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Mojang shorts are short videos posted to platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, typically taking the form of a machinima or animation. They can range wildly in subject, from promoting Minecraft:updates or Minecraft:game drops, to being renditions of popular memes of the time or original comedy skits featuring Minecraft characters.
Machinima shorts
| Video | Description | Summary | Characters | Release date | Links | ||||
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| The Underwater Ruins. How old are these mighty structures? Who made them and why? How many new bugs will the conjure up? Find out soon in a Minecraft near you! | A showcase of the then-upcoming ocean ruins structure | February 15, 2018 | |||||||
| Let's take a deep dive into how swimming animations look in Minecraft - before and after the Update Aquatic! | A comparison between oceans from before and after the Update Aquatic, the previous iteration stylized as black and white camera footage. | June 19, 2018 | June 19, 2018 | ||||||
| THE SNIFFER - COMING SOON IN SNAPSHOT, PREVIEW AND BETA! | A promotion for the first public builds featuring a Minecraft:sniffer, highlighting their ability to dig up torchflower seeds. | February 12, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| CHERRY BLOSSOM BIOME - OUT NOW IN SNAPSHOT AND PREVIEW! COMING SOON IN BETA! | A promotion for the first public builds featuring cherry groves, highlighting animals wandering in them and the Minecraft:cherry woodset. | February 14, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| ARCHAEOLOGY OUT NOW - IN SNAPSHOT, PREVIEW AND BETA! | A promotion for the first public builds featuring archeology, depicting Minecraft:Efe excavating sherds in a desert pyramid. | February 15, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Minecraft:Minecraft x Crocs | Choose Your Mode | A promotion for the Minecraft Minecraft:Crocs collaboration, featuring Minecraft:Kai wearing crocs and entering various "modes" of power. | March 3, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| MOB VOTE WINNERS - wait for it... | A highlight reel of various Minecraft:Mob Vote winners, entering on a joke making fun of Minecraft:phantoms as they attack Minecraft:Ari and Minecraft:Zuri. | March 12, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| ARMOR TRIMS - OUT NOW ON BETA, PREVIEW AND JAVA SNAPSHOT! | A promotion for the first public builds to feature Minecraft:armor trims, showing various characters finding them in Minecraft:chests. | March 15, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| NEW SONGS IN MINECRAFT! | A parody of album commercials, promoting the Trails & Tales soundtrack. | April 26, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| HOW LONG SINCE YOU LOGGED IN? | A black comedy skit, showing a Minecraft:tamed wolf waiting for its Minecraft:player to log back onto the game. Over the course of many months, if not years. | May 2. 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 1 | An overview of the Trails & Tales update's features, including Minecraft:chiseled bookshelves, Minecraft:hanging signs, abd Minecraft:mob heads making noises. | May 5, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 2 | A sequel to the previous video, spotlighting Minecraft:camels, Minecraft:bamboo, and armor trims. | May 11, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YOU? | A comedic skit wherein a player tries breaking decorated pots, only to realize they lack items; the joke being that the player is a stand-in for Link, and they "forgot which game [they're] playing." | May 12, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| ⚠️Vibe checkpoint⚠️ | A surrealist skit where a sniffer "checks [the viewer]'s vibe." | May 16, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 3 | A third summary of the Trails & Tales update, showcasing archeology, cherry groves, and sniffers. | May 18, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| MADE A TYOP ON YOUR FAVORITE SIGN? | A skit detailing the practicality of Minecraft:sign editing. | May 19, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| NEVER DIG STRAIGHT DOWN! | A parody of the common advice "don't dig straight down," wherein digging down leads into a kaleidoscopic environment before promptly ending with the player falling in Minecraft:lava as is generally expected. | May 20, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| POV - YOU'RE GOLD ORE | A surrealist video from the perspective of gold ore, which is mined by Minecraft:Steve and in pain while they do so. | May 21, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| POV - YOU'RE ROTTEN FLESH | A surrealist video from the perspective of a Minecraft:zombie, who is killed and reduced to rotten flesh, which Steve does not appear to pick up. | May 29, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Your journey is about to begin! Trails & Tales arrives June 7th! | Another promotion for Trails & Tales, featuring a narrator who cannot remember the name. | June 1, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WES ENDERSON | June 11, 2023 | YouTube | |||||||
