157 Minecraft Facts!

– [Skip] 157 Minecraft facts you possibly didn’t know. This year we’ve covered plenty of different Minecraft trivia and facts. – [Block] So, today we’re joined by Block Facts to go through some of our favorites and some new ones as well. – [Skip] And hey, according to YouTube, it’s physically impossible to subscribe

To the channel in less than a second. – [Block] So, if you’re up to the challenge, let’s put one second on the clock so you can prove them wrong. Ready, go. – [Skip] And hey, even if you subscribed after a second thank you, it all helps out a ton.

Nowadays, we all know this guy is Steve. And while that’s an iconic enough name to get him into Smash Bros, it turns out the player didn’t always have that moniker. In fact, it wasn’t until his first guest appearance in the indie game Super Meat Boy, that he was finally called Steve.

– [Block] And by all accounts prior, he was just a nameless figure. – [Skip] If you’ve ever built a snow golem in Minecraft, you might have Amazon to thank for their inclusion. Let me explain. In this tweet back in September of 2011, Notch explained that because of problems

With the Amazon Web Services or AWS, he got frustrated enough to make the snow mob. And now you can buy snow golem merch on Amazon. So, I guess it comes full circle. – [Block] Over the years, Mojang have made several huge changes to the textures we know.

But some old ones stick around as a reference. Take the fishermen, for example. Here you’ll notice the blue of the old fish texture laid out on the bottom of their clothes. And while that might seem like an oversight, the head artist Jasper marked it as intentional on the bug tracker.

– [Skip] If you’ve been in any fandom, you’ve definitely heard the word shipping come up before. And while that’s its own can of worms, it seems like someone at Lego agrees with you. Since in the July and August issue of Lego Club Magazine in 2016, it was officially mentioned

That Steve is Alex’s boyfriend. Which is cute, but only until you make the two of them fight. – [Block] Minecraft has a couple of different cows to choose from, whether that’s the mooshroom, Minecraft Earth’s moobloom, or of cours the standard variant. But it turns out there’s one more.

See, back when Minecraft had a special demo version on the PC Gamer website, the cows had a logo on their side like so. Which is a more welcomed form of branding for sure. – [Skip] What would you call this mob? Well, nowadays we would almost all agree

That it’s a chicken, but that wasn’t always the case. And in fact, there was much debate about whether this was a chicken or duck. And when Notch tweeted this saying that they were ducks before closing the beta, that only added more fuel to the fire, even if it was just a joke.

– [Block] Minecraft has its fair share of hidden messages. While some of these are funny, this is just bizarre. See, hidden in the release notes of the Minecraft launcher, you could find this encrypted message. And if we translate it, it tells us that the axolotls are not what they seem.

And honestly, that doesn’t make any more sense translated than it did before. – [Skip] Baby piglins are an annoying mob for sure. And while that’s true in all versions, it seems particularly apparent in the Bedrock Edition. Over here, we can equip the toddlers with a full set

Of armor and a sword, and that turns these bratty kids into something a lot more sinister. But if you try this, just don’t give them a gold sword, otherwise they’ll pocket that like any other ingot. – [Block] A primed piece of TNT is a worrying sight, although if you have an anvil,

This might just save your life. See, since we can overlap the anvil onto the same block as the TNT entity, we can have the TNT explode inside of the anvil. And because the anvil has a high blast resistance, none of the blocks nearby will be destroyed. – [Skip] When you think of mobs,

You’re probably picturing something like this, or this, but probably not this. Though when they were first added in back in the Java Edition survival test, they were just that. And initially, signs would only spawn by pressing the B Key. At which point it would say the text;

This is a test of the sign, each line can be 15 characters. – [Block] If you’ve scrolled through your YouTube recommended, you’ve probably seen a bunch of videos pitching different features to Mojang. But while those usually go unanswered, there is the rare occasion of it working

Since the entire reason that the terracotta blocks, then known as hardened clay were added in is because of Blame The Controller’s suggestion to Dinnerbone. – [Skip] Finding a vein of ancient debris is cause for celebration. But if you were to find something like this, I don’t think one celebration would cut it.

