Minecraft: Story Mode

Minecraft: Story Mode takes place in an interpretation of the world of Minecraft, where the game is the extent of the characters' universe, and the characters are unaware that they are in a game.[18] The main character, Jesse, is an inexperienced resident of said universe who sets out on a journey with their friends within the world of Minecraft to find The Order of the Stone (Gabriel the Warrior, Ellegaard the Redstone Engineer, Magnus the Rogue, Soren the Architect and Ivor the Potion Brewer and Enchanter), five legendary adventurers who saved the Minecraft world.[19] The game includes settings that are normally difficult to access from within Minecraft, including the Nether and The End.[19]

The player can customize Jesse, including choice of gender and skin tone. Jesse is voiced by Patton Oswalt if male and by Catherine Taber if female.[20] Other main characters within the Minecraft: Story Mode world include Jesse's friends Petra (voiced by Ashley Johnson),[16] Axel (Brian Posehn), Olivia (Martha Plimpton), Lukas (Scott Porter), and Jesse's pet pig, Reuben (Dee Bradley Baker). Secondary characters include The Order of the Stone: Gabriel (Dave Fennoy), Magnus (Corey Feldman), Ellegaard (Grey Griffin), Soren (John Hodgman) and Ivor (Paul Reubens), the latter of whom becomes a main character from episode five onwards; former Ocelot member and Blazing Rods leader Aiden (Matthew Mercer); the ruler of Sky City, the Founder (Melissa Hutchison); Milo (Jim Meskimen); Minecraft YouTubers CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, LDShadowLady, Stampy Cat and Stacy Plays (all played by themselves); Torque Dawg (Adam Harrington); Cassie Rose/The White Pumpkin (Ashly Burch); the super-computer PAMA (Jason 'jtop' Topolski); its creator and former Old Builder Harper (Yvette Nicole Brown); the Old Builders: Hadrian (Jim Cummings), Mevia (Kari Wahlgren) and Otto (Jamie Alcroft); and Emily (Audrey Wasilewski).

The are also several background characters, such as Maya, Ivy and a Fangirl (GK Bowes); Owen (Owen Hill); Gill (Phil LaMarr); Aiden and Otis (Matthew Mercer); an EnderCon Usher named Reuben (Jason 'jtop' Topolski); a Fanboy (Billy West); Lydia (Lydia Winters); and the EnderCon Building Competition Announcer (Erin Yvette). Stauffer said that the human characters as a whole represent the different types of gamers who play Minecraft.[19] Billy West narrates the first four episodes of the story.[21][22][23]

This is a broad overview of the plot. Certain decisions made by the player will alter details of specific events.

A long time ago, a group of friends—Gabriel (a warrior), Magnus (a TNT expert), Ellegaard (a Redstone mechanic), and Soren (a sorcerer)—travelled to the End and defeated the Ender Dragon, leading to them being hailed as heroes and becoming known as "The Order of the Stone." In the present, Jesse, their friends, Olivia and Axel, and pet pig Reuben, prepare for the annual EnderCon building competition, which they lose every year to their rivals, the Ocelots. When the Ocelots attempt to sabotage their build, Reuben is scared away into the woods, so Jesse goes after him, in the process stumbling upon their friend Petra, who convinces them to help her sell a Wither skull to a man named Ivor at EnderCon. However, Ivor tricks them and makes off with the skull, so Jesse and their friends pursue him to his hidden underground laboratory, discovering that he plans to attack Gabriel (who is a guest speaker at EnderCon) with a special Wither that has a Command Block in its chest, in order to prove he isn't a true hero. However, the situation soon escalates as Ivor loses control of the Wither, which transforms into the Wither Storm and begins to consume everything in its path. Jesse, their friends, and the friendly Ocelot leader Lukas manage to escape through a Nether portal at Gabriel's nearby fortress, though both he and Petra are sucked into the Wither Storm, not before Gabriel gives Jesse an Amulet and tells them to find the other members of the Order of the Stone.

