Minecraft Legends

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Minecraft Legends

Developer(s)	Mojang Studios Blackbird Interactive
Publisher(s)	Windows & Xbox Xbox Game Studios Other platforms Mojang Studios
Platform(s)	Native Backward-compatible Nintendo Switch 2[1] Other (Compatible devices)
Written in	C++ Bedrock Codebase
Latest version	Steam: 12895632 Xbox: 1.18.19068.0 Switch: 1.18.19068 PlayStation: 1.13
Release date	April 18, 2023
Rating(s)	PEGI: 7 [2] ACB: PG [3] ESRB: E10+ [4] DEJUS: 10 [5] GRAC: 12 [6] USK: 12 [7]
Size	As of 1.18.19068: Windows 11.61 GB (Microsoft Store) ≤ 24 GB (Steam) Other 7.63 GB (Xbox One/Series X|S) 7.4 GB (Nintendo Switch; Standard Edition) 6.6 GB (Nintendo Switch; Deluxe Edition)
License	Terms of Use
Source available	No
Links	Website Standard Edition Microsoft Store (Windows) Steam (Windows) Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 United States Canada United Kingdom & Ireland Australia & New Zealand Deluxe Edition Microsoft Store (Windows) Steam (Windows) Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 US (Digital) (Physical) CA (Digital) (Physical) UK & Ireland (Digital) United Kingdom (Physical) Ireland (Physical) AU/NZ (Digital) (Physical) Triple Bundle [note 1] Windows Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 United States Canada United Kingdom & Ireland Australia & New Zealand Xbox Cloud Gaming Information xbox.com/play SteamOS
Notes ↑ Includes Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, and 1020 Minecoins/Tokens.

Minecraft Legends is an action strategy video game released on April 18, 2023, developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive, and published by Xbox Game Studios on Windows and Xbox, and Mojang Studios on other platforms. It features music by Crispin Hands.

On January 10, 2024, it was announced that 1.18.19068 was Minecraft Legends's last update, but it is still available to be purchased, downloaded, and played.^[8]

Minecraft Legends is set in the same universe as Minecraft as a forgotten tale lost in time and only remembered by the villagers in the form of legends passed down throughout the generations.^[9] It is unknown whether the events of those legends were fact or fiction, but they are the main setting of the game.

The tale takes place in an Overworld, which the forces of the Nether known as the piglins attempt to invade. Sensing the invasion, a trio of celestial creatures collectively known as the Hosts summon a miner from their home Overworld and into the Hosts' home, the Well of Fate. They subsequently entice the miner to help stop the piglin invasion threatening villages, and the newly named hero does so by destroying three piglin outposts, then a piglin base named the Night Beacon. Soon after, they destroy three piglin bases from each area of the Overworld taken over by a piglin horde before facing the hordes' respective bosses: the Beast, the Devourer, and the Unbreakable.

Because of these bosses' death, the piglins' overlord, the Great Hog, arrives in the Overworld and tries to destroy the Well of Fate until they get defeated by the hero, ending the invasion. This causes a large celebration before the Hosts leave the Well of Fate.

Minecraft Legends is a strategy game with some action elements. In the game, the player takes on the third person perspective of a great hero who must defend settlements and villages, create outposts, make allies with mobs, and fight hordes of piglins to stop the spread of their Nether corruption within a procedurally generated world. The game allows the player character to direct and give directions to allies, as well as to gather resources to build structures. ^[9] The game includes random world generation that is different from Minecraft with mobs and biomes. The player character’s primary objective is to gather resources in the world to build defenses against the piglins. The game supports multiplayer gameplay with up to 8 players, 4 on each team, where they can either challenge other player characters for a battle or team up to defeat opponents.^[10][11]

Minecraft Legends began first as an idea before Mojang Studios decided to collaborate with a Vancouver-based studio called Blackbird Interactive (who also developed Minecraft Earth) to develop the game as a Minecraft strategy game.^[9]

Minecraft Legends has a total of 4 bosses. 3 of them appear after the player clears all of the bases of a horde, and one appears after the player defeats all three. They are:

The Beast
The Beast is a boss enemy and the leader of the Horde of the Hunt. It can be fought after all of the Horde of the Hunt bases are destroyed. It is fast and highly destructive, capable of tearing through structures. Sometimes at night, it launches an attack on a random village.

