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{{see also|Java Edition version history/Development versions}}
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[[File:List of Java Edition snapshots.png|thumb|A list of snapshots per year.]]
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A '''snapshot''' is the term used to describe development versions for {{edition|Java}} updates. Every major update, and many minor updates, have snapshots released roughly weekly for player feedback on in-development features and changes.
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== Purpose ==
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Snapshots are unstable development versions for updates, which focus on adding features and new content to the game. Once an update is feature complete, the update cycle moves from the snapshot phase to the [[pre-release]] phase.
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== Availability ==
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Snapshots are available in the ''Minecraft'' [[launcher]] under the default "Latest snapshot" profile.
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{{For|instructions on how to install a snapshot|Tutorials/How to install a snapshot}}
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== Naming ==
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Snapshots use a unique naming format, unrelated to the 1.''x'' version numbering used elsewhere. Snapshots use the format "'''''YY''w''WWn'''''". '''''YY''''' is the two-digit year, "'''w'''" simply stands for "week", '''''WW''''' is the two-digit week number within the year, and '''''n''''' is a unique letter identifier – starting with "'''a'''", then "'''b'''", and so on – which increments
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when there is more than one release in a given week. For example, [[18w10d]] was the fourth snapshot ("'''d'''") released in the '''10'''th '''w'''eek of 20'''18'''. Currently the highest letter reached is "'''e'''", a tie between [[12w30e]], [[13w47e]] and [[15w35e]]. The naming convention is only broken by [[13w12~]] and April Fools' snapshots.
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== Release schedule ==
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Modern "'''a'''" snapshots are typically released on Wednesdays,<ref>{{snap|24w20a}}</ref> barring delays. The day had been Thursday until the release of [[14w26a]] on June 25, 2014, in the middle of development for [[Java Edition 1.8|1.8]].<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|481369603281809408|The Minecraft weekly snapshots will no longer have their regular debuts on Thursdays, we are moving them to Wednesdays starting this week.|June 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name="mojang">{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624075744/https://mojang.com/2014/06/minecraft-snapshot-14w26a/|title=Minecraft snapshot 14w26c|date=June 25, 2014|website=Mojang.com|author=[[Dinnerbone]]|quote=Wednesday is the new Thursday! We’ve decided that Thursday wasn’t very optimal for us to release snapshots on so we’ve moved the weekly snapshots to Wednesday instead. Adjust your schedules and order a new calendar!}}</ref> Subsequent snapshots may occur on any day thereafter or even on the same day.
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== Trivia ==
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=== Statistics ===
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{{stub section}}
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* The update that has the most snapshots is release [[Java Edition 1.9|1.9]], with a total of 56 snapshots.
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{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
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! Year !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
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! Number of Snapshots
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| 4 || 46 || 57 || 52 || 49 || 29 || 23 || 48 || 40 || 37 || 25 || 21 || 26 || {{PAGESINCAT:Snapshots released in 2024}}
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|}
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=== Promotional screenshots ===
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Several members of [[Mojang]] staff have appeared in the promotional banners released on the blog post for each snapshot.
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*[[Agnes Larsson]] (LadyAgnes) has appeared in 1.11 snapshot [[16w43a]].
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*[[Erik Broes]] (Grum) appeared in promotional screenshots on the Mojang blog for a number of snapshots and pre-releases. He was often hiding, and occasionally simply his player head was present. These were:
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** 1.6.1 snapshots [[13w19a]], [[13w21a]], [[13w22a]], [[13w23a]], [[13w24a]], [[13w25a]], and [[13w26a]]
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** 1.7.2 snapshots [[13w36a]], [[13w37a]], [[13w38a]], [[13w39a]], [[13w41a]], [[13w42a]] and [[13w43a]], and 1.7.4 snapshot [[13w47a]]
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** 1.8 snapshots [[14w02a]], [[14w03a]], [[14w04a]], [[14w05a]], [[14w06a]], [[14w08a]], and [[14w10a]]
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** 1.9 snapshot [[16w04a]]
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** 1.11 snapshots [[16w40a]], [[16w41a]], [[16w43a]], and [[16w44a]]
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** 1.11.1 snapshot [[16w50a]].
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** 1.12 snapshot [[17w06a]].
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** 1.13 snapshot [[17w50a]].
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*[[Jens Bergensten]] (Jeb) has appeared in:
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** Snapshot [[12w23a]] for 1.3.1, snapshot [[12w37a]] for 1.4.2, and snapshot [[17w16a]] for 1.12.
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*[[Maria Lemón]] (Excited) has appeared in:
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** 1.11 snapshots [[16w40a]] and [[16w42a]].
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** 1.11.1 snapshot [[16w50a]].
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** 1.12 snapshots [[17w13a]] and [[17w15a]].
