Minecraft
Cover art for Minecraft Bedrock Edition

Primary developer:

Mojang Studios

Support developer(s):

4J Studios

Release date(s):

18 November 2011

Genre(s):

Sandbox, survival

Mode(s):

Single-Player, Multiplayer

 

Minecraft is a game developed by Mojang Studios that released on November 18, 2011. It is a 3D creative survival sandbox game that uses blocks, pixel art, and a blocky aesthetic focused around gathering resources and surviving around randomly generated terrain. Since July 16, 2012; Minecraft has has long had Halo themed items included via skins, mash-up packs, customisation items. This pages documents all items of Halo in Minecraft.

Overview

Summary

Main articles: wikipedia:Minecraft, minecraft:Minecraft
Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs. Scale craggy mountains, unearth elaborate caves and mine large ore veins. Discover lush cave and dripstone cave biomes. Light up your world with candles to show what a savvy spelunker and master mountaineer you are!

Halo's history in Minecraft

Go into Halos history in Minecraft from 360 to now.

Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved

Main article: Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved

The Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved, also known as Minecraft: Halo Edition, and on some platforms as Master Chief Mash-Up, as well also being referred to as the Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Halo Mash-Up Pack, for the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft is a mash-up pack created by 4J Studios, with the help of Microsoft Studios, 343 Industries and Mojang.[1]

Skin Packs

Skin Pack 1

"Customize your character with this selection of stunning skins!"
— Marketplace Description[2]

Skin Pack 1, also named Classic Skin Pack 1 on PlayStation consoles, and Skin Pack 1 - Classic on Bedrock Edition, was the first Skin Pack released for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition releasing on July 16, 2012.[3] This Skin Pack coincided with the Title Update 3 for the Xbox 360 edition, making use of the then newly added Character Skin Selector.[4] The Skin Pack contains various skins, such as some unique skins, a few based on Minecraft itself, and the majority based on various games, such as characters from Fable, Gears of War, Banjo-Kazooie, and most notably three Halo themed skins.[5]

When Skin Pack 1 was originally released on PlayStation (PlayStation 3, and shortly after eventually PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita) on March 27, 2014, on the PlayStation specific version of the Skin Pack all licensed Skins tied to Xbox where replaced with skins themed around PlayStation franchises.[6] The Skin Pack with the skins untouched was later made available for Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo Switch on January 30, 2018.[7] Eventually PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Vita finally got the original pack on March 27, 2018.[8]

Name/Icon What is it? Notes
 
Master Chief
A Skin inspired by the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 wore in Halo 3. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Master Chief".
 
Covenant Brute
A Skin inspired by the Jiralhanae Minor from Halo Reach. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Covenant Brute".
 
Covenant Grunt
A Skin inspired by the Unggoy Minor from Halo: Combat Evolved, using elements from later versions such as the red eyes from Halo 3. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Covenant Grunt".

Skin Pack 4

"This fourth skin pack brings you a fresh bunch of exciting skins for you to customise your Minecraft character with!"
— Marketplace Description[9]

Skin pack 4 was released on March 13 2013.[10] This Skin Pack contained various skins, from Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, and two Halo themed skins.[11]

Name/Icon What is it?
 
Red Spartan
A red coloration of the Skin Pack 1 "Master Chief" skin.
 
Blue Spartan
A blue coloration of the Skin Pack 1 "Master Chief" skin.

2nd Birthday

"Minecraft is growing up, time to celebrate together our 2nd Birthday!"
— Marketplace Description[12]

The 2nd Birthday Skin Pack, often shortened 2nd Birthday, also named the The Minecraft 2nd Birthday pack, released for a limited time from May 9 to May 18 2014.[13] This Skin Pack contained various skins, from Dust an Elysian Tale, Rare titles, Lionhead games, and three Halo themed skins.[14] When the Skin Pack reached PlayStation, the licensed skins were removed in favour of PlayStation skins.[15]

When the Better Together update released for Minecraft, this Skin Pack was among those that couldn't be transferred due to licensing restrictions, meaning you had to get the skin pack when it is made available on that version.[16]

Name/Icon What is it? Notes
 
Party Red Spartan
A red coloration of the Master Chief Mash-Up Pack "Master Chief" skin without the damaged breast plate, wearing a blue party crown. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Party Red Spartan".
 
Party Blue Spartan
A blue coloration of the Master Chief Mash-Up Pack "Master Chief" skin without the damaged breast plate, wearing a red cone hat. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Party Blue Spartan".
 
Party Grunt
The Master Chief Mash-Up Pack "Grunt Imperial" skin with a purple cone hat. In Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, the skin is called "Halo Party Grunt".

Character Creator

On December 1st, 2021, around the time the Master Chief Mash-Up Pack was updated, twelve Character Creator items were added themed around Halo.[17]

Tops

Name/Icon Rarity Creator Release date How to obtain What is it?
 
