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Mojang shorts are incredibly brief videos posted to platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, typically taking the form of a machinima or animation. They can range wildly in subject, from promoting updates or game drops, to being renditions of popular memes of the time or original comedy skits featuring Minecraft characters.

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The Underwater Ruins. How old are these mighty structures? Who made them and why? How many new bugs will the conjure up? Find out soon in a Minecraft near you! A showcase of the then-upcoming ocean ruins structure February 15, 2018 Instagram
Let's take a deep dive into how swimming animations look in Minecraft - before and after the Update Aquatic! A comparison between oceans from before and after the Update Aquatic, the previous iteration stylized as black and white camera footage. June 19, 2018 June 19, 2018 Instagram
THE SNIFFER - COMING SOON IN SNAPSHOT, PREVIEW AND BETA! A promotion for the first public builds featuring a sniffer, highlighting their ability to dig up torchflower seeds. February 12, 2023 YouTube
CHERRY BLOSSOM BIOME - OUT NOW IN SNAPSHOT AND PREVIEW! COMING SOON IN BETA! A promotion for the first public builds featuring cherry groves, highlighting animals wandering in them and the cherry woodset. February 14, 2023 YouTube
ARCHAEOLOGY OUT NOW - IN SNAPSHOT, PREVIEW AND BETA! A promotion for the first public builds featuring archeology, depicting Efe excavating sherds in a desert pyramid. February 15, 2023 YouTube
Minecraft x Crocs | Choose Your Mode A promotion for the Minecraft Crocs collaboration, featuring Kai wearing crocs and entering various "modes" of power. March 3, 2023 YouTube
MOB VOTE WINNERS - wait for it... A highlight reel of various Mob Vote winners, entering on a joke making fun of phantoms as they attack Ari and Zuri. March 12, 2023 YouTube
ARMOR TRIMS - OUT NOW ON BETA, PREVIEW AND JAVA SNAPSHOT! A promotion for the first public builds to feature armor trims, showing various characters finding them in chests. March 15, 2023 YouTube
NEW SONGS IN MINECRAFT! A parody of album commercials, promoting the Trails & Tales soundtrack. April 26, 2023 YouTube
HOW LONG SINCE YOU LOGGED IN? A black comedy skit, showing a tamed wolf waiting for its player to log back onto the game. Over the course of many months, if not years. May 2. 2023 YouTube
TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 1 An overview of the Trails & Tales update's features, including chiseled bookshelves, hanging signs, abd mob heads making noises. May 5, 2023 YouTube
TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 2 A sequel to the previous video, spotlighting camels, bamboo, and armor trims. May 11, 2023 YouTube
DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YOU? A comedic skit wherein a player tries breaking decorated pots, only to realize they lack items; the joke being that the player is a stand-in for Link, and they "forgot which game [they're] playing." May 12, 2023 YouTube
⚠️Vibe checkpoint⚠️ A surrealist skit where a sniffer "checks [the viewer]'s vibe." May 16, 2023 YouTube
TRAILS AND TALES FEATURE ROUNDUP - PART 3 A third summary of the Trails & Tales update, showcasing archeology, cherry groves, and sniffers. May 18, 2023 YouTube
MADE A TYOP ON YOUR FAVORITE SIGN? A skit detailing the practicality of sign editing. May 19, 2023 YouTube
NEVER DIG STRAIGHT DOWN! A parody of the common advice "don't dig straight down," wherein digging down leads into a kaleidoscopic environment before promptly ending with the player falling in lava as is generally expected. May 20, 2023 YouTube
POV - YOU'RE GOLD ORE A surrealist video from the perspective of gold ore, which is mined by Steve and in pain while they do so. May 21, 2023 YouTube
POV - YOU'RE ROTTEN FLESH A surrealist video from the perspective of a zombie, who is killed and reduced to rotten flesh, which Steve does not appear to pick up. May 29, 2023 YouTube
Your journey is about to begin! Trails & Tales arrives June 7th! Another promotion for Trails & Tales, featuring a narrator who cannot remember the name. June 1, 2023 YouTube
WES ENDERSON June 11, 2023 YouTube
this one is for the books 📖👀

