Minecraft Legends

Minecraft Legends

Developer(s)	Mojang Studios Blackbird Interactive
Publisher(s)	Windows & Xbox Xbox Game Studios Other platforms Mojang Studios
Platform(s)	Native Other (Compatible devices)
Written in	C++ Bedrock Codebase
Latest version	Steam:1.17.53059 Xbox:1.17.53059 Switch:1.17.53059 PlayStation:1.17.53059
Release date	April 18, 2023
Rating(s)	PEGI: 7 ^[1] ACB: PG ^[2] ESRB: E10+ ^[3] DEJUS: 10 ^[4] GRAC: 12 ^[5] USK: 12 ^[6]
Size	Windows ~8 GB (Microsoft Store) ≤ 24 GB (Steam) Other ~7 GB (Xbox One/Series X\|S) 6.8 GB (Nintendo Switch; Standard Edition) 6.6 GB (Nintendo Switch; Deluxe Edition)
License	Terms of Use
Source available	No
Links	Website Standard Edition Windows Microsoft Store Steam Xbox One & Xbox Series X\|S Nintendo Switch United States Canada United Kingdom & Ireland Australia & New Zealand PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 Deluxe Edition Windows Microsoft Store Steam Xbox One & Xbox Series X\|S Nintendo Switch US (Digital) (Physical) CA (Digital) (Physical) UK & Ireland (Digital) United Kingdom (Physical) Ireland (Physical) AU/NZ: (Digital) (Physical) PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 Xbox Cloud Gaming Information xbox.com/play Steam Deck

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.

Plot

Key art by Mojang Studios

Minecraft Legends is a story that is grounded as a legend lost to time that is now remembered only in a powerful tale passed down from villager to villager. The legend itself tells of a great hero who saved the Overworld by uniting every mob against an invasion by the ravenous piglins before their Nether corruption devours the Overworld and everything with it.^[7]

“	MINECRAFT LEGENDS – Stories are powerful. Legends teach us about what has passed and what might have been. They create a bridge between us and generations long past as well as the ones to come. Starting today, we want to tell you another story – about peaceful coexistence, where adventurers did not get chills when hearing hissing, groans, or the clatter of bones. And the moment when a terrifying force threatened to corrupt this idyllic world forever. This is a story about the Overworld of Minecraft Legends.	„
	— Cristina Anderca^[7]

Gameplay

The gameplay of Minecraft Legends is that of a real-time strategy game. While strategy is the core of the game, some of its mechanics were inspired by action games. In the game, the player takes on the third person perspective of a great hero who must defend settlements & villages, create outposts, make allies with mobs, and fight hordes of piglins to stop the spread of their Nether corruption. The game allows the player character to direct and give directions to allies. ^[7] 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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[7] In Minecraft Legends, maps are made procedurally. Land and resources must be used to beat the opposing team.

Bosses

Minecraft Legends has a total of 4 bosses. 3 of them appear after you clear all of the bases of each horde, and one appears after you defeat the other 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 with it 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 also 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, a spear in the other. Defeating it completes the game and results in all remaining piglins and their structures disappearing.

Purchase and availability

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 for Console, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

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
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5

The game is also playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming (requires Xbox Game Pass Ultimate). 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 the Steam Deck, visit this page on Microsoft Support.

There are two different editions of the game:

Standard Edition
Minecraft Legends Deluxe Edition

Supported languages

According to the Steam page:

Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
European French	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
European Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Arabic	Yes	No	Yes
Bulgarian	Yes	No	Yes
Czech	Yes	No	Yes
Danish	Yes	No	Yes
Dutch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Finnish	Yes	No	Yes
Greek	Yes	No	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	No	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes
Norwegian	Yes	No	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes	Yes
European Portuguese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Brazilian Portuguese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Latin American Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkish	Yes	No	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes	No	Yes

System requirements

According to the Steam page:

Component
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 GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD FX-4100
DirectX	Version 12
Network		Broadband internet connection
Storage	24 GB available space
Additional Notes	Performance increases with higher-end systems. Not supported on Windows in S mode.

Trivia

Minecraft Legends was first teased in a background poster in a Minecraft Dungeons developer interview.^[10]

Gallery

Minecraft Legends logo
Minecraft Legends: Deluxe Edition logo
Minecraft Legends key art
Minecraft Legends: Deluxe Edition key art
Key art for Minecraft Legends music released as singles
Minecraft Legends Deluxe Skin Pack key art, showcasing the exclusive Rabbit skin as well as an exclusive mount skin.
Minecraft Legends logo inspiration.^[11]
UNITE THE OVERWORLD, the Minecraft Legends tagline.
A collection of wallpapers for Minecraft Legends.
Artwork of the hero alongside their gathered allies.
Artwork of the three hosts of Minecraft Legends.
Artwork of an assortment of different types of piglins.
Artwork of a village with three villagers present.
Artwork of the hero playing a melody on the lute for the building allay.
Artwork showing the hero arriving into the world of Minecraft Legends.
Artwork of the overworld.
A piglin runt in Minecraft Legends.
The piglins in Minecraft Legends.
A piglin brute with its saw blades.
The transformation process piglins go through until they reach total zombification.
Early concept art of piglin grunters and piglin runts.

Screenshots

An allay flying alongside a gold allay.
A piglin grunter and a piglin runt emerge from a Nether portal.
Three villagers in a meadow.
Screenshot from the Steam page.
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A badger stopping in front of a mace.
The Great Hog and his horde leaders in the Nether.
The three piglin horde leaders right to left; The Unbreakable, The Beast, and The Devourer.