Minecraft

***Minecraft*** is a Christian server

No swearing

*Mine craft* focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools

## Purchase and availability

Main menu of *Minecraft* with random splash text.[8]

The original *Minecraft* logo before the new logo update for the website on 27–28 April 2011 and Beta 1.4

*Minecraft* can be purchased for €19.95 (or US $26.95/GB £17.95). All editions of the game can be bought as a one-time purchase.[9]
 Once purchased, the game can be played by downloading the launcher.
Players were previously able to play the game in their browser, but that
 feature was removed with the implementation of the new Minecraft Launcher. It is also possible to buy *Minecraft* gift codes for others, for the same price as buying the game for oneself. *Minecraft* Classic is available to anyone to play for free on Minecraft.net, but must be played in-browser.[10]

Previous versions of *Minecraft* (Indev, Infdev, Alpha, and Beta) are available in the Minecraft launcher.

Pocket Edition can be purchased in the Amazon Appstore, Google Play Store, and iTunes App Store for Android and iOS respectively.

### Hardware requirements

*See also: Hardware performance*
According to https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/325948-minecraft-system-requirements :

Minimum Requirements:

* **CPU**: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 (K8) 2.6 GHz
* **RAM**: 2GB
* **GPU (Integrated)**: Intel HD Graphics or AMD (formerly ATI) Radeon HD Graphics with OpenGL 2.1
* **GPU (Discrete)**: Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2400 with OpenGL 3.1
* **HDD**: At least 200MB for Game Core and Other Files
* **Java Version**: Java 6 Release 45

Recommended Requirements:

* **CPU**: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHz
* **RAM**: 4GB
* **GPU**: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3
* **HDD**: 1GB
* Latest release of Java 8 from java.com/en/download/

Software Requirements:

* Minecraft Release 1.6 or newer. Older versions will need to be updated to current versions
* Please note that some users experience issues playing Minecraft

while using a mismatched version of Java for their operating system (32
or 64 bit), while using certain versions of Java 7, or while multiple
versions of Java are installed

If you have a laptop with an a built-in (integrated) graphics card,
rather than a dedicated card, it is highly suggested that you try the
demo before purchase.

## Gameplay

Main article: Gameplay

The Player

A new game of *Minecraft*

### Player

Main article: The Player

The player is the person that the user controls in the world. When
the user starts a game, the player is put in a world, generated by a
random or specified seed, with an empty inventory. If the bonus chest option is enabled, a chest filled with basic items generates near the player. The player has a health bar with 10 hearts, and can be damaged by falls, suffocation, drowning, fire, lava, lightning, cacti, falling into the Void, and being hit by hostile mobs. Damage to health can be mitigated by armor, and health can be restored by eating food, or if difficulty is set to Peaceful, health will regenerate on its own. Hunger is also a factor if the difficulty is not set to Peaceful, depleting over time and even faster while sprinting. Food will replenish health; however, eating rotten flesh and raw chicken has a chance of poisoning the player. Depending on the difficulty level, a low hunger level will deplete a players health.
A player's skin can be changed on the profile page of Minecraft.net.

### Blocks

Main article: Blocks

Blocks are the objects that make up Minecraft, and were borrowed from *Minecraft*'s original influence, *Infiniminer*. There are different types of blocks; natural blocks such as grass, stone, and various ores are randomly generated to the world. There are also blocks that players can craft, such as a crafting table and a furnace. Resources can be extracted from blocks by hand or by using tools.
 Some of these resources are simply blocks in the player's inventory
that can be placed elsewhere, while others are used as material to
create other blocks or tools. Others yield no practical use whatsoever. Bedrock, End Portal frames, and Command Blocks are the only unbreakable blocks.

### Mining

Main article: Mining

Various ores (in proximity of lava) that can be mined

As the game's name would suggest, mining is one of the main aspects of *Minecraft*. Mining is done to extract ore and other materials from below the surface of the map. These ores include coal, iron, gold, redstone, diamond, lapis lazuli, and emerald. These are crucial in making several useful items. Mining can involve digging a hole from the surface or going down through a cave. Abandoned Mine Shafts create extra areas to look for resources.