build onto your Minecraft story today with the Trails & Tales Update! 		A book is written about the story of "a Minecraft player," dreaming of adventures and features in the Trails & Tales update. June 7, 2023 Twitter
BAMBOOZLING WITH BAMBOO! An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about bamboo. July 3, 2023 YouTube
How would it be to play Minecraft in real life? A narrator asks how it would be to play Minecraft in real life, dropping dirt on the ground. July 5, 2023 YouTube
Remember your first hut? A sentient dirt hut asks for itself to be remembered. July 10, 2023 YouTube
Brush up on… brushes? 🤔 An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about archeology. October 29, 2023 YouTube
WHO STOLE MY NAME TAG? An unseen figure (presumed to be Dinnerbone) wonders which chicken stole their name tag. July 17, 2023 YouTube
POV: YOU'RE A WOLF A video from the perspective of Sunny's tamed wolf. July 27, 2023 YouTube
Just one more try 🥲 A meme of ducks rushing to fight the wither inside a lush cave, only one returning. July 30, 2023 YouTube
Boost your self esteem! An AI-generated voice narrates over a presentation about chiseled bookshelves. August 7, 2023 YouTube
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Efe is trapped inside of a room with a ravager. August 9, 2023 YouTube
GUESS WHAT? A childish joke leading into a heartfelt appreciation for the Minecraft community. August 29, 2023 YouTube
WHICH MOB BABY IS YOUR FAVORITE? A reel of various baby mobs. September 7, 2023 YouTube
Time travel! Falling down into a pit recaps several of the game's major updates, ultimately returning to 2009. September 10, 2023 YouTube
It's called ✨nature self care time✨ Alex is told to "get outside more," followed by a montage of exciting in-game events such as a thunderstorm. September 27, 2023 YouTube
Two types of Minecraft players A comparison between two versions of Ari, a brave version who fights several mobs head on but ultimately falls, and another that takes their time. October 1, 2023 YouTube
Ready for Minecraft Live 2023? A player shows a chicken in preparation of Minecraft Live 2023. October 13, 2023 YouTube
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 🧟 A zombie goes through its apparent daily routine, consisting of waking up at an underground bed, doing yoga stretches over moss carpets, hugging a romantic partner, getting in a boat, getting in a minecart, and then attacking a village before eventually returning to a cave. October 29, 2023 YouTube
AIN'T THEY CUTE 🐫 Ari is apparently having a bad day, but is cheered up by a camel's ears. November 5, 2023 YouTube
WHO ARE YOU ON YOUR FIRST NIGHT? A series of scenarios for Alex's first night, such as "the Mole" (hiding underground) and "the Oldie, but Classic" (hiding in a dirt hut). November 10, 2023 YouTube
SOMEONE SEND HELP OR TORCHES 🕯️ A high pitch voice sobs and cries over not having any torches. November 12, 2023 YouTube
ENDERMAN'S BLOCK COLLECTION An unseen figure looks around a dirt hut of blocks collected by an enderman, including suspicious sand, gravel, and a grass block. The enderman then returns with a dirt block and jumpscares the viewer. November 20, 2023 YouTube
POINTLESS BUILD DAY Makena piles up stone on an iceberg and then flows down using a water bucket, to a polar bear's confusion. November 22, 2023 YouTube
WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW FAV MOB A horse eagerly awaits for Sunny, who considered the horse an apparent favorite, only for Sunny to instead arrive riding a camel. November 24, 2023 YouTube
FIRST NIGHT vs NIGHT 100 Noor runs away from monsters and into a hut made of sand and dirt on the first night. On the one hundredth night, Noor has diamond armor and diamond horse armor, allowing for monsters to be killed with minimal effort. November 26, 2023 YouTube
WHAT MINECRAFT MISTAKES HAVE YOU MADE? An AI voice says they made a demo of five beginner mistakes for new players, including burning down a house, getting lost, digging straight down, forgetting torches, and letting a charged creeper into a base. November 30, 2023 YouTube
BEWARE OF THE GOAT! 🐐⚠️ Zuri is mining stone on a mountain, when suddenly a screaming goat charges. December 3, 2023 YouTube
WHAT DO YOU ANSWER? A friend of Ari's has died, and ask if their loot is still there. Ari has found it, but lies in order to take it. December 10, 2023 YouTube
WHAT ARE YOUR MINECRAFT DREAMS? Sunny dreams of strip mining into a room made entirely of diamond ores, and gets mad after waking up. December 17, 2023 YouTube
FRIEND LOGS OUT - WHAT DO YOU DO? Kai and Makena are working on a house together in a cherry grove, but then Makena leaves the game. In a hurry, Kai goes to Makena's house and steals everything in their chest, as well as a pet fish. After stealing diamond armor, the house explodes. December 20, 2023 YouTube
WHAT DID YOU GET IN RETURN? Alex barters with a piglin, receivng a piece of string in return. December 24, 2023 YouTube
FIRST TIME FINDING DIAMOND... Ari and Efe find deepslate diamond ore and race to claim it, only to realize they're using stone pickaxes instead of iron. December 27, 2023 YouTube
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST BOAT? A boat reminisces about its time being used by Steve, before it was abandoned and replaced. January 5, 2024 YouTube
TOP 5 RAREST BIOMES IN MINECRAFT A player digs down into the ground, and is shown several of the rarest biomes in the game, consisting of Windswept Gravelly Hills, Bamboo Jungle, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Stony Peaks. January 7, 2024 YouTube

