Joseph has been working as a writer for Game Rant since March 2021 and has been a technical writer and journalist since 2019. Having written hundreds of articles over his career and played dozens of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Minecraft has hundreds of possible blocks you can use to create structures or spruce up your base. If you're looking for something close to real life, ...

Stefan is a machine that plays video games, writes about video games, and then stares at a wall. Staring at a wall is the most productive part of its day. Minecraft is a game about freedom. That's ...

You are going to need a lot of blocks for this build so you should better get to farming. As for the blocks themselves, you can pretty much use anything. Cobblestone and Wood are the most common ...

To build a portal in Minecraft, you can use a lot more obsidian than this to fit your needs (easy transportation, farming purposes). But this guide will help you build a nether portal efficiently, ...

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First, place 3 obsidian blocks on the first ground. This will be where your elevator stop. Repeat this one more time on the second floor. Remember that those 3 blocks on each floor need to be at the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Aside from a crafting table, you won't use any other utility block more in the early-mid game of Minecraft than a furnace. The furnace is used to ...

This is the biggest map you can create! Image used with permission by copyright holder If you created a realm using the “flat” type, you don’t need a map. They’re only 256 x 256 blocks, meaning you’ll ...

You’re in a deep cave searching for ore and you stumble into a dungeon filled with skeletons. You only have a pickaxe in hand and no means of blocking their fatal blows. We show you how to make a ...

Get smithing with this handy Minecraft anvil recipe guide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How do you get your very own Minecraft ...