50 Fun Facts About Minecraft: Story Mode

Which studio, known for its episodic The Walking Dead series, developed Minecraft: Story Mode?

Telltale Games built it in the same choice-driven format as The Wolf Among Us, but pitched it at families rather than the mature audience of its earlier hits.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, what is the name of Jesse's pet pig, who dies fighting the Wither Storm?

Reuben fetches Jesse's dropped weapon during the final fight inside the monster and is knocked into a pit. Back home, the heroes build a memorial to him.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, which forgotten member of the Order of the Stone creates the Wither Storm?

Ivor fell out with the other heroes over a lie at the heart of their fame. He built the monster to expose them, not to end the world.

Which stand-up comedian voices the male version of Jesse in both seasons of Minecraft: Story Mode?

Patton Oswalt, also the voice of Remy the rat in Ratatouille, plays Jesse when the player picks a male character. Catherine Taber takes the role for a female one.

Which streaming service carried an interactive version of Minecraft: Story Mode's first season?

Netflix chose it as the first of the developer's games for the service, with fewer choices than the original. The adaptation was pulled again in December 2022.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, the Order of the Stone became legends for supposedly defeating which boss?

The Ender Dragon was never truly beaten. Soren later admits the heroes made it vanish with a trick, so their fame rested on a lie.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, what object at the Wither Storm's core must Jesse destroy to kill it?

A command block powers the Wither Storm, and ordinary weapons cannot break it. Jesse needs a tool enchanted with a special book kept in a hidden lab.

At which convention does Jesse's team enter a building competition as Minecraft: Story Mode begins?

EnderCon promises the winning team a meeting with the legendary warrior Gabriel. The day ends instead with a monster tearing the town apart.

Minecraft: Story Mode aimed for a family tone like Ghostbusters and which 1985 adventure film?

The Goonies set the tone the writers wanted, and the casting nods to it: several of that film's young stars voice characters in the game.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, the Admin returns as what after Jesse destroys his colossus?

A snowman is the Admin's playful second guise. In it he dares Jesse's group to climb his ice palace through a string of deadly challenges.

Which cast member of the web series Critical Role voices Petra in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Ashley Johnson is best known to gamers as Ellie in The Last of Us, a role that won her two BAFTA Games Awards. She came back to play Petra again in Season Two.

Which rival team tries to sabotage Jesse's entry in the building contest that opens Minecraft: Story Mode?

The Ocelots had won it before, and one member spills lava on the costume worn by Jesse's pig. Their leader later switches sides.

Which former rival joins Jesse's group and later writes a novel about it in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Lukas opens Season Two by reading his unfinished book aloud to his friends, who answer with some constructive criticism.

Where in Minecraft: Story Mode, under the Founder's rule, is building banned to save scarce resources?

Sky City sits on an island high in the air, and even its ruler is surprised to find solid ground a long way below after falling off the edge.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, what title does the Founder's realm give its treasured chicken that lays spawn eggs?

The Eversource keeps the chests of the palace's resource room stocked. When a rival gang seizes the bird, it floods the streets with hundreds of hostile mobs.

Which mansion guest is unmasked as the murderous White Pumpkin in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Cassie Rose had been stranded in the mansion's world for years and wanted the heroes' portal-opening treasure to escape. A lair full of calico cats gives her away.

Which real YouTuber, playing himself, dies in a dining-room pit trap in Minecraft: Story Mode?

CaptainSparklez drops through the floor moments after telling the guests why they were all invited. He still turns up after the credits to tease the next adventure.

Which inventor built PAMA, the supercomputer that mind-controls a town in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Harper hides in a secret laboratory while her machine rules the town, and she later helps Jesse pull out its redstone heart.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, what destroys the mind-control chips used by the supercomputer PAMA?

Water ruins the redstone chips, so Jesse can free a captured friend just by dousing them. Pouring it on the machine's core helps shut the whole system down.

Which group with supposedly infinite resources hosts deadly games in Minecraft: Story Mode?

The Old Builders rig their games so that no challenger can ever win. Jesse beats them by persuading the other competitors to rebel.

Jesse's group falls into a match of which fan-made minigame in Minecraft: Story Mode's eighth episode?

Spleef players win by breaking the floor from under their rivals. Jesse draws a sword in the arena, unaware that weapons are against the rules.

Jesse serves as mayor of which town at the start of Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Beacontown is getting ready for its Founding Day celebrations as the season opens, and Jesse spends the first scenes on civic chores such as choosing a parade float.

What object from a bottomless pit attaches itself to Jesse's hand in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

A gauntlet whispers Jesse's name from the top of a pyramid deep in a mine before latching on, and the hunt for a way to remove it sets the season in motion.

What is the real name of the Admin, the all-powerful villain of Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Romeo is one of three Admins. A former colleague reveals his name to Jesse, along with news of a weapon that can strip him of his powers.

What kind of animal is the treasure-sniffing pet of Stella in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

A llama named Lluna is the creature Petra is hired to chase through a mineshaft, in a job that turns out to be a scam.

