Minecraft continues its tradition of playful innovation with a delightful update for April Fool’s Day 2025, courtesy of the Mojang team. This year, players can dive into a new mode that promises to enhance the survival experience in a whimsical yet fully playable manner.
Go beyond crafting with Craftmine
In response to the community’s love for crafting and exploration, Mojang introduces Craftmine, a feature that allows players to design and construct their own personalized mines. The official Minecraft website describes the process: “Pick a few resources, put them in the Mine Crafter (we spent a lot of time coming up with that name!) – and it will then generate a mine for you. Inside your mine, there are more resources to collect, which you can use to create even more astonishing mines! All you have to do is survive long enough to reach the exit.”
How to play with Craftmine?
To experience this exciting update, players can follow these straightforward steps in Minecraft: Java Edition:
- Open the Minecraft Launcher.
- Go to the Installations tab and enable the “Enable Snapshots” option.
- Select “The latest snapshot” to play the new version with your friends.
Mojang also provides a crucial reminder: “Snapshots can corrupt your world, so please back up your world and/or run the snapshot in a different folder from your main worlds.”
How to Craft in Minecraft’s Craftmine?
Upon entering the Craftmine mode, players will find themselves in a room featuring the Craftminer block at its center. To begin crafting items, players must utilize the crafting block located on the altar where they spawn. The activation process involves the following steps:
- Find a tree and collect a block of wood.
- Place the wood in the crafter to obtain four wooden planks.
- Arrange the four wooden planks in a 2×2 grid.
- Activate the lever to craft.
Once these steps are completed, players will unlock the ability to craft various items within this engaging new update.