Jesse and company make their way out of the Nether through a mine minecart track system left by the Order, and arrive at the Order's old temple, where they discover that Ivor is the Order's former potions expert, and that the Amulet can be used to locate the other members. Jesse then leaves with Axel/Olivia to find Magnus/Ellegaard and eventually succeeds in convincing whoever they chose to join them. Upon returning from Boomtown/Redstonia, Jesse discovers that whoever they didn't chose to come with them found the other Order member on their own, and is reunited with Petra/Gabriel, who managed to escape from the Wither Storm. Upon locating Soren, the group travels to his secret lab in the hopes that his invention, the Formidi-Bomb, could destroy the Wither Storm. There, they encounter Ivor, who escapes after a brief fight, claiming that the Order can't stop the Wither Storm, and Jesse discovers that Petra/Gabriel is slowly dying from the Wither Sickness. Eventually, the group find a portal to the End, where they discover that Soren has built a lab to study the Endermen. Jesse convinces Soren to help and, upon escaping from pursuing Endermen back to the Overworld, volunteers to place the "F-Bomb" into the Wither Storm's chest, as destroying its Command Block is the only way to stop it. However, the bomb fails to destroy the Command Block and the Wither Storm regenarates, with Magnus/Ellegaard being killed in the process. The group, joined by an amnesiac Petra/Gabriel (who was released from the Wither Storm alongside the other consumed people), make their escape.

The group are approached by Ivor, who offers to help them stop the Wither Storm. Jesse leaves the Amulet in Axel's care (as it attracts the Wither Storm) and departs with Olivia, Soren, Ivor, Gabriel/Petra (the amnesiac), and potentially Lukas (if Jesse convinced him to stay rather than leave to find the other Ocelots) to find Ivor's lab in the Far Lands, where they could enchante a weapon to destroy the Command Block. Along the way, Ivor is separated from the rest. Upon reaching the lab and overcoming several puzzles, Jesse gains access to a room where he finds the End Crystals supposedly destroyed in the Order's battle with the Ender Dragon, leading Soren to admit that the Order is a fraud and used a Command Block to cheat their way to glory, before Ivor returns and reveals that he intended to use the Wither Storm to reveal the Order's true nature. Jesse then builds the enchanted weapon and, optionally, takes a new armor, before the group return to face the Wither Storm, aided by Soren's Endermen and, optionally, the Ocelots (if Lukas left earlier to find them). Ultimately, Jesse is able to destroy the Command Block, though Reuben is killed in the process.

In the aftermath of the Wither Storm's defeat, the world slowly returns to normal and all people infected by the Wither Sickness are cured (including Gabriel and Petra). Gabriel may then reveal (at Jesse and Ivor's advice) the Order's true nature to the world, and Jesse and their friends become the "New Order of the Stone," being hailed as heroes.

Three months later, the New Order of the Stone—Jesse, Axel, Olivia and Petra—investigate an ancient jungle temple, finding an enchanted Flint and Steel. Outside the temple, they are accosted by the "Blaze Rods," the reformed Ocelots, led by Aiden, who is bitter towards their newfound fame. Back in Beacontown, Jesse and Petra show their findings to Ivor, who reveals the temple and the Flint and Steel as products of an ancient group of master builders known as the "Old Builders." Furthermore, the Flint and Steel are supposedly the key to the "Eversource," the Builders' unlimited supply of building material. The trio and Lukas (now the New Order's librarian) return to the temple for more clues and use the Flint and Steel to open a portal, but the Blaze Rods steal it and escape through the portal. Pursuing them, Jesse, Ivor, Petra and Lukas find themselves on a floating island and build their way to Sky City, only to discover building is forbidden and that the Blaze Rods have befriended the Founder, Sky City's ruler, in an attempt to get the Eversource. While being pursued by the authorities, Jesse is either captured alongside Ivor and Lukas, or escapes with Petra and Milo, the leader of an underground rebellion known as the "Build Club," who build in secret. Either way, the group is ultimately reunited and they find the Eversource: a chicken that lays spawn eggs. Aiden and the Founder then appear, and the former betrays the latter, throwing her, Jesse and possibly Lukas over the edge. They land in an untouched overworld, which was below Sky City all along, much to the Founder's surprise, before returning to Sky City. They find the Blaze Rods using the Eversource to spawn hostile mobs and terrorize the citizens, and, while Jesse defeats Aiden, the city is badly damaged, so everyone evacuates to the overworld, where the Blaze Rods are arrested and Jesse allows either the Founder (actually named Isa), Milo, or both to rule and start a new civilization.

Afterwards, Jesse, Petra, Ivor and Lukas find a portal which takes them to a portal-filled corridor. While travelling between them in search for a way back home, they arrive in a graveyard with an invitation to a supposed party at a nearby mansion. Upon escaping from pursuing zombies, the group arrive at the mansion and meet well-known Minecraft YouTubers CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, LDShadowLady/Lizzie, Stampy Cat and Stacy Hinojosa, as well TorqueDawg and Cassie Rose. However, after both TorqueDawg and CaptainSparklez are killed with traps by a mysterious individual known as the "White Pumpkin," who claims to be after the enchanted Flint and Steel, Jesse leads an investigation to find their identity. During the investigation, Dan/Lizzie is also killed. Ultimately, Jesse, Petra and Stampy find evidence pointing towards Cassie, who admits to the murders, before being seemingly killed by one of her own traps. As Jesse and their friends prepare to leave, they are caught by Cassie, still alive, who claims to have been trapped in this world for years, and requires the Flint and Steel to leave. Jesse ultimately defeats Cassie, leaving her trapped on a small platform, and departs with their friends, returning to the portal corridor.

