Canon

The Canon or Continuity of the Minecraft Expanded Universe is the most heavily disputed part of it as a whole.

Canon, in any franchise/universe, means "a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine", and thus means, in the context of the Minecraft Expanded Universe, what is and isn't considered true/to have happened in the official timeline and story-lines of the EU.

Generally, it is accepted that this Wiki is fully canon, however sometimes there are errors and inconsistencies with other articles on the Wiki, which means they become subject to change at a moment's notice. The biggest issue with the Wiki and its canonicity is not caused by any of the individual articles, however.

It is due to the conflicting versions/variants of the Expanded Universe itself. On YouTube and Twitch, the two places on which Expanded Universe videos and livestreams are readily available to watch, there are numerous conflicting views of canon.

This has resulted in the "Levels of Canonicity" being put into place. The laws put down by the Levels of Canonicity result in an altogether different view on the Expanded Universe. It says that there are "levels" of what is and isn't canon to the EU. Each level down is considered less and less canon until it is considered non-canon, and thus each level down is more unimportant to the universe than the last.

The first level, which is ALWAYS considered canon, except in purely non-canon stories, is Max Canberra's Minecraft Main Series, otherwise known as ''Tales From The Beescraper. ''Every video that is in that playlist is sacred to the EU's canon, and nothing can contradict it except on the lowest levels of canon.

The second level consists of spin-offs. This includes any playlist series officially named as being a spin-off during an episode of ''Tales From The Beescraper. ''These can be released by Max Canberra or by Mister Moose, WhoDatMilkshake, or Mmmmm. (The list may be added to or removed from.)

The third level is Derivative. This stands for separate self-contained series that have elements taken from them and put into a first or second-level series. The stuff taken from them, in their first-level or second-level canon versions, are considered sacred canon, while the series themselves are on the edge of canon, some parts of these may be borrowed from or mentioned by second-level series. If a first-level series references them, they are brought up to the second-level. Max Canberra's Random Item Skyblock is one such series, as Porkins the Pufferfish and the Sky Gods were borrowed from it.

The fourth level is Pure Non-Canon. It is pretty self-explanatory, the fourth level is never considered to be canon whatsoever.