Editing Minecraft Earth (section)

=== Discontinuation ===
On January 5, 2021, Mojang Studios released the final update to ''Minecraft Earth'', [[MCE:0.33.0|0.33.0]], and announced that the game's servers would be taken offline after June 30, 2021, citing the current global situation. On that day, the game was removed from the respective app stores.<ref name=":3" /> Players who open the app after that date are greeted with this message, which includes a link to information about the shutdown:
{{Q|Dear Minecraft Earth players,<br>We have been on an amazing adventure together, bringing the wonder of Minecraft into the real world. We have built masterpieces, collected amazing new mobs, and even dug deep into the ground on incredible Epic{{sic}} adventures.<br>We have made the difficult discussion{{sic}} to end support for Minecraft Earth as of June 30th, 2021.<br>Thanks for playing and we hope to see you in Minecraft.<br>– The Minecraft Earth Team}}
Returning players who logged in before the discontinuation received an exclusive [[Character creator]] “Hero” outfit set. Moreover, any returning player who had a remaining paid ruby balance before the shutdown would receive a free copy of [[Bedrock Edition|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]].