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Epic fireworks display in Minecraft

This Redstone Genius Made an Epic Fireworks Display in Minecraft

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Have you ever seen fireworks display in Minecraft that doesn't even use firework rockets? Well, the design made by a Reddit user towsti functions without fireworks. Instead, it uses beacon beams and different colored stained glass to create the magical colors and a cute animation. Not only that, but there are many more smart redstone systems that make up this machine, like 0-tick delays, usage of copper bulbs, leaves changing state and more.
Vault surrounded by heavy core blocks and a mace in the item frame in front in Minecraft 1.21

How to Get Heavy Core in Minecraft 1.21

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Heavy core is an item you can obtain only in the new trial chambers in Minecraft 1.21. For that, you first need to get the trial key by completing trial spawners' challenges. You should then find the vault block and use the key on it. Heavy core is one of the possible rewards from the vault and there is a 2.2% chance of it being ejected. Once you get it, combine it with the breeze rod in the crafting grid to make a mace.
Weird village in Minecraft with only path blocks

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Player Found the Weirdest Village Ever

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There is a lot of examples of crazy terrain and structure generation in Minecraft, but this weird village might just be one of the funniest. Normally, villages consist of various features like houses, villagers, iron golem, paths, farms, animal pens and more. Though this seed has only a small road that leads nowhere. There are no houses nor villagers in the vicinity. The world seed is 14880744008722756659 and you can only find it on the Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. The discovery was made by a Redditor named RaspyAtol20734.
Two Breezes next to the trial spawner with breeze rods in item frames around it in Minecraft 1.21

How to Get Breeze Rods in Minecraft 1.21

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Breeze rods are drops from the new Breeze mob you will find in trial chambers in Minecraft 1.21. This item is used in several different crafting recipes. Those include the flow armor trim, wind charges and the mace weapon. In order to obtain the breeze rods, you'll have to defeat the Breeze mob in the trial chambers.
Regular and deepslate gold ores and raw gold and gold ingots in item frames

Minecraft Gold Ore Guide: Best Level to Find Gold

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Gold ores generate from Y level -64 to 32 in most Minecraft biomes. The Y level you'll find most gold ores in Minecraft is -16. These ores will mostly generate completely surrounded by solid blocks. You should bring armor, weapon, shield, food, torches, water bucket, bed, perhaps even a crafting table and a chest when looking for the gold. It's better to go branch mining at Y level -16 outside of badlands biomes. But in the badlands biome, you should explore caves, as gold ores generate regardless of air exposure.
Mace, new armor trims, pottery sherds, banner patterns, Breeze rod and heavy core in Minecraft snapshot 24w11a

Mace is the Brand New Weapon Added in Minecraft Snapshot 24w11a

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Minecraft snapshot 24w11a introduces a mace, new melee weapon that deals damage equal to a diamond sword. But, it's also affected by the height you fell from, so the longer you fall the stronger the mace is. It creates an AOE and negates all fall damage if you hit the target. You can craft it with the Breeze rod and a heavy core. New armor trims, pottery sherds and banner patterns were also added and they are related to the Breeze, chiseled tuff textures, trial chambers and the mace.
Player riding a strider in the Nether Minecraft dimension

How to Ride a Strider in Minecraft And Why You Should Do It

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Striders spawn in every Nether biome usually on top of large lava seas. To ride a strider in Minecraft, you'll need a saddle and a warped fungus on a stick. Get close to a strider, use a saddle on it to equip it, interact with it to get on top and select the warped fungus on a stick. The strider will move in the direction you're pointing the stick at. To make it move faster use right-click. This is quite a fast method of transport in the Nether and with fire resistance potions also pretty safe.
Some of the best building seeds in Minecraft

10 Best Minecraft Seeds for Building

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Building is a big part of Minecraft and the surrounding terrain actually affects which direction you'll take when making building decisions. That's why in this Minecraft guide, we bring you some of the best seeds for building houses and cities. They include different biomes, flat and mountainous terrain, large landmasses, islands, warm and cold climates and more. So, if you're looking for a new amazing seed for your build, you'll definitely find the one you love here.
Player killing the Warden with no armor, weapons or totems in Minecraft hardcore mode

This Minecraft Player Beat the Warden with No Armor, Weapons, or Totems in Hardcore Mode

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Minecraft player TacticalSlyme has recently posted a video of them killing the Warden in the hardcore mode. How is this possible? Well, they had speed and strength buffs applied, as well as resistance and absorption. They also applied slowness and weakness debuffs to the Warden and constantly replenished health with healing potions. After about a minute of dealing critical damage to the Warden, it is finally defeated.
Netherite ingot and chiseled stone bricks in item frames and a lodestone with multiple compasses pointing toward it in Minecraft

How to Make a Lodestone in Minecraft

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You can craft a lodestone with one netherite ingot, 8 chiseled stone bricks and a crafting table. Place the netherite ingot in the central slot of the grid and surround it with chiseled stone bricks. It's also possible to find it inside the bridge bastion chests in the Nether dimension. By using a compass on a lodestone, the lodestone's location will be assigned to a compass, so it'll always point towards it. This is very useful in case you settled far away from spawn, but is it really worth one netherite ingot? It's up to you to decide.
All wolf variants in Minecraft and steak, bones and wolf armor items on the ground

All Wolf Variants in Minecraft and Where to Find Them

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Minecraft 1.21 introduced 8 new wolf variants, which include the pale, woods, ashen, black, chestnut, rusty, spotted, striped and snowy wolves. They spawn in different biomes and in different pack sizes. You can tame a wolf by using bones on it. To breed two tamed wolves, you can use any type of meat on them and the baby will look like one of the parents if they are different variants. You may equip wolf armor by using it on a tamed wolf. Repairing it will require more armadillo scutes and to remove it you'll need to use shears.
Large city project build made in Minecraft Pocket Edition