### Crafting and smelting

Main articles: Crafting and Smelting

A Crafting Table

Crafting allows players to create new tools and blocks using items from their inventory. Crafting was first implemented in Indev, and Notch has expanded the crafting recipes with new versions, blocks, and items. To craft, a player can use the 2×2 grid in the inventory or the 3×3 grid provided by a crafting table. Smelting requires a furnace in addition to fuel, and processes blocks such as iron ore into a more useful form (e.g. iron ingot).

### Brewing and enchanting

Main articles: Brewing and Enchanting

An Enchantment Table with glyphs being absorbed into it

Brewing and enchanting were game elements added in *Minecraft* 1.0. Brewing creates potions from various ingredients and water using a Brewing Stand. They are stored in a glass bottle
 and then consumed by the player or thrown at other mobs to generate a
certain effect based on the ingredients used to create the potion.
Enchanting is also used to upgrade armor, tools, or weapons with a enchanting table. More powerful enchantments can be accessed by gaining experience and placing bookshelves around the enchanting table.

### Mobs

Main article: Mobs

A creeper in daylight

Mobs (short for Mobiles) are the animals and other creatures that inhabit the map. These include zombies that attack by melee and summon other zombies; skeletons that have a bow and arrow, spiders that jump large distances and can climb walls, and creepers that explode when near the player. Rare mobs include spider jockeys, which is a skeleton riding a spider, chicken jockeys, which is a baby zombie riding a chicken, endermen, which are tall, black creatures with purple eyes and turn aggressive when the player looks at them, and slimes, which spawn deep within the map and in swamplands. The Nether features ghasts; flying mobs that spit exploding fire balls and attack without provocation, and zombie pigmen; modified pigmen with a golden sword and are neutral, blazes; which shoot fireballs and fly, and magma cubes, which are similar to slimes but jump a bit higher). In the End, the Ender Dragon exists. Withers can be built in all dimensions.
To aid the player there are several passive mobs: pigs, cows, chickens, sheep, rabbits and squid, and three tamable mob types, wolves, ocelots, and horses. Wolves will attack enemy mobs if the player engages or is attacked by them. Cats, or tamed ocelots will keep creepers at bay and can't take fall damage. Passive mobs other than wolves yield resources when killed, such as beef, porkchops, chicken, wool, leather, and ink sacs. If killed when on fire, the meat drops are changed to steaks, cooked porkchops and cooked chickens.

There is currently only one NPC mob: villagers, which spawn and move about within their village.

### The Nether

Main article: The Nether

The Nether is a dimension in *Minecraft*, accessible from the Overworld by a Nether Portal. It was added in the Halloween Update on October 30, 2010. It was described by Notch as "a brand new hell world". It consists mainly of Netherrack and generates lakes of lava. It is populated by Zombie Pigmen, Blazes, Ghasts, Wither Skeletons, and Magma Cubes.
The Nether

### The End

Main article: The End

The End is another dimension of the game where the player battles the Ender Dragon. The End is accessible by entering an End Portal in a Stronghold. The End is composed of End Stone and is inhabited by Endermen. It also contains Obsidian Pillars and Ender Crystals that heal the Ender Dragon.
The End

### Multiplayer

Main articles: Server and Multiplayer

PvP on a multiplayer server

The multiplayer feature was introduced on June 8, 2009 for Classic, and later as SMP (Survival Multiplayer) on August 4, 2010, and has been a popular part of the game ever since. *Minecraft* multiplayer servers have developed to include their own rules and customs, guided by their administrators and moderators. The term griefer, meaning a player who causes grief, is a typical term on the internet, but has taken up its own definition on *Minecraft* servers: a person who destroys or defiles other users' creations on servers.
Griefers are the reason many server administrators make rules, but
this has been taken a step further with modifications to the Minecraft
server and even plugin-based replacement servers such as Bukkit. Because of these plugin-based servers, new user-created features have shown up in *Minecraft*.
 This includes features like money, vehicles, protection, RPG elements
and more. These features normally do not require modification to a
user's client and can be accessed by using chat commands. With the
default controls, the chat screen is brought up by pressing `T`.

