Our Marketplace Picks: February 2019

They say that time flies when you’re having fun. This would indeed explain why the previous month just flew by faster than a zombie jockey on a chicken chased by a fox. We’ve just had TOO MUCH FUN! You see, last month, 122 new maps were added to the Minecraft Marketplace. Our amazing content creators sure have been busy!

Navigating through all these worlds, texture packs and maps can be challenging. For this reason, we love to borrow the expertise of our esteemed colleagues, the content team, to pick their three favourites Marketplace items from the past month. This isn’t only because we love helping you, dear readers, we’re also quite fond of putting extra work on people like Matthew “Moesh” Dryden and Oskar Thysell – the beating hearts of the content team.

So what stood out amongst all that February content according to these two?

SHOPPING TIME!

by Cyclone Designs

Ever dreamed about going on crazy shopping sprees and spending all your emeralds on expensive things that would cripple you financially in real life? Sounds fun! Perhaps you could buy a pet, a car, a couple of bikes, or a small fleet of luxury boats? Cyclone Designs’ ‘Shopping Time!’ caters to your inner shopaholic and lets you decorate a pre-built house with everything emeralds can buy. Or, if you prefer to let your creativity flow freely, build your own in a vacant plot. Spending is the name of the game! Oh wait, the name of the game is actually ‘Shopping Time’. My mistake.

For this map, we asked Oskar, the content team’s number one gem-hoarder, to go spend every single emerald in his possession. For study purposes, of course.

Oh. I thought he said I should “stay poor as a church mouse”. Guess I’ll just have to start saving emeralds again. You can find ‘Shopping Time!’ at their very own Marketplace page.

ADVANCED FARMING

by Gamemode One

Managing your own farm might sound like a trivial task, but Gamemode One’s ‘Advanced Farming’ is just what it says it is: advanced farming at its finest. It’s a peaceful and relaxing map that takes you to your very own farm in the countryside, complete with all the necessary equipment you need to become successful in your harvest. You play as a farmer with the goal of making as much as you can with your business.

A variety of machines, vehicles, animals, pets, and vendors are all at your disposal to help immerse you in this farming roleplay. There are also plenty of characters to meet, and surrounding lands to explore, as well as custom sounds and music, so there's no excuse for humming E-I-E-I-O while playing (seriously, if I catch you singing that evil earworm, you're sleeping in the outhouse tonight).

Moesh had the pleasure of trying out the farmer’s life.

We get it, Moesh is really farming for attention with those puns! We’d reward him with the annual “Most Farm Puns in a Quote Box” award, but we’d prefer to just recommend ‘Advanced Farming’ instead.

Learn more about this agricultural adventure at their Marketplace page.

BABYLON

by Blockworks

Babylon is a monumental survival spawn from Blockworks that lets you explore all of this ancient city's wonders – both from the ground, and high up in the air. It’s full of treasures which you can uncover through some thorough investigations inside the city. But if you prefer to just revel in its beauty, you can grab a hot air balloon and fly above it!

After buying an expensive hot air balloon with his last emeralds, Oskar took to the skies above Babylon, and he’s impressed.

Well, with that sort of pitch, would you consider helping sell my home? I have a nice little dirt block hut I want sold! Up for exploring some ancient wonders like Oskar? Check out the Marketplace page for more information.

There’s tons of content just waiting to be explored. Have a browse of the Minecraft Marketplace to find your new favourite!