MINECON

MINECON was the name of multiple real-life conventions hosted by Mojang Studios in various locations around the world.

List of past MINECON events

MINECON 2010

MINECON 2010 was a gathering of Minecraft fans on a Java Edition Classic server.^[1]

This thread on the Minecraft Forums was an unofficial organization point for the Con.

MinecraftCon 2010

MinecraftCon 2010 was an unofficial spontaneous gathering of Minecraft fans in Bellevue, Washington, USA on August 31. It was conceived by Notch in a blog post and was held by his family.^[2]

2011

MINECON 2011 was held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on November 18th, coinciding with the official release of the game.^[3] Tickets went on sale on August 11, 2011.

MINECON featured many exciting events, including the official release of Minecraft, keynote speeches from members of the Minecraft community (including one from Notch), building contests, breakout classes with different Minecraft topics, costume contests, exhibits, meeting worldwide Minecraft personalities and commemorative merchandise.

Attendees received an exclusive MINECON 2011 cape, which depicts a creeper.

2012

MINECON 2012 was held in Disneyland Paris from November 24–25. The convention was attended by 4,500 people – approximately the same amount as the previous year.^[4] Tickets went on sale on September 14, 2012.

Attendees received an exclusive MINECON 2012 cape, which depicts a pickaxe.

At MINECON 2012, the Redstone Update was announced and some of its features were showcased.

2013

MINECON 2013 was held in Orlando, Florida, USA from November 2–3.

Mojang Studios revealed on June 27 that MINECON 2013 would be held in Orlando, Florida from November 2–3.^[5] After a lot of mystery, it was officially confirmed by Mojang Studios that MINECON 2013 would be hosted in the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC).^[6]

Early on July 31, Mojang Studios confirmed that tickets would start going on sale later that day. These tickets were said to be released in batches of 3,^[7] each of those batches selling 2,500 tickets and at $150 a piece (7,500 tickets in total).

On September 5, Mojang Studios posted that attendees of MINECON would receive an exclusive MINECON 2013 cape, which depicts a piston.^[8]

2015

MINECON 2015 was held at ExCeL London, London, UK from July 4–5.^[9]

On March 30, 2014, it had originally been announced that the next MINECON would take place somewhere in Europe. It was later confirmed that MINECON was unable to be held in 2014, instead it had to be moved to Spring 2015, and was held in London.^[10]

On March 18, 2015, Mojang Studios announced that tickets would be on sale on Friday March 27th and Saturday March 28th, respectively.^[11] The tickets were released in two batches^[12].

Attendants of MINECON 2015 were given a MINECON 2015 cape, which depicts an Iron golem.

At MINECON 2015, some of the features of the Combat Update were announced and showcased.

2016

MINECON 2016 was held in Anaheim, California, USA from September 24–25.

On March 7, MINECON 2016 was announced.^[13]

On April 18, Mojang Studios announced that tickets would be on sale on Friday May 6th and Saturday May 7th, respectively.^[14]

Attendees of MINECON 2016 got an exclusive MINECON cape, which depicts an Enderman.

At MINECON 2016, the Exploration Update was announced and some of its features were showcased.

MINECON Earth, MINECON Live, and Minecraft Live

Since 2017, MINECON was reduced to a livestreamed event announcing the latest Minecraft news. Initially it featured a live audience, but now consists only of a pre-recorded broadcast. Initially called MINECON Earth, its name changed to MINECON Live in 2019 and finally Minecraft Live in 2020.

Minecraft Festival

Minecraft Festival is planned to be held in Orlando, Florida, at an undetermined date, after being delayed three times from its original date of September 25-27, 2020.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Capes

Each MINECON event featured a distinct cape.

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  2011
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  2012
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  2013
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  2015
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  2016

Java Edition

In Java Edition, MINECON capes were given to attendees of the respective year's event. Earlier events granted capes to those who bought tickets without actually requiring attendance at the event, but this was fixed for later events. On May 12, 2020, all unused cape codes were disabled.

Bedrock Edition

In Bedrock Edition, the capes were available in skin packs during MINECON 2015 and 2016. Unlike the Java Edition capes, these skin packs were downloadable for free without needing to visit the event.

The MINECON skin packs featured Steve and Alex skins with all of the capes. Like with all skin packs, the capes are attached to the included skins and therefore cannot be equipped with any other skins, so the MINECON capes are not considered to be fully available on this edition.

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