One popular game on multiplayer servers is Spleef
 (a play on the word "grief"), a game where the player's aim is to make
another player drop through the floor by destroying blocks beneath the
opponent's feet. This is typically played in a designated area.

### Creation

Cave game

Notch got the idea for *Minecraft* after playing *Infiniminer* with other members of the TIGSource forums in 2009.[11] Other influences include *Dwarf Fortress*, *Dungeon Keeper*,[12] and Notch's own previous project, *RubyDung*.[13]

potential to turn into a really great game, and kept coming up with
things I wanted to change and stuff I wanted to add.

When he first started working on *Minecraft*, Notch had planned for it to just be a small project. For instance, when Notch uploaded the first YouTube video of *Minecraft* on May 13, 2009, he had not yet decided on a name, and simply referred to it as a "cave game".[15][16] The name "**Minecraft: Order of the Stone**" (a reference to *Order of the Stick*, a web comic and "one of the best things on the internet")[17] was announced the next day[18] (from a suggestion a TIGSource forums user gave in an IRC chat[19]), and then shortly after, it was shortened to "*Minecraft*" as it was much simpler and to prevent people from confusing it with *Order of the Stick*. The game was finally released for an "early private singleplayer alpha" on May 16, 2009.[20]

### Classic

Main article: Classic

*Minecraft* Classic

*Minecraft* 0.0.11a was publicly released the day after the private release on May 17, 2009,[21] and the game received mention on IndieGames.com the day after that.[22] This phase was later named *Minecraft* Classic.[23] In July, *Minecraft* was rewritten to use the Lightweight Java Gaming Library (LWJGL).[24] Until *Minecraft* Beta reintroduced it, Classic was the only version of *Minecraft* with the Creative
 game mode, which allows the player to build and destroy blocks,
allowing the creation of all sorts of objects. Players are given an
infinite amount of each block to build with. Players can still play
Classic for free on the official *Minecraft* website here in Singleplayer and also in Multiplayer here, and Notch has stated it will remain for historical purposes.

### Survival Test

Main article: Survival Test

Survival Test was released as a version of Classic on September 1,
2009. It was the introduction of Survival Mode. In it, the player now
had to mine blocks, face mobs,
 and had a health bar. If the player were to die, the map was lost, and
unless backed up, the user would have to start over with a new map,
similar to Hardcore mode.

### Indev

Main article: Indev

Indev

Indev (short for **In** **Dev**elopment) was released on December 23, 2009 after Notch
 received requests to let the community try out new features he was
implementing in Survival Test. Indev version 0.31 was released to the
public on minecraft.net/indev and available only to people who had
purchased the game. When a new game was started, the player would spawn
in a prefabricated wooden house.
Updates introduced a more complex and realistic lighting scheme than Classic. Indev received more updates after this, adding a few fundamental features to *Minecraft* as it went. During its lifespan, some updates were devoted mostly to testing new things, like torches or fire. Unique to Indev was level types, similar to biomes and the Dimensions - for example, Floating Islands and the Sky Dimension, and Hell and The Nether. Like Survival Test, if the player were to die, all progress was lost.

### Infdev

Main article: Infdev

Infdev (short for **Inf**inite **Dev**elopment) was released on February 27, 2010, and became the third phase of *Minecraft's*
 development. It featured the important addition of maps that can
generate infinitely, which extended the gameplay possibilities even
further as well as other upgrades including new crafting recipes, 3D clouds, a new terrain generator, a more realistic fluid system, and more complex caves. However, Infdev scrapped other features of Indev such as world themes.
 This in turn spelled the demise of features such as 'floating islands'
and 'permaday'. These removals are understandable, as Infdev's main
purpose was to develop infinite maps. However, some extra gameplay
features and items were added, such as the addition of minecarts and the ability to respawn. After being replaced by Alpha on June 28, 2010, Infdev remained available on the official *Minecraft* website until September 2010, when it was removed.

### Alpha

Main article: Alpha

The Nether

Alpha was released on June 28, 2010, and saw many major features added to *Minecraft*. Multiplayer for Survival was created, and features such as Redstone Circuits, boats, new music, new mobs, and a Difficulty setting were added to the game, often without announcement in "Seecret Friday Updates".
The Halloween Update on October 31, 2010 was a major update adding biomes, The Nether, new mobs, blocks and items, and other changes.