The next portal takes the group to a desert world ruled by the super-computer PAMA (Prototype Autonomous Management Agent), who enslaved the local population. After it takes control of Petra and Lukas, Jesse and Ivor escape, aided by Harper, PAMA's creator, who claims her intentions were good, wishing to have mobs help with work, and reveals herself as an Old Builder. She takes them to her secret lab to retrieve something that could help stop PAMA, but they are found by its minions, who capture Harper, though Jesse manages to free Petra/Lukas. The remaining trio then gain access to Harper's VR headset, which Jesse uses to take control of a zombie and discreetly free Harper, who points them to PAMA's power source, the Redstone Heart, before the headset is destroyed. With Ivor and Petra/Lukas' aid, Jesse makes their way to the Redstone Heart, destroying it and freeing everyone enslaved by PAMA. After optionally defending Harper in front of the enraged townspeople, Jesse finishes the portal started by PAMA to invade other worlds, which takes them back to the portal corridor, where Harper reveals a hidden stairway to the other Old Builders' world, who possess an item called the Portal Atlas that can show them the way home.

Jesse and their friends find themselves forced to participate in a game of Spleef held by the Old Builders, during which Lukas and Petra/Ivor are killed. An enraged Jesse confronts the Old Builders—Hadrian, Mevia and Otto—who reveal their friends have respawned nearby and have to work in Nether Quartz mines until the next game. Jesse then makes a deal with Hadrian to give them the Atlas if they win three games, before Harper appears to take Jesse and Petra/Ivor to the competitors' village and warn them that the games are impossible to win, though Otto, the only honest Builder, may help Jesse. After Jesse gets Lukas and Petra/Ivor out of the mines, Otto warns them that Hadrian and Mevia will most likely change the rules so that Jesse loses anyways. Jesse wins the second competition - a race - though Petra/Ivor is killed, and meets with Hadrian again, who reveals he used to Atlas to learn aboud Jesse's background and kidnapped Olivia, Axel, and Reuben (a random EnderCon usher) to force Jesse to lose the last game and work in the mines forever in exchange for their friends' safe return home. However, Jesse stages a rebellion among the competitors so that everyone wins, and defeats Hadrian and Mevia with their friends' aid.

Afterwards, Otto gives Jesse the Atlas and everyone returns to the portal corridor, from where all competitors return to their respective homes; at Jesse's advice, Harper may instead seek a new home to avoid her people's wrath, Emily (a competitor who befriended Jesse) may continue playing the games, or they may both go with Jesse and their friends. Back home, Jesse shows Axel and Olivia the treasures from their adventures (the Eversource's crown, the White Pumpkin mask, and the Redstone Heart), before noticing that Ivor has left with the Atlas and the enchanted Flint and Steel in search for a new adventure, and deciding to go after him or wait until he returns.

In a post-credits scene, Hadrian and Mevia are shown trapped in a world of zombie-sized chickens, or chicken-sized zombies (depending on the very first choice in Episode 1).

One year has passed since the last season ended. Lukas narrates a novel on Season One as per the Order's various adventures. As he finishes, Jesse, Axel and Olivia (Natasha Loring) provide feedback for the novel. Jesse's new intern, Radar (Yuri Lowenthal), appears, notifying Jesse and their friends of an upcoming adventure with Petra, and Jesse's Founding Day preparations (an annual celebration of Beacontown's founding). However, Axel and Olivia have to prepare for Founding Day in their respective cities (Boom Town and Redstonia), and Lukas desires to work on his novel. They part ways, and Jesse and Radar venture into Beacontown, helping citizens prepare. Afterwards, Jesse heads to the mines to meet Petra, who wants Jesse's help to capture a "mystery creature" running through the cave system.

