Minecraft Dungeons – Before You Buy
Minecraft Dungeons is a solid game at its core, especially with all the free updates Mojang Studios has released for it, but it also has several paid expansions that add new areas, gear, and more to the game. Players can choose to buy the base game, bundles, passes that include multiple expansions, or even purchase the expansions individually. In the end, it all depends on how much youre enjoying Minecraft Dungeons, whether or not youre looking to add more content to the base game, and which of Minecraft Dungeons growing number of expansions appeals to you the most.
For most players, though, the sweet spot will be with Minecraft Dungeons: Hero Edition. For $30 on every platform (although the PS4 edition can often be found for less), players will get everything Minecraft Dungeons has to offer, a handful of cosmetic items to customize their characters, and the first two expansions that launched for Minecraft Dungeons: Jungle Awakens and Creeping Winter.
The most straightforward way players can get into Minecraft Dungeons is through Xbox Game Pass. Available for Xbox and Windows, Xbox Game Pass includes hundreds of high-quality games (with more games added to Xbox Game Pass all the time) that gamers can play to their hearts content. Download anything, play anything, and have it all for one monthly subscription. The base version of Minecraft Dungeons is included in Xbox Game Pass, along with all its free updates, but not any of its expansions.
Is the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate the best value in all of gaming? Its possible. Ultimate bundles your Xbox Live Gold subscription, an Xbox Game Pass subscription for both Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, and Xbox Cloud Gaming for on-the-go. That means access to Minecraft Dungeons on Xbox, Windows, and even your phone, with discounts on all its expansions and DLC.
The base version of Minecraft Dungeons is incredibly affordable compared to most modern games and has received substantial post-launch support since its release in Spring 2020. Across all platforms, Minecraft Dungeons comes in at $20, which nets you the core island and all of the free updates the game has received (adding more endgame content, enchantments, new ways to obtain gear in-game, and more).
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Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher
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Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition for Windows
$39.99$39.99+
Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition for Windows
$39.99$39.99+
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Minecraft Dungeons game progress and your hero’s saved game data can now be accessed on other consoles and PCs with the addition of the long-awaited feature ‘cross saves’. If you play Minecraft Dungeons on multiple devices like Xbox and PC or PlayStation and Nintendo Switch you can now (manually) sync you game data anywhere you can play the game.
There is one caveat however; you will need to download and upload your data manually; all the details are below:
Cloud saving is now available in Minecraft Dungeons! “Upload” and “Download” options have been added to the “Switch Hero” menu. To access these options and play with your Heroes on different devices (across different platforms), please ensure you are signed into your Microsoft Account, and that your game is updated to version 1.8.8.0 or newer. A few things to note:
If all 20 slots are full, the Empty Slot button will not appear. You will need to delete or overwrite a Hero before uploading.
Uninstalling the game from the Minecraft Dungeons Launcher displays a prompt asking if you would like erase local saved data.
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