Animated shorts[edit | edit source]

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Poor zombies are constantly stumbling into Minecraft’s oceans! But what happens to them down in the depths? Today, we reveal the terrible truth: the birth of the Drowned! A zombie holding seeds chases a chicken, but falls into a pool of water, converting into a drowned. July 2, 2018 Instagram
Digging straight down? Probably the fastest way of finding diamonds – and to an early retirement. Safety first people! Steve is mining on top of a spire, but ends up falling into lava, due to "digging straight down." July 27, 2019 Instagram
Swinging your sword around to show off your moves is cool and all, but there can be consequences. Zombie pigmen, for example, would love to let you know what they think about being poked by sharp objects! 🏃‍♀️ Alex is chased by zombie pigmen back and forth. September 21, 2019 Instagram
Not just a pretty block that comes in every colour the code can think of, glass is an important resource for crafting and building! And you know what they say about glass: you can’t build the perfect snowglobe without breaking a few panes. So pack extra glass blocks before building! An overview of glass blocks and their variations. September 28, 2019 Instagram
Staring into the cold, purple eyes of an Enderman is asking for an early retirement, UNLESS you’re wearing a CARVED PUMPKIN. Not even the most feared mob of Minecraft would attack you (probably out of sheer pity) when wearing such a silly helmet! Steve is sneaking around the End wearing a carved pumpkin. October 26, 2019 Instagram
You may believe that this glowing, carved out pumpkin – regardless of how terrifying it may seem – isn’t actually alive. But are you sure? Put one atop a T-shaped collection of snow or iron blocks and you’ll have a new friend (?) in no time! 🎃 A carved pumpkin is made into a jack o'lantern, but then turns the lights off and becomes surrounded by other jack o'lanterns. October 31, 2019 Instagram
Tired of losing items in transit between villages? Do your “friends” steal hard-earned materials from your chests? No more! For just 8 obsidian and 1 Eye of Ender, this blocky box of item relocation can be all yours! Get the ender chest TODAY! An overview of the functions of an ender chest. November 30, 2019 Instagram
How do you find your way back home without a map to guide you? You don't! Hop in your boat, close your eyes, and then row row row your boat gently down the.... hang on, where am I? Steve gets lost at sea. December 27, 2019 Instagram
There are no second chances – unless you're in possession of a Totem of Undying. These convenient curios will bring any player back from the brink of death! Just revoke some Evokers in your friendly neighbourhood Woodland Mansion! A book explains how to obtain a Totem of Undying. January 10, 2020 Instagram
Knock, knock. Who’s there? All the malicious mobs of the night because you forgot to close the door, that’s who! A looping animation of several monsters raiding a house, and never leaving it. January 17, 2020 Instagram
Stylish and functional! This marvel of modern technology lets you stay underwater for a precious few seconds longer – just enough to reach the treasure in that shipwreck you’ve been eyeing! A book explains how to craft a turtle shell and use it to enter a monument. January 31, 2020 Instagram
Grab your sword, fearless warrior, it’s time to throw down! ...wait, no, not like tha— Steve is chopping down a tree, but is then approached by a creeper. While trying to stop it from exploding, they drop their sword, and die anyway. February 7, 2020 Instagram
Oh no, Steve went looking for treats in the wrong neighborhood! Steve is chased by the Warden through an ancient city. October 21, 2022 Instagram
The good boi waits and waits for your return… 🥺 A pale wolf waits and waits for its owner to return, apparently over several days. December 2, 2022 Instagram
