Overworld Adventures
| Genre |
Adventure |
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| Written by | |
| Distributed by | |
| First installment |
May 2, 2025 |
| Final installment |
June 9, 2025 |
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Overworld Adventures is a series of narrative chapters on Minecraft.net that are written by and starring Sofia Dankis.[1]
Installments
Roundtrip to the Nether

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 2, 2025 |
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Summary
Following the release of A Minecraft Movie, Sofia Dankis decides to go on a vacation, going back to the Nether after a previous visit. She prepares a portal beside a lake, going in as the sun sets. Aware of the dangers, she decides to act unaware, only to run away from a troop of piglins with her eyes closed. Running into a soul sand valley, she trips on a random block, and realizes it's a dried ghast. As the piglins close in, she decides to grip it "like a security blanket," and runs back to the portal.
Back at her chicken coop, she recognizes the thing as a ghastling, and began to study it. As it began to rehydrate and grow, she noticed its change in demeanor, until it matured into a full happy ghast. Recognizing its angelic qualities, she decided to take it out on a road trip, promising to write letters to chickens. With that, the two ventured out into the Overworld.[1]
Entities
Axolotl (mentioned)
Chicken
Duck (mentioned)
Ghastling
Happy Ghast
Piglin- Sofia Dankis
Causing a Cold Commotion

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 9, 2025 |
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Summary
As Sofia embarks on her quest, she feels the digestion of suspicious stew, filling her with determination. Riding across the happy ghast, her locator bar identifies someone in the distance, traveling to the snowy taiga biome to investigate. She discovers a grove of poppies, and keeps a mental note to look for crafting tables, hoping to dye her harness red. She begins to write a postcard "before [her] feet even touched the ground."
Discovering an igloo, Sofia runs into none other than Sunny inside, who was about to gather dyes for a project. Chasing them into the woods, Sunny discovers another patch of poppies, Sofia stealing some behind their back. Suddenly, Sofia decides to prioritize earning a Nobel Prize for "Arts & Minecrafts speech," Sunny going out to a frozen lake. Curious, Sofia ends up racing them to it, sliding into Sunny on the ice.
From there they decide to go on a trek together, enjoying the sun. Sofia is inspired to tell Sunny a Japanese word, only to overhear a strange noise. Thinking it was an echo from the ghast, Sofia began clearing her throat to sing a minor key, only to realize it's actually a hungry wolf. Sofia watches as it hunts a fox, before returning to the ghast. Borrowing Sunny's crafting table, she finally dyes her harness, and finishes the postcard as she leaves.[2]
Entities
Ashen Wolf- Bear (mentioned)
Blotched Rabbit
Editor (mentioned)
Happy Ghast- Lion (mentioned)
Rabbit
Pale Wolf
Sheep (mentioned)
Snowy Fox (mentioned)- Sofia Dankis
- Sofia's mother (mentioned)
Sunny- Tiger (mentioned)
Simply the Best

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 12, 2025 |
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Summary
Likening herself to Superman and calling herself a "Sky Skribe," Sofia continues voyaging across a happy ghast. Finding the prior adventure "harrowing yet thrilling," she thinks back to her fancy new, dyed harness. She likes the idea of matching outfit, before getting distracted by ponies. Before leaving to admire them, she remembers to start another postcard.
Setting out to tame a horse, she quickly locates a field of cornflowers, and then hoof sounds. As she approaches the horses, she discovers a troop of pillagers, stationed at an outpost. Finding it too late to run away, she decides to take the horses head-on, escaping the pillage. Finding the prairie flat and calming, she ends up falling off into a ravine. As she picks herself back up, she exclaims the importance of lawnmowers.
Venturing back to the surface, she decided to check her locator bar, and was completely alone. She becomes horribly distraught by the loneliness, but manages to find a fork in the ravine. One led to a pool of lava, the other a cave, which she decides to spelunk into. Fending off many spiders, she eventually escapes to the surface, and claims a bunch of cornflowers. Deciding to give the ghast a new blue harness, she finishes her postcard before leaving.[3]
Entities
Ashen Wolf (mentioned)- Bird (mentioned)
- Cher (mentioned)
Donkey (mentioned)- Game Team (mentioned)
Gray Horse
Happy Ghast
Horse
Pillager- Sofia Dankis
Spider
White Horse
Dreamscape Escape

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 15, 2025 |
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Summary
Having been in the skies for several days now, Sofia struggles to find a fourth pitstop. Using the locator bar, she pinpoints the location of Noor and arranges a rendezvous. Apparently, they hadn't seen each other since an expedition to find pottery sherds, Sofia never getting her brush back from them. Landing in a bamboo jungle, Sofia realizes Noor isn't there, and begins investigating.
Marching between bamboo, Sofia discovers pandas playing, and gets offended by a sneeze. Her eye almost gets impaled by a slimeball. From there she discovers a cluster of azalea trees, and decides to take a quick break from searching. However, she realizes there's a camp belonging to Noor nearby, but verifies Noor still isn't quite there. She decides to venture down into a lush cave.
Entering into the underground, Sofia is quite impressed by the mineshaft and beautiful plants. Plucking several glow berries, she discovers many mobs, including glow squids and axolotls hunting tropical fish. Sofia decides to rest to preserve energy, but believes she goes through a surreal dream, where a skeleton drags her out of the cave by the foot and steals a second brush. She finds herself again lying on podzol, surrounded by parrots. Hearing a parrot make a skeleton sound, she comes to the conclusion that the parrots had a psychic connection with her. Looking back at the path, she realizes it's grown back while she was in the cave, stranding her, only for her to just go back to the ghast anyway. Deciding to wait to meet up with Noor, she gets the idea for her next destination, and leaves.[4]
Entities
The Magic of Mud

