How to play Minecraft April Fools 2025 Craftmine update

Mojang Studios has finally dropped the highly anticipated Minecraft April Fools snapshot, humorously called Craftmine. It was released a few hours ago, and the update is already one of the most interesting April Fools minigames ever created. Though the update can be confusing at first, there is a set pattern to playing it.

Here are the basics to play Minecraft's April Fools Craftmine update.

Steps to play Minecraft April Fools 2025 Craftmine snapshot

1) Create a new world

You can only choose survival or hardcore while creating the world, but you can allow command. (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming/Mojang Studios)

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First, you need to create a new world. You will instantly notice that this snapshot has no creative mode. If you want the play this update the intended way, select either the survival or hardcore mode. Gamers also have the option to turn on cheats. If this is done, they can enter the snapshot and switch the game mode to creative using commands.

2) First step to creating a new Mine

Create the first Mine using the ingredients you have. (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming/Mojang Studios)

Upon entering the new world, you will see a cryptic green sculk shrieker block in the middle of a stone platform. You will be surrounded by eerie-looking green lines of code in pitch darkness. You will also spot an area named Memory Lane, which will have loads of purple sculk shrieker blocks placed in two rows.

The green one is essentially the place where you can create your own Mines. "Mines" in this particular April Fools snapshot is another word for custom worlds or levels. They can be created by combining various kinds of special Mine Ingredients like sheep, cows, magma cubes, acacia sapling, savanna sapling, and even world generation type.

After interacting with the green sculk shrieker block, you will be able to add the first set of available Mine Ingredients to the Mine Crafter and create your own custom world. During the process, click on the middle slot to finish making your world. Then, you will be able to enter it by exiting the GUI and clicking on the 3D globe model floating on top of the sculk shrieker.

3) Entering the Mine and finding the Mine Exit

You must enter the world, get as many Mine ingredients as you want, and find the Mine Exit (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming/Mojang Studios)

Once you enter your first Mine, the main aim is to get as many Mine Ingredients as possible and find the Mine Exit (shown in the picture above) to leave the custom world.

These items can be obtained by doing various activities in a custom world, like breaking trees, bushes, blocks, and also killing mobs. Your Mine Ingredients will be added to your inventory. While finding the first few Mine Exits can be easy, the creative mode makes locating them effortless.

4) Leveling up and saving Mines

Gradually level up to unlock perks, inventory slots, and crafting slots (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming/Mojang Studios)

When you explore your first Mine, you will notice that your inventory and crafting slots are completely locked. You have to unlock them gradually through the Player Attributes section, accessible from the top-right corner of the inventory GUI.

While progressing through each Mine and creating more, you will accrue XP, which can be used to spend on player attributes. You can unlock perks like crafting slots, inventory slots, smelting powers, and even access to random items that can be used differently in this snapshot compared to how they're normally used.

As you go from one Mine to the next, you will get stronger and be able to deal with more difficult custom worlds you created.

Previous Mines can be saved in Memory Lane (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming/Mojang Studios)

When you find the Mine Exit and leave a custom Minecraft world, you will get loads of rewards and level-ups, as well as a copy of that Mine as an item. This Mine item can then be placed on one of the purple sculk shriekers in the Memory Lane area. You can also revisit previously made Mines at any time in this place.

When you re-enter a previous Mine, you will have an Eye of Exit that can be used to return to the main area. But if you reach the Mine Exit in this world, you get to deposit this item for some extra XP.

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