Mojang has released the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update, the latest in its wacky annual series. There was a sense of confusion as it seemed the new April Fools update this year was only the Mob Animator “minigame” on the official website, but Craftmine came in clutch. For a brief idea of what it is actually like, the experience is sort of similar to the Minecraft Book And Quill update from April 2020: you can enter worlds that are too unique and wacky to exist naturally. Think of something like an entire world made up of tiny ice hills that resemble asteroids in outer space, or even the Crimson Forest as far as the eye can see.
However, since patch notes aren’t available, going about the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update can be tricky. To fix that up, here’s a detailed guide to everything you may need to know, including how to play, the best Player Unlock Perks, and more.
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How To Play The Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update
This Minecraft April Fools Java Snapshot consists of these objectives:
- Use the Craftminer to create a custom Mine (world).
- Explore it to search for new Mine Ingredients.
- Survive the dangers of the custom world that you’ve created.
- Search for the Exit and make it back to The Matrix-like room. You can then store the current Mine and create a new Minecraft world.
- Unlock various perks to make your job easier and more fun.
- Store completed Mines in the Shulker Boxes in Memory Lane, ready to access whenever needed.
- Collect Shimmering Keys to unlock Shimmering Doors and the weird concepts within them.
To play this Minecraft April Fools 2025 Java Snapshot, remember to change from Latest Release to Latest Snapshot 25w14craftmine in the Minecraft Launcher. It’s best to create a backup in case your primary worlds get corrupted.
How To Use The Craftminer
The Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update revolves around the Craftminer: a mysterious block in a world taken straight out of The Matrix. You can use it to craft “Mines” or worlds that have greatly varying components. To do so, you need to add Mine Ingredients via its menu, customizing the world you will then enter. For example, you can use Chickens and Swamp Biomes to craft a “Mine” that is filled with these two components, along with a few others that are selected by default. Adding in different combinations will allow you to create weird Minecraft worlds that you may not see anywhere else.
Given the sheer number of Mine Ingredients in the Minecraft Craftmine Update, your worlds can get really wacky as you progress through the game.
How To Get More Mine Ingredients
At the start, 10 Mine Ingredients are available, and you can use these to create a world. In the Craft Your Mine menu, you can also see a huge list of these on the right, as well as how to discover them. So, to collect more Mine Ingredients in the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update, you need to enter a world via the Craftminer and start interacting with various things as you would naturally do. Based on the items you’ve chosen, these Minecraft Mines can be quite dangerous to survive. As such, while exploring these worlds for new ingredients is important, it can also be frustrating if you’re not well-equipped or can’t make it out.
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How To Craft In Minecraft Craftmine Update
Once you’re in a world, you will notice that you can break blocks, but you don’t have the standard player crafting menu available. Essentially, crafting in the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update is different. At this point, all you can do is use the Crafter block at the Altar you spawn at to create whatever items you need. You can create a Crafting Table, but you won’t be able to use it until you unlock the necessary perks by farming XP levels in Minecraft. As such, at least for the first couple of worlds, you will be stuck with the Crafter to create items.
Perks To Get First In Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update
As you go through the Mines, you can do normal actions to collect XP; you can also do specific actions to earn more XP, like carry certain Mine Ingredients through the Exit. This is certainly difficult as you start with only nine item slots. To get more slots, you need to use XP levels to unlock perks for your holding capacity. This isn’t all, however, as there are many Minecraft gameplay mechanics that will get easier with these perks, like increasing game speed, mining efficiency, ability to use the Crafting Table and player inventory menu, and much more.
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Keeping all the aspects in mind, here are the best Player Unlock Perks to prioritize in the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine Update:
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Perk |
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Exploration |
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Crafting |
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Gatherer |
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Combat |
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There are two more sections, Pets and School of Hard Knocks, but those mentioned above will help you get a good start. Exploring the different Mine combinations in the Minecraft April Fools Craftmine snapshot can be rather dangerous owing to the hostile mobs, and it can also be tedious because the Mine Exits can be placed almost anywhere. So, getting the functional perks out of the way first is best.