The two race to apprehend the mystery creature, which turns out to be a llama. After successfully obtaining it, they stumble onto a large underground chamber, with a sand pyramid in the middle; perched atop is a prismarine glove/gauntlet. Jesse investigates it, and it suddenly clamps onto Jesse's hand. He/she cannot get it off, and it occasionally whispers Jesse's name. The sand pyramid suddenly falls apart, revealing a bottomless pit (which Petra dubs a "heckmouth") underneath. Jesse and Petra cover it up with dirt, and the three make their way back to the surface. Petra reveals that Stella (Ashley Albert), the leader of a nearby city called Champion City, "borrowed" Petra's valuable golden sword. Stella forces Petra to go on quests, such as finding her runaway llama (named Lluna), before it will be returned. They head to Champion City to take Lluna to Stella, who considers Jesse to be her lifelong rival (although they had never met before). After Petra returns Lluna and demands the sword back, Stella reveals it all to be a scam and refuses to return the sword. She heads into her treasure room. Jesse and Petra secretly follow her, and after threatening her, she surrenders the sword.

Petra and Jesse begin to walk back to Beacontown, when they suddenly see the "heckmouth" blow through the ground and spit out charged creepers. The two cover it up again, and continue running for town, where Petra knows of a legendary treasure hunter and adventurer named Jack (Fred Tatasciore); she thinks he can help Jesse with the "heckmouth" and the gauntlet. When they arrive, he is visibly shocked to see the gauntlet, and admits that he found one once; upon his (and two friends of his) following it to a very dangerous Ocean Monument, both of his friends were killed. He at first refuses to take them, as he is the only one who knows where it is, but Jesse convinces him. Jack tells them that an ancient magic block, called the "Structure Block," is hidden in the monument, and is the key to closing the pit. (This is a real block in Minecraft, used by level creators to load buildings instantly.) Jesse, Petra, Jack and Nurm (Mark Barbolak) (Jack's cartographer villager friend) leave for the Monument.

As they travel, Jack informs them of how the ocean monument was supposedly created by "The Admin," a being of infinite power that allegedly created the world. (Although most people think this is the cause for many illogical occurrences in the Monument, Jack does not believe it.) (This is a reference to how most Minecraft servers are created and controlled by an "Administrator," who can do anything he/she desires to the server.) They put on water helmets, and swim to the monument. Inside, the four complete various puzzles and impossible tasks, one of which suddenly frees an old adventurer named Vos (JB Blanc) from an obsidian prison. Vos was one of Jack's two friends who were thought to be killed in the monument when they were last there. Upon reaching the center of the monument, they find two Structure Blocks. When Jesse picks one, The Admin, in the form of a giant prismarine statue, abruptly appears and tries to kill Jesse. Jesse and friends narrowly escape, and get back to Beacontown just in time for Founding Day. They use the Block to close the pit, and briefly celebrate their victory in the middle of the town. Suddenly, the giant prismarine statue reappears, ridiculing Jesse's attempts to get away from him.

A post-credits scene shows Lukas at his house working on his novel, but when he sees The Admin approaching Beacontown, he suits up and rides off to help Jesse.

The Admin meets Jesse at Beacontown, and forces him/her to fight him (using a giant clock to turn day into night, inviting monsters as well). Jesse attempts to use the Structure Block to help, but when he/she drops it, The Admin swallows it. Sometime later, The Admin grabs Jesse and prepares to swallow him/her, but suddenly Lukas distracts him (with an arrow to the face), causing him to drop Jesse. He/she then notices a weak point on the back of the statue's head, and climbs up to it. When he/she punches it, The Admin falls over and "dies," dropping the giant clock. Jesse uses it to bring the sun back up.

The townspeople begin rebuilding the damaged buildings. The clock is too big to move from the center of town, so Jesse tells either Lukas or Radar to watch it for now, while the other helps with repairs. Some time later, Jack, Vos and Petra accidentally reveal that they are soon going on an adventure without Jesse. Suddenly, snowflakes begin falling in Beacontown; the town is not in a biome capable of snow, so Jesse suspects The Admin; immediately, The Admin reappears in the form of a snowman. He makes the clock disappear, turns the time to night again, and gives Jesse a challenge: Beacontown will remain dark, snowy and surrounded by hostile mobs until Jesse reclaims the giant clock, which The Admin says is atop his "awesome, fantastic, super-deadly icy palace of despair" nearby. The Admin wants Jesse to become his partner and friend if they succeed. Jesse, Petra, Lukas, Radar, Jack and Vos head toward the ice palace. On the way, the group encounters Lluna and Stella, with Stella annoyed about the snow. Upon finding her "rival" can do nothing about it until they get to the palace, she and Lluna decide to tag along to "keep an eye" on them.

