Wear a match made at the movies! Buy Minecraft or Minecoins to get the Popcorn Bucket Hat and Butter Shirt and adventure in silver screen style.
How to qualify for a free gift
Between March 31, 2025 through April 30, 2025, select retailers will offer a free Popcorn Bucket Hat and Butter Shirt Character Creator item for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition with a qualifying purchase of Minecraft or Minecoins. Purchases in some stores and regions also qualify for a free $5 gift card with purchase. Visit a participating online or physical store for full details about promotion availability in your region. Codes for free items must be redeemed by June 8, 2025.
How to get your codes or free items
What you get and how your promotional items are delivered depends on where you make your purchase. Please see the store where you buy Minecraft or Minecoins for full details. Here’s information about common delivery methods for this promotion:
- Online Purchase from Minecraft.net/Xbox/Microsoft store: You will receive codes for your promotional $5 gift card and in-game items via an Xbox Live Chat message to the Microsoft account from which you made your qualifying purchase within 35 days of purchase. See details below about how to access Xbox Live Chat and redeem your codes.
- Nintendo or PlayStation: When you make qualifying purchases through your gaming console’s online store or the in-game Minecraft Marketplace, your Popcorn Bucket Hat and Butter Shirt will appear in your Dressing Room in Minecraft. No codes to redeem!
- Physical Retailers: When you visit a participating store and make a qualifying purchase, how you get your gift depends on the retailer’s policies and method of delivery. You may receive your promotional code via a printed receipt, email, or other method. Ask the participating store where you make your purchase for details.
How to Access your Xbox Live Chat
If you made a qualifying online purchase from Minecraft.net, Xbox, or the Microsoft store, you’ll receive gift codes for your free items via Xbox Live Chat within 35 days of purchase. To get your codes, you need to sign in with the Microsoft account you used for the purchase and set your account permissions to allow access to online chat.
Xbox Console
- Press the Xbox button.
- Press the right arrow to navigate over to the Messages tab.
Xbox App on Windows PCs
- Launch the Xbox app.
- Sign in using the Microsoft account used for the qualifying purchase.
- Expand the Friends list on the screen.
- Click on the Chats tab to see incoming messages.
Xbox Profile Online
- Visit Xbox.com.
- Sign in using the Microsoft account used for the qualifying purchase.
- Click on the Xbox icon in the upper left-hand corner.
- Click the Chat bubble.
After the Xbox gift card is redeemed to your Microsoft account, the full code value will be applied and may be used for eligible purchases (exclusions apply) made directly at select Microsoft digital stores. If you receive any errors attempting to redeem your code, visit Troubleshooting Minecraft Gift Redemption Errors.
How to redeem codes
The message you receive with your gift code will contain instructions for how to redeem the code to get your free items. Here’s a list of places you can redeem your codes:
- Redeem Minecraft Tokens and Gift Cards | Minecraft: Enter the code for the Popcorn Bucket Hat and Butter Shirt outfit and then visit the Dressing Room in-game to equip your items.
- Redeem Xbox Codes or Gift Cards | Xbox: Redeem your $5 gift code for purchases on Xbox.com.
- Microsoft account | Redeem your code or gift card: Redeem your $5 gift code for purchases in the Microsoft store.
How to equip your new gear in Minecraft
After you redeem your code for the Popcorn Bucket Hat and Butter Shirt outfit, it will appear in the Dressing Room in Minecraft. See Equip Minecraft Character Creator Items and Skins in the Dressing Room for instructions.
Promotion Terms and Conditions
Please visit your physical or online retailer for full terms and conditions for your store, purchase, and region.
Eligible purchases and prices vary by region, device, and over time. Geographic limitations, country and balance restrictions, taxes, and internet connection fees may apply. Paid subscriptions required for some content. Age restrictions apply. Except as required by law, credit cannot be redeemed or exchanged for cash and is not refundable. To read full terms and conditions (which may change without notice), go to microsoft.com/cardterms. Cards and codes issued by and ©/™/® Microsoft Corp, a Washington Corporation, and/or its affiliates.
Limit: 1 offer per person/account. Subject to the Microsoft Services Agreement (aka.ms/MSA). Except as required by law, codes cannot be redeemed or exchanged for cash, are not refundable, and are not transferable.
Not valid on prior orders or purchases; cannot be transferred or otherwise redeemed for cash. Applicable return policy applies to each purchase. Promotional items given or discounted products bought with a qualifying product are not valid or must be returned if the qualifying product is returned. May not be combinable with other offers. Microsoft reserves the right to modify or discontinue offers at any time.
Valid in United States (including Puerto Rico), Canada, France, Spain, and Germany. Promotional gift card must be redeemed by June 8, 2025 and spent within 90 days of redemption.