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TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 is the 2026 installment of Minecraft:TwitchCon, an annual convention held by and to celebrate Minecraft:Twitch. Minecraft is the presenting sponsor of the event,<ref>Template:Citation</ref> hosting several of the events at the convention.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> This makes it the first convention with official and large-scale involvement by Minecraft since Minecraft:MINECON 2016.

Schedule

The convention spanned 2 days and Minecraft-related activities were spread across 4 different locations.<ref name="schedule">Template:Citation</ref>

May 30, 2026
Time of day (UTC+2:00)	Minecraft Arena			NomNom Theatre	Twitch Rivals Arena	Glitch Theatre
11:30	The Midoffs LIVE
12:00		Meet & Greet (1)		Community panel: Skyblock Kingdoms SMP
12:30				Community panel: Skyblock Kingdoms SMP
13:00
13:30				Community panel: Crafting a Character
14:00			Community meetup	Community panel: Crafting a Character
14:30		Meet & Greet (2)	Community meetup
15:00		Meet & Greet (2)		Community panel: The Symbiotic Relationship of Artists and Creators
15:30
16:00		Meet & Greet (3)
16:30		Meet & Greet (3)		Community panel: The Non-Competitive Competitive Format of Minecraft Events
17:00
17:30	Minecraft LIVE: Rebroadcast			Minecraft LIVE: Rebroadcast	Minecraft LIVE
May 31, 2026
Time of day (UTC+2:00)	Minecraft Arena			NomNom Theatre	Twitch Rivals Arena	Glitch Theatre
10:30	Community panel: Couriway's 10,000th Speedrun Live	Meet & Greet (4)		Community panel: Bannerfall SMP		Community panel: Lifesteal SMP
11:00		Meet & Greet (4)		Community panel: Bannerfall SMP		Community panel: Lifesteal SMP
11:30						The Minecraft Gauntlet
12:00	Community panel: Gridlock: The Next Step in Minecraft Esports	Meet & Greet (5)
12:30			Community meetup
13:00			Community meetup
13:30					MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P. + The Craftys
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00

Minecraft Arena

The Minecraft Arena was an extensive meet & greet convention area themed around various locations from Template:MC. It was the central location where all the Minecraft events at TwitchCon took place, in which guests could explore biomes, "gather exclusive swag", and meet content creators such as Minecraft:Grian or Minecraft:LDShadowLady.

It featured various activities, including:<ref name=":0">Template:Mcnet </ref>

The Sulfur Slide
Be the Chicken Jockey
Game Over Photo Op
Dungeons 2 Note Block Challenge
Dungeons 1 Gameplay
Chicken Farm Gameplay
Craft your Gamertag

The Sulfur Slide

The Sulfur Slide
Be the Chicken Jockey

Be the Chicken Jockey
Game Over Photo Op

Game Over Photo Op
Craft your Gamertag

Craft your Gamertag

Events

Minecraft LIVE

Template:Main

Announced on May 12, 2026, an exclusive installment of Minecraft LIVE was hosted at the convention.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> It took place on May 30, 2026 at 15:30 UTC.

The event was located in the Twitch Rivals Arena and also broadcast both in the Minecraft Arena and in the NomNom Theatre.<ref name="schedule"/>

The Midoffs LIVE

Template:Main

The Midoffs LIVE was a special edition of The Midoffs, a Minecraft speedrunning tournament organized by Tubbo. It took place on May 30, 2026 at 09:30 UTC in the Minecraft Arena.

MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P.

Template:Main

MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P. was an edition of Minecraft:MC Championship organized in collaboration with Minecraft:Mojang Studios. It took place on May 31, 2026 at 12:00 UTC in the Twitch Rivals Arena.

Similarly to Minecraft:The Copper Crown, an interlude dedicated to The Craftys was held.<ref>Template:Tweet </ref>

Meet & Greet

Meet & Greet events were scheduled sessions where attendees could interact with featured guests, with reservations required through the TwitchCon Mobile App. 5 sessions took place in the Minecraft Arena:

Day	Time of day	Participants
May 30	12:00 - 14:00	Template:Columns-list
	14:30 - 15:30	Template:Columns-list
	16:00 - 17:00	Template:Columns-list
May 31	10:30 - 11:30	IsaacBrickbuilt legofrederic
May 31	12:00 - 14:00	bekyamon owengejuicetv

Community Panels

Community Panels were presentation sessions where guests engaged with attendees.

