Logo

The Minecraft logo is used in its many forms to represent its franchise and the game.

Description

This section needs expansion.

You can help by expanding it.

The base Minecraft game logo is 3D text containing "MINECRAFT", rotated slightly upward. It appears to be made of cracked stone in older designs, or stone with etch marks in newer designs, and the letter A has the face of a creeper as a hole. Several variations exist, also containing 3D text though not always with the stone material.

Variations

Franchise logo

Minecraft
Minecraft with slogan - "Shape your world"
Minecraft's social media icon (2021 - present)

Game logos

Current editions

Minecraft
Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC logo
Minecraft Education
Minecraft: China Edition logo

Minecraft: Java Edition

Minecraft: Java Edition
in-game logo
Minecraft: Java Edition logo used on the Minecraft Launcher.
"Minceraft" in-game logo easter egg
Minecraft Realms

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition in-game logo
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition logo used on the Mojang Bug Tracker website.
Minecraft Realms in-game logo
Realms Plus in-game logo, used in certain promotions
Minecraft Preview in‑game logo
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta logo
Minecraft Marketplace
Minecraft Angry Birds DLC logo^[1]
Community Celebration logo.

Discontinued editions

Minecraft:
Pocket Edition (old)
Minecraft:
Pocket Edition
MinecraftEdu
Minecraft:
Pi Edition
Minecraft:
Windows 10 Edition
Minecraft:
Gear VR Edition
Minecraft:
Apple TV Edition
Minecraft:
Fire TV Edition
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Minecraft:
Console Edition
Generic Xbox logo
Minecraft:
Xbox 360 Edition
Minecraft:
Xbox One Edition
Minecraft:
PlayStation 3 Edition
Minecraft:
PlayStation 4 Edition
Minecraft:
PlayStation Vita Edition
Minecraft:
Wii U Edition
Minecraft:
Nintendo Switch Edition

Update logos

Halloween Update
(JE Alpha 1.2)
Adventure Update
(JE Beta 1.8 & 1.0.0)
Pretty Scary Update
(JE 1.4)
Combat Update (JE 1.9)
Exploration Update
(JE 1.11)
Update Aquatic (JE 1.13 & BE 1.4.0 & 1.5.0)
Texture Update
(JE 1.14 & BE 1.10.0)
Village & Pillage
(JE 1.14 & BE 1.11.0)
Nether Update (1.16)
Caves & Cliffs (Prototype)
Caves & Cliffs
(1.17 & 1.18)
The Wild Update (1.19)
Trails & Tales (1.20)
Tricky Trials (1.21)

April Fools versions

Trendy Update (JE 1.RV-Pre1)
Poisonous Potato Update
(JE 24w14potato^{[logo 1]})
Craftmine Update (JE 25w14craftmine)

↑ The logo is also used for the Poisonous Potato Add-On.

Other games in the franchise

Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons
Minecraft Dungeons
early logo
Minecraft Dungeons in‑game logo
Minecraft Dungeons
Hero Edition
Minecraft Dungeons:
Ultimate Edition
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade in-game logo
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 2

DLC logos

Seasonal Adventure logos

Minecraft Legends

Minecraft Legends
Minecraft Legends:
Deluxe Edition

Minecraft Blast

Minecraft Blast

Discontinued games

Minecraft:
Story Mode
Minecraft: Story Mode
- Season Two
Minecraft Earth
Choose Your Mode
Crocs Creator mode
Crocs Crossing mode

Non-game media

MINECON

Minecraft Live

A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie
A Minecraft Movie with release date
Oreo and Oreo x A Minecraft Movie Experience
100% Pure New Zealand
McDonald's x A Minecraft Movie
A Minecraft Movie Happy Meal

Other

Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles
MINECON Earth Party logo
Minecraft Help Center
Minecraft Feedback
Minecraft Feedback
(old, small text style)
Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue
Minecraft Mini-Series
Minecraft Festival
Logo for the World Wide Fund for Nature, during a collaboration with Minecraft.^[2]
10th Anniversary
Eerie Mojang Office Party
Minecraft Monthly
Minecraft Adventure
Unused Japanese logo from a related official website, unknown usage.

Historical changes

Minecraft's first logo was originally showcased only at Notch's personal blog The Word of Notch. It was designed as the word "MINECRAFT" formed by cobblestone blocks.

An updated version of the previous logo was first seen on the official website on May 22, 2009 and it would later be used in-game when the phase of Indev (v0.31) started on December 23. Changes include that the logo was made brighter and a shadow was added to it. It could be seen only at the menu screen against a wall made of dirt. It was later used in Infdev and early Alpha versions.

In Alpha v1.0.4, the texture of the blocks were changed from cobblestone to stone. An animation was also added where the stone blocks would fall to the wall forming the word "Minecraft" (this feature along with the logo was removed in Beta 1.4).

Mojang unveiled Minecraft's most well known logo in Beta 1.4, the previous design was replaced with a hand drawn stone-like lettering, in which the iconic face of the creeper was added to the "A".

The logo was slightly retouched in Beta 1.8, some of the reflections of the letters were a bit decreased. This is the design that would later be used for the full release of the game (v1.0.0) on November 18, 2011 and also seen in merchandise and other media.