The Admin presents several challenges in the way of the clock. With Vos failing to make it (falling into a water pit below) and Radar/Jack doing sub-par, the Admin insists that Jesse go it alone and dump their lacking friends - "the losers are supposed to lose!" He puts Radar/Jack into a difficult vertical maze, and claims that if he can make it out alive, without Jesse, he would be set free. Radar falls into the water, and Jack falls to the ground, even when Jesse helps them. The group then mines through a wall to the room opposite it (cheating). They use Shulkers to levitate up to the clock from this room; this is also where they find Radar (and Stella, who also failed) trapped in ice. Jesse melts Radar's ice, and may choose whether to save Stella as well. Jesse also chooses whether Petra or Jack should get the clock in the meantime. She/he makes it up to the clock and destroys it, turning the world back to normal time.

The group prepares to get out, but Jack insists on finding Vos. Lukas, Radar and Lluna leave. Suddenly, they see Vos nearby, who ridicules Jesse and quotes The Admin. Jack begins to question him. Vos then transforms himself, revealing The Admin's true, human, form (JB Blanc). The real Vos was, in fact, killed on Jack's first visit to the Ocean Monument; The Admin posed as him. He is angry with Jesse for insisting on helping their friends and not personally getting the clock (and also for cheating). Stella then convinces the Admin to let her work with him, as while she lost, she "has a terrific attitude." The Admin teleports Petra/Jack away as his new partner, as technically he/she was the winner, and sends Jesse and Jack/Petra "to a place where [they would] never see the light of day, ever again."

In a post-credits scene, an anonymous man introduces Jesse to what appears to be an underground prison, and a brief shot of a maniacally laughing female prisoner is seen.

Jesse finds himself/herself at the aforementioned prison - the "Sunshine Institute" - where The Admin sends people he detests (and their friends). Directly after meeting the warden (Donovan Patton) (a man named Warden), he/she makes an escape attempt with Jack/Petra (who was sent as well). However, since the institute is surrounded by an obsidian maze with dangerous mobs, they are quickly apprehended and sent back to the institute. Jesse is taken to Warden's office, where he/she learns about the institute. Radar and Nurm have been made prisoners as well to help make sure that Jesse and Jack/Petra behave. Warden used to be a prisoner, and wants Jesse to follow in his footsteps. He proceeds to torture Radar in order to coerce Jesse into becoming an "associate" (guard). Jesse may accept or deny this offer, with no real consequence except that he/she either continues to be a "guest" (prisoner) or becomes an associate. Either way, he/she accompanies Radar to the "Mush Room," where guests are forced to make mushroom stew, from very rare mushrooms, to survive.

Radar is very tired and hungry on their arrival at the Mush Room. As an associate, Jesse, with the help of another associate (YouTuber bigbst4tz2), makes Radar a cookie; as a guest, Jesse fights other guests to make him mushroom stew. Suddenly, an alarm is heard, announcing the (eventually failed) escape attempt of "Prisoner X" (April Stewart), a famed escape artist who apparently knows her way through the obsidian maze. Jesse and friends resolve to find her and enlist her help.

As an associate, Jesse wants to get promoted and be entrusted to guard the lower levels, where X's cell is; as a guest, he/she wants to cause trouble and be sent down to said cell area. He/she investigates another guest's cell, and finds a mooshroom that gave this guest unlimited mushroom stew. Once the Warden finds out, he asks Jesse to shear the mushrooms from the mooshroom, changing it back to a regular cow. He promises Jesse to be an associate of the lower area, the "Zombie Mines," if he/she obeys. If he/she shears the cow, Jesse will be promoted to an associate in the Zombie Mines; if not, he/she, as a guest, is sent down to the same lower levels. Jesse's friends come with him/her.

X's cell is just beyond a barred door located in the Zombie Mines. Jesse gets a lever from Stella, who is an associate in the Mines, to open X's cell, and can convince Stella to escape with him/her or not. As soon as the cell is opened, The Admin appears, firing Warden for not keeping Jesse in line. He then forces Jesse and Petra/Jack (whoever "was technically the winner" in Episode Two) to fight to the death, but they instead cooperate to try and attack the Admin. Annoyed by this he abandons the Sunshine Institute, but not before announcing his plan to impersonate Jesse and earn the trust of the inhabitants of Beacontown. He takes Stella and leaves.

The group, now with Petra/Jack, proceed to Prisoner X's isolated cell. Along the way, Jesse, Nurma and Lluna are separated from the rest. Jesse convinces X, whose real name is Xara, to help them out. (Xara was seen briefly in Episode Two's epilogue.) Unfortunately, Jesse is forced to leave Nurm or Lluna in her place; unless at least one pressure plate in her cell is stood upon, TNT is activated. The group meets up again, takes weapons, and proceeds to the maze. They find and confront Warden in front of the maze, where he says that he vowed to never let Xara free. (She used to be an Admin herself, and was stripped of her powers when she "tried to destroy [the current Admin].") Xara then kills him, and explains that she is "not the villain here." They start to run through the maze, defeating monsters. Xara continues to reveal that she and a third Admin, named Fred, fought the current Admin - named Romeo - for control of the world. Fred was killed and Xara was stripped of her powers, and imprisoned in Romeo's Institute.

