Mojang has announced a monthly subscription for Minecraft called Marketplace Pass, which gives payers access to “over 150 different content packs” from the game's Marketplace.
The content offered each month will change and include skins, texture packs, and adventure maps. There will also be new character creator items every month that you can keep for free, Mojang said in its announcement blog.
Marketplace Pass is only available in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, so anyone playing the Java version will not be able to subscribe.
Minecraft x Market PassThe Game Pass version of Minecraft costs $3.99 per month, which is cheaper than the Realms Plus subscription, but it doesn't include a personal server, so it's recommended for players who prefer to go it alone. Both subscriptions give access to the same content each month.
If you end your Marketplace Pass, any world templates saved in cloud storage can be downloaded for 18 months, but all character creator items claimed will remain linked to your Minecraft account.
A major new Minecraft Vanilla update is coming in mid-2024, along with the winner of the most recent mob vote, the mighty armadillo. You can read full details on what's in the works for Minecraft in 2024 in Matt's Minecraft Live 2023 report.
Outside of the game, a Minecraft film adaptation is in the works, with The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge announced as the newest addition to its cast. Last year, Warner Bros. gave the film a revised release date of April 4, 2025, and filming reportedly began in New Zealand last summer.