Superintendent Shirt
Common Minecraft December 1, 2021
  • Free at launch for a limited time.
  • 70 Minecoins
The shirt features two Superintendent faces on it. The front shows the default face used, the back uses a face with squint eyes.

Headwear

Name/Icon Rarity Creator Release date How to obtain What is it?
 
Flaming Recon Helmet
Epic Minecraft December 1, 2021 400 Minecoins A Mark VI RECON-class Mjolnir helmet that has blue flames similar to a reoccurring armor effecct in the series.
 
UNSC Marine Helmet
Rare Minecraft December 1, 2021 280 Minecoins A CH252 helmet used by UNSC Marine Corps.
 
Flood Beanie
Rare Minecraft December 1, 2021 280 Minecoins A Flood Pod infector hat.
 
Sgt Johnson's Cap
Rare Minecraft December 1, 2021 280 Minecoins A military hat inspired by the one Sergeant Major Avery Johnson wore.
 
Master Chief Helmet
Rare Minecraft December 1, 2021 280 Minecoins A MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V helmet, similar to the helmet on the "Combat Evolved Master Chief" skin in the Master Chief Mash-Up pack.
 
Moa Hat
Rare Minecraft December 1, 2021 280 Minecoins (Currently Delisted) A hat based around the head of a Moa.

Back Items

Name/Icon Rarity Creator Release date How to obtain What is it?
 
Red Multiplayer Flag
Epic Minecraft December 1, 2021 400 Minecoins A red multiplayer flag.
 
Blue Multiplayer Flag
Epic Minecraft December 1, 2021 400 Minecoins A blue multiplayer flag.

Emotes

Name/Icon Rarity Creator Release date How to obtain What is it?
 
The Master Chief
Common Minecraft December 1, 2021 160 Minecoins
 
Superhero Landing
Uncommon Minecraft December 1, 2021 310 Minecoins An emote based around the post Master Chief does on the cover of Halo 4.
 
Swinging Energy Sword
Uncommon Minecraft December 1, 2021 310 Minecoins An emote based around an energy sword being swinged.

Miscellaneous

At some point, the quote "Keep your head down, there's two of us in here now. Remember?" spoken by Cortana in the level The Pillar of Autumn in Halo: Combat Evolved was added as one of the various Splash text.[18]

Gallery

Miscellaneous

Skin Pack 1

Skin Pack 4

2nd Birthday

Character Creator

Moa Hat

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint - Halo Mash-Up Pack Now Available
  2. ^ Marketplace.Xbox.Com, Skin Pack 1 (Retrieved on Jul 18, 2012) [archive]
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  5. ^ playXBLA, Minecraft Skins Coming Monday, July 16th! (Retrieved on Jul 16, 2012) [archive]
  6. ^ PlayStation Store, Minecraft Skin Pack 1 (Retrieved on Jun 16, 2024) [archive]
  7. ^ Twitter, 4J Studios (@4JStudios): "Also available today for Nintendo Switch and Wii U - Skin Pack 1 :)" (Retrieved on Jan 30, 2018) [archive]
  8. ^ Twitter, 4J Studios (@4JStudios): "Classic Skin Pack 1 is now available for PlayStation consoles!" (Retrieved on Mar 27, 2018) [archive]
  9. ^ Marketplace.Xbox.Com, Skin Pack 4 (Retrieved on Mar 13, 2013) [archive]
  10. ^ Twitter, 4J Studios (@4JStudios): "Skin Pack 4 is out today! It should begin rolling out at around 10am UK time and can take some time to be available worldwide." (Retrieved on Mar 13, 2013) [archive]
  11. ^ playXBLA, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Skin Pack 4 is Coming…Wednesday, March 13th! (Retrieved on Jul 16, 2012) [archive]
  12. ^ Marketplace.Xbox.Com, 2nd Birthday Skin Pack (Retrieved on May 9, 2014) [archive]
  13. ^ Twitter, 4J Studios (@4JStudios): "There's also a new Free #MinecraftXBLA 2nd Birthday Skin Pack available from tomorrow!" (Retrieved on May 8, 2014) [archive]
  14. ^ playXBLA, Happy Birthday – Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Turns Two Today (Retrieved on May 17, 2014) [archive]
  15. ^ Twitter, 4J Studios (@4JStudios): "To celebrate the 2nd birthday of Minecraft on Sony consoles, there's a free 2nd Birthday Skin Pack on PS3 & PS4 :)" (Retrieved on Dec 18, 2015) [archive]
  16. ^ Minecraft.net, BETTER TOGETHER FAQ (Retrieved on Sep 20, 2017) [archive]
  17. ^ Minecraft.net, THE MINECRAFT MASTER CHIEF MASH-UP PACK IS BACK (Retrieved on Dec 10, 2021) [archive]
  18. ^ Minecraft: Xbox One Edition - Splash: "Keep your head down, there's two of us in here now. Remember?"

See also