At the center of the maze, the fleeing group finds a tall diamond tower. Xara explains that there is a passageway beneath the tower and that they need to dig into the bedrock to escape (the prison is at the bottom of the world). She also explains that the secret to ridding Romeo of his abilities, discovered by Fred, lies there as well. Upon walking down the dimly lit stairs, Jesse can see a giant Enderman approaching them.

In a post-credits scene, Romeo, in Jesse's form, gives the Order of the Stone's Amulet to an armored assailant, ordering him to hunt down Jesse and their friends (having told the assailant that they are the fakes).

Xara brings the group to the "Underneath," the original overworld created by Romeo, Fred and Xara. She explains that after Romeo killed Fred and imprisoned her, he covered it with bedrock and created the overworld Jesse and friends came from. Upon reaching "The Oasis," Xara's ruined home city, she is overwhelmed with grief and anger for Romeo's betrayal, murdering of Fred, and destruction of their former home. Jesse promises to bring justice upon Romeo. Xara shows them a broken portal frame, which she says allowed the three to visit each other; an object from the second overworld, or closely related to Romeo, would make the portal send them to the surface. Jesse asks her to rebuild the portal, and she tells them to head to "Fred's Keep," where Fred supposedly kept the object that could remove Romeo's powers. While riding a minecart track to the Keep, the giant Enderman separates everyone; Jesse and Jack find themselves stuck dangling on the side of a cliff. Wild scavengers find them and offer to help if the two give them their weapons. If Jesse agrees, the two are lifted to safety; if Jesse refuses, he/she eventually pulls himself/herself up, but Jack falls, supposedly, to his death.

The friends regroup and continue their journey. They find the Keep to be inhabited by a society of people, the "Friends of Fred," who revere Fred as their former protector and leader, because he built a village for them to live in peace. Jesse, with some difficulty, enters Fred's house, and discovers that the object is found in the cabin that Fred, Xara and Romeo lived in. The leader of the Friends, Binta (Kimberly Brooks), gives them a compass that Fred claimed would always point towards his home, in exchange for Jesse agreeing to help the society to escape to above the bedrock. If either is present, Jack and/or Nurm stay behind, for various reasons; the remaining group begins to follow the compass.

Jesse, Petra and Radar (and possibly Lluna) are suddenly stopped by the armored assailant seen in the epilogue of Episode Three. After a brief battle, Jesse convinces the assailant that he/she is the real Jesse; the assailant takes off his mask to reveal that he is none other than Ivor. He explains what Romeo has done in Jesse's form, convincing everyone that "Jesse" simply obtained the special powers of this Admin that he/she defeated. Ivor gives Jesse the Order's Amulet to power Xara's portal, and leaves to report back to Romeo.

The trio (quartet) find that the Admins' cabin is located in "Romeoburg" (the Admins each had their own cities - The Oasis, Fred's Keep and Romeoburg). They also find that, for some reason, Romeo had hid the cabin behind a game for him and his two friends to play. Jesse, Petra and Radar (leaving Lluna outside) complete this game and enter their cabin. There they learn that later on in their friendship, Romeo became obsessed with keeping the trio together, and that this created tension that resulted in his betrayal. They find a journal left by Fred (who apparently anticipated his murder) for Xara, containing a keyword - #POTATO451 - and a set of instructions on how to defeat Romeo. Petra becomes emotional, realizing how similar her position is to Romeo's, and worries that the new Order's friendship will end in a similar way. She confesses to Jesse that she is conflicted; while she does not desire to stay in Beacontown, she resents the idea of being separated from Jesse. Jesse may promise to follow Petra wherever she goes, or to stay put and always be there for her (or he/she may remain silent).

The friends return to The Oasis and find that Xara has fixed the portal. Jesse signals everyone at Fred's Keep, with fireworks, that their part of the deal is fulfilled and everyone can leave now. He/she gives Xara the journal, and she swears vengeance on Romeo. Jesse may also return Xara's long-lost bed, found at the cabin, which allows her to see that "there are good things left, if you look for them." Everyone at Fred's Keep reappears (Jack and possibly Nurm rejoin as well). Unfortunately, the fireworks also attract the giant Enderman, which causes chaos. Realizing that the Enderman is targeting him, Radar offers to use himself as bait to save Fred's people, letting them through the portal. Jesse must choose to either leave Radar behind, bringing the Friends of Fred, or to abandon the Friends and force Radar to come along. Jesse activates the portal with the Order's Amulet. If Xara's bed was returned, she stays behind; if not, she joins those going through the portal. The group find themselves outside the Old Order of the Stone's temple. Atop the temple, they can see a very different-looking Beacontown in the distance.

