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Minecraft Earth was an augmented reality game for smartphone devices that was developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive, and published by Xbox Game Studios. A spin-off of the video game Minecraft, it was announced in May 2019, and was available on Android and iOS. It was free-to-play and was first released in early access on October 17, 2019. The game received its final update in January 2021 and shut down on June 30, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Gameplay

Similar to Minecraft, Minecraft Earth was centered around building structures, gathering resources, crafting, and exploration. The game utilized the same Bedrock game engine as most other versions of Minecraft. In "build mode", players could build augmented reality structures on "Buildplates" in collaboration with other players, then explore them in full size with "play mode". In both Build mode and Play mode, the buildplates were overlaid onto the real world using augmented reality (AR) and the built-in phone camera. Players could gather resources by collecting "tappables" in the in-game map and by completing "adventures" which may be a puzzle, a specific task, or a virtual location with hostile entities to defeat. Minecraft Earth considers physical objects such as trees and lakes, so there are fewer incidents and interferences with the AR simulation.

Minecraft Earth included many different kinds of in-game entities called "mobs" that are exclusive variations of the mobs in Minecraft. The game had two in-game currencies: "rubies" and "minecoins". Rubies could be earned through gameplay or purchased with real money and could be used to purchase items that affect gameplay, such as "build plates". Minecoins, which are present in all Bedrock editions of Minecraft, could only be purchased with real money and are used to purchase cosmetic items, such as texture packs and character skins. In the final update, Mojang removed all real-money microtransactions, reduced in-game currency costs, and reduced crafting/smelting times for players to "get the most out" of the game before it shut down.

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