One could see Alpha's introduction of biomes as being the return, at least in part, of Indev's world themes, and indeed the Nether is not unlike the 'Hell' world theme. Another reintroduction in Alpha was the return of multiplayer. Unlike Classic's Creative multiplayer, Alpha's multiplayer was only available in Survival form (logically called Survival multiplayer.)

### Beta

Main article: Beta

Beta was the fifth and last phase of *Minecraft's* development
before its official release. Beta was released on December 20, 2010.
Features that were added include a new logo and launcher, achievements and statistics, weather, Smooth Lighting, dyes, more plant types (two new types of trees and Tall Grass), wolves and squid, beds, and other blocks and items.
The Adventure Update
 was a major set of updates, focusing on exploring, combat, and add an
ending to the game. Features added include new terrain generator, new
mobs, blocks, biomes, and items. More generated structures where added; villages, strongholds, abandoned mine shafts. Changes to general gameplay include an improved combat system including critical hits and experience, a reintroduced Creative Mode, Hardcore Mode, and a way to finish the game by traveling to The End and defeating the Ender Dragon.

Originally planned to be started in Beta 1.7, the first part of the
Adventure Update was released as Beta 1.8 on September 14, 2011.
Starting on September 9th, 2011, developmental versions were "leaked" by Mojang.[25]
 Beta 1.9 was never released, but 6 pre-releases using the 1.9 version
number were made available for users to test and report bugs back to
Mojang. On October 18, a feature freeze went into effect and Mojang
shifted all *Minecraft* development focus to fixing bugs and preparing the game for release.[26]
 On November 13 a release candidate of 1.0 was released, along with an
official update to 1.8.1 that added sounds from the developmental
version.[27]

It is still playable on the Minecraft launcher by checking the "old
Beta Minecraft versions" option in the Profile Editor window.

### *Minecraft* 1.0

The Ender Dragon in The End

Main article: Minecraft 1.0

The official release of *Minecraft*, *Minecraft 1.0*, was released on November 18, 2011, during MineCon. The release includes many features from the Adventure Update that were not included in Beta 1.8. The most prominent feature is an ending to the game, which can be achieved by defeating the Ender Dragon boss in The End. For the full version changelog of *Minecraft 1.0*, see Version History.

Subsequent updates have since been released, with additions such as
new gameplay mechanics, new mobs and biomes. For the full list of
additions since *Minecraft 1.0*, see Version history.

### Table of features

Below is a short summary of what features each new milestone introduces.

### Pocket Edition

Main article: Pocket Edition

*Minecraft Pocket Edition* was released on August 16, 2011 and is designed for mobile platforms, with gameplay similar to Classic. It debuted on Sony's Xperia Play Android phone. The game is being developed by Mojang employees Jens Bergensten, Aron Nieminen, Johan Bernhardsson, Daniel Kaplan and Tommaso Checchi.
 A version for all supported Android phones was released on October 7,
2011 after the exclusivity agreement between Sony and Mojang expired and
 the touch screen controls were added.[28][29] On November 16, a version for iOS was released.

### Console Edition

Main article: Console Edition

Minecraft was released on Xbox 360 on May 9, 2012. It was announced by Mojang on June 7, 2011 at E3 and the release date was announced on March 22nd through PlayXBLA's Twitter account. Kinect support will be available later on.
It was also released on PlayStation 3. It was announced August 20, 2013 and performs identically to the Xbox 360 Edition.

