Here's a look at the beginning of Minecraft Dungeons, gameplay part 1, the first 20 minutes of dungeon crawling gameplay. The dark dungeons are waiting for you! Enter the adventure alone or with your friends and join the cool action in the format of old-school dungeon games.

Mojang announced yesterday that Minecraft Dungeons Arcade cabinets are on their way to arcades in North America for limited testing, with more cabinets coming later this year.

Released last year on Xbox One and PC, Minecraft Dungeons is a Diablo-like dungeon crawler set in the blocky world of Minecraft. Up to four players can jump in together and fight back waves of Minecraft enemies, like skeletons, zombies, and spiders. Now there’s a new, less convenient, and unsafe way to play Minecraft Dungeons. Just go to an arcade (during a pandemic) to play the new Minecraft Dungeons Arcade game, developed by Play Mechanix and Mojang.

As explained in a blog post announcing the new arcade machine, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade will take the action and gameplay of the original game and simplify things a bit to make it work better as a co-op arcade game. Players will even earn different physical trading cards they can collect and scan into the machine to get new powers, weapons, and pets.

The cabinet looks great too and the in-game screenshots shared by Mojang look great. It all sounds nice. But I can’t imagine venturing out into the world right now, during the covid-19 pandemic, just to play an arcade game that other folks might have just been touching and playing moments before. Especially when that game is available at home and is just fine there.

Mojang did emphasize that they are only sending cabinets to arcades that “follow local health guidelines” so as to help slow the spread of covid and mitigate risk. But maybe this could have waited until this summer, after more folks have been vaccinated?

Minecraft Dungeons is set in the world of Minecraft, and the main plot of the game is to defeat the evil Arch-Illager and other enemies and save the villagers.

• 1Opening cinematic
• 2Ending cinematic
• 4Detailed plot

Opening cinematic[edit]

It was a time of great adventure ...and danger.

Shunned by his kin, an Illager wanders the land seeking a new home. But all he found was hatred. Driven by rage against those who wronged him, he wandered, blind to whatever end. Until, at long last, the Illager found something that would change him forever: The Orb of Dominance.

Corrupted by evil, driven by vengeance, the Arch-Illager made all bow before him. And if they did not bow, they would fall. The Illagers raided the land. Who would have the valour, the purity of heart, to stand against the Arch-Illager's reign of terror? Well ...not that one, but maybe ...you?

Minecraft Dungeons: Opening Cinematic (view on YouTube)[edit]

Ending cinematic[edit]

The Arch-Illager, The enemy of the Villagers, was defeated

Minecraft Dungeons Gameplay 2

Great heroes save the day, And vanquished evil

Thanks to you, all was well... until it wasn't...

Minecraft Dungeons: Ending Cinematic (view on YouTube)[edit]

Official synopsis[edit]

Fight your way through an all-new action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe! Brave the dungeons alone, or team up with friends! Up to four players can battle together through action-packed, treasure-stuffed, wildly varied levels – all in an epic quest to save the villagers and take down the evil Arch-Illager!

Discover a trove of powerful new weapons and items that will help you defeat ruthless swarms of new-and-nasty mobs. Fight or flee through canyons, swamps and – of course – mines! Any adventurer brave or foolish enough to explore this blocky and beautiful world will need to come prepared. So quickly, gear up!

Detailed plot[edit]

Main Story[edit]

Squid Coast

Creeper Woods

Creepy Crypt

Soggy Swamp

Soggy Cave

Pumpkin Pastures

Arch Haven

Cacti Canyon

Redstone Mines

Desert Temple

Lower Temple

Fiery Forge

Highblock Halls

Underhalls

Obsidian Pinnacle

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Island Realms Story[edit]

Dingy Jungle

Panda Plateau

Overgrown Temple

Frosted Fjord

Lost Settlement

Minecraft Dungeons Gameplay Video

Minecraft Dungeons Gameplay Reveal

Lone Fortress

Windswept Peaks

Colossal Rampart

Gale Sanctum

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