The Mid-Offs had been running for four hours of speedruns and banter when the stream cut to a features video from Mojang on Saturday, November 14. Within minutes the official Minecraft accounts confirmed it: the first game drop of 2027 adds a new weapon, the throwing disc, and gives Bedrock players full use of the off-hand. Java players have had that since 2016, so for PC players the disc is the real news.
The reveal at the end of the Mid-Offs
Tubbo had told his chat on November 11 that he had a Java Edition announcement for the show, and later said Mojang had sent a video to play near the end. That video turned out to be the disc. Mojang’s own article, published the same evening, calls it the first look at “the first game drop features of 2027”, and the official Minecraft channel clipped the moment.
How the throwing disc works
According to Mojang, the disc is a ranged weapon that comes back to you after you throw it. Its range is short on purpose, but it ricochets off hard surfaces, so a throw off a wall or pillar can stay in the air longer and reach targets around a corner. It also passes through enemies instead of stopping at the first one, so a single throw can hit a whole line of mobs.
A developer on the stream said the disc doesn’t have the longest range but that bouncing it extends its flight, and that the team hopes players will pull off “some cool trick shots”. Mojang has not yet given damage, cooldown or durability numbers.
Key facts
- 5disc materials: copper, iron, gold, diamond, netherite
- 2027first game drop of the year
- 2hands it can be thrown from
- 0playable snapshots so far
| Ranged weapon | Comes back? | Hits several mobs? | Bounces? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | No (arrows can be picked up) | Only with Piercing on a crossbow | No |
| Trident | Only with Loyalty | No | No |
| Throwing disc | Yes, always | Yes | Yes, off hard surfaces |
Five materials, either hand
The disc can be crafted in copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, the same ladder as tools and armour, which suggests stronger discs hit harder or last longer. Mojang hasn’t shown the recipe yet. It can be held and thrown from either hand, so on Java you can keep a sword in the main hand and a disc ready in the off-hand.
What it means for Java players
The off-hand half of the announcement is Bedrock catching up. For Java, the disc is the first new ranged weapon since the crossbow arrived in 2019, and a returning, piercing projectile could matter for PvP kits, minigame servers and mob farms that need crowd control. Server owners running custom combat plugins will want to see how it behaves before it lands in snapshots.
Your questions about the disc
Will it make the trident obsolete?
Unlikely. The trident keeps things the disc hasn’t been shown to do: Riptide launches you through water and rain, Channeling calls lightning, and it is the only thrown weapon built for fighting underwater. The disc’s edge is that it always comes back and can hit a whole line of mobs.
Which enchantments will it get?
Mojang hasn’t said. Loyalty-style returning is built in, so players are guessing at piercing, bounce or damage enchantments, but nothing is confirmed until the disc reaches a snapshot.
Isn’t it just a chakram?
Close. A chakram is a real-world throwing ring, and the disc behaves like a returning one. Mojang calls it a throwing disc, and that is the name in the announcement.
What happens next
Mojang says more details are coming and has not given a release date or confirmed a version number for the drop. The winter drop, 26.4, is still in snapshots, and the throwing disc is not playable in any build yet. We’ll update this story when it shows up in a snapshot. For the rest of the weekend, our TwitchCon 2026 hub covers MCC and the QSMP Awards, and the Sift dimension explainer covers the other big 2027 feature.
