How exactly does the statistics mechanic gather its information?
- Does it matter if I'm actually 'logged in' or 'playing offline'?
- Does it matter if I'm playing in any one particular world I've created?
My stats seem to be all over the place, and sometimes I know for a FACT their wrong, as annotated in this question.
So… what gives?
Best Answer
The statistics are stored in your Minecraft data folder under
stats
, and Minecraft Wiki has some details on the format. We can see from the filenames (e.g.stats_kpreid_unsent.dat
) that they are stored per-user. It does matter whether you are playing offline, because if you are offline it is as if you are playing the default username “Player
” and so those statistics will be kept separately.The statistics are collected across all worlds.
I agree that the statistics are screwy in some cases, but I don't have any specific info. Besides various obvious general flaws (e.g. counting all dyes as Ink Sacs), Minecraft thinks I've crafted more sugar than torches...