Getting Minecraft Crash Reports (Java Only)

The Minecraft launcher keeps logs of game events as they happen which can be useful for debugging errors or other issues that may occur within the game. There are five types of logs that can be obtained:

Game Output
Launcher Log
Latest Log
Crash Report (this guide)
JVM Crash Report

A crash report is generated when some form of error is thrown within minecraft or java, and Minecraft is not able to recover or exit safely. When Minecraft crashes, an error message like the one below is usually shown. Minecraft Crash Example

Most of the time, Minecraft crashes when mods are installed but cannot be loaded properly, but Minecraft crashes can also be caused by other factors.

Crash Report

Step 1

Open the crash-reports folder inside the .minecraft folder. Minecraft data folder highlighting crash-reports folder

Step 2

Find the latest crash report using the year, month, and day using the indicators in the image below. Minecraft crash-reports folder

Step 3

Select the entire contents (Ctrl-A or Cmd-A) of the file and copy it (Ctrl-C or Cmd-C). Opened crash report in Notepad with all text selected

Step 4

Open https://sending.pastefor.help/ and paste (Ctrl-V or Cmd-V) the contents into the largest field.

Step 5

Click Save. On the next page, copy the URL from the address bar and give it to whoever requested the log. Wait for further instructions.