| width=199x199 | this one is for the books 📖👀 build onto your Minecraft story today with the Trails & Tales Update! |
A book is written about the story of "a Minecraft player," dreaming of adventures and features in the Trails & Tales update. | June 7, 2023 | ||||||
| BAMBOOZLING WITH BAMBOO! | An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about bamboo. | July 3, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| How would it be to play Minecraft in real life? | A narrator asks how it would be to play Minecraft in real life, dropping Minecraft:dirt on the ground. | July 5, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Remember your first hut? | A sentient dirt hut asks for itself to be remembered. | July 10, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Brush up on… brushes? 🤔 | An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about archeology. | October 29, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHO STOLE MY NAME TAG? | An unseen figure (presumed to be Dinnerbone) wonders which chicken stole their name tag. | July 17, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| POV: YOU'RE A WOLF | A video from the perspective of Minecraft:Sunny's tamed wolf. | July 27, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Just one more try 🥲 | A meme of ducks rushing to fight the Minecraft:wither inside a lush cave, only one returning. | July 30, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Boost your self esteem! | An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about chiseled bookshelves. | August 7, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT WOULD YOU DO? | Efe is trapped inside of a room with a ravager. | August 9, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| GUESS WHAT? | A childish joke leading into a heartfelt appreciation for the Minecraft community. | August 29, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHICH MOB BABY IS YOUR FAVORITE? | A reel of various baby mobs. | September 7, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Time travel! | Falling down into a pit recaps several of the game's major updates, ultimately returning to 2009. |
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September 10, 2023 | YouTube | |||||
| It's called ✨nature self care time✨ | Alex is told to "get outside more," followed by a montage of exciting in-game events such as a thunderstorm. | September 27, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Two types of Minecraft players | A comparison between two versions of Ari, a brave version who fights several mobs head on but ultimately falls, and another that takes their time. | October 1, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| Ready for Minecraft Live 2023? | A player shows a chicken in preparation of Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2023. |
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October 13, 2023 | YouTube | |||||
| DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 🧟 | A zombie goes through its apparent daily routine, consisting of waking up at an underground Minecraft:bed, doing yoga stretches over moss carpets, hugging a romantic partner, getting in a boat, getting in a minecart, and then attacking a village before eventually returning to a cave. | October 29, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| AIN'T THEY CUTE 🐫 | Ari is apparently having a bad day, but is cheered up by a camel's ears. | November 5, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHO ARE YOU ON YOUR FIRST NIGHT? | A series of scenarios for Alex's first night, such as "the Mole" (hiding underground) and "the Oldie, but Classic" (hiding in a dirt hut). | November 10, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| SOMEONE SEND HELP OR TORCHES 🕯️ | A high pitch voice sobs and cries over not having any torches. | November 12, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| ENDERMAN'S BLOCK COLLECTION | An unseen figure looks around a dirt hut of blocks collected by an enderman, including suspicious sand, Minecraft:gravel, and a grass block. The enderman then returns with a Minecraft:dirt block and jumpscares the viewer. | November 20, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| POINTLESS BUILD DAY | Makena piles up stone on an iceberg and then flows down using a water bucket, to a polar bear's confusion. | November 22, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW FAV MOB | A horse eagerly awaits for Sunny, who considered the horse an apparent favorite, only for Sunny to instead arrive riding a camel. | November 24, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| FIRST NIGHT vs NIGHT 100 | Noor runs away from monsters and into a hut made of sand and dirt on the first night. On the one hundredth night, Noor has diamond armor and diamond horse armor, allowing for monsters to be killed with minimal effort. | November 26, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT MINECRAFT MISTAKES HAVE YOU MADE? | An AI voice says they made a demo of five beginner mistakes for new players, including burning down a house, getting lost, digging straight down, forgetting torches, and letting a charged creeper into a base. | November 30, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| BEWARE OF THE GOAT! 