Minecraft Earth - online puzzles

Minecraft Earth is an upcoming augmented reality sandbox game developed by Mojang and published by Xbox Game Studios. A spin-off of the video game Minecraft, it was first announced in May 2019, and will be available on Android, iOS, and iPadOS. The game is free-to-play, and was first released in early access in October 2019.

Gameplay

Similar to Minecraft, Minecraft Earth is centered around building structures, gathering resources, crafting, and exploration. The game utilizes the same Bedrock game engine as other versions of Minecraft. In "build mode", players can build augmented reality structures on "Buildplates" in collaboration with other players, then explore them in full size with "play mode". In both Build mode and Play mode, the buildplates are overlayed onto the real world using augmented reality (AR) and the built-in phone camera. Players can gather resources by collecting "tappables" in the in-game map and by completing "adventures" which may be a puzzle, a specific task, or a virtual location with hostile entities to defeat. Minecraft Earth takes into account physical objects such as trees and lakes so there are fewer incidents and interferences with the AR simulation. Minecraft Earth includes many different kinds of in-game entities called "mobs" that are exclusive variations of the mobs in Minecraft. The game has two in-game currencies: "rubies" and "minecoins". Rubies can be earned through gameplay or purchased with real money, and can be used to purchase items that affect gameplay such as "build plates".