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Makena is one of the nine default skins players can use in Minecraft, and the last to be introduced. Commonly seen alongside Kai, Makena is often used as a mascot for content such as Spring to Life and Fantastic Fairgrounds.
Appearance
Makena is typically depicted with slim arms, dark skin, and curly, dark brown hair hanging down their right shoulder. Their eyes are slightly dim white, with brown pupils, and below are visible cheekbones and brown lips. Their signature feature is a warm, yellow sweater, on top of light red shorts and black shoes.
In the Character Creator, Makena has approximately five unique items.
Character Creator pieces used by Makena
| Type
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Category
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Name
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Image
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Color
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Rarity
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| Body
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Bases
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Makena's Skin
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Dark - Soft
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Common
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| Hairs
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Makena's Hair
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Reddish Black
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| Eyes
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Standard Eyes
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.png)
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Iris
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Eyebrows
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Sclera
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Brown - Very Dark
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Deep Black
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Minecraft White
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| Mouths
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Standard
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.png)
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Very Dark - Cool
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| Facial Hairs
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None
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—
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—
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| Arms
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Default
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| Legs
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| Size
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Height
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| Medium
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| Arm Size
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| Narrow
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| Style
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Tops
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Makena's Sweater
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Common
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| Bottoms
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Makena's Pants
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| Outerwears
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None
|
—
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—
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| Headwears
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| Gloves
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| Footwears
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Makena's Shoes
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Common
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| Face Items
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None
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—
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—
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| Back Items
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Variants
In official media
Cinematics
| Name
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Screenshot
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Description
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Release date
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| Introducing New Default Skins!
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Manages a farm with Kai, momentarily becoming distracted by Zuri getting chased by a creeper. Later, Makena appears using elytra to finish a trader llama statue project.
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November 29, 2022
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| Minecraft Live is back for 2023!
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Chases a majestic, flying trail of pink petals through a swamp with Kai, before arriving in a cherry grove and preparing for the return of Minecraft Live.
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September 13, 2023
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| Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer
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|
Supporting character, venturing into a trial chamber with a troop led by Steve, using a bow.
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June 13, 2024
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| Minecraft Live 2025: Announcement Trailer
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Appears as part of a double act with Sunny.
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March 5, 2025
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| Spring to Life - Official Minecraft Trailer
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Goes on an adventure riding pigs with Steve and Zuri.
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March 25, 2025
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Marketplace
| Name
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Image
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Description
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Release date
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| 15 Year Journey
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Appears several times throughout the map, most notably at the very beginning, as an interactable NPC with dialogue.
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May 20, 2024
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| Time Capsule Add-On
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Appears as part of an animation upon placing the capsule, emerging from the ground with a random hero and working together to build it.
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May 16, 2025
|
Books
| Name
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Image
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Description
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Release date
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| Minecraft Annual 2024
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Fights a zombie and skeleton on top of a mountain, apparently in hardcore mode, on page 42.
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August 3, 2023
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| Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated)
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Appears on page 15, using a boat on ice, a furnace in a savanna village, a torch in a cave, and wooden axe to chop down a tree.
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September 26, 2023
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| Minecraft: Beginner's Guide
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Appears prominently on the cover of the book, as well as on page 23, tending to a farm.
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March 5, 2024
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| Minecraft Annual 2025
|
|
Appears on page 65, fighting a ravager.
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August 1, 2024
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| Minecraft Advent Calendar: Book Collection
|
|
Appears on the cover between Steve and Alex, wearing a unique sweater.
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September 3, 2024
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Games
History
Java Edition
Bedrock Edition
Issues
Issues relating to "Makena" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- In a short Makena is referred to entirely as "Best Friend," even writing it down on signs.[1]
- On a video on the history of skins, Makena is used to represent the current generation on the thumbnail.[2]
Gallery
Screenshots
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Makena trading with several villagers.
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Makena excavating a desert pyramid.
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Makena in a
canyon within a
mushroom fields biome.
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Makena in a
desert village at night.
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Makena making art of a creeper face with
daylight detectors.
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Makena fishing in a lake from an acacia
boat with chest.
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Makena venturing into a lush cave from a crevice inside a mountain.
Mojang images
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Makena building a house with Steve while Kai chops down a tree.
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Makena with Ari in a house themed around the
Trails & Tales update.
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Makena peeking up at
bats from inside a puddle.
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Makena wearing the
bolt armor trim.
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Makena with Sunny in a trial chamber.
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Makena tinkering with
pistons.
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"An automated rail Crafter is producing rails. Makena is collecting the rails and Noor is building a railway."
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All seven characters introduced in 2022.
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Makena wearing trimmed armor.
Textures
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Makena's texture.
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Wide version of Makena's texture.
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Untinted texture of Makena's Curls.
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Untinted texture of Makena (Base)'s head.
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Untinted texture of Makena (Base)'s body.
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Untinted texture of Makena's Curl drooping.
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Texture of Makena's Sweater.
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Texture of Makena's Pants.
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Texture of Makena's Shoes.
Official artwork
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Makena's profile.
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Makena with the rest of the Minecraft gang, pictured between Efe and Sunny.
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Makena highlighted.
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Unused artwork for
Trails & Tales featuring Makena.
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Makena using a spyglass on common Minecraft artwork.
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Makena sitting on
muddy mangrove roots on the cover for
Minecraft.
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Makena with an iron sword.
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Alex and Makena.
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Makena trading with a
wandering trader.
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Makena on artwork for a New Year's Celebration, collaborating with various Universal properties.
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Makena relaxing with Kai, in a promotional render for
add-ons.
Social media
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Makena using
shears on a giant leaf, with Sunny and Noor.