But would you believe it? This site is theoretically possible. Since up to five ancient debris could spawn in any given chunk, and four chunks could generate all of theirs at the border, giving us a 20 block blob and a new dream scenario. – [Block] Bedrock edition famously handles

Some features differently to Java edition. And while that can sometimes be groan worthy, here it’s just strange. Since if we were to name our boats like so, then when placed they present a name tag like any other mob. So, if you really wanna show off your fleet at the Harbor,

This might be the best way to do it. – [Skip] When Mojang makes a change, they aren’t always decisive and sometimes that means a feature gets added in and then removed in a later update. But this seems particularly indecisive. Because back in the infdev stages of Minecraft,

Four updates in a row saw leaves changed to not decay, decay, not decay, and then decay once again. Which is quite the identity crisis but luckily it’s been solved. – [Block] Would you believe me if I told you that striders were fish? Well, looking at one now, that’s a hard comparison to justify,

Though that might’ve changed during development. See, if we check the striders texture file prior to snapshot 20W15A, they actually had a fin in the texture data. But since that update, the original file has been removed. – [Skip] Some Minecraft features never see

The light of day, and in this case it’s a bit too true. See, when they were added in, amethyst clusters had an unused lit blockstate. And while that sounds cool, it must’ve been reconsidered by Mojang as it was removed in snapshot 21W17A before it was even implemented,

Keeping both us and our amethyst geodes in the dark. – [Skip] If you’ve been raiding bastions in the Nether, then you know that it takes plenty of luck to find the Pigstep disc, but apparently that’s not the only rare pig step in the game. Since as of snapshot 20W22A,

Piglins will occasionally dance after Hoglin hunting. So, if you’re part of that lucky few who gets to see it, this will definitely establish you some dominance. – [Block] Breeding animals is an old tradition of Minecraft husbandry. But while most peaceful mobs can be bred under the right conditions,

There are two without that designation. Unfortunately, if you want more parrots or bats in your world, you’re not able to influence that. Making it even more ironic that the advancement for breeding animals, the parrots and the bats involves two unbreedable mobs. – [Skip] Now on their own, the villagers don’t seem particularly fast,

But that’s just because we don’t see them under pressure. As soon as a villager is under the panic of nightfall, these Squidwards can get some serious speed going. And in fact, they actually move faster than Steve’s sprinting speed, which is definitely impressive. And if they move that speed all the time,

Maybe they wouldn’t need golems. – [Block] By this point, I think we’re all plenty aware that Mojang made Minecraft. I mean, it’s kind of hard not to notice. But by chance you didn’t, this secret might help you realize. As others have noted, when you look through

The symbols on the end crystal, they can be rearranged to spell out none other than the studio’s name, Mojang. And that’s probably the coolest signature I’ve ever seen. – [Skip] Within the game’s code, Minecraft has a few hidden messages directed to the player, and the suspicious stew is a key example of that.

See, the logic behind this addition was for the developers to communicate that lilies of the valley are actually poisonous in real life, which is nice to know, but it’s not like daisies give regeneration in real life, so the message might not always come across. – [Block] The smithing table has been through quite

A few changes during its short time in Minecraft. When it was first added in snapshot 18W44A, Minecraft’s smithing table used to look like this. It’s a sort of modified crafting table with some different tools along the side. I suppose it makes some sense. Back in 2014, ex-Mojang developer TheMogMiner

Was asked to include a tribute skin to a fan’s rabbit named Toast. And after that feature was confirmed, this started the conversation for more rabbit varieties. And of course, this is where Twitter user 88bully suggested including the killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

Adding both a fun easter egg and a terrifying way to go. – [Skip] For anyone who’s been playing Minecraft for a couple of years now, you probably noticed something a little different about your beacons lately. As it turns out as of snapshot 19W41A in Java edition,

You can no longer see the full beacon beam when you look up through it. Now instead, you’re just gonna get these little particle effects along the side of your screen. – [Block] Sometimes it’s possible for two hostile mobs to get angry with each other. And while I’m sure you’ve seen this happen

With skeletons and zombies, two witches getting in a fight is a rarer sight. Though, if this happens it’ll never end, since the witches both have healing options and resistances to the other splash potions. So if you get this happened, you’ll have plenty of time to watch. – [Skip] Of the list of words

That the enchantment table can use, none of the words actually contain the letters J or Q, which is weird because even though they’re not used in any of the words that show up, they do still have a symbol attached to them. Which I guess makes sense,

Why are you gonna code in 24 letters of the Alphabet and not do the other two? While some Minecraft mobs are speedy, I feel like the bulk of them are not all that fast. But have you ever wonder which one is the slowest? Well, the answer is the Panda.