What must Jesse's group reclaim from the Admin's ice palace in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

A giant clock controls day and night in the story, and the Admin leaves Jesse's home in monster-filled darkness until it is won back.

Where does the Admin lock up Jesse's group midway through Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Sunshine Institute is a cheerful name for a grim prison of obsidian and lava, where the inmates are called guests and put to work making mushroom stew.

Which former Admin does Jesse free from an underground prison cell in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Xara leads the escapees to her ruined old home, where she mourns the destruction of both the settlement and her bed.

In the Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two finale, the Admin begins covering Jesse's world in which block?

Bedrock cannot be mined in normal play, which makes it a fitting way to seal a world for good. Jesse stops the spread by stripping the Admin of his powers.

Which assistant to Jesse can be left in charge as mayor at the end of Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Radar starts the season as Jesse's intern, having once worked on a rival leader's inventory team. Jesse can hand him the job before riding off with Petra.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, what must Jesse win to be allowed inside Fred's house?

A trivia contest about Fred's life guards the door, with a defending champion named Kent. The secret weapon inside turns out to be Fred's personal journal.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, what was the favorite tool of Fred, the late founder of Fred's Keep?

A diamond hoe was Fred's favorite, one of several personal details the townspeople share with Jesse. His favorite food, they add, was bread.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, what was the name of the pet chicken kept by the late Admin Fred?

Waffles was Fred's chicken, while Nugget was the name of his horse. The people of his keep still swap such details about him long after his death.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, Nurm, the sidekick of the adventurer Jack, is what kind of mob?

A villager, Nurm is Jack's right hand at making maps for their adventure shop, which sits in a back street called Bad Luck Alley.

Where do Jesse, Petra and the adventurer Jack first face the Admin in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

An ocean monument, called the Sea Temple in the story, is where the party swims in wearing diving helmets and fights past elder guardians.

In Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two, the Admin first attacks as a colossus made of which block?

Prismarine gives the towering figure its sea-green look. Jesse brings it down by climbing up and smashing the symbol on its head.

How does Jesse reach the Admin's floating tower in the finale of Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Flying with elytra, boosted by rockets crafted backstage at JesseCon, carries Jesse up to the tower. The wings were hidden behind a lever in a map shop.

What is the title of the fifth and final episode of Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Above and Beyond closes the story with a choice: Jesse can stay on as a town leader or ride off in search of new adventures with Petra.

Jesse's group flees the Wither Storm's first attack through a portal to where in Minecraft: Story Mode?

The Nether offers an escape route by minecart, a wild ride of sudden drops and switching rails that splits the friends up along the way.

What object shows Jesse where each missing Order of the Stone member is in Minecraft: Story Mode?

An amulet that once belonged to Gabriel reveals where his old comrades are. The Wither Storm, it later emerges, was made to track the very same trinket.

Soren the Architect wears a home-made suit to pass as which mob in Minecraft: Story Mode?

An enderman disguise lets Soren walk among the creatures he studies in the End, where he even seems to be teaching them how to build.

Which enchanted tool lets Jesse's group open portals to other worlds in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Flint and steel normally just lights fires. This enchanted one, found in a jungle fortress, strands the heroes in a corridor lined with portals.

Alongside arcade-style controls, fights in Minecraft: Story Mode rely on which gameplay mechanic?

Quick time events share the action with simple arcade sections, such as steering around debris on a road. Crafting and building appear too, as a nod to the source game.

Which friend of Jesse, voiced by Brian Posehn, leads Boom Town in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two?

Axel takes charge of a town once ruled by Magnus, the griefer king of the old Order of the Stone, while Olivia ends up running Redstonia.

In Minecraft: Story Mode, the ally Jesse fails to save from the Wither Storm returns with what condition?

Amnesia leaves either Petra or Gabriel unable to recall even their own name after being trapped inside the monster. The memories return slowly over the next chapter.

In which region does the Wither Storm's creator hide his lab in Minecraft: Story Mode?

The Far Lands are named after a real terrain bug that warped the distant edges of early Minecraft worlds. In the story, a maze guards the hideout there.

Which 1980s child star voices Magnus the Rogue, the griefer king, in Minecraft: Story Mode?

Corey Feldman, a star of Stand by Me and Gremlins, is one of several 1980s film veterans in the cast, a fit for a game that loves the adventure movies of that decade.

Talks over Minecraft: Story Mode began in early 2013, before which company bought Minecraft's maker?

Microsoft's takeover played no part in the deal, the developers said, because their dealings with the original studio began well before the sale was negotiated.

Before Minecraft: Story Mode was delisted, each Xbox 360 episode was repriced to how much to deter buyers?

$100 per episode was a workaround: the Xbox 360 store could not hide a game from new buyers while still letting existing owners download it.

Which Futurama voice actor narrates the first four episodes of Minecraft: Story Mode?

Billy West, the voice of Fry and Professor Farnsworth, recounts the legend of the old heroes as the story opens. He also voices a background character credited simply as Fanboy.