In a post-credits scene, Lukas, having gotten back from the Ice Palace, appears in the Order Hall and greets "Jesse," asking where everyone is. Romeo's eyes glow red and the scene ends.

Jesse, Petra, Jack, Radar/Binta, Nurm/Lluna, and possibly Xara enter Beacontown in secret via the mines. Once there, they find that Beacontown has changed immensely since Jesse left, with Romeo (as Jesse) having set up a dictatorship based in a giant, floating tower above town. The group decides that this tower contains the "Primary Terminal" mentioned in Fred's diary. While approaching it, they suddenly find "Jesse," Stella, and Axel and Olivia wandering the streets, discussing "Jesse's" self-centered upcoming convention, JesseCon. If Xara is with the real Jesse, still convinced that violence is the only way to defeat Romeo, she lashes out and attacks him, but is immediately strangled to death. Otherwise, Olivia and Axel express their desire to exit Beacontown, but Romeo threatens them, and destroys Champion City as an example.

Horrified at these events, the real Jesse's group grabs Axel and Olivia. Jesse tells them of their journey so far, once the seven arrive at Jack's shop - now vandalized and looted. The group searches the building for useful items left behind, and Jesse comes across a hidden-away pair of elytra wings. Suddenly, the group is surprised by the return of Lluna/Nurm and Ivor, the latter having freed the former from the Sunshine Institute. Jesse then forms a plan to sneak himself/herself, Jack, and Petra up to the tower, making use of the elytra wings to fly up to it.

Jesse's plan is successful, but while approaching the top of the tower, the three friends are confronted by the new "Ocelots," consisting of Lukas and a large host of Romeo's prisoners in Beacontown. Jesse has to convince them that he/she is the genuine Jesse, and upon doing so, the Ocelots agree to accompany him/her to the top to rid Romeo of his powers. Upon arriving, the group is confronted by "Jesse." The real Jesse can choose to attack him or attempt to talk to him. Regardless of this decision, Romeo admits that running Beacontown is unpleasant, and asks Jesse to take back over. He then thanks Jesse for teaching him a lesson about friendship, "that [he will] totally remember for next time." Having concluded that this world is no longer worth his while, he begins to add a layer of bedrock over it, similar to that of the Underneath, with plans to build a new world on top of it. Jesse, Jack and Petra make their way to a portal atop the tower that leads them to a realm known as "Terminal Space," where Romeo tests new plans and builds.

In Terminal Space the three find a puzzle that verbally requests a "password." Upon Jesse entering a poisoned potato ("#POTATO") and causing a display to read "451," the three are shown a holographic recording of Fred (Fred Tatasciore), addressed to Xara. Fred shows off a Golden Gauntlet that, upon punching Romeo, would remove his powers. Suddenly, Romeo appears. Jesse punches him with the Gauntlet, and Romeo immediately discovers that some of his abilities are gone.

Romeo fights Jesse in the form of a variety of entities and arenas encountered on the latter's journey, including "Vos," the snowman, and Petra/Jack (whoever Jesse sent after the clock in Episode Two). After several punches, Jesse removes Romeo's powers completely. Terminal Space, held together by Romeo's powers, begins to crumble, and Jesse can choose to leave Romeo behind as he/she escapes, or take pity on him and bring him home with them. While Terminal Space falls apart, a giant prismarine statue glitches out and begins attacking indiscriminately. If Xara and Radar were left in the Underneath, the latter suddenly appears, still being chased by the giant Enderman. The Enderman destroys the statue, allowing everyone to escape. Otherwise, Romeo distracts the statue and sacrifices himself so that the three friends can escape. Jesse, Petra, Jack, and possibly Romeo and/or Radar exit Terminal Space just in time. If Romeo is still alive, he thanks Jesse for helping him escape, even though he deserved to die for his wrongdoings. If Xara is still alive, Romeo resolves to return to the Underneath, try to heal the rift between him and Xara, and help all the people he made life difficult for.