Though not just any Panda, but specifically the lazy Panda variant. Without using stats effects like slowness, this is the slowest possible land mob in the game and seeing it in motion, I’d have to agree. – [Block] Minecraft has its fair share of pet trivia. Whether that’s the secret texture you get

For naming a rabbit Toast or GoodTimeWithScar’s Jellie cat, there’s no shortage of real life connections here, and Jeb has one of his own as Lydia Winters confirmed the tuxedo cat skin has a striking resemblance to Jeb’S own pet cat Newton. So, if you have a name tag,

You can pay tribute to that as well. – [Skip] Items are supposed to go in hoppers but what about mobs? Baby chickens are able to hide within hoppers due to how small they are. This allows you to place a block next to them

For a compact chicken trap or put lava right next to them. Just hope that they don’t move or you’ll be having roast chicken tonight. – [Block] With the advent of bees in the 1.15 overhaul, Mojang us something new to put in our bottles. And while that’s nice, there’s a little detail here

I can’t quite understand. If you look at the two textures, you can see that a honey bottle is four pixels more full than a water one. Which is strange, but maybe that’s why we can’t craft water blocks like so. – [Skip] One of the main features of Java edition 1.6

Was the addition of hay bales. They were added in the snapshot 13W16A, where Minecraft hay bales used to look like this. They were called hay blocks and had red bands visible on all sides instead of looking like the texture we know and love. – [Block] Unless we’re talking about the secret killer rabbit,

The bunnies in Minecraft are nothing to be afraid of. Though someone at Mojang disagrees, because when Ravagers were tested in snapshot 18W43A, these pillager monsters were afraid of rabbits. Which is a fun Easter egg, but unfortunately Jeb confirmed in a tweet that it was removed to maintain the Beast’s lore.

– [Skip] Pigs and saddles are not a common form of transportation, and while they do allow for a hovering glitch like so, that isn’t too practical. However, they do have one thing against their horse rivals and that’s the ability to go through one block spaces. Sure enough, if you’re on a pig’s back,

You can ride the thing through a narrow gap like so. So, if you’re tired of crawling, I guess there’s that. – [Block] You can’t normally put a saddle on a baby Strider, Mojang just didn’t intend for it. However, if commands are used to saddle a baby strider

And you try to ride the baby Strider, you’ll actually take fire damage because of how close your body is to the lava. The saddle looks really pixelated as well when equipped on one. They’re really cute, so I guess it’s unfair to make them work for you.

– [Skip] While Mojang has spoken out against adding certain modded features to the game, there is one notable exception and that would be the 1.6 edition of horses. If you played Minecraft back in the day, I’m sure you remember the famous Mo’Creatures mod, which of course, had its own horses.

From there, Mojang used these models as the baseline for the new horses. Just like that, a mod made it into the mainstay. – [Block] Sheep haven’t always been the colors that we’re all used to. In the 1.4 update, the colors of all type of sheep were changed. Some of them pretty drastically.

The light blue sheep looks completely different now compared to what it looked like back in 2011. They were made even more vibrant in the 1.12 World Of Color Update. – [Skip] Clearly, Minecraft’s bees are an adorable addition, and it only takes one look at Twitter to see

Just how much the community loves these things. But have you ever wonder why they’re so cute? Well, according to Mojang, they’re specifically a half a block in size because the team considered that to be the cutest. And while I’ve never thought of it that way, it’s hard to disagree.

– [Block] Turtles turn into wooden bowls when they die from lightning, that’s really sad. We can actually use this cruelty to our advantage to generate infinite bowls. All we’ve got to do is use a trident with channeling, hit a turtle and harvest its shell.

Or just use a few planks and save some animals. – [Skip] Clearly, in a game called Minecraft, you’re gonna have a bunch of crafting recipes, which makes it all the weirder when some of them get removed in later updates. Take horse armor for example, when initially added back in the snapshot 13W16A,

They had crafted recipes like so. But just 24 days later, they were removed. So, I guess we’ll have to stick to fortress chests to get our supply. Gold tools aren’t exactly known for their durability, or rather they are, but not for good reason. But if you ever wondered just how bad they are,

Well, apparently it only takes one snow golem to find out. See, if you take the snow under a snow golem’s feet, your golden shovel won’t even last four seconds before it shatters. And I know gold’s soft in real life but snow is too, so that just seems pathetic.

– [Block] On May 17th of 2019, Minecraft celebrated its 10th anniversary. And with that if you actually happen to place a cake on that day, you’d actually see that the cake model was modified so that it would display a 10 above it made out of white concrete. It’s a cute little birthday celebration,

But honestly, who among us is crafting cakes anyway? – [Skip] When you’re exploring in Minecraft, we all know to pack a bunch of food, yet somehow I still never seem to bring enough. And would you believe it, that was even worse in the beta versions of Minecraft.

Since back then, only the cookies would stack. And even then you could only have up to eight of them in a given stack. And thankfully nowadays we’ve got much better pockets for our pork. – [Block] Bats don’t tend to get a lot of attention. After all, they don’t drop anything,

So we mostly just leave them be. But if you keep getting annoyed by these flying rats, there might be a reason for that. You see, between October 20th and November 3rd, these mobs spawn more frequently as a reference to Halloween. And that’s cute, but the bats are still pointless.

