update that brings polar bears young and old, customisable banners, beetroots and related restorative soups, new blocks, buildings and more.

The update will hit Xbox consoles first today, along with Wii U in the US, and then follow along with other consoles tomorrow.

You’ll be able to take shelter from the harsh weather of Arctic Biomes in new igloos, and delve beneath the earth for primordial treasures in the shape of giant fossils made of Bone Blocks.

Other new blocks include: End Bricks, Grass Path, Frosted Ice, Magma, Nether Wart Block and Red Nether Brick. And that ain’t all: the update also signals the availability of the sumptuous Chinese Mash Up Pack. It’s super-pretty.

Enjoy!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies

MINECON 2016 is over! Finished! Done! Thanks for being part of it!

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 03:00:00 +0200

What a couple of days! There’ve been celebs, surprise reveals, intense tournaments, amazing costumes, talks by clever-clogs, manic panel shows, comedians and more. Best of all, there’s been you: the coolest, smartest and friendliest gaming community on Earth. We love you, and it was great meeting so many of you! The Mojang team are happily exhausted - how about you lot?

Here are just a few of the cool things that happened…

We announced a novel!

Written by mega-author Max Brooks, no less. He’s a big fan of Minecraft, and we’re a big fan of him. What a match! Read more about it here.

We launched a site all about Add-Ons!

Add-Ons are the first step on our journey towards bringing even greater levels of customisation to all editions of Minecraft - starting with Pocket and Windows 10. Read more here!

Awesome costumes abounded!

These three cosplay geniuses were the finalists in our costume competition - Vera in the batsuit, Autumn as the White Pumpkin and Ruthie in the incredible expanding Magma Cube costume. Ruthie just edged a very close competition to be crowned the winner. We had OVER TEN THOUSAND votes! OMG!

Good things coming with the Boss Update on Oct 18

Including:

The previously-mentioned Add-Ons!
Importing and exporting worlds on Realms!
Slash commands! Summon things, set the time, teleport to places & more!
Xbox Wireless controller support for Gear VR Edition and Windows 10!
Oculus Touch support for VR mode on Windows 10 Edition! [UPDATE: Oops. This isn’t true. It is coming - but later this year.]

Cobalt gets a total conversion, mod support and WASD/mouse controls

The Cobalt team revealed a Counter-Strike-style team-based bomb defusal gametype. And not only that: cool modding tools, mouse-aim, WASD controls, and more - all to be released in one awesome package on Steam soon. Read (and watch) more here!

We ran some amazing tournaments!

Look at this incredible arena! many thanks to Hypixel and Twitch for their sterling work here. We also had contests between big-name crafters Stampy and Squid (which saw poor Stampy forced to plunge his face into cake) and defeat for Console Edition devs, 4J Studios, as they came second place to Youtuber talent. Finally, four fearless Mojangstas chased down intrepid contestants in Hypixel’s Creeper Carts compo.

The Chinese Mythology Mash-Up pack is most auspicious (and gorgeous)

Just look at this thing. I think it might be the most beautiful mash-up pack we’ve released. It comes on Oct 4 with a hand-crafted map the evokes the mystic East, 41 new skins and 13 themed music tracks and a special Battle map. Read and see more here.

I rode a horse!

Pretty incredible. In fact there was all kinds of cool stuff on the Expo Hall floor - punchable trees, touchable cakes, flyable ghasts, lovely rubber toys, indie games and loads more. Thanks to all our amazing exhibitors and partners! Here are a few more snaps:

The last shot is of Bandai’s super-cute constructible erasers, “Mine-keshi”. I love them. They’re coming to stores in the US next year. Watch out!

Console Edition update gets bears, banners and more!

There’s loads of good stuff coming in the next free update to Console Edition, which should roll out across our various platforms over Oct 4 and 5. It’s got bears, beetroots and banners. Read a more expansive bullet-point list here!

1.11 for PC / Mac brings Illagers, mansions, maps and… LLAMAS

Jens revealed some amazing stuff coming to PC / Mac. You’ll see much of it in the snapshot arriving on Wednesday, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek.

There was a Block By Block charity drive!

Build a better world with Minecraft! Block By Block is a supercool partnership between Mojang and UN-Habitat. We use Minecraft to help urban communities participate in the redesign of their public spaces, making them friendlier, prettier, safer and more useful! It’s an amazing programme. Check out our work, and donate today to help transform communities all around the globe: blockbyblock.org

Phew! This post could be eight times as long and still not cover all the amazing stuff that happened. Suffice to say, we’re all off for a nice cup of cocoa and an early night. Thanks for coming and/or watching everyone! See you again next year!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies

Soon: 1.11 for PC/Mac brings llamas, mansions & maps!

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:00:00 +0200

Grand development wizard Jens has unveiled a slew of awesome new things coming in the next update of PC / Mac edition - dubbed “The Exploration Update”. And with good reason, as you shall find out.

The update introduces the Illagers - a new bunch of mobs who inhabit Woodland Mansions. They’re a mean lot who attack intruders with deadly magic and summon mischievous flying imps called Vexes.

True to the update’s name, you can now buy maps from village Cartographers which will lead you to Ocean Monuments and Woodland Mansions. There be treasure!

You will also be able to manage your bloated inventory with Shulker Boxes - special chests that retain their contents even when knocked down.

And let’s not forget the fluffiest of 1.11’s additions: llamas! They’re basically adorable mobile chests. Stick a carpet on them to make ‘em snazzy. They’ll even form caravans as you lead them across the land and attack hostile mobs with gobs of spit. Charming!

There’s quite a lot more in the works: check out the changelog when the snapshot arrives this coming Wednesday!

Cheerio!

Marsh - @marshdavies