Minecraft Marketplace Archives

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June 30, 2026

Minecraft Marketplace Summer Sale cuts prices on 300 in-game items

The Minecraft Marketplace Summer Sale offers discounts of up to 33% on over 300 select items, including add-ons, skins, texture packs, and adventures for Minecraft Bedrock Edition. The sale features items like the Biomes O’ Plenty add-on, which adds over 50 unique biomes, and the RealismCraft add-on, which enhances visuals with new mobs and weather effects. The Naturalist 26.1 add-on introduces realistic animals, while the Eternal End add-on reimagines the End Dimension with new biomes and items. The sale is live in the UK from June 30, 2023, at 6 PM BST until July 28, 2026, at 6 PM BST.

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June 30, 2026

Summer Sale 2026

The Minecraft Summer Sale 2026 will start at 10 AM on June 30 and end at 10 AM on July 28. The sale will last for four weeks and feature discounts on popular Marketplace items such as RealismCraft, Huggy & Friends, and Biomes O’ Plenty. The first two weeks will offer additional personal items at discounted prices until July 14. From June 30 to July 14, there will be two Doorbuster deals each day with discounts up to 75% on various add-ons, texture packs, and mini-games, available for 24 hours each.

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June 30, 2026

‘Minecraft’s’ New Herschel Bag Collab Sees Items Disappearing From Inventory—Should You Get It?

Players are experiencing issues with item disappearance from their inventories when using the Herschel bag in Minecraft. A bug report has been submitted to Mojang, indicating that items stored in the bag vanish upon logging back into the game. The Herschel Backpack Trials add-on offers 16 pages of space, totaling 384 slots, and includes features like automatic sorting and a soul-bound characteristic. Despite the bug, the add-on has a 4.5-star rating on the Minecraft Marketplace, suggesting that most players are enjoying it without issues. Players are advised to empty the backpack before logging off to avoid losing valuable items.

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June 28, 2026

Minecraft’s new, free inventory-expanding backpack has been eating players’ loot

Mojang has introduced the Herschel Backpack Trials add-on for Minecraft, which allows players to expand their inventory to 16 pages and 384 slots. The add-on is free and includes challenges to increase bag capacity, as well as features like automatic sorting and a soul-bound function. However, some players have reported that their backpacks become empty upon logging back into the game. Despite this issue, the add-on has a 4.5-star rating on the Minecraft Marketplace. A bug report regarding the disappearing items remains unresolved.

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June 26, 2026

Minecraft Adventure Maps — okay so let me just tell you what actually works

Adventure maps in Minecraft allow players to experience curated gameplay without survival mechanics or resource gathering. These maps are designed in Adventure Mode, preventing players from altering the environments. They vary in length and complexity, with some lasting only 20 minutes and others several hours, often featuring custom dialogue and narratives. Quality adventure maps can be found on platforms like Planet Minecraft, MCPEDL, CurseForge, and the Minecraft Marketplace. It's important to check version compatibility to avoid glitches. Recommended adventure maps include Herobrine’s Mansion, Diversity 3, SkyBlock, The Forgotten, Chronos, and Parkour Paradise. Multiplayer maps should be labeled as such to avoid common issues like skipped puzzles and disrupted story pacing. Installing maps differs between Java and Bedrock editions, with Java scanning the saves folder and Bedrock requiring the opening of a .mcworld file. Players may face issues like command blocks failing or visual discrepancies due to missing resource packs or version mismatches. To evaluate a map's quality before downloading, check the download count and read comments for potential bugs. Java and Bedrock maps are not interchangeable, so verifying the edition and compatibility is crucial for a smooth experience.

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June 26, 2026

Community Challenge Chaos Spreads

Participants of the first Chaos Cubed community challenge will receive the Chaos Cubed: Cursed Cubes add-on from Blockception and Character Creator headgear. The second community challenge, titled Chaos Spreads, will run from June 26 at 8 AM PT to July 7 at 10 AM PT, aiming to rally 250,000 players. Participants must download the free add-on from the Minecraft Marketplace, gather friends, and engage in gameplay using the add-on.

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June 24, 2026

Herschel Supply’s New Minecraft Backpacks Are the TNT

Herschel Supply has launched a collaboration with Minecraft, introducing a new collection of bags and accessories for gamers. The collection includes backpacks, crossbody slings, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and headwear, featuring limited-edition prints inspired by Minecraft themes such as the Overworld, the Nether, and the End, as well as characters like pink sheep, creepers, and endermen. The standout item is the ultra-limited Herschel Little America Cube Backpacks, available in Black Block, Orange Block, or Grass Block. Additionally, players can access the Herschel Backpack Trials add-on in the Minecraft Marketplace, which expands their in-game Herschel Backpacks' inventory by 442,368 items for free on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. The collection is available online and in-store at Herschel Supply and select retailers.

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June 3, 2026

Over 116,000 Mincraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign

A malware operation called WeedHack has targeted Minecraft players since January, compromising over 116,000 systems with daily infections between 2,000 and 3,000. It primarily distributes malware through malicious mods, clients, cheats, and utilities promoted on YouTube, utilizing SEO poisoning to reach victims. The campaign features polished YouTube videos with embedded download links and targets keywords related to popular Minecraft clients. WeedHack operates as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, offering a free tier that steals Minecraft session IDs, cookies, and passwords across various platforms, and a premium tier with enhanced capabilities. The operation's Telegram channel has over 800 members, mostly teenagers or young adults. Minecraft players are advised to trust only official sources for mods and verify download links to protect against these threats.

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April 7, 2026

Join our Twitch Tiny Takeover

The Twitch Tiny Takeover campaign, a collaboration between Twitch and Mojang Studios, will launch on April 6th at 9:00 AM PT. Streamers can participate by streaming at least one hour of Minecraft gameplay and may earn up to ,000. Viewers can earn hats by watching Minecraft streams for five minutes and can obtain a Baby Chick Badge by purchasing or gifting a subscription. Streamers must be part of the Twitch Affiliate Program to qualify for rewards. Rewards will be sent to Twitch inboxes and can be redeemed on Minecraft.net.

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March 6, 2026

“Where does Xbox fit all of a sudden?”: Former Microsoft VP says it “maybe” should have taken “full advantage of Minecraft” while it had a chance instead of getting distracted by Bethesda exclusives

Peter Moore, the former head of Xbox and Sega, believes that Microsoft has not fully utilized the potential of Minecraft since acquiring Mojang. He highlighted that Minecraft was designed for user-generated content and the integration of artificial intelligence, similar to games like Fortnite. Moore noted that Microsoft's focus has shifted to high-profile acquisitions like Activision Blizzard and Bethesda, which complicates the integration of new acquisitions with Xbox's strategy. He stated that the extensive spending on acquisitions makes it difficult to maintain exclusivity on the console. While Minecraft has an in-game store for user-generated content, it lacks the expansive platform capabilities of Roblox or Fortnite. Despite this, Minecraft remains the best-selling game of all time, indicating that Microsoft likely does not regret its investment in the franchise.