Marketplace

The Marketplace (Minecraft Store on PlayStation 4) is an in-game store, where players can purchase access to skins, add-ons and worlds^[1] from community creators, who in turn get reimbursed for their creations. Players can access these by spending Minecoins (or Tokens on PlayStation 4), which can be bought with their own currency, or bought directly.

Cost of Minecoins

Note: Pricing is the same for Tokens on PlayStation 4. (Tax and Fees are subject to change by country and area.)

• 320  for US$1.99
• 1,020  for US$5.99
• 1,720  for US$9.99
• 3,500  for US$19.99
• 8,800  for US$49.99

Requirements

The Marketplace is a service that can only be accessed by players that meet these requirements:

• The player must have purchased the full version of Bedrock Edition (not including Legacy Console Editions or Apple TV)
• The player must have a stable internet connection

Content

There are 4 different categories of content available on the Marketplace, including Skin Packs, Worlds, Texture Packs and Mash-up Packs. There is currently no option to purchase individual add-ons that are not exclusively packaged with a world. All purchased content instantly syncs to your Microsoft account unless you are not signed into your Xbox profile, in which case it will be saved locally to your device.

All content is submitted by official Minecraft partners and is approved by the Minecraft Content Team.

Skin Packs

Skins Packs are collections of custom skins that players can use in both singleplayer and multiplayer games. Depending on the specific content, some Skin Packs provide 1 or 2 free skins for you to use without needing to purchase.

Worlds

Worlds are pre-built maps that offer wide variety of in-game experiences. Not to be confused with Mash-up packs, Worlds can also include custom textures, blocks, items and mobs and be bundled with bonus skins.

Adventure Maps

Adventure maps are self-contained experiences that focus on exploring and other types of guided gameplay. These types of worlds can range from PvP arenas to simulators and can be designed for singleplayer, multiplayer or both.

Mini-Games

Mini-games are compact worlds with a specific theme or goal that are designed to be repeatable. These can feature a set of different gamemodes and variants or be designed to reset continuously.

Survival Spawns

Survival spawns are starter maps that players can explore, gain loot from and expand. Maps of this type can sometimes add an entirely new aspect to the game but will still allow players to experience the world as they normally would in survival mode.

Texture Packs

Texture Packs allow players to change the visual appearance of worlds. These packs can also customize other in-game elements such as sounds, items, the GUI and the geometry/ shape of mobs. Texture Packs are only able to alter existing features in Minecraft and cannot add new mobs, blocks or items.

Mash-up Packs

Mash-up Packs are special bundles that combine a world, texture pack and skins. Unlike Worlds, texture packs included in Mash-up Packs can be used across other singleplayer worlds and even servers.

History

Pocket Edition
April 10, 2017					Marketplace announced.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.8			Marketplace added.
1.1.5					Moved all Marketplace related modules into a separate library.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added an option to buy 3500 coins for US$19.99.
1.2.0					Part of the sales content of Xbox One Marketplace are now offered in the Marketplace as Xbox One Edition has now become part of Bedrock Edition.[2]
1.2.5		beta 1.2.5.0			Added a 5-star content rating system to the Marketplace.
		beta 1.2.5.12			Added an option to buy 8800 coins for US$49.99.
1.2.13		beta 1.2.13.5			Added search functionality to the Marketplace.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added an inventory section to allow the player to manage their acquired content.
					Added sorting and filtering to the Marketplace
1.7.0		beta 1.7.0.2			Finding purchased content, searching, and going home from the top of the Marketplace screen has been made easier.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			The player can now send links to Marketplace content using the share button.
					Content can now be sorted by 'Updates available' in the Marketplace inventory.
					Content can now be sorted and filtered by rating.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			There have been some small changes to the downloads.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.53			Added various UI elements to communicate ray tracing capabilities in the Marketplace (Windows 10 Only).
					Resource packs in the Marketplace are now aware of ray tracing capabilities and will display a label indicating support in the UI.
					Attempting to purchase and/or download a resource pack that requires ray tracing will notify the user of a purchasing error when that user does not have the required min-spec hardware.

Gallery

Promotional

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  Artwork of Steve and Alex, used to promote the Summer sale.

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  Another render, featuring a dolphin and baby turtles.

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  Promotional artwork of several Minecoins.

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  Promotional banner of Zuri, made for the 2023 Summer Celebration.^[3]

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  Kai and several mobs looking at many Marketplace items.

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Screenshots

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  The front page of the Marketplace.

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  The My Content page.

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  An empty wishlist page.

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  The New Releases page.

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  The Pop Culture tab, where collaborative DLC is promoted.

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  The Staff Picks tab.

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  The Top Sellers page.

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  An error screen on the Marketplace, specifically the Staff Picks tab.

Assets

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  Pixel art representing 320 Minecoins.

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  Pixel art representing 960 Minecoins.

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  Pixel art representing 1600 Minecoins, depicting a chest.

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  Pixel art representing 3200 Minecoins, featuring two minecarts.

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  Pixel art representing 8,000 Minecoins, featuring an ender chest.

Trivia

• Before the Minecraft Marketplace was introduced, real money was used to buy the in-game Texture Packs and Skins. When Mojang did it this way, all of the content had to pass certification on every single platform. The Marketplace and Minecoins were introduced to avoid this.^{[citation needed]}
• Any packs that were bought before the Marketplace was introduced read "Owned (P)" instead of "Owned".
• On PlayStation 4, Tokens are used instead of Minecoins and do not transfer to or from other platforms.^[4] They are light, matte blue and have a large T in the middle instead of an M.
• Skins, add-ons and worlds downloaded from the Marketplace are not stored in the of the skin_packs, behavior_packs, resource_packs or minecraftWorlds of the com.mojang folder. They are instead stored in the premium_cache folder and are encrypted.

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