### Lego *Minecraft*

Main article: Lego Minecraft

In December 2011, Mojang submitted the concept of *Minecraft* merchandise to Lego for the Lego Cuusoo program, from which it quickly received 10,000 votes by users, prompting Lego to review the concept.[30] On January 24, 2012, Lego Cuusoo announced the concept was approved and they would develop sets based around *Minecraft*. In February 2012, the first Lego *Minecraft* set of *Micro World* was showcased and made available for pre-orders, with a release set for the summer of 2012.[31]

## Modifications and third-party programs

### Plugin API

Main article: Plugin API

Notch has always planned to add a plugin API, and announced official
plans to support one in the game on April 26, 2011. As of yet it has not
 been implemented. In a post before the release of *Minecraft 1.0*, Notch said that the plugin API would be coming along with a new launcher.[32]
When Jeb became head of *Minecraft's*
 development in December 2011, he stated that the plugin API would be
his top priority, as "there is no way in hell I will be able to add as
much content as the whole internet can do". He said that they were
talking to existing mod developers such as Bukkit, Minecraft Forge, and Minecraft Coder Pack.[33]

### Resource packs

Main article: Resource pack

The game officially supports changing most of its various textures,
sounds, and text through resource packs. These have to contain a certain
 structure of files and folders, contained in a .zip archive file and
placed in the resourcepacks folder of the .minecraft folder. The
resource packs, as well as the folder, can be accessed in the options
menu. The extent to which the resources are changed is dependent on how
many files are contained in the resource pack.

### Unofficial mods

Main article: Mods

*Minecraft* can be modified by replacing or adding Java class files to minecraft.jar.
 This method of making modifications are not supported by Mojang as they
 can break the game if the mod is outdated, defective, or is conflicting
 with another mod. Some of these user created modifications have been
found to impress Notch and the original authors have been attributed
under Additional Programming; an implementation of Paul Spooner's Forestry editor script (not actually an internal mod) and Hippoplatimus' Piston Mod was added in Infdev (April 13, 2010) and Beta 1.7, respectively, although the Forester script was later removed in Infdev.[34][35][36][37]

### Third-party programs

Main article: Programs and editors

There as many programs designed for *Minecraft*. These include
3D map editors and viewers, game modifiers, various informational
programs (such as crafting recipes), and server wrappers, and other
specialty programs. As with mods, these too are not supported by Mojang.

## Platforms

Notch with the Pocket Edition of *Minecraft*.

The cover art for *Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition*.

*Minecraft* sales data.

### Computer

The original platform for *Minecraft* and its most popular version. Runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, started through the launcher or browser.

Other versions of *Minecraft* for the computer include *Minecraft 4k* and the *PC Gamer Minecraft Demo*. 4k is a simple version of *Minecraft*
 in the style of other "4k" Java games Notch that has entered in
contests. PC Gamer Demo is a version of Beta 1.3 with helpful dialogs
and a 100 minute play time limit.

### Pocket Edition

Main article: Pocket Edition

*Minecraft Pocket Edition* is designed for mobile platforms,
with gameplay similar to Beta. It features many blocks, a local WiFi
multiplayer and is currently available on Google Play and the iTunes App
 Store.

### Console Edition

Main article: Console Edition

*Minecraft: Console Edition* refers to the port of the 1.3.2 PC version of *Minecraft*
 for consoles. Although almost identical to the PC edition in most
aspects, there are several notable distinctions between the two. The Xbox 360 Edition is designed to be able to use Kinect, although optional. The game has been continuously updated by its developers, 4J Studios.

### Pi Edition

Main article: Pi Edition

*Minecraft: Pi Edition* is a ported version of the 0.5.0 version of *Pocket Edition* for the Raspberry Pi.[38]
 It is completely free to download and is intended as an educational
tool for novice programmers, allowing users to manipulate the game code.
 It supports multiple programming languages.

## Reception

 93/100
 A+
 9/10
 10/10
 9.25/10
 8.5/10
 5/5
 9.0/10

*Minecraft* was first made available for sale during June 2009 and has since sold over 19 million copies. *Minecraft*
 has received high acclaim from critics and has since become one of the
most influential and successful indie games ever released. A level of
popularity which has created an entirely new genre of Minecraft clones.[39] The game has been praised for the creative freedom it grants its players in-game, and for how dynamic the overall gameplay is. *PC Gamer* listed *Minecraft* as the fourth-best game to play at work.[40]

A review of the Alpha version, by Scott Munro of the *Daily Record*, called it "already something special" and urged readers to buy it.[41] Jim Rossignol of *Rock, Paper, Shotgun* also recommended the alpha of the game, calling it "a kind of generative 8-bit Lego *S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl*."[42] On September 17, 2010, gaming webcomic *Penny Arcade* began a series of comics and news posts about the addictiveness of the game.[43] Video game talk show *Good Game* gave it a 7.5 and 9 out of 10, praising its creativity and customization, though they criticized its lack of a tutorial.[44]

