Minecraft Dungeons finally adds cloud-enabled cross-saves across platforms
Cross-save and cross-play have never looked so good together.
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We are nearing the one-year anniversary ofMinecraft Dungeons, the action-RPG spin-off ofMinecraft. During this time,Minecraft Dungeonshas received multiple updates and DLC, culminating in the recently released (and massive)Flames of the Nether DLC, to add new features and greatly improve the game over time. One thing that has been sorely missing since launch, however, is cross-save support. After nearly 12 months of waiting (almost 6 months afterMinecraft Dungeons officially added cross-play support and promised cross-save, we’refinally getting cross-save support in Minecraft Dungeons.
Today, Mojang Studios and Double Eleven are finally rolling out the update that officially enables cloud-powered cross-saves in Minecraft Dungeons at some point today. Powered by the same Microsoft Account you use to take advantage of cross-play to join your friends, cross-saves let you carry your characters and all of their progression across every platform Minecraft Dungeons is available. Yes, this includesXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One,Xbox Game Pass,PS5, PS4, PC, andSwitch. This does not include purchases, however, like theMinecraft Dungeons Season Pass.
Minecraft Dungeons players have been waiting for cross-save support to arrive for a long time now, and at times the omission has been frustrating. We discussed this and more in our overview ofMojang Studios and how it sometimes feels like an underfunded indie studio.
Now with cross-save support, Minecraft Dungeons fully feels like the game it could’ve been at launch. With all of the post-launch support the game has received, it’s absolutely one of thebest games on Xboxand one of thebest games on Xbox Game Pass. If you hadn’t checked out Mojang Studios' experimental expansion of the Minecraft franchise yet, it’s certainly worth your time. Now with cross-save, you can worry even less about losing any of your progression if you play on more than one platform.
Cross-save support comes in Minecraft Dungeons Patch Update 1.8.8.0, which also includes a small handful of other bug fixes and tweaks. Thefull changelog for Minecraft Dungeons 1.8.8.0includes:
Cloud saves
Localization
Fixes
Explore new worlds in Minecraft Dungeons.
It’s been a busy first year for Minecraft Dungeons, and now the ARPG dungeon-crawling Minecraft spin-off is looking ahead towards its future, with four new expansions planned. The first two, Howling Peaks and Flames of the Nether, are available right now, but players can also grab the new Season Pass to gain immediate access to all four expansions as soon as they launch.
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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
