Minecraft Receives How To Train Your Dragon DLC

Stuff like this is interesting, but usually doesn't hold any water. The designers over at Mojang didn't intend for this to officially happen either, all of this only exists because of Microsoft. But I suppose some kids would enjoy it.

I rather have them do more mash up packs that give a pre build portion of a world that you can use in any game mode, a texture pack and a skin pack than these “mods” that can only be used within the “mod” world itself.

A younger me would be losing it right now.

I bought some dlc a while back, but apparently that wasn't linked to any accou t so now it is lost. Not making that mistake again.

No more MC dlc for me.

I’ve been waiting for you guys to post this so I could talk about high stoked I am! Httyd is my favorite film series, and Minecraft is one of my favorite games, so this is a dream come true!

Pretty sure stuff like this is why MS is making it harder and harder for modders to do their thing in Minecraft. None of the official DLC I have seen is anywhere near as cool as the mods out there.

But since MS has shut down Mojang accounts and is merging them into MS accounts, most mod launchers don't work anymore.

The modding community of Minecraft has been one of the main reasons for the game's longevity. Many many people have played Minecraft for years and years because of the abundance of great mods out there.

But now that MS has caught on that they can sell paid DLC packs like this, they've been quietly making it harder for modders.

@darkswabber me and my niece was so confused when we couldn’t use the “modern furniture” mod on our survival world

Ah yes, paid mods. This is why Java edition is the better version.

How to Train Your Blocky Dragon

@Heavyarms55 Realize that the marketplace pays content creators, so Gamemode one, the devs for this pack are likely to get most of the profit. It allows creators to live off of their content, making it easier for them to do this full time, rather than harder.

@MasterJay Realize that, for years Minecraft was one of the most popular games to mod and it was all free, so long as you paid for the base game.

But now MS is pushing bedrock super hard because that's where they can sell packs like this. And they have actively made it harder to mod the game. Fans had built their own launcher and it installed modpacks automatically. But MS changed the rules and doesn't allow those anymore.

@Heavyarms55 Yes, these free mods will continue to be available though, and they provided very little revenue for the studios behind them. Microsoft isn’t selling this pack, Gamemode One is, they are making the money from it. This is Microsoft helping small developers make a living, not punishing players. Mojang never officially supported third party launchers from the beginning, though they will still continue to work if they support MSA authentication after the account migration occurs.

@MasterJay Make whatever excuses for them you like. If you think MS isn't doing this for and because of profit, well, I'd like to live in your reality.

@Heavyarms55 Of course Mojang is doing it for profit. They don’t make anything off the constant free updates they’ve put out over the past 10 years. I’m just saying that none of these practices are anti consumer or anti community. The marketplace and account migration are to aid consumers and give the community a place to thrive and build paid content on to bring in revenue. Here’s an article on how Noxcrew has been able to hire practically an entire indie studio thanks to the marketplace: https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/26/noxcrew-is-a-full-game-studio-making-content-for-minecraft-marketplace/

I wasn't able to find this alleged free Character Creator item in the menus, and not a single article names this item or says how to get it. I'm not at all sure it's really there.