Day	Time of day	Theme	Location	Participants
May 30	12:00 - 13:00	Skyblock Kingdoms SMP: Minecraft in the Sky	NomNom Theatre	Template:Columns-list
	13:30 - 14:30	Crafting a Character		Template:Columns-list
	15:00 - 16:00	The Symbiotic Relationship of Artists and Creators		Template:Columns-list
	16:30 - 17:00	The Non-Competitive Competitive Format of Minecraft Events		Template:Columns-list
May 31	10:30 - 11:30	Bannerfall SMP: A Clash Between Kingdoms		Template:Columns-list
	10:30 - 12:00	Couriway's 10,000th Speedrun Live	Minecraft Arena	Template:Columns-list
	10:45 - 11:30	Lifesteal SMP: Inside Minecraft's Deadliest Server	Glitch Theatre	Template:Columns-list
	12:00 - 13:00	Gridlock: The Next Step in Minecraft Esports	Minecraft Arena	Template:Columns-list

Community Meetups

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Rewards

Two capes could be obtained from the event, the Minecraft:Crafter Cape and the Minecraft:Builder Cape.


Name	Image		Type	Rarity	Obtaining
Name	Icon	Render	Type	Rarity	Obtaining
Minecraft:Crafter Cape	File:CharacterCreatorCrafterCape.png	File:Crafter Cape BE.png	Cape File:Capes SB Icon.png	Legendary File:Rarity legendary.png	Guests received an inventory ribbon that could be attached to their TwitchCon badge during badge pickup. They then had to participate in either Minecraft content sessions or arena activities to receive emerald stickers. Once guests had collected three emerald stickers, they could take the inventory ribbon to the Cape Trader booth to receive a code card. In order to obtain the cape, players had to redeem the code by June 30, 2026.<ref name=":0" />
Minecraft:Builder Cape	File:CharacterCreatorBuilderCape.png	File:Builder Cape BE.png	Cape File:Capes SB Icon.png	Legendary File:Rarity legendary.png	Players received this cape by redeeming a code, which could be obtained by watching a participating livestream on one of these two platforms: Minecraft:Twitch: Watch 5 minutes of any livestream in the Minecraft category. Minecraft:TikTok: Watch 3 minutes of any participating livestream in the Minecraft category. This could be done between May 30 and June 22, 2026. All codes for this cape had to be redeemed by June 30, 2026.<ref name=":02">Template:Mcnet</ref>

Merchandise

Template:Empty section

Videos

Template:Main File:Midoffs Live trailer.mp4 Template:YouTube

Gallery

Promotional artwork

Event images

The "Template:MCD2 Note Block Challenge" at TwitchCon

The "Template:MCD2 Note Block Challenge" at TwitchCon
A statue of an unnamed mob

A statue of an unnamed mob
A statue of the Minecraft:Twisted Warden

A statue of the Minecraft:Twisted Warden
Portal with a countdown

Portal with a countdown
Template:MCD arcade game

Template:MCD arcade game
Minecraft:Sulfur caves biome

Minecraft:Sulfur caves biome
Cape trader sign

Cape trader sign
Cherry grove stage sign

Cherry grove stage sign
The inventory ribbon with three emerald stickers

The inventory ribbon with three emerald stickers
The back side of the inventory ribbon

The back side of the inventory ribbon
The cape card

The cape card

Template:Notelist

References

Navigation

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Minecraft:pt:TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026