🐐⚠️ | Zuri is mining stone on a mountain, when suddenly a screaming goat charges. | December 3, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT DO YOU ANSWER? | A friend of Ari's has died, and ask if their loot is still there. Ari has found it, but lies in order to take it. | December 10, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT ARE YOUR MINECRAFT DREAMS? | Sunny dreams of strip mining into a room made entirely of diamond ores, and gets mad after waking up. | December 17, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| FRIEND LOGS OUT - WHAT DO YOU DO? | Kai and Makena are working on a house together in a cherry grove, but then Makena leaves the game. In a hurry, Kai goes to Makena's house and steals everything in their chest, as well as a pet fish. After stealing diamond armor, the house explodes. | December 20, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT DID YOU GET IN RETURN? | Alex barters with a piglin, receivng a piece of string in return. | December 24, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| FIRST TIME FINDING DIAMOND... | Ari and Efe find deepslate diamond ore and race to claim it, only to realize they're using stone pickaxes instead of iron. | December 27, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| REMEMBER YOUR FIRST BOAT? | A boat reminisces about its time being used by Steve, before it was abandoned and replaced. | January 5, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
| TOP 5 RAREST BIOMES IN MINECRAFT | A player digs down into the ground, and is shown several of the rarest biomes in the game, consisting of Minecraft:Windswept Gravelly Hills, Minecraft:Bamboo Jungle, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Frozen Peaks, and Minecraft:Stony Peaks. | January 7, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
Animated shorts
| Video | Description | Summary | Characters | Release date | Links | ||||
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| File:Drowned Conversion.mp4 | Poor zombies are constantly stumbling into Minecraft’s oceans! But what happens to them down in the depths? Today, we reveal the terrible truth: the birth of the Drowned! | A zombie holding seeds chases a chicken, but falls into a pool of water, converting into a drowned. | July 2, 2018 | ||||||
| Digging straight down? Probably the fastest way of finding diamonds – and to an early retirement. Safety first people! | Steve is mining on top of a spire, but ends up falling into lava, due to "digging straight down." | July 27, 2019 | |||||||
| Swinging your sword around to show off your moves is cool and all, but there can be consequences. Zombie pigmen, for example, would love to let you know what they think about being poked by sharp objects! 🏃♀️ | Alex is chased by zombie pigmen back and forth. | September 21, 2019 | |||||||
| Not just a pretty block that comes in every colour the code can think of, glass is an important resource for crafting and building! And you know what they say about glass: you can’t build the perfect snowglobe without breaking a few panes. So pack extra glass blocks before building! | An overview of glass blocks and their variations. | September 28, 2019 | |||||||
| Staring into the cold, purple eyes of an Enderman is asking for an early retirement, UNLESS you’re wearing a CARVED PUMPKIN. Not even the most feared mob of Minecraft would attack you (probably out of sheer pity) when wearing such a silly helmet! | Steve is sneaking around the End wearing a carved pumpkin. | October 26, 2019 | |||||||
| You may believe that this glowing, carved out pumpkin – regardless of how terrifying it may seem – isn’t actually alive. But are you sure? Put one atop a T-shaped collection of snow or iron blocks and you’ll have a new friend (?) in no time! 🎃 | A carved pumpkin is made into a jack o'lantern, but then turns the lights off and becomes surrounded by other jack o'lanterns. | October 31, 2019 | |||||||
| Tired of losing items in transit between villages? Do your “friends” steal hard-earned materials from your chests? No more! For just 8 obsidian and 1 Eye of Ender, this blocky box of item relocation can be all yours! Get the ender chest TODAY! | An overview of the functions of an ender chest. | November 30, 2019 | |||||||
| How do you find your way back home without a map to guide you? You don't! Hop in your boat, close your eyes, and then row row row your boat gently down the.... hang on, where am I? | Steve gets lost at sea. | December 27, 2019 | |||||||
| There are no second chances – unless you're in possession of a Totem of Undying. These convenient curios will bring any player back from the brink of death! Just revoke some Evokers in your friendly neighbourhood Woodland Mansion! | A book explains how to obtain a Totem of Undying. | January 10, 2020 | |||||||
| Knock, knock. Who’s there? All the malicious mobs of the night because you forgot to close the door, that’s who! | A looping animation of several monsters raiding a house, and never leaving it. | January 17, 2020 | |||||||