The Devourer
The Devourer is a boss enemy and the leader of the Horde of the Spore. It has lots of overgrowth and fungi growths coming off its body and resemble that of a zombie-like life form. It can be fought after all of the Horde of the Spore bases are destroyed.

The Unbreakable
The Unbreakable is a boss enemy and the leader of the Horde of the Bastion. It can be fought after all of the Horde of the Bastion bases are destroyed. The Unbreakable is a large Piglin with lots of gold trimming, including a golden Mohawk, shoulder guard, and gauntlet. It carries a large pack on its back which acts as a flamethrower. It also has an iron jaw.

The Great Hog
The Great Hog is the final boss enemy of Minecraft Legends and the leader of all three Piglin hordes. It can be fought after all of the hordes are defeated. This boss appears at The Well of Fate. It has red skin, a magic weapon in one hand, and a spear in the other. Defeating it completes the game and results in all remaining piglins and their structures disappearing.

The Standard Edition of the game is available for US$39.99 (Can$49.49, €39.69, £34.99, A$49.45, NZ$59.90, S$56.85). It is included with Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass.

Minecraft Legends Deluxe Edition is available for US$49.99 (Can$64.99, €49.99, £44.99, A$69.95, NZ$79.40, S$72). It includes the base game and the Deluxe Skin Pack.

The game is available on the following platforms:

• Windows 10+
• Xbox One
• Xbox Series X|S
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch 2 (via backward compatibility)^[1]
• PlayStation 4
• PlayStation 5

The game is also playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming (requires Xbox Game Pass). For more information, visit the official web page. For a list of compatible devices, visit this page on Xbox Support. For information on how to get Xbox Cloud Gaming on SteamOS, visit this page on Microsoft Support.

There are two different editions of the game:

• Standard Edition
• Minecraft Legends Deluxe Edition

The game can also be purchased alongside Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons, and 1,020 Minecoins/Tokens as part of the Minecraft Triple Bundle offer.

According to the Steam page:

According to the Steam page:

Component
	Minimum	Recommended
Notes	Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS	Windows 10 (May 2020 Update or higher) or Windows 11
Processor	Intel Core i5 2.8 GHz or equivalent	Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz or equivalent
Memory	8 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780, AMD Radeon 285, Intel HD 520, or equivalent DX12 GPU	NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon 580
DirectX	Version 12
Network		Broadband internet connection
Storage	24 GB available space
Additional Notes	Performance increases with higher-end systems. Not supported on Windows 10/11 in S mode.

• Minecraft Legends was first teased in a background poster in a Minecraft Dungeons developer interview.^[12]

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  Artwork of the three hosts of Minecraft Legends.
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  Artwork of the hero playing a melody on the lute for the building allay.
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  Artwork featuring The Devourer, along with various other piglins of the Horde of the Spore.
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  Artwork featuring The Beast and The Unbreakable, along with various piglins from both of their respective hordes.
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  Artwork of the overworld of Minecraft Legends, showing the hero playing the lute nearby a village.
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  A mace runt and blaze runt emerge from a Nether Portal.
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  The Well of Fate as seen on the Steam page.
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  A badger stopping in front of a mace.
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  The Great Hog and his horde leaders in the Nether.
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  The three piglin horde leaders left to right; The Unbreakable, The Beast, and The Devourer.

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  Marc Graue giving the Great Hog sounds.
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  The Unbreakable being given sounds.
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  Horde of the Hunt messenger piglin being given sounds.
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  An official meme about the poor living conditions of good living conditions, apparently made by piglins.
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• Minecraft Legends on Wikipedia