On May 5, 2011, *Minecraft* was selected as one of the 80 games
that will be displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of
 "The Art of Video Games" exhibit that will open on March 16, 2012.[45][46]

### Awards

Mojang's trophies

Since release *Minecraft* has won numerous awards including:

* *PC Gamer's* "Game of the Year"[47]
* Independent Games Festival's Grand Prize and "Audience Award"[48]
* *Good Game's* "Best Downloadable Game of 2010"[49]
* *Rock Paper Shotgun's* "Game of the Year"[50]
* Indie DB's "Indie of the Year", "Most Innovative and Best Singleplayer Indie"[51]
* Game Developers Choice Awards's "Best Debut Game", "Best Downloadable Game" and "Most Innovative Game Award"[52]

## References in popular culture

Many references have been made in culture in response to the popularly of *Minecraft*, this includes many memes and also references in these video games:

* In *Super Meat Boy*, Steve?[53] is an unlockable character. He is known as Mr. Minecraft in this game.
* In *Battlefield Heroes*, you could get a Royal Minecraft T-Shirt or a National Minecraft T-Shirt from the 29th to the 31st of July, 2011.[54]
* In *Team Fortress 2*, there is a hat called Top Notch that resembles Notch's avatar in a cubic form.[55] Notch is the only person to have this hat.
* In *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim* and *The Binding of Isaac*, an item called the "Notched Pickaxe" can be found and used, referencing the game's creator Notch, and the pickaxes which feature prominently in *Minecraft*.[56][57]
* In *ChopLifter HD*, there is a hidden island with Steve and chickens in the "Operation Charlie Takedown" mission.[58] When you save him, you unlock an in-game achievement. It should be noted that Steve is called "Blockhead" in this game.
* In *Quube Twodee*, one of the levels has a Creeper face.[*citation needed*]
* In the PlayStation 3 game, *PixelJunk Shooter 2*, there's a small Creeper in the title screen hidden among other enemies native to *Shooter 2*.[*citation needed*]
* In *Family Guy Online*, the "Did you know?" section of the loading screen has a chance of saying "Minecraft!".[*citation needed*]
* In *Borderlands 2*, there is a hidden section of the game with blocks in the style of *Minecraft's* stone and ore blocks, which are breakable. There are also enemy Creepers in this same area.
* In *Torchlight 2*, there is an area called "Notch's Mine." In

it are Creepers, that can be killed for loot. There are also hidden
swords in the game with the same graphics as swords in *Minecraft*.

* In season 17 of South Park, the 2nd episode depicted 2 characters playing Minecraft.
* In Patch 1.13 of *Awesomenauts*, a new skin for the character

Clunk was added known as Creeper Clunk. It is unlocked by killing a
player using the Creeper Clunk skin.[59]

* A vehichle card in *Dusk of D.A.W.N.* is called "Mine Craft". The description at the bottom says "The Mine Craft is truly top-notch".[60] Notch's Twitter picture is hidden on the card.
* One of the many paths in *The Stanley Parable* will eventually take the player to a Minecraft world.
* In *Plague Inc*, a popular mobile game, there is a chance a

message in the news will appear about a "Top notch diamond mine in
Sweden, attracting Miners and Crafters". this is a reference to the
value of diamonds, Notch, and the game itself.

* In *Geometry Dash*, completing Hexagon Force in normal mode unlocks a Creeper icon.

## Films

### Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

Main article: Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is a documentary created by 2 Player
Productions about the history and development of Mojang AB. The movie
was announced on February 21, 2011, was streamed on Xbox Live on
December 22, 2012, and publicly released on other platforms the next
day.

### Theatrical Film

On February 27, 2014, Notch posted on Twitter that someone was trying to leak Mojang's partnership with Warner Bros. about a *Minecraft* film. He stated that he wanted to be the leak.

On March 2, 2014, the movie's script had been started, and the movie was confirmed to be live action.[61]

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