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-{{wip}}
 {{Infobox event
 | image = TwitchCon 2026 logo.png
+| type = Convention
 | began = May 30, 2026
 | ended = May 31, 2026
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 }}
-'''TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026''' is the 2026 installment of ''[[Minecraft:TwitchCon]]'', an annual convention held by and to celebrate [[Minecraft:Twitch]]. Minecraft is the presenting sponsor of the event,<ref>{{Citation|url=https://twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/|title=TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 &vert; 30-31 May 2026}}</ref> hosting several of the events at the convention.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/minecraft/|title=Minecraft &vert; TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026|website=TwitchCon}}</ref> This makes it the first convention with official and large-scale involvement by Minecraft since [[Minecraft:MINECON 2016]].
+'''TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026''' is the 2026 installment of [[Minecraft:TwitchCon]], an annual convention held by and to celebrate [[Minecraft:Twitch]]. Minecraft is the presenting sponsor of the event,<ref>{{Citation|url=https://twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/|title=TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026 &vert; 30-31 May 2026}}</ref> hosting several of the events at the convention.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/minecraft/|title=Minecraft &vert; TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026|website=TwitchCon}}</ref> This makes it the first convention with official and large-scale involvement by Minecraft since [[Minecraft:MINECON 2016]].
 == Schedule ==
-The convention spans 2 days and ''Minecraft''-related activities are spread across 4 different locations.<ref name="schedule">{{citation|url=https://www.twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/schedule|title=Schedule &vert; TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026|website=TwitchCon}}</ref>
+The convention spanned 2 days and ''Minecraft''-related activities were spread across 4 different locations.<ref name="schedule">{{citation|url=https://www.twitchcon.com/rotterdam-2026/schedule|title=Schedule &vert; TwitchCon Rotterdam 2026|website=TwitchCon}}</ref>
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 ! colspan="7" | May 30, 2026
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-! Time of day
+! Time of day (UTC+2:00)
 ! colspan="3" | Minecraft Arena
 ! NomNom Theatre
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 ! 12:00
 | rowspan="4" class="tc-planned" | Meet & Greet (1)
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Skyblock Kingdoms SMP''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Skyblock Kingdoms SMP''
 |-
 ! 12:30
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 |-
 ! 13:30
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Crafting a Character''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Crafting a Character''
 |-
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 ! 15:00
 | rowspan="6" |
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''The Symbiotic Relationship of Artists and Creators''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''The Symbiotic Relationship of Artists and Creators''
 |-
 ! 15:30
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 |-
 ! 16:30
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''The Non-Competitive Competitive Format of Minecraft Events''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''The Non-Competitive Competitive Format of Minecraft Events''
 |-
 ! 17:00
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 ! colspan="7" | May 31, 2026
 |-
-! Time of day
+! Time of day (UTC+2:00)
 ! colspan="3" | Minecraft Arena
 ! NomNom Theatre
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 |-
 ! 10:30
-| rowspan="3" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Couriway's 10,000th Speedrun Live''
+| rowspan="3" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Couriway's 10,000th Speedrun Live''
 | rowspan="2" class="tc-planned" | Meet & Greet (4)
 | rowspan="4" |
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Bannerfall SMP''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Bannerfall SMP''
 | rowspan="6" |
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Lifesteal SMP''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Lifesteal SMP''
 |-
 ! 11:00
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 |-
 ! 12:00
-| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community pannel:<br>''Gridlock: The Next Step in Minecraft Esports''
+| rowspan="2" class="tc-rarely" | Community panel:<br>''Gridlock: The Next Step in Minecraft Esports''
 | rowspan="4" class="tc-planned" | Meet & Greet (5)
 |-
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 == Minecraft Arena ==
-The Minecraft Arena is an extense meet & greet convention area themed around various locations from {{MC}}. It is the central location where all the ''Minecraft'' events at TwitchCon will happen, in which guests can explore biomes, "gather exclusive swag", and meet content creators such as [[Minecraft:Grian]] or [[Minecraft:LDShadowLady]].
+The Minecraft Arena was an extensive meet & greet convention area themed around various locations from {{MC}}. It was the central location where all the ''Minecraft'' events at TwitchCon took place, in which guests could explore biomes, "gather exclusive swag", and meet content creators such as [[Minecraft:Grian]] or [[Minecraft:LDShadowLady]].
-It features various activities, including:<ref name=":0">{{mcnet|join-minecraft-at-twitchcon|Join Minecraft at TwitchCon|May 19, 2026}} </ref>
+It featured various activities, including:<ref name=":0">{{mcnet|join-minecraft-at-twitchcon|Join Minecraft at TwitchCon|May 19, 2026}} </ref>
 * The Sulfur Slide
 * Be the Chicken Jockey
 * Game Over Photo Op
 * ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons II|Dungeons 2]]'' Note Block Challenge
 * ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons|Dungeons 1]]'' Gameplay
 * Chicken Farm Gameplay
+* Craft your Gamertag
-== Scheduled events ==
+<gallery>
+File:TwitchCon Rotterdam sulfur slide sign.jpg|The Sulfur Slide
+File:TwitchCon Rotterdam chicken jockey sign.jpg|Be the Chicken Jockey
+File:TwitchCon Rotterdam game over sign.jpg|Game Over Photo Op
+File:TwitchCon Rotterdam craft your gamertag sign.jpg|Craft your Gamertag
+</gallery>
+== Events ==
 === Minecraft LIVE ===
-{{Main|Minecraft Live – TwitchCon May 2026}}
+{{Main|Minecraft Live – May 2026}}
-Announced on May 12, 2026, an exclusive instalment of [[Minecraft:Minecraft Live|Minecraft LIVE]] will be hosted at the convention.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/live|title=Tune in to Minecraft Live|website=[[Minecraft:Minecraft.net]]|date=May 12, 2026|archive=1}}</ref> It will take place on May 30, 2026 at 15:30 UTC
+Announced on May 12, 2026, an exclusive installment of [[Minecraft:Minecraft Live|Minecraft LIVE]] was hosted at the convention.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/live|title=Tune in to Minecraft Live|website=[[Minecraft:Minecraft.net]]|date=May 12, 2026|archive=1}}</ref> It took place on May 30, 2026 at 15:30 UTC.
-The event is located in the Twitch Rivals Arena but will also be broadcast both in the Minecraft Arena and in the NomNom Theatre.<ref name="schedule"/>
+The event was located in the Twitch Rivals Arena and also broadcast both in the Minecraft Arena and in the NomNom Theatre.<ref name="schedule"/>
 === The Midoffs LIVE ===
 {{Main|The Midoffs LIVE}}
-The Midoffs LIVE is a special edition of The Midoffs, a ''Minecraft'' speedrunning tournament organized by Tubbo. It will take place on May 30, 2026 at 09:30 UTC in the Minecraft Arena.
+The Midoffs LIVE was a special edition of The Midoffs, a ''Minecraft'' speedrunning tournament organized by Tubbo. It took place on May 30, 2026 at 09:30 UTC in the Minecraft Arena.
 === MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P. ===
 {{Main|Project G.L.O.P.}}
-MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P. is an edition of [[Minecraft:MC Championship]] organized in collaboration with [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]]. It will take place on May 31, 2026 at 12:00 UTC in the Twitch Rivals Arena.
+MC Championship: Project G.L.O.P. was an edition of [[Minecraft:MC Championship]] organized in collaboration with [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]]. It took place on May 31, 2026 at 12:00 UTC in the Twitch Rivals Arena.
-Similarly to [[Minecraft:The Copper Crown]], an interlude dedicated to ''The Craftys'' will be held.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|2052802654540058712|The Crafty's are back at TwitchCon, where your favorite Minecraft creators might win their very own Crafty!<br><br>See it for yourself at the @TwitchRivals Arena during MCC!|May 8, 2026|archive=|archiveid=}} </ref>