In 2017, the PC version of Minecraft was renamed as the Java Edition to separate it from Bedrock Edition, which was renamed from Pocket Edition to just Minecraft by the Better Together Update. This logo was introduced in version 1.12.2 and while most versions of Minecraft uses the main design that was established since 2015, Java Edition kept using the original with the addition of the "Java Edition" subtitle. The logo was modified in version 1.16, the gray tone of the letters was made lighter and thick outline was added around them.

On August 31, 2021, one of Mojang's workers, Ined, officially announced on his Twitter account that a flat logo would begin to be used for the franchise while the detailed one would still be used for the game itself. This change took effect on Minecraft's official website. The logo itself looks similar to the polished logo used for Minecraft Live and Minecraft Festival, but with minor changes like a thicker outline, the removed reflections in the letters and the slightly altered creeper face in the "A".

For the 15th anniversary of Minecraft, Mojang revealed the new slogan for Minecraft - "Shape your world". This change is first seen in the new Minecraft's trailer on Minecraft's official YouTube channel and on an article on Minecraft's official website.

History

Development

Java Edition Classic
May 17, 2009							Showed the first logo of the game with the title Minecraft in the post on The Word of Notch. Never used anywhere else.
May 18-22, 2009							Added logo to minecraft.net homepage.

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31	20100131-2156	Added logo to game.
0.31	20100131-2156	The logo itself is a resized version of the one on minecraft.net.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4		Logo is now made out of stone instead of cobblestone.
v1.0.4		Added animation of the logo: stone falling down in order to form the word "Minecraft".
v1.0.13_01	reupload	Logo temporarily changed to "1K IN 24h" for celebrating 1,000 sales in 24 hours.
v1.0.14		Logo has been changed back to "Minecraft" with two lost blocks in "M".
v1.0.15		Logo has been changed. Fixed the "M" in the Minecraft title screen logo and which now corresponds to the logo before v1.0.13_01 reupload.
v1.2.0	preview	Logo has been made smaller.
Java Edition Beta
1.2_02 (20110517)		A secret "Minfcraft" logo is present in an unreleased fork of Beta 1.2_02.
1.4		Logo has been changed.
1.4		The logo animation was removed as such.
1.8	(preview)	Logo has been changed.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Added the Minceraft Easter egg.
1.7.10	pre1	Logo has been changed.
1.8	14w02a	Logo has been changed back.
1.12.2	pre1	Logo has been changed.
1.12.2	pre1	New game logo with "Minecraft Java Edition". The Java Edition subtitle is a separate texture.
1.16	20w21a	Logo has been changed.
1.20	23w14a	Logo has been changed.
1.20	23w14a	The Minceraft Easter egg now utilizes a separate texture.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release		Added logo and icon.
v0.1.2		Added icon for iOS.
v0.2.0		Changed icon.
v0.7.1		Changed logo.
v0.7.6		Changed icon for iOS.
v0.11.0	build 1	Changed icon.
v0.12.0		Added logo for Windows 10 Edition.
v0.12.1	build 1	Changed icon for Android.
v0.14.2		Added logo and icon for Gear VR Edition.
v0.16.0	build 1	Changed logo for Gear VR Edition.
	build 1	Added unused `titleOSX.png`.
	build 2	Removed `titleOSX.png`.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 1.0.0.1	Changed logo and removed the "Beta" label for Windows 10 Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Replaced logos and editions in all editions with one, simply renaming the game to Minecraft.
1.14.0	beta 1.14.0.3	Added Minecraft beta logo for beta versions.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.20.22	The logo has been changed.
1.18.0	Preview 1.18.20.21	Added Minecraft Preview logo and icon for Minecraft Preview.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.20	Logo and icon of Minecraft Preview has been changed.
1.21.30		Changed icon for Google Play.

MinecraftEdu

MinecraftEdu
0.969							Added logo to game.
0.97							Changed logo adding a EDU mini-splash.
0.982							Changed the logo in pre-reupload sizing the splash EDU.
0.982							In the reupload, the logo was changed.
0.984							Re-added EDU splash in the logo^[verify]
?							Reverted changes.
1.5.2 Build 1							Added Minecraft splashes and MinecraftEdu splashes^[verify]

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.0	0.14.2	Added logo and icon.
1.18.45		Changed logo and icon.
1.21.03	Preview 1.20.60.0	Added logo for Preview versions.
1.20.12	1.20.10.0	Changed icon.

Pi Edition

Pi Edition
v0.1.0							Added logo.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added logo.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
1.66.0016.0							Added logo for Xbox 360 Edition.
0.66.0054.0							Changed logo for Xbox 360 Edition.
TU14							Changed logo for Xbox 360 Edition.
		1.00					Added logo for PlayStation 3 Edition.
		1.01					Changed logo for PlayStation 3 Edition.
			1.00				Added logo for PlayStation 4 Edition.
	CU1						Added logo for Xbox One Edition.
				1.00			Added logo for PlayStation Vita Edition.
					Patch 1		Added logo for Wii U Edition.
						1.0.1	Added logo for Nintendo Switch Edition.
TU57							Changed logo for Xbox 360 Edition.