Minecraft LIVE

Minecraft LIVE (formerly MINECON Earth and MINECON Live) is a semiannual livestreamed event that features news about Minecraft updates and other aspects of the franchise. The official Minecraft Live web page is available at minecraft.net/live. Prior to 2024, the event took place annually.

List of events

Event	Date	Length	Venue	Summary
MINECON Earth 2017	November 18, 2017	01:51:37	Center Stage, Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Revealed Update Aquatic for 1.13 update.
MINECON Earth 2018	September 29, 2018	03:56:57	Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom	Revealed Village & Pillage for 1.14 update. Revealed first hands-on and gameplay of the new spinoff game - Minecraft Dungeons.
MINECON Live 2019	September 28, 2019	02:57:14	Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Revealed more Buzzy Bees contents for the 1.15 update, featuring honeycomb blocks and honey blocks. Revealed Nether Update for the 1.16 update, featuring 3 new biomes in the Nether: Red Netherwart (Crimson Forest), Blue Netherwart (Warped Forest) and Soul Sand Valley. New blocks such as target block. New mobs such as piglins and piglin beasts (hoglins). Revealed first hands-on and gameplay of the new spinoff game - Minecraft Earth. Revealed character creator for Bedrock Edition.
Minecraft Live 2020	October 3, 2020	02:13:54	Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden	Marked 10 years of MINECON and marked the return of Mob Vote since 2017. Revealed Caves & Cliffs for the 1.17 update, featuring revamped cave generation, dripstone caves, lush caves, copper, amethyst and telescope (spyglass). New mobs such as axolotls. Added incorporates features from the 2019 Biome Vote, including new mountains generation, powder snow, and goats. Announced creator's features for making add-ons.
Minecraft Live 2021	October 16, 2021	02:15:26		Revealed The Wild Update for the 1.19 update, featuring the finalized deep dark content (originally planned for Caves & Cliffs), mangrove-related content such as its biome, wood set, propagule and mud. New mobs such as tadpoles and frogs, come in 3 different variants. Revealed Caves & Cliffs - Part II for the 1.18 update, with revamped cave generation, new moutains generation and improved world generation. (originally planned for Caves & Cliffs - Part I). Revealed Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition coming to Xbox Game Pass. Revealed the 2021 Mob Vote winner - the Allay, which will later be added with The Wild Update.
Minecraft Live 2022	October 15, 2022	01:51:37		Revealed gameplay content for the 1.20 update (later named Trails & Tales), featuring new bamboo set, hanging signs, chiseled bookselves and the camels. Revealed first hands-on and gameplay of the new spinoff game - Minecraft Legends. Revealed Minecraft Dungeons: Season 3 - Fauna Faire. Revealed the 2022 Mob Vote winner - the Sniffer, which will later be added with the Trails & Tales update.
Minecraft Live 2023	October 15, 2023	01:10:39	Mighty Media Studios, Bellevue, Washington, USA	Revealed gameplay content for the 1.21 update (later named Tricky Trials), featuring the trial chambers, new decorative blocks (copper and tuff variants), the trial spawner, the breeze and the crafter. Revealed Minecraft Legends 1.18.14350 and "BBC Planet Earth III" DLC for Minecraft Education. Revealed the 2023 Mob Vote winner - the Armadillo, which will later be added with the Armored Paws drop.
Minecraft Live 2024	September 28, 2024	01:27:10	Mojang Headquarters, Stockholm, Sweden	Revealed gameplay content for the Winter drop 2024 (later named Garden Awakens), featuring the creakings and pale garden biome. Revealed Bundles of Bravery drop including Hardcore mode for Bedrock Edition and bundles. Revealed more scences and exclusive information regarding A Minecraft Movie. Revealed more information regarding Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue. Had the first Villager News since MINECON Live 2019.
Minecraft LIVE – March 2025	March 22, 2025	01:19:55		Revealed gameplay content for the Summer drop 2025, featuring the dried ghasts, ghastlings, happy ghasts, harnesses and the player locator bar. Revealed the name of the Spring drop 2025: Spring to Life, as well as its release date: March 25, 2025. Revealed the visual upgrade Vibrant Visuals coming to both Java and Bedrock Edition. Revealed a new Bedrock Edition live event server based on A Minecraft Movie as well as earning a cape. Revealed more scences and exclusive information regarding A Minecraft Movie.
Minecraft LIVE – September 2025	September 27, 2025	1:09:10		Revealed gameplay content for the Mounts of Mayhem, this time revealing its name too for the first time: Mounts of Mayhem, featuring the nautilus, the zombie nautilus, nautilus armor, the spear, and the addition of the zombie horses to Survival. Revealed the release date of The Copper Age drop: September 30, 2025. Revealed the Dragon Ball DLC for the Marketplace.

Format

MINECON Earth / MINECON Live

Initially organized as live events featuring guest appearances, interactive audience participation, diverse panels, and mini-games.

