Mojang will perform scheduled maintenance on Minecraft services to improve reliability and performance.
Maintenance Schedule
**Date:** April 20, 2026 **Time:** 02:00 - 06:00 UTC **Duration:** Approximately 4 hours
Affected Services
During the maintenance window, the following services may be unavailable or experience intermittent issues:
Fully Offline - Minecraft Marketplace - Realms (new realm creation) - Profile synchronization
Partially Affected - Multiplayer matchmaking (existing connections may persist) - Skin and cape loading - Achievement synchronization
Unaffected - Single-player gameplay - Local multiplayer - Previously downloaded Marketplace content
Recommendations
- Download any Marketplace content you need before the maintenance
- Ensure your worlds are saved before the window begins
- Avoid starting new Realm activities during this time
Updates
We will provide updates on our channels: - Twitter: @Minecraft - Status page: status.minecraft.net - Discord: discord.gg/minecraft
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.