How do you turn a gut feeling into a fully-fledged map? And how do you go about truly immersing a player into the universe you create?

The makers of Terra Swoop Force and Simburbia sat down to talk through their creative processes:

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ICYMI on @MinecraftMarket: Animal Life by Pathway Studios. Explore this busy wildlife park, complete challenges and make sure you keep the animals happy and healthy!

Will you become the most knowledgeable animal expert out there?

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What goes into making a Minecraft map? And how do you get started creating your own? Take a look behind the scenes with the creators behind the Bloom and Farm Life maps featured in the Community Celebration!

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There’s plenty in the Warped Forest to startle and scare you, but with the right gear and a good dose of courage, clutching your pearls can be a profitable business indeed!

Learn all about this preferred venue for enderman board game nights:

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Bedrock players, better pad those noisy boots with some wool: the all-hearing sculk sensor can now be tried out in the latest beta – along with the new dripstone block!

Grab the latest beta build now:

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Java players, get ready to glow things up! Encounter the magnificently emissive glow squid in the latest Java snapshot – and use their ink sacs to illuminate your item frames and signs!

Learn how to get the snapshot:

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Towering towers; plenty of domes, and lots of gratuitous swirly bits: the builders at @OneMap11 prove once again that the Olympian gods truly had an impeccable sense of style!

Take a look behind the scenes of this heavenly build:

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ICYMI on @MinecraftMarket: ‘KPOP Lookbook: Lily & Mike’ by Vanillaburp Studio. Practise your dance routines, dye your hair a luminous colour and pick your look from these 20-different outfits: it’s time to bring your K-pop dreams to life!

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From living in updated caves to buggy bees behind the scenes: the team sat down to answer your latest questions in this new episode of Ask Mojang!

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Better match those dancing shoes with some sturdy armour, because collecting every music disc will require plenty of adventuring!

Learn all about this scattered collection of absolute jams:

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Stealthily sneaking ninjas, heavy-duty mech suits, and pets with excellent headgear: leave no dream unachieved with this month's @MinecraftMarket content added to Realms Plus!

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After many great adventures, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Minecraft Earth in June 2021. We’re so grateful for all your support, and today’s last build includes several adjustments to make these last months as fun as possible:

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Breathe in, breathe out! Tune out the zombie growls and find your inner peace with today’s Community Celebration gift for Bedrock: the ever-so-tranquil Bloom map by @gmodeone!

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The intricate cobweb is great for building traps, hiding secret entryways, and signaling to the world that you will not be pressured into ‘occasionally cleaning your room’.

Learn all about this symbol of liberated souls everywhere:

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From Steve in Smash to Minecraft Dungeons’ villager choirs, and from goatier goats to the Infinity Snapshot: we woke up a certain sentient computer to bring you 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Minecraft – in 2020:

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Java and Bedrock players: put on your wings and take to the skies with this week’s Community Celebration gift: the new-and-improved Terra Swoop Force by @Noxcrew. For science!

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As we near the end of this year, let our intrepid writers wish you the happiest of holidays – by taking you back through the last year of Minecraft:

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In order to stay warm in the Swedish winter, Jens and Lydia sat down to answer all your most burning questions in this Ask Mojang holiday special! (They won’t tell us how many trees they punched to build that shelter, though.)

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