This Minecraft Player Is Building a Large City in MCPE on Mobile

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A Reddit user has recently shared his progress on a large city build being made in Minecraft Pocket Edition. It's a version of the game available for mobile devices, so the controls can be tricky to use. Despite that, this dedicated builder has been working on this impressive project since November 2023. The buildings are clean and the shapes, proportions and architecture are executed basically perfectly. There is a lot more work to be done on this creative mode build and we cannot wait to see the final result.
The new rusty wolf variant in Minecraft snapshot 24w10a

Minecraft Snapshot 24w10a Adds 8 New Wolf Variants

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The update we've been waiting for is here. The Minecraft snapshot 24w10a introduces 8 new wolf variants to the game. These animals all have unique names and spawn in different biomes across your Minecraft world. The variants are pale wolf, woods wolf, rusty wolf, ashen wolf, black wolf, chestnut wolf, spotted wolf, stripped wolf and the snowy wolf.
Planted crops, saplings, flowers, bone blocks and bone meal item in the item frame in Minecraft

5 Best Uses for Bone Meal in Minecraft

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Bone meal has many uses in Minecraft. By using it on a crop,it may mature 2-5 growth stages or get multiplied like bamboo. Bone meal is a part of crafting recipes for bone blocks and white dye. Speaking of which, Bedrock players can use bone meal as a white dye. Also, by using bone meal you may create completely new blocks like short grass, seagrass, logs and leaves, mushroom blocks and more. Dispensers can use bone meal similarly to players, so many farms can be automated with this item.
Skeletons on top of bone blocks, filled composters next to them and bone and bone meal items around in Minecraft

How to Make Bone Meal in Minecraft

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Bone meal is one of the most useful items in Minecraft, and you can obtain it in many different ways. Breaking down bones and bone block will get you 3 and 9 bone meal, respectively. Using a plant-like item on a composter will slowly increase its compost level until it's full and ready to drop bone meal. On Java edition, you can get bone meal by killing fish, and on Bedrock, you can buy bone meal from a wandering trader.
Item frames holding armadillo scutes and wolf armor and also three tamed wolves wearing wolf armor in Minecraft 1.21

How to Make Wolf Armor in Minecraft 1.21

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Wolf armor is an item that you can craft inside the crafting table or crafter with six armadillo scutes in Minecraft 1.21. You can obtain these scutes by using a brush on an armadillo. Once you collect them, place them in an H shape with left or right upper corner being empty to complete the wolf armor crafting recipe. You can equip the wolf armor on your wolf by right-clicking it and you can remove the armor by using shears on your tamed wolf. To repair a damaged wolf armor, right-click a tamed wolf wearing it with armadillo scutes.
Tamed wolves wearing wolf armor of various colors and a wall with item frames carrying all Minecraft dyes behind them

How to Dye Wolf Armor in Minecraft

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You may dye wolf armor with dyes, a crafting grid, preferably crafting table on Java or a cauldron on Bedrock Minecraft edition. On Java edition, you can combine dyes with the wolf armor inside a crafting grid and on Bedrock, you may first dye the water inside a cauldron the color you want and then use wolf armor on it. You can easily make a color you want with a special online tool that shows the required steps. If you want to remove dyes from wolf armor, you can use it on a cauldron with regular water.
Coral reef with lots of sea pickles around in Minecraft

Sea Pickles in Minecraft: How to Get and Use Them

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Sea pickles are plant-like blocks you can find at the bottom of warm oceans and on top of coral blocks in coral reefs in warm oceans. They sometimes generate in desert village houses and can be sold by wandering traders. You can farm sea pickles by using bone meal on a waterlogged sea pickle placed on a living coral block. Sea pickle colony will expand and any surrounding living coral may also grow them. These blocks emit light when underwater and can be cooked to get lime dye.
Tamed wolves with different colored wolf armor next to vaults and the Bogged mobs in Minecraft 24w09a snapshot

Minecraft Snapshot 24w09a Lets You Dye Wolf Armor, Among Other Changes

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In Minecraft 24w09a snapshot, we have an ability to dye wolf armor different colors, similarly to the leather armor. Not only that, but you can combine colors to create specific shades. Bogged's texture and model has changed. You can now shear it to get two mushrooms. Game's UI has been refreshed and made more consistent. When it comes to the vault, its texture changed again to make it even more different than the trial spawner. Finally, player and Breeze-shot wind charges are now more precise.
Scaffolding blocks placed in random positions and bamboo and string in item frames hinting at the crafting recipe of scaffolding in Minecraft

How to Make Scaffolding in Minecraft

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Scaffolding is a useful block you can use to reach tricky places easily. To make it, you need six bamboo and string. Fill the left and right columns with bamboo and add string in the upper slot of the middle column. You can place scaffolding on top of scaffolding by interacting with the side, or to the side by interacting with the top. While sneaking, you place scaffolding exactly where you right-click. Breaking the base scaffolding will cause all other scaffolding to break. You can ascend and descend while being inside scaffolding.
Player-made massive Sun in Minecraft

This Redditor Made the Solar System in Minecraft; Take a Look

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Have you ever wondered how big Minecraft builds can really get? Well, Reddit user bubbaflubba2 wanted to answer that question with a recreation of the solar system in Minecraft. They created the Sun and several other planets. They are all built in trustworthy scale and proportions and blocks used perfectly represent the object's texture and feel. Have you ever seen anything like this done in Minecraft before?