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 21, 2025 |
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Summary
Now several weeks into the trip, Sofia notices the sight of a large fossil in a mangrove swamp, already perfectly excavated. Immediately, Sofia decides to jot down on a new postcard and perform a dance. However, in the process she ends up spinning into a bee nest, angering a swarm of bees. Before she could be saved, she gets pulled into the murky waters, only for her to then get distracted by a frog.
After waiting it out, the two swam to shore, the savior revealed to be Kai. It's explained Kai went on an expedition to this area and uncovered the fossil, having previously discovered froglights. Conversing over a meal, Kai is said to be exhausted from wandering the Overworld on foot, and sheds a tears upon being told of happy ghasts.
Very soon Sofia decides to part with Kai, but realizes the tadpoles wanted to join her on her quest. After scooping up the tadpoles with a bucket, Kai decides to tag along as well, hoping to do more archeology.[5]
Entities
A Not So Warm Welcome
| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
Unknown |
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Summary
Entities
Chicken (mentioned)
Goat
Happy Ghast
Kai- Sofia Dankis
Warden (mentioned)
Dust Yourself Off and Try Again

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
May 30, 2025 |
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Summary
Entities
Ari
Armadillo
Happy Ghast
Kai
Makena
Mooshroom (mentioned)- Sofia Dankis
Warden (mentioned)
Surf’s Up!

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
June 2, 2025 |
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Summary
Entities
Ari
Drowned
Happy Ghast
Kai
Makena
Pufferfish- Sofia Dankis
Tropical Fish
Zombie (mentioned)
Finding Inner and Outer Peace

| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
June 6, 2025 |
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Summary
Entities
Armadillo (mentioned)
Bee (mentioned)
Drowned (mentioned)
Happy Ghast
Frog (mentioned)
Skeleton (mentioned)- Sofia Dankis
Tadpole (mentioned)
Warden (mentioned)
Sharing is Caring
| Genre(s) |
Adventure |
|---|---|
| Release date |
June 9, 2025 |
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Summary
Entities
Quotes
Dialogue
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| — Causing a Cold Commotion |
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| — Simply the Best |
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| — The Magic of Mud |
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| — The Magic of Mud |
Postcards
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| — Causing a Cold Commotion |
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| — Simply the Best |
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| — Dreamscape Escape |
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| — The Magic of Mud |
Trivia
- Overworld Adventures is the first editoral series to use photos taken with Vibrant Visuals.
- Throughout the series, many articles are linked to. Several of these include existing series such as Mob Menagerie,[6] Meet the Mob,[7] and Block of the Week.[8][9][10] However, there are also just regular articles promoting recent releases, recent announcements, skits, or personalized builds.
- In Dreamscape Escape, pottery sherds are mispelled as shards, a common mistake.
- For unknown reasons, the sixth chapter of the series went unpublished, and could only be found through the URL. In spite of this, the seventh chapter makes mention of its events.
Gallery
Banners
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Header for the first installment. -
Header for the second installment. -
Header for the third installment. -
Header for the fourth installment. -
Header for the fifth installment. -
Header for the sixth installment. -
Header for the seventh installment. -
Header for the eighth installment. -
Header for the ninth installment.
Screenshots
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Three photographs of a dried ghast in a fossil. -
Three photographs of a ghastling and chicken. -
A chicken on a ghast flying away up into the sky. -
Three photographs of ashen wolves. -
A postcard of an igloo. -
A spruce tree at sunset. -
Three postcards of horses. -
A postcard of a pillager outpost. -
A postcard of a ravine. -
Three polaroid pictures showing pandas. -
Three polaroid pictures showing a lush cave. -
A large polaroid showing a sunset over a bamboo forest. -
Three polaroid pictures showing a warm frog. -
A polaroid of a frog and tropical fish underwater. -
A polaroid showing a mangrove swamp at sunrise. -
"Deepest regrets from the deep dark." -
Three polaroids featuring the deep dark. -
Three polaroids featuring the ancient city. -
Three polaroid pictures showing an armadillo. -
A polaroid showing three blocks of gold. -
A polaroid showing a sunset over some mountains. -
Three polaroid showing a tropical fishs. -
A polaroid showing a drowned. -
A polaroid showing the coral reef. -
A polaroid showing the cherry grove with happy ghast. -
Three polaroid showing the cherry grove. -
A polaroid showing the cherry grove. -
A polaroid showing the forest and the windswept forest with ghastling and with dried ghast. -
Three polaroid showing the jagged peaks. -
A polaroid showing the grove with a happy ghast.
Production images
References
- ↑ a b "Roundtrip to the Nether" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, May 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Causing a Cold Commotion" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, May 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Simply the Best" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, May 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Dreamscape Escape" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, May 15, 2025.
- ↑ "The Magic of Mud" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, May 21, 2025.
- ↑ "Mob Menagerie: Wolf" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Introducing new default Minecraft skins" by Sofia Dankis – Minecraft.net, October 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Snow" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Spruce Wood" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Crafting Table" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Mob Menagerie: Chicken" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 13, 2024.
- ↑ "Meet the Piglins" by Per Landin – Minecraft.net, June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Basalt" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Blackstone" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Jazz Up Your Nether Portal" by Kate Gray – Minecraft.net, January 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Visit the Nether!" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 12, 2019.
- ↑ "A MINECRAFT MOVIE: OUT NOW" by Cristina Anderca – Minecraft.net, April 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Minecraft LIVE 2025: The Recap" by Owen Jones – Minecraft.net, March 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Test the new player locator bar" by Cristina Anderca – Minecraft.net, March 11, 2025.
- ↑ "Unleash your imagination" by Sophie Austin – Minecraft.net, April 15, 2025.
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