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*[[Nathan Adams]] (Dinnerbone) has appeared in snapshot [[14w03a]] for 1.8
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Similarly, several of the ''Minecraft'' [[Character|characters]] have appeared.
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* [[Alex]] has appeared in:
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** 1.8 pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.8-pre1|1]] through [[Java Edition 1.8-pre3|3]].
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** 1.9 snapshot [[Java Edition 16w04a|16w04a]].
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** 1.19 release candidate [[Java Edition 1.19 Release Candidate 1|1]] and 1.19.1 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.19.1 Pre-release 5|5]].
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** 1.20.2 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.2 Pre-release 1|1]], and 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w45a|23w45a]].
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* [[Ari]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20.2 snapshots [[Java Edition 23w31a|23w31a]] and [[Java Edition 23w35a|23w35a]], 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w42a|23w42a]], and 1.20.5 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w51a|23w51a]] and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Release Candidate 2|2]].
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** 1.21 snapshots [[Java Edition 24w19a|24w19a]] and [[Java Edition 24w20a|24w20a]], 1.20.2 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w38a|24w38a]]
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* [[Efe]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w44a|23w44a]] and pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.3 Pre-Release 3|3]], 1.20.5 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w05a|24w05a]], pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Pre-Release 2|2]], and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Release Candidate 3|3]].
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* [[Kai]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20 pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 2|2]] through [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 4|4]], 1.20.2 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.2 Pre-release 1|1]], 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w45a|23w45a]], and pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.20.3 Pre-Release 1|1]] through [[Java Edition 1.20.3 Pre-Release 2|2]] and [[Java Edition 1.20.3 Pre-Release 4|4]].
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** 1.21.2 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w33a|24w33a]], pre-release [[Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 2|2]], and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.21.2 Release Candidate 2|2]].
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* [[Makena]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20.2 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w31a|23w31a]], and 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w46a|23w46a]].
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** 1.21.1 release candidate [[Java Edition 1.21.1 Release Candidate 1|1]]
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* [[Noor]] has appeared in:
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** 1.19.4 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w06a|23w06a]] and pre-release [[Java Edition 1.19.4 Pre-release 1|1]].
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** 1.20 pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 2|2]] through [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 4|4]], 1.20.2 snapshots [[Java Edition 23w31a|23w31a]], [[Java Edition 23w33a|23w33a]], 1.20.2 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.2 Pre-Release 4|4]], 1.20.5 snapshots [[Java Edition 24w03a|24w03a]], [[Java Edition 24w04a|24w04a]], [[Java Edition 24w05b|24w05b]], [[Java Edition 24w06a|24w06a]], and pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Pre-Release 1|1]].
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** 1.21 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w18a|24w18a]] and pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.21 Pre-Release 1|1]] through [[Java Edition 1.21 Pre-Release 4|4]], 1.21.2 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w34a|24w34a]], and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.21.2 Release Candidate 1|1]].
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* [[Steve]] has appeared in:
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** 1.15 snapshot [[Java Edition 19w46a|19w46a]].
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** 1.19 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.19 Pre-release 1|1]], 1.19.1 release candidate [[Java Edition 1.19.1 Release Candidate 3|1]], and 1.19.4 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w05a|23w05a]].
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** 1.20 pre-releases [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 1|1]] through [[Java Edition 1.20 Pre-release 4|4]], 1.20.2 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w31a|23w31a]], 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w46a|23w46a]], 1.20.5 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w05a|24w05a]].
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** 1.21.2 snapshots [[Java Edition 24w34a|24w34a]] through [[Java Edition 24w37a|24w37a]].
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* [[Sunny]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20.2 snapshots [[Java Edition 23w32a|23w32a]] and [[Java Edition 23w33a|23w33a]], 1.20.3 snapshot [[Java Edition 23w40a|23w40a]] and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.20.3 Release Candidate 1|1]], 1.20.5 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Pre-Release 3|3]] and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Release Candidate 1|1]].
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** 1.21 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w21a|24w21a]], pre-release [[Java Edition 1.21 Pre-Release 1|1]], and release candidate [[Java Edition 1.21.1 Release Candidate 1|1]].
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* [[Zuri]] has appeared in:
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** 1.20.5 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.20.5 Pre-Release 4|5]].
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** 1.20.2 pre-release [[Java Edition 1.21.2 Pre-Release 1|1]] and 1.20.4 snapshot [[Java Edition 24w45a|24w45a]].
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== History ==
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{{HistoryTable
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|{{HistoryLine|java}}
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|{{HistoryLine||1.1|dev=11w47a|The first "snapshot" is released.}}
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|{{HistoryLine||"1.10"|dev=15w14a|link=Java Edition 15w14a
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|The first April Fools' snapshot is released.}}
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}}
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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