About Minecraft  is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson, the founder of Mojang AB. The game involves players placing and breaking various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. The player takes on an avatar that can break and place blocks, forming fantastic 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). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable 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 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 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1600 Microsoft Points (US$20.00), where it soon shattered every previous sales record. On February 11, 2013, Minecraft: Pi Edition was released exclusively for the Raspberry Pi. It is based on the Pocket Edition and is available for free at Mojang'sdedicated 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.		Play it! Purchase the computer edition! (Demo) Test the latest development snapshot! Purchase the Android Pocket Edition! (Demo) Purchase the iOS Pocket Edition! (Lite) Purchase the Xbox 360 Edition! (Demo) Play the Raspberry Pi Edition! Current versions 1.6.2   13w37b   0.7.5   TU12   0.1.1
Gameplay Explanation of the various game modes and features used inMinecraft. Current game modes Creative Survival Hardcore Adventure Planned game modes Capture the Flag Recipes Crafting Smelting Brewing Tutorials New player General Mining Item farming   Mob farming Enchanting & smelting Mechanism Technical	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 inMinecraft. 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.	Updates, news and events News July 8, 2013 – Minecraft 1.6.2 released. July 1, 2013 – Minecraft 1.6.1, the Horse Update released. June 27, 2013 – Minecon 2013 location announced. June 10, 2013 – Xbox One Edition announced. May 10, 2013 – Minecraft 1.4.2 (TU11) released for Xbox 360. Version history Computer – Classic • Indev • Infdev • Alpha • Beta • Official Game •Snapshots Pocket Edition – Alpha Xbox 360 Edition – Official Game Pi Edition – Alpha Upcoming features Computer – Plugin API • Minecraft Realms Pocket Edition – Online Multiplayer Xbox 360 Edition – Texture packs
Links Official links Minecraft Mojang Mojang support Developer blog Forums Twitter (Mojangster list)   Facebook YouTube Steam Pi Edition blog J!NX Merchandise ThinkGeek Merchandise Reddit communities /r/Minecraft - Computer edition /r/MCPE - Pocket Edition /r/Minecraft360 - Xbox 360 Edition /r/MCPi - Pi Edition Minecraft Wiki partners Minecraft.de Minecraft Museum Minecraft Skins	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 withMinecraft. 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.	Wiki community There are 664 active users   managing 2,790 articles!   Recent changes | New pages | Missing pages How to help See how you can help contribute to the Minecraft Wiki! Register Register an account to keep track of your contributions. Wiki rules The rules for the Minecraft Wiki. Community portal Frequently asked questions Wiki sandbox Propose pages here! Wiki pages New users come here.