Locations varied, with the events held in different parts of the world.
Livestreams often ran for about 1-3 hours.

2017–2018

MINECON was broadcast live globally for the first time with MINECON Earth, allowing people from around the world to tune in.

2019

MINECON Earth was renamed to MINECON Live, clarifying its distinction from the new spinoff game, Minecraft Earth.

Minecraft Live

2020–2021

MINECON Live was renamed as Minecraft Live and continues to be used today.
Initially planned as a live event running alongside Minecraft Festival, but delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Livestreams often ran for about 1-2 hours and still performed live.

Content included previews of new updates, behind-the-scenes insights, Q&A sessions, and news from the Minecraft franchise.

2022

Community votes shifted from X (formerly Twitter) to official platforms like the Minecraft Launcher, minecraft.net, and annual Bedrock Edition live event servers, expanding accessibility.

Updates were shared incrementally to address past mistakes, offering a glimpse into the progress rather than complete plans upfront.

2023

Transitioned from a performed live to a pre-recorded format, but still pretend to be performed live.

Livestreams became more briefly, focusing primarily on franchise updates and announcements.

2024

Livestreams often ran for about 1 hour or less and have now transitioned to a fully pre-recorded format.
Lydia Winters made her final appearance as host before departing from Mojang Studios in October 2024.
Community votes were cancelled and no longer part of Minecraft Live, leading to the lack of community interaction.

2025

There is no designated host for the main show. The Deep Dig is hosted by Vu Bui.
Evolved into a biannual event, occurring sometimes in spring and fall.

The format emphasized delivering updates and announcements for the Minecraft franchise.

Community Vote

The Community Vote was an annual event and community poll that took place during or just before Minecraft Live events.

It allowed viewers to vote for a new mob or biome to be added to the game in a future update.

Developer speakers

According to Ulraf, the developers that make an appearance at a given Minecraft Live to announce new features are the developers of said features, though occasionally this isn't the case to give different developers the opportunity to appear.^[1]

Gallery

Logos

MINECON Earth

MINECON Earth 2017
MINECON Earth 2018
MINECON Earth Party (2018)

MINECON Live / Minecraft Live

MINECON Live 2019
Minecraft Live (2020 - 2021)
Minecraft Live - Alternative 1 (2020 - 2021)
Minecraft Live - Alternative 2 (2020 - 2021)
Minecraft LIVE (2022 - present)

Capes

MINECON Live 2019: Founder's Cape
Minecraft Live 2023: Cherry Blossom Cape

Intermission screens

MINECON Earth 2017 (featuring the space background and spinning globe.)
MINECON Earth 2018 (featuring a blue gradient background and spinning globe.)
MINECON Live 2019 (featuring the red concrete powder background and spinning MINECON Live logo.)
Minecraft Live 2020/2021 (featuring the blue concrete powder background and spinning Minecraft Live logo.)
Minecraft Live 2022 (featuring a white gradient background and blinking Minecraft Live logo)
Minecraft Live 2023 (the intermission screen is not animated)
Minecraft Live 2024 (featuring a flying bee and blinking Minecraft Live logo)
Minecraft LIVE - March 2025 (featuring a cold cow and a cold pig)
Ditto (featuring a cold chicken in the middle of the screen)
Ditto (featuring a cold chicken hiding under the Minecraft Live logo)
Ditto (featuring a cold chicken standing on the cold cow)

Artwork

Minecraft LIVE - September 2025

Featuring the minecraft live logo, Sunny, Noor and some copper golems dancing on copper grates

Minecraft LIVE - March 2025

Square version featured on the homepage of minecraft.net.
Featuring the Minecraft Live logo, the cold cow, cold pig and cold chicken
Featuring the Minecraft Live logo, the date, the cold cow, cold pig and the cold chicken
YouTube Livestream thumbnail, featuring the cold cow, cold pig and the cold chicken.
Minecraft LIVE - March 2025 global broadcast times.

Minecraft Live 2024

Featuring the Minecraft Live logo, the date and the minecraft.net/live website.
Group of mobs dancing.
YouTube Livestream thumbnail, featuring a llama and parrots dancing to the jukebox.
Minecraft Live 2024 global broadcast times.

Minecraft Live 2023

A cherry grove at night, a recreation venue of the 2023 Mob Vote event server.
A big Minecraft Live logo and some mobs under the logo.
Steve, Kai and Makena in a cherry grove.
YouTube Livestream thumbnail, featuring a sniffer, a goat and a horse.
Minecraft Live 2023 global broadcast times.

Minecraft Live 2022

Set from Minecraft Live 2021 used for the Minecraft Live 2022 announcement background, featured on minecraft.net/live.
Three variants of frogs walking and dancing.
YouTube Livestream thumbnail, featuring three variants of frogs on a minecart in a lush cave.
Minecraft Live 2022 global broadcast times.