+Similarly to [[Minecraft:The Copper Crown]], an interlude dedicated to ''The Craftys'' was held.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|2052802654540058712|The Crafty's are back at TwitchCon, where your favorite Minecraft creators might win their very own Crafty!<br><br>See it for yourself at the @TwitchRivals Arena during MCC!|May 8, 2026|archive=|archiveid=}} </ref>
 === Meet & Greet ===
-Meet & Greet events are scheduled sessions where attendees can interact with featured guests, with reservations required through the TwitchCon Mobile App. 5 sessions are planned in the Minecraft Arena:
+Meet & Greet events were scheduled sessions where attendees could interact with featured guests, with reservations required through the TwitchCon Mobile App. 5 sessions took place in the Minecraft Arena:
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 === Community Panels ===
-Community Panels are scheduled presentation sessions where guests engage with attendees.
+Community Panels were presentation sessions where guests engaged with attendees.
 {| class="wikitable"
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 == Rewards ==
-There are two capes announced that can be obtained from the event, the [[Minecraft:Crafter Cape]] and the [[Minecraft:Builder Cape]].
+Two capes could be obtained from the event, the [[Minecraft:Crafter Cape]] and the [[Minecraft:Builder Cape]].
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+
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 | rowspan="2" | Cape<br>[[File:Capes_SB_Icon.png|24px|class=pixel-image]]
 | rowspan="2" | Legendary<br>[[File:Rarity_legendary.png|70px]]
-|Guests will receive an inventory ribbon from badge pickup and attach it to the player's badge. Then, they must participate in either ''Minecraft'' content sessions or activities to receive [[Minecraft:emerald]] stickers. Once guests collect three of them, they will take them to the Cape Trader, where they will give the player a cape card with a code. Players must [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/redeem redeem their codes] to obtained the cape by June 30, 2026.<ref name=":0" />
+|Guests received an inventory ribbon that could be attached to their TwitchCon badge during badge pickup. They then had to participate in either Minecraft content sessions or arena activities to receive emerald stickers. Once guests had collected three emerald stickers, they could take the inventory ribbon to the Cape Trader booth to receive a code card. In order to obtain the cape, players had to redeem the code by June 30, 2026.<ref name=":0" />
 |-
 |[[Minecraft:Builder Cape]]
 | [[File:CharacterCreatorBuilderCape.png|100px|center]]
 | [[File:Builder_Cape_BE.png|64px|center]]
-|The exact method of obtaining the Builder Cape will be revealed at [[Minecraft:Minecraft Live – TwitchCon May 2026]].<ref name=":0" />
+|Players received this cape by [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/redeem#movie-cape redeeming a code], which could be obtained by watching a participating livestream on one of these two platforms:
+* [[Minecraft:Twitch]]: Watch 5 minutes of any livestream in the ''Minecraft'' category.
+* [[Minecraft:TikTok]]: Watch 3 minutes of any participating livestream in the ''Minecraft category.''
+This could be done between May 30 and June 22, 2026. All codes for this cape had to be redeemed by June 30, 2026.<ref name=":02">{{Mcnet|minecraft-movie-build-challenge|Minecraft Movie Build Challenge|May 30, 2026|Cristina Anderca}}</ref>
 |}
-The Crafter Cape may be obtained by attending the in-person event. Participants need to collect three emeralds from three events to obtain the cape.
 === Merchandise ===
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 == Gallery ==
 === Promotional artwork ===
 <gallery>
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 File:Minecraft_Live_TwitchCon.jpg
 </gallery>
+=== Event images ===
+<gallery>
+TwitchCon Minecraft Dungeons II full section.jpg|The "{{MCD2}} Note Block Challenge" at TwitchCon
+TwitchCon_Minecraft_Dungeons_II_section.jpg|A statue of an unnamed mob
+MCD2 Maw at TwitchCon.jpg|A statue of the [[Minecraft:Twisted Warden]]
+LIVE x Twitch Portal Countdown.jpg|Portal with a countdown
+LIVE x Twitch Arcade Game.jpg|{{MCD}} arcade game
+LIVE x Twitch Sulfur Cave.jpg|[[Minecraft:Sulfur caves]] biome
+TwitchCon Rotterdam cape trader sign.jpg|Cape trader sign
+TwitchCon Rotterdam cherry grove stage sign.png|Cherry grove stage sign
+LIVE x Twitch Inventory Ribbon Front.png|The inventory ribbon with three emerald stickers
+LIVE x Twitch Inventory Ribbon Back.png|The back side of the inventory ribbon
+LIVE x Twitch Cape Card.png|The cape card
+</gallery>
+{{Notelist}}
 == References ==