| Stylish and functional! This marvel of modern technology lets you stay underwater for a precious few seconds longer – just enough to reach the treasure in that shipwreck you’ve been eyeing! | A book explains how to craft a turtle shell and use it to enter a monument. | January 31, 2020 | |||||||
| Grab your sword, fearless warrior, it’s time to throw down! ...wait, no, not like tha— | Steve is chopping down a tree, but is then approached by a creeper. While trying to stop it from exploding, they drop their sword, and die anyway. | February 7, 2020 | |||||||
| Oh no, Steve went looking for treats in the wrong neighborhood! | Steve is chased by the Warden through an ancient city. | October 21, 2022 | |||||||
| The good boi waits and waits for your return… 🥺 | A pale wolf waits and waits for its owner to return, apparently over several days. | December 2, 2022 | |||||||
| Those sneaky chickens, keep trying fox! 🦊 | A fox tries to eat a chicken which appears jumping out of and into several holes, seemingly parodying Template:Wikipedia. | December 9, 2022 | |||||||
| width=200x200 | Something relaxing about the daily life of a village. 😌 | An overhead view of a plains village, where many taiga villagers run around, busy. | January 5, 2023 | ||||||
| width=355x355 | POV: You’re a busy bee 🐝 | A first person perspective of a bee flying through a forest and bumping through several mobs. | February 8, 2023 | ||||||
| width=355x355 | An all-star team of allays can get things done! ⛹️ | Several allays place snowballs into a hopper above ground, simulating a basketball net. | February 22, 2023 | ||||||
| width=355x355 | How the tables have turned, phantom! | Steve, using Minecraft:riptide, outpaces a phantom in the sky. | March 13, 2023 | ||||||
| Happy #WorldFrogDay! Get out there and make a new amphibian friend. 🐸 | A frog jumps across big dripleaves in a lush cave. | March 20, 2023 | |||||||
| Where is that buried treasure…?! 🤔 | Steve has difficulty finding buried treasure, which Alex finds not even buried. | March 29, 2023 | |||||||
| Nothing to do but gear up and get back out there! | READY FOR THE NETHER? | Steve gears up to brace the Nether, only to immediately die in a pool of lava and lose their belongings. | April 21, 2023 | January 21, 2024 | |||||
| That’s a big catch, Steve! 😅 | Steve receives a fishing rod from a fisherman, then catches a cod, and accidentally catches the fisherman who is rowing a boat. | May 1, 2023 | |||||||
| Oh the possibilities to come with cherry wood! What are you dreaming up for the new pink wood type? 😍 | Noor circles a treehouse, placing down cherry fences. | May 24, 2023 | |||||||
| The camels are waiting for you… find them June 7 with the Trails & Tales Update! 🐪 | Two camels sit blissfully in front of a desert pyramid, while a wandering trader wanders around and gets chased by husks. | May 28, 2023 | |||||||
| Which one are you? 😅 | Ari emerges from a desert pyramid with an arms up sherd, only to be shocked to see Efe with hundreds of finished pots. | June 11, 2023 | |||||||
| Someone’s going to have to change! 😤 | In a woodland mansion, Kai puts on the vex trim, trying to impersonate an evoker. A real evoker than appears and isn't pleased. | June 14, 2023 | |||||||
| width=355x355 | At Mojang Studios we believe in building an inclusive and equal world through the power of play. So be who you are and wear what you want. Happy Pride! | The heroes of the game pose in front of beacons wearing trimmed armor. | June 16, 2023 | ||||||
| Adventure out safely aboard a camel! 🐪 | Alex evades several husks by riding a camel. | June 22, 2023 | |||||||
| What was that sound… 🐽🐽🐽 | WOULD YOU FIGHT OR FLIGHT? | Sunny places a piglin mob head on a note block, attracting a swarm of piglins who take offense. One then notices the camera and tries to attack it, implying it becomes the head Sunny uses. | June 25, 2023 | November 28, 2023 | |||||
| Making it through that first night… 😳 | REMEMBER YOUR FIRST NIGHT? | Alex, during their "first night," is hiding underground between the surface where zombies and skeletons lurk, and a cave where spiders roam. | June 29, 2023 | September 5, 2023 | |||||
| File:Sunny Glides.mp4 | Fireworks and friends: The perfect get-together! 🎆 | Sunny flies over an Eastern-inspired city with a pair of elytra, gliding through fireworks and waving at their friends. | July 4, 2023 | Instragram | |||||
| There’s always that one person… | There's always that one friend 😒 | Kai is attempting to grow wheat crops, but Steve frolicks throughout the field, accidentally destroying it. | July 12, 2023 | October 25, 2023 | |||||
| Just a relaxing day with family in the cherry grove. 🥰 | A sniffer digs up torchflower seeds in a cherry grove, beside another sniffer. | August 17, 2023 | |||||||
| width=355x355 | What’s catching your eye in our magnificent library? 👀 | Several characters explore and endure a many story tall library. | August 24, 2023 | ||||||
| How many mobs do you count? 🔢 | A Template:Wikipedia-like panorama where the viewer is encouraged to identify many mobs. | August 30, 2023 | |||||||
| Oink (Oink back) |
A pig walks in place. | September 30, 2023 | |||||||
| Will you vote for the crab to join Minecraft?