Those sneaky chickens, keep trying fox! 🦊 A fox tries to eat a chicken which appears jumping out of and into several holes, seemingly parodying Whac-A-Mole. December 9, 2022 Instagram
Something relaxing about the daily life of a village. 😌 An overhead view of a plains village, where many taiga villagers run around, busy. January 5, 2023 Instagram
POV: You’re a busy bee 🐝 A first person perspective of a bee flying through a forest and bumping through several mobs. February 8, 2023 Instagram
An all-star team of allays can get things done! ⛹️ Several allays place snowballs into a hopper above ground, simulating a basketball net. February 22, 2023 Instagram
How the tables have turned, phantom! Steve, using riptide, outpaces a phantom in the sky. March 13, 2023 Instagram
Happy #WorldFrogDay! Get out there and make a new amphibian friend. 🐸 A frog jumps across big dripleaves in a lush cave. March 20, 2023 Instagram
Where is that buried treasure…?! 🤔 Steve has difficulty finding buried treasure, which Alex finds not even buried. March 29, 2023 Instagram
Nothing to do but gear up and get back out there! READY FOR THE NETHER? Steve gears up to brace the Nether, only to immediately die in a pool of lava and lose their belongings. April 21, 2023 January 21, 2024
That’s a big catch, Steve! 😅 Steve receives a fishing rod from a fisherman, then catches a cod, and accidentally catches the fisherman who is rowing a boat. May 1, 2023 Instagram
Oh the possibilities to come with cherry wood! What are you dreaming up for the new pink wood type? 😍 Noor circles a treehouse, placing down cherry fences. May 24, 2023 Instagram
The camels are waiting for you… find them June 7 with the Trails & Tales Update! 🐪 Two camels sit blissfully in front of a desert pyramid, while a wandering trader wanders around and gets chased by husks. May 28, 2023 Instagram
Which one are you? 😅 Ari emerges from a desert pyramid with an arms up sherd, only to be shocked to see Efe with hundreds of finished pots. June 11, 2023 Instagram
Someone’s going to have to change! 😤 In a woodland mansion, Kai puts on the vex trim, trying to impersonate an evoker. A real evoker than appears and isn't pleased. June 14, 2023 Instagram
At Mojang Studios we believe in building an inclusive and equal world through the power of play. So be who you are and wear what you want. Happy Pride! The heroes of the game pose in front of beacons wearing trimmed armor. June 16, 2023 Instagram
Adventure out safely aboard a camel! 🐪 Alex evades several husks by riding a camel. June 22, 2023 Instagram
What was that sound… 🐽🐽🐽 WOULD YOU FIGHT OR FLIGHT? Sunny places a piglin mob head on a note block, attracting a swarm of piglins who take offense. One then notices the camera and tries to attack it, implying it becomes the head Sunny uses. June 25, 2023 November 28, 2023
Making it through that first night… 😳 REMEMBER YOUR FIRST NIGHT? Alex, during their "first night," is hiding underground between the surface where zombies and skeletons lurk, and a cave where spiders roam. June 29, 2023 September 5, 2023
Fireworks and friends: The perfect get-together! 🎆 Sunny flies over an Eastern-inspired city with a pair of elytra, gliding through fireworks and waving at their friends. July 4, 2023 Instragram
There’s always that one person… There's always that one friend 😒 Kai is attempting to grow wheat crops, but Steve frolicks throughout the field, accidentally destroying it. July 12, 2023 October 25, 2023
Just a relaxing day with family in the cherry grove. 🥰 A sniffer digs up torchflower seeds in a cherry grove, beside another sniffer. August 17, 2023 Instagram
What’s catching your eye in our magnificent library? 👀 Several characters explore and endure a many story tall library. August 24, 2023 Instagram
How many mobs do you count? 🔢 A Where's Waldo-like panorama where the viewer is encouraged to identify many mobs. August 30, 2023 Instagram
Oink

(Oink back) 		A pig walks in place. September 30, 2023
Will you vote for the crab to join Minecraft?

Voting begins October 13th at 1pm EDT!

ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE CRAB? A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the crab for the 2023 Mob Vote. October 10, 2023 October 7, 2023
Will you vote for the armadillo to join Minecraft?

Voting begins October 13th at 1pm EDT!

ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE ARMADILLO? A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the armadillo for the 2023 Mob Vote. October 11, 2023 October 8, 2023
Will you vote for the penguin to join Minecraft?

Vote now in game or on Minecraft.net!

ARE YOU VOTING FOR THE PENGUIN? A parody of wrestling announcers, promoting the penguin for the 2023 Mob Vote. Subverting the formula, the announcer concedes to overreacting. October 9, 2023
No treat for you! Will you open the door to the night's mysteries? Efe is in a dimly lit building placing cobwebs, when suddenly a baby zombie knocks on their door, seemingly trick or treating. October 31, 2023 October 31, 2023
Happy Allaydays, everyone!! 🎁❄

Careful what you wish for because the allays will bring you lots of it! Get into the Allayday spirit and treat your friends, pets, family, and yourself to the coolest gifts of wearables, collectibles, and games from our Allayday Gift Guide.

Click the link in bio to see what gifts the allays have gathered!

In promotion for the Allay Days event, Alex is given a sweater from an allay, before several chests fall on top of them. November 21, 2023
Name a better gifter. We’ll wait… 🎁

Find all the Allayday gifts here: linktr.ee/minecraft 		In promotion for the Allayday event, Steve hands an allay an item, and is rewarded with many chests materializing out of thin air. December 12, 2023 Twitter
🎁 An enderman appears hostile, but is actually giving the viewer a gift. December 24, 2023 Twitter
Lost your loot and died on the way to retrieve it? Chill out with this. A baby fox, baby chicken, and baby pig dance together to a song. February 12, 2024
FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? In a cherry grove, Alex is fighting a spider, unlocking Monster Hunter. Steve meanwhile is one of the 51% who haven't gotten that achievement, meaning they befriend a zombie instead. July 28, 2024 YouTube
A good armadillo in the badlands An armadillo walks past a tropical frog, which it is afraid of, in a badlands biome. September 3, 2024 Instagram
BREAKING NEWS: DANGEROUS NEW MOB! A miniature episode of Villager News, warning of the creaking. However, he just ends up showing a tree instead. September 30, 2024 YouTube
HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW MOB?👀 A villager mistakes an oak for a creaking, and tries to incapacitate it by staring. However, another villager reveals it's merely an oak tree, only for it to move when they aren't looking. October 5, 2024 YouTube

Live action shorts[edit | edit source]

Video Description Summary Entities Release date Links
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Zombie + Milk = Drowned? An explanation of how the sounds for drowned were made. September 21, 2023 YouTube
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE MINECRAFT SEED? Agnes explains one of her favorite seeds, -1365830508976021143 (-232, 508), "The Circular Lagoon." December 7, 2023 YouTube
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF MINECRAFT? Agnes explains her routine for playing a world. January 1, 2024 YouTube

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • In several shorts, many villagers appear, consistently without their robes.[1][2]
  • Throughout multiple videos, characters are depicted speaking, without any consistent voice.
    • WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, Efe appears to have a voice, speaking with a masculine, young voice.[3] In another short, FIRST TIME IN THE DEEP DARK, Efe is depicted with a gruff voice.[4]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Sunny looking at a hanging sign.

  • Kai failing to impersonate an evoker.

  • Steve trampling Kai's crops.

  • Sniffers digging in a cherry grove.

  • Efe with a ravager.

  • Zuri trying to do a water bucket clutch.

  • Efe in a dusty house.

    Efe in a dusty house.

  • A baby zombie outside Efe's door.

    A baby zombie outside Efe's door.

  • Sunny using a piglin head.

    Sunny using a piglin head.

  • Sunny and Alex on a camel.

    Sunny and Alex on a camel.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Fireworks and friends: The perfect get-together! 🎆" @minecraft on Instagram, July 4, 2023
  2. ↑ "What’s catching your eye in our magnificent library? 👀" @minecraft on Instagram, August 24, 2023
  3. ↑ "WHAT WOULD YOU DO?" – Minecraft on YouTube, August 9, 2023
  4. ↑ "FIRST TIME IN DEEP DARK" – Minecraft on YouTube, July 9, 2024

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