Minecraft:Version history

This page is a list of version history pages for the various development stages of each edition and type of Minecraft game.

Minecraft

Java Edition

• Version history
  • Pre-Classic (May 10/11 – May 16, 2009) (Cave game)
  • Classic (May 16 – November 10, 2009)
    • Classic server (June 8 - December 11, 2009)
  • Indev (December 23, 2009 – February 23, 2010)
  • Infdev (February 27 – June 29/30, 2010)
  • Alpha (June 29/30 – December 3, 2010)
  • Beta (December 20, 2010 – November 11, 2011)
  • Full release (November 18, 2011 – present)
• Development versions
• Protocol history
• Realms version history (Minecraft version)
  • Realms version history (Realms version)

Bedrock Edition

• Version history
  • Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha (August 16, 2011 – November 18, 2016)
  • Template:El (December 19, 2016 – September 15, 2017)
  • Template:BE (September 20, 2017 – present)
• Development versions (November 22, 2013 – present)
• Protocol history
• Minecraft:Bedrock Editor version history
  • Alpha (March 8, 2023 - October 30, 2024)
  • Beta (November 7, 2024 - May 20, 2025)
  • Full release (May 27, 2025 - present)
• Minecraft:Bedrock Dedicated Server version history
  • Alpha (2018 - 2024)
  • Full release (2024 - present)
• Realms version history (Minecraft version)
  • Realms version history (Realms version)

China Edition

• Version history (2017 - present)

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• Version history (September 13, 2017 – January 15, 2019)

Minecraft Education

• Version history
  • Early access (June 28 – October 2, 2016)
  • Template:El full release (November 1, 2016 – present)
• Development versions (June 9, 2016 – present)
• Classroom Mode
• Code Connection (May 2, 2017 - June 12, 2018)

MinecraftEdu

• Version history
  • Beta (mid-June 2011 – 2013)
  • Full release (2013 – April 5, 2016)

Pi Edition

• Release (February 11, 2013)

Minecraft Launcher

• Version history (April 18, 2013 – present)

Legacy Console Edition

• Version history
  • Template:El (May 9, 2012 – April 30, 2019)
  • Template:El (September 5, 2014 – April 9, 2024)
  • Template:El (December 17, 2013 – April 15, 2020)
  • Template:El (September 4, 2014 – August 13, 2024)
  • Template:El (October 14, 2014 – April 15, 2020)
  • Template:El (December 17, 2015 – March 19, 2019)
  • Template:El (May 11, 2017 – June 21, 2018)

Spin-offs

Minecraft: Story Mode

• Template:MCSM (October 13, 2015 – April 26, 2018)
  • Steam builds (October 13, 2015 - November 23, 2016)
  • Steam builds (Season Two) (July 25, 2017 - April 26, 2018)

Minecraft Earth

• Template:MCE (July 16, 2019 – January 5, 2021)

Minecraft Dungeons

• Template:MCD (May 26, 2020 – November 30, 2022)

Minecraft Dungeons II

• Set to release on September 29, 2026.

Minecraft Legends

• Template:MCL (April 18, 2023 – December 7, 2023)

Minecraft Blast

• Version history (November 10, 2025 - present)

See also

• See Minecraft:Version types for definitions of all version types (e.g. hotfixes, pre-releases, etc.).
• See Minecraft:Version formats for information about how versions and version numbers are formatted.
• See Minecraft:Major update for a list of major updates released before the game drop system was added.
• See Minecraft:Game drop for a list of updates released after themed drop system was added (excluding Minecraft:Tricky Trials).

Navigation

Little history of Minecraft: the first wiki edit by me, Blu, a short time MC fan. (adapted from Wikipedia and other sites)

the befores and the beginnings (still in progress)

Minecraft was originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson, a Swedish game developer who worked for King (formerly Midasplayer [the Swedish company behind the now uber famous Candy Crush Saga that i dont play :) ])

there at King, Notch worked on developing browser games and learned multiple programming languages, in his free time, he worked on his own games, often inspired by existing video games at the time and thaaats where he started to

RubyDung.

name drawn from its two main dimensions, the Ruby Lands and the Dungeons, creating an unfortunate acronym. . .

File:Ruby Dung.jpg

A picture of RubyDung, the beginning of Minecraft

RubyDung was the game that lead Notch to Minecraft.

Around February 2009, he started making RubyDung, a top-down, isometric

3d base building strategy game with blocky terrain inspired by Dwarf Fortress.

Notch attempted to make the game First Person, but then trashed the idea, realizing the game was just to darn PIXELATED (if only he knew he was going to soon start minecraft, which is the best example of

refined pixelation known to man.)

So later on April-May 2009 he benched the project completely