Dinnerbone

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Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a Software Engineer^[6] at Mojang Studios who works on Java Edition and the Minecraft Launcher.

A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down.^[7][8] His Twitter avatar is flipped^[9] and his user model (as well as any mob named "Dinnerbone") is rendered upside-down.^[8] Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Mojang Studios on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API.^[10][11] In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months."^[12] Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team.^[13] On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team.^[14] On July 30, 2022, he claimed that he had been off work for 1.5 years for his health.^[15] On February 18, 2025, he announced that he's coming back on developing Minecraft.^[16]

Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. He learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10.^[5][17] After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college,^[18] so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years.

In 2013 he was engaged to Aleksandra 'Missmarzenia' Zając.^[19] He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy.^[20][21] The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.^[22] In some time between 2016 and 2021 they broke up.^[23]

In 2019 he obtained Swedish citizenship.

Dinnerbone was the face of the migration campaign in 2020. During the campaign Minecraft account on Youtube released two videos featuring him as Minecraft character.

• Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, which is the most common type of colorblindness.^[26]
  • This is why rubies were replaced by emeralds.^[27]
• Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).^[28]
• Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza, and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.^[29]
• If the player uses a name tag titled "Dinnerbone", on most mobs it will turn upside-down. This naturally extends to himself. The same effect is applied when naming a mob "Grumm".
• Dinnerbone could sometimes be found on the MindCrack server with other YouTubers.
• Dinnerbone was a member of the Hermitcraft server during its early days.
• Dinnerbone's bodyguard in A Fun Announcement by Dinnerbone flipped him right side up. He remains this way throughout both migration videos.
• Dinnerbone makes an appearance in the trailer for Element Animation's "T.E.A.V.S.R.P" (The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack),^[30] which would later be used for an April Fools' Day joke.
• Dinnerbone changed his Minecraft account name to “GormanRoddy” on January 7, 2026 before he changed it back 13 hours later.^[31]

• 👁 Old photo of Dinnerbone
  
  Old photo of Dinnerbone
• 👁 Dinnerbone with some other developers.
  
  Dinnerbone with some other developers.
• 👁 Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016
  
  Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016
• 👁 Adams' old Twitter avatar
  
  Adams' old Twitter avatar
• 👁 Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present
  
  Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present
• 👁 Adams' Minecraft skin[7]
  
  Adams' Minecraft skin^[7]
• 👁 His player model right side up
  
  His player model right side up
• 👁 Dinnerbone preparing to go door-knocking at players' doors in the Java Account Move video on the Minecraft YouTube channel.
  
  Dinnerbone preparing to go door-knocking at players' doors in the Java Account Move video on the Minecraft YouTube channel.
• 👁 Dinnerbone getting trampled by a pig.
  
  Dinnerbone getting trampled by a pig.
• 👁 Dinnerbone right side up (and the world upside down)
  
  Dinnerbone right side up (and the world upside down)
• 👁 All the games in Dinnerbone's Mojang account
  
  All the games in Dinnerbone's Mojang account
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Dinnerbone's Twitter banner.
  
  Dinnerbone's Twitter banner.