While Beacontown is being rebuilt, Ivor states his plans to reconnect with the old Order of the Stone. Lukas, Radar, Jack and Nurm help Beacontown rebuild. Depending on Jesse's relationship with Stella and Lluna, Stella asks him/her to take care of Lluna in Beacontown while Champion City is being rebuilt, Lluna chooses to stay with Jesse against Stella's wishes, or both haughtily leave Beacontown. Axel and Olivia return to their respective communities, and Petra decides to adventure for a while.

Petra mildly encourages Jesse to come with her, especially if he/she promised to go with her forever in Episode Four. The player may choose to leave with Petra or stay in Beacontown. If the player decides to leave with Petra, Jesse leaves Radar, or a voted-in new leader. If Lluna stayed with Jesse, she will also accompany Jesse & Petra on their new adventure. If the player stays in Beacontown, as he/she approaches the Order Hall, Radar will tell Jesse that he/she is way behind on their mail correspondence. Two letters that Radar mention are from Aiden (absent since Season One, Episode Five), wanting to redeem himself, and someone under the initials "WP" (Presumably the White Pumpkin/Cassie Rose), stating "Look out".

The main Minecraft: Story Mode game was separated into five episodes for Season 1, released in one month intervals. Three additional episodes were later released.

In July 2017, the first trailer was released for season 2 revealing a release date of July 11.[24]

The first episode of Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two was released on July 11, 2017 for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS and Android. It continued the story from the first season, with the player's choices affecting elements within Season 2. Patton Oswalt, Catherine Taber, Ashley Johnson, and Scott Porter were confirmed to continue voicework for the new season. The game supports the new Crowd Play feature that Telltale introduced in Batman: The Telltale Series, allowing up to 2,000 audience members to vote on decisions for the player using Twitch or other streaming services.[36]

On August 3, 2017, Telltale announced that second episode, "Giant Consequences", would be released on August 15.[26] The rest of the episodes were released on September 19, November 7,[37] and December 19, 2017.[38]

In November 2018, Telltale Games began the process of closing down the studio due to financial issues. Most of its games started to become delisted from digital storefronts, including Minecraft: Story Mode. According to GOG.com, they had to pull the title due to "expiring licensing rights".[39] The Minecraft team stated that even for those that had purchased the titles before their delisting, the episodes would no longer be downloadable after June 2019.[40] Because the Xbox Live Marketplace does not allow for removing games from sale while at the same time allowing existing owners to download the game, each episode of the game's Xbox 360 version was repriced to $100 in the few weeks ahead of the delisting to deter users from purchasing them.[41]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 71/100 based on 25 reviews,[42] the PlayStation 4 version 71/100 based on 23 reviews[43] and the Xbox One version 77/100 based on 13 reviews.[44] On GameRankings, a score of 78.59% was given based on 11 reviews for the Xbox One version,[76] 77.50% for Wii U based on 4 reviews,[77] 73.53% for the PC version based on 16 reviews,[78] and 73.29% for PlayStation 4 based on 21 reviews.[79]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 59/100 based on 13 reviews,[45] the PlayStation 4 version 53/100 based on 7 reviews[46] and the Xbox One version 61/100 based on 8 reviews.[47]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 73/100 based on 10 reviews,[48] the PlayStation 4 version 73/100 based on 7 reviews[49] and the Xbox One version 75/100 based on 9 reviews.[50]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 68/100 based on 8 reviews,[51] the PlayStation 4 version 72/100 based on 8 reviews[52] and the Xbox One version 71/100 based on 8 reviews.[53]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 70/100 based on 6 reviews,[54] the PlayStation 4 version 72/100 based on 9 reviews[55] and the Xbox One version 69/100 based on 6 reviews.[56]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 64/100 based on 5 reviews,[57] the PlayStation 4 version 69/100 based on 6 reviews[58] and the Xbox One version 71/100 based on 5 reviews.[59]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 69/100 based on 4 reviews,[60] the PlayStation 4 version 68/100 based on 6 reviews[61] and the Xbox One version 71/100 based on 5 reviews.[62]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PlayStation 4 version 69/100 based on 6 reviews.[63]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version 71/100 based on 8 reviews,[64] the PlayStation 4 version 67/100 based on 8 reviews,[65] and the Xbox One version 76/100 based on 4 reviews.[66]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version 74/100 based on 8 critics and[80] the PlayStation 4 version a score of 73/100 based on 4 reviews.[81] On GameRankings, the PlayStation 4 version has a rating of 65.00% based on 2 reviews and on the PC version, it has a score of 72.86% based on 7 reviews.[82][83]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version 71/100, based on 8 reviews, and the PlayStation 4 63/100 based on 4 reviews.[84][85]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version a score of 74/100 based on 5 critics.[86]

Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version a score of 78/100 based on 4 critics.[74]