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Makena in a
pale garden celebrating the new year.
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Pixel art
Animated content
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Makena watching Zuri rush over their farm.
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Makena at the end of Introducing New Default Skins!
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All nine skins, at the end of the episode.
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Makena platforming to reach Minecraft Live.
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GIF of Makena placing
black concrete.
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Makena and Efe fighting in a trial chamber.
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Makena riding a pig
Production images
References
Navigation
| Minecraft social media
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| Recurring characters
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| Online content
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| Written content
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| Standalone content
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| YouTube series
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| Marketing campaigns
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| Interactive
|
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| Mojang cinematics
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 Main characters
|
|
 Game trailers
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 Update trailers
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 Drop trailers
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 DLC trailers
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 Event trailers
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 Short films
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 Informational
|
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| Mojang machinimas
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| Main characters
|
|
 Game trailers
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|
 Update trailers
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 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.2 The Weekly Chunk Pocket Edition 0.4.0 Xbox 360 1.8.2 Pretty Scary TU7- The End
 Pocket Edition 0.9.0 TU19 Console Edition 1.8.8 The Friendly Update- Banners, Blocks, Beets and Bears
 Exploration Update Ender Update Console Edition Holiday update Discovery Update World of Color Togetherness ACTIVATED Dive In Shorts
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 Drop trailers
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 DLC trailers
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 Campfire Tales- Nightmare Before Christmas
 The Crash The Traveling Trader- Toy Story
- DuckTales
 Minecraft meets Frozen Explore the Star Wars galaxy How to Train Your Dragon Ben 10 Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos! Chaos! Chaos! Walt Disney Magic Kingdom Caves & Cliffs Explorers PUMA x Minecraft Lacoste x Minecraft: Croco Island Trailer Angry Birds Ice Age- Lightyear
 Mangrove Restoration SpongeBob Building a Better World Batman- Burberry: Freedom to Go Beyond
- Avatar Legends
 Start a New Minecraft Story Camp Enderwood- Mega Man X
- The Incredibles
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Disney Worlds of Adventure
 NERF World- Star Wars: Path of the Jedi
- Jurassic Park Adventures
- Godzilla
- Universal Studios Experience
- Kung-Fu Panda
 Tetris ® add-on Lush Bath Bomb- Spongebob SquarePants Add-on
- Dr. Seuss
- Transformers
- Minecraft National Park
- Moana 2
 Minecraft Pack Vibrant Visuals
|
 Event trailers
|
 Official Minecon trailer Halloween comes Community Celebration Lunar New Year Summer Celebration The Haunting of Minecraft Marketplace- Welcome to the New Year's Celebration in Minecraft!New Year's Celebration
 Celebrate Lunar New Year Spring Sale 2022 5 Year Celebration Explore the 5 Year Celebration New Year's Celebration- Spookyfest
 Universal New Year's- The Summer Celebration returns
 Capes Trailer
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| Informal
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 Chat with Mojang Realms comes to Pocket Edition Xbox Game Pass Game Pass for PC
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| Minecraft events
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| Segments
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| Panels
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| Short films
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| Cinematics
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| Recurring
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|
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| Participants
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| Characters
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| Caricatures
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| Hosts
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| Guests
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| Studios
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| Releases
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| Media
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| Updates
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| DLC
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| Technical
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| LEGO Minecraft
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| Set types
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| Sub-themes
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| Characters
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| Minecraft
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| Original
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Makena trading with several villagers.
Makena excavating a desert pyramid.
Makena in a canyon within a mushroom fields biome.
Makena in a desert village at night.
Makena making art of a creeper face with daylight detectors.
Makena fishing in a lake from an acacia boat with chest.
Makena venturing into a lush cave from a crevice inside a mountain.
Makena building a house with Steve while Kai chops down a tree.
Makena with Ari in a house themed around the Trails & Tales update.
Makena peeking up at bats from inside a puddle.
Makena wearing the bolt armor trim.
Makena with Sunny in a trial chamber.
Makena tinkering with pistons.
"An automated rail Crafter is producing rails. Makena is collecting the rails and Noor is building a railway."
All seven characters introduced in 2022.
Makena wearing trimmed armor._JE1.png)
Makena's texture._JE1.png)
Wide version of Makena's texture.
Untinted texture of Makena's Curls.
Untinted texture of Makena (Base)'s head.
Untinted texture of Makena (Base)'s body.
Untinted texture of Makena's Curl drooping.
Texture of Makena's Sweater.
Texture of Makena's Pants.
Texture of Makena's Shoes.
Makena's profile.
Makena with the rest of the Minecraft gang, pictured between Efe and Sunny.
Makena highlighted.
Unused artwork for Trails & Tales featuring Makena.
Makena using a spyglass on common Minecraft artwork.
Makena sitting on muddy mangrove roots on the cover for Minecraft.
Makena with an iron sword.
Alex and Makena.
Makena trading with a wandering trader.
Makena on artwork for a New Year's Celebration, collaborating with various Universal properties.
Makena relaxing with Kai, in a promotional render for add-ons.
Makena using shears on a giant leaf, with Sunny and Noor.
Makena in a pale garden celebrating the new year.
Makena edited into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Efe creeping up behind Makena.
Efe placing a zombie head behind Makena.
Makena being violently awoken by Efe.
Makena watching Zuri rush over their farm.
Makena at the end of Introducing New Default Skins!
All nine skins, at the end of the episode.
Makena platforming to reach Minecraft Live.
GIF of Makena placing black concrete.
Makena and Efe fighting in a trial chamber.
Makena riding a pig
Pre-rendered images of Makena in Spring to Life.
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