Voting begins October 13th at 1pm EDT! |
ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE CRAB? | A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the Minecraft:crab for the 2023 Minecraft:Mob Vote. | October 10, 2023 | October 7, 2023 | |||||
| Will you vote for the armadillo to join Minecraft?
Voting begins October 13th at 1pm EDT! |
ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE ARMADILLO? | A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the armadillo for the 2023 Mob Vote. | October 11, 2023 | October 8, 2023 | |||||
| Will you vote for the penguin to join Minecraft?
Vote now in game or on Minecraft.net! |
ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE PENGUIN? | A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the Minecraft:penguin for the 2023 Mob Vote. Subverting the formula, the announcer concedes to overreacting. | October 9, 2023 | ||||||
| No treat for you! | Will you open the door to the night's mysteries? | Efe is in a dimly lit building placing Minecraft:cobwebs, when suddenly a baby zombie knocks on their door, seemingly trick or treating. | October 31, 2023 | October 31, 2023 | |||||
| Happy Allaydays, everyone!! 🎁❄
Careful what you wish for because the allays will bring you lots of it! Get into the Allayday spirit and treat your friends, pets, family, and yourself to the coolest gifts of wearables, collectibles, and games from our Allayday Gift Guide. Click the link in bio to see what gifts the allays have gathered! |
In promotion for the Allay Days event, Alex is given a sweater from an allay, before several chests fall on top of them. | November 21, 2023 | |||||||
| Name a better gifter. We’ll wait… 🎁 Find all the Allayday gifts here: linktr.ee/minecraft |
In promotion for the Allayday event, Steve hands an allay an item, and is rewarded with many chests materializing out of thin air. | December 12, 2023 | |||||||
| 🎁 | An enderman appears hostile, but is actually giving the viewer a gift. | December 24, 2023 | |||||||
| Lost your loot and died on the way to retrieve it? Chill out with this. | A baby fox, baby chicken, and baby pig dance together to a song. | February 12, 2024 | |||||||
| FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? | In a cherry grove, Alex is fighting a spider, unlocking Minecraft:Monster Hunter. Steve meanwhile is one of the 51% who haven't gotten that achievement, meaning they befriend a zombie instead. | July 28, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
| A good armadillo in the badlands | An armadillo walks past a tropical frog, which it is afraid of, in a badlands biome. | September 3, 2024 | |||||||
| BREAKING NEWS: DANGEROUS NEW MOB! | A miniature episode of Villager News, warning of the creaking. However, he just ends up showing a tree instead. | September 30, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
| HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW MOB?👀 | A villager mistakes an oak for a creaking, and tries to incapacitate it by staring. However, another villager reveals it's merely an oak tree, only for it to move when they aren't looking. | October 5, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
| width=353x353 | PARTY: CRASHED! | A troop of Minecraft:copper golems crash a party hosted by villagers. | October 7, 2025 | YouTube | |||||
Live action shorts
| Video | Description | Summary | Characters | Release date | Links | ||||
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| Zombie + Milk = Drowned? | An explanation of how the sounds for drowned were made. | September 21, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE MINECRAFT SEED? | Agnes explains one of her favorite seeds, -1365830508976021143 (-232, 508), "The Circular Lagoon." | December 7, 2023 | YouTube | ||||||
| WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF MINECRAFT? | Agnes explains her routine for playing a world. | January 1, 2024 | YouTube | ||||||
Trivia
- In several shorts, many villagers appear, consistently without their robes.<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref><ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref>
- Throughout multiple videos, characters are depicted speaking, without any consistent voice.
- WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, Efe appears to have a voice, speaking with a masculine, young voice.<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> In another short, FIRST TIME IN THE DEEP DARK, Efe is depicted with a gruff voice.<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref>
Gallery
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Sunny looking at a hanging sign.
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Kai failing to impersonate an evoker.
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Steve trampling Kai's crops.
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Sniffers digging in a cherry grove.
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Efe with a ravager.
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Zuri trying to do a water bucket clutch.
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Efe in a dusty house.
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A baby zombie outside Efe's door.
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Sunny using a piglin head.
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Sunny and Alex on a camel.
References
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See also
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