Minecraft:Dinnerbone

Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a Software Engineer<ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref> at Minecraft:Mojang Studios who works on Minecraft:Java Edition and the Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher.

About

A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down.<ref name="skin">Template:Tweet</ref><ref name="upsidedown">Template:Reddit</ref> His Twitter avatar is flipped<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> and his user Minecraft:model (as well as any Minecraft:mob named "Dinnerbone") is rendered upside-down.<ref name="upsidedown" /> Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Minecraft:Mojang Studios on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API.<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s0pqt/i_am_nathan_adams_aka_dinnerbone_developer_of/c4a68cn?context=1</ref><ref>http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/bukkit-the-next-chapter.62489/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120302070401/http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/bukkit-the-next-chapter.62489/</ref> In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months."<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> On July 30, 2022, he claimed that he had been off work for 1.5 years for his health.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> On February 18, 2025, he announced that he's coming back on developing Minecraft.<ref>Template:Bluesky</ref>

Biography

Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. He learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10.<ref name=djinnibone/><ref>http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2014/02/20/chatting-with-nathan-adams-and-erik-broes-of-minecraft/</ref> After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college,<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce5pwb1?context=1</ref> so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years.

In 2013 he was engaged to Aleksandra 'Missmarzenia' Zając.<ref name="polish">Template:Tweet</ref> He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref> The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> In some time between 2016 and 2021 they broke up.<ref name=":0">https://missmarzenia.blogspot.com/2021/01/it-has-been-5-years.html Aleksandra Zając in her blog on January 20, 2021</ref>

In 2019 he obtained Swedish citizenship.

Videos

Dinnerbone was the face of the migration campaign in 2020. During the campaign Minecraft account on Youtube released two videos featuring him as Minecraft character.Template:Yt Template:Yt

Trivia

• Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, which is the most common type of colorblindness.<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/future-updates/384441-1-5-new-blocks-items?comment=11</ref>
  • This is why rubies were replaced by Minecraft:emeralds.<ref>https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/future-updates/384441-1-5-new-blocks-items?page=2</ref>
• Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza, and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.<ref name=MilkshakeKetchup>Template:Tweet</ref>
• If the Minecraft:player uses a name tag titled "Dinnerbone", on most mobs it will turn upside-down. This naturally extends to himself. The same effect is applied when naming a mob "Minecraft:Grumm".
• Dinnerbone could sometimes be found on the MindCrack server with other Minecraft:YouTubers.
• Dinnerbone was a member of the Hermitcraft server during its early days.
• Dinnerbone's bodyguard in Minecraft:A Fun Announcement by Dinnerbone flipped him right side up. He remains this way throughout both migration videos.
• Dinnerbone makes an appearance in the trailer for Minecraft:Element Animation's "T.E.A.V.S.R.P" (The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack),<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref> which would later be used for an April Fools' Day joke.
• Dinnerbone changed his Minecraft account name to “GormanRoddy” on January 7, 2026 before he changed it back 13 hours later.<ref>https://namemc.com/profile/Dinnerbone.1</ref>

Gallery

• Old photo of Dinnerbone
  Old photo of Dinnerbone
• Dinnerbone with some other developers.
  Dinnerbone with some other developers.
• Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016
  Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016
• Adams' old Twitter avatar
  Adams' old Twitter avatar
• Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present
  Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present
• Adams' Minecraft skin<ref name=skin/>
  Adams' Minecraft skin<ref name=skin/>
• His player model right side up
  His player model right side up
• Dinnerbone preparing to go door-knocking at players' doors in the Java Account Move video on the Minecraft YouTube channel.
  Dinnerbone preparing to go door-knocking at players' doors in the Java Account Move video on the Minecraft YouTube channel.
• Dinnerbone getting trampled by a pig.
  Dinnerbone getting trampled by a pig.
• Dinnerbone right side up (and the world upside down)
  Dinnerbone right side up (and the world upside down)
• All the games in Dinnerbone's Mojang account
  All the games in Dinnerbone's Mojang account
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• Dinnerbone's Twitter banner.
  Dinnerbone's Twitter banner.