


Minecraft occasionally does this on startup, except it stays there, not allowing the player to play the game.Ī similar "legacy" crash screen for Minecraft Alpha.Ī tutorial exists for obtaining the report file generated by the game when it crashes so that the player can share it for diagnosis.Ĭrashes can easily occur due to mod conflicts, wrong versions of mods (for example, many of the 1.7.10 mods are not compatible in Java Edition 1.13 due to the data values conflicts due to the Flattening, but almost all mods for Java Edition 1.16.2, 1.16.3 and 1.16.4 can run on Java Edition 1.16.5, as Java Edition 1.16.3 and 1.16.5 are minor updates with just minor fixes), or buggy mods (particularly among Fabric mods). Yet sometimes, an error report can quickly flash right before the game closes. Large TNT explosions can also cause crashes.Ĭrashes used to have an error report screen, but that feature has been removed. Because of this, it is highly recommended that the player regularly keeps a copy of their save folder (located in the %appdata%\.minecraft directory on Windows systems or ~/.minecraft/ in linux and also /Library/Application Support/minecraft on Mac), to reduce their losses should a world become corrupted as a result of a crash. Crashes can sometimes cause the corruption of save files if the player is not careful enough. Crashes can also be caused by bugs in the game. Attempting to modify the files of Minecraft or individual worlds, even with advanced editors, can also cause crashes. The most common cause of crashes are mods, preexisting bugs, and updates. A sign of a server crash is a "Saving chunks" or "Shutting down internal server" screen. When Minecraft crashes, it typically closes immediately, though it may show an error report marking the location of the exception that caused the crash. Ĭrashes are unexpected shutdowns of Minecraft. Image for Launcher 1.3.8Īn older "legacy" Minecraft crash screen.

The old Minecraft crash screen, with more options. The Java Edition crash screen in the current launcher. This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
