{
  "id": 9577822,
  "title": "Minecraft beat Minecraft after 2 billion years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/minecraft-beat-minecraft-after-2-billion-years",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T15:59:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/minecraft-beat-minecraft-after-2-billion-years/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Minecraft, the popular sandbox video game, may have beaten itself to defeat its iconic Ender Dragon, according to a Minecraft YouTuber named RedLogic. By utilizing a simulation and Monte Carlo simulation, RedLogic discovered a specific Minecraft seed that led to all the necessary conditions for the game to complete itself. This seed, -535646876083114041, allowed the Ender Dragon to be defeated after an astonishing 1.975 billion years. The Minecraft simulation showcased the wasteland of the End and overworld, filled with destroyed structures and a barren landscape, but ultimately proving that the game could complete itself given the right circumstances.",
  "summary": "Now you have no excuse.",
  "key_points": [
    "RedLogic discovered Minecraft seed for Ender Dragon defeat",
    "Seed -535646876083114041 allowed dragon to be defeated in 1.975 billion years",
    "Simulation showed game could complete with right circumstances"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}