– [Skip] If you’ve messed around with Minecraft’s paintings, you’ve probably seen this before. And while the skull on fire is not only iconic, it also contains a neat detail. The background of the shot is actually a screenshot from Minecraft Alpha. And more surprisingly, a team actually found the seed

From this screenshot and recreated it years later, which is some crazy dedication for sure. – [Block] If you don’t yet have the flame enchantment on your bow but you’re still looking to fire off some flame arrows, then this might be an option. You see, if you have a lava bucket that is gonna

Be able to catch some of your arrows on fire, but not in the way that you would think. As you can see, only if an arrow’s shot into flowing lava does it catch on fire. – [Skip] Minecraft has plenty of rare things to see, but one that was particularly tough

To find was a naturally occurring snow golem. Prior to snapshot 17W47A, there was a 1 in 5 trillion chance of a pumpkin either generating in a snowy biome or an enderman placing a carved pumpkin like so to spawn a snow golem. – [Block] Shulkers are a downright pain,

And we can all agree on that. But while they’re not too friendly in the End cities, they’re much nicer when you use these commands. By adding a shulker to a team, you can use it as a defense mob. Meaning it won’t attack you if you’re teammates

But rather uses projectiles on other hostile mobs. And that’s a welcome change if you ask me. – [Skip] Usually, when you see a skeleton, your first instinct is for fight or flight. But if you stop and look them over, you’ll see this. In Java Edition, 89% of skeletons are right-handed

And the remaining 11% hold a bow in their left. And this emulates the estimated right-handed to left-handed percentage in the real world. And thankfully, there aren’t any ambidextrous skeletons in the game. – [Block] The Spyglass is one of the cooler additions in the 1.17 update, and it’s a nice alternative

To Optifine Zoom when you need a closer look. But something tells me this is a bit too close. Sure enough, using the slash item replace command, you can place a Spyglass on Steve’s head and have it appear smack dab in the center of the face. – [Skip] Even though Minecraft’s a sandbox,

The game still has some given rules. Like how you can only type 16 characters for the title of a book in quill. That is when typed like this. But through the help of an anvil, we can circumnavigate the limit and get a much longer title.

And I can think of some books that need just that. – [Block] Of all of the blocks that exist in Minecraft, the only three that can naturally generate in all three dimensions are chests, obsidian and bedrock. And because of that, I guess technically each dimension

Has some way for you to get an ender chest on your hands as well. – [Skip] What came first, the pig or the creeper? Besides Steve and the removed human mob, the creeper is the oldest mob in Minecraft. But you might know the story of the creation of the creeper.

The creator was trying to make a pig but messed up the dimensions of the body. The pig is the oldest existing passive mob in the game, and technically the first mob intended to be in the game. – [Block] Roughly 8 years ago on July 31st, 2012, Notch first hinted at the idea

Of a command block in his Reddit AMA. Here, when asked about more minor updates that the team was working on for the future, he mentioned that they might be working on some kind of script block, which as we can see now in reference to the adventure mode,

Turns out to be the command block. And even though at the time Notch said this idea might’ve felt impure for the game, all of us who have played with the different mini games and command maps that have been made with this are definitely thankful for them. – [Skip] The Village & Pillage update

Was a huge status quo change for how we see these mobs. And while there were plenty of gameplay changes, we also got a fair share of new fashion to see as well. A lot of which is pretty out there. But as the lead artists confirmed on Twitter,

The idea of something crazy like a lily pad hat came from the 2018 fashion shows Gucci and the like. And after looking at some of those runways, I think the villagers fit right in. – [Block] Mob spawning definitely has some quirks. For instance, even though mobs can’t spawn

On transparent blocks such as slabs and glass, piston head blocks work just fine. Now, this is not to be confused with the regular piston block. That part prevents mobs from spawning inside just like any other full block. – [Skip] Diamonds are the quintessential rare item in Minecraft’s overworld,

But for a time there was something even rarer. See when they were added, cocoa beans weren’t exactly renewable, meaning the only ones you could get were from a lucky exploration trip. And that folks, meant that they existed on a smaller part of the map then the diamond ore,

So I hope those cookies I made are worth it. – [Block] Sometimes, Mojang makes a change that doesn’t seem all that important. While there might be room for discussion on that, this one’s hard to argue. See, prior to 1.16.2, pufferfish when eaten gave the player a nausea 2 effect.

But since then, it’s only nausea 1. Though, since the level of nausea doesn’t impact the effect’s potency, it really doesn’t make much difference. – [Skip] I’ll go out on a limb and say that nobody likes to be poisoned, and even fewer people like to be lied to. So, with those two facts,

It pains me to say that Minecraft is doing both. Because apparently, the Potion Of Poison II has effects that last for 22.5 seconds, but the time says 22 because it rounds down, and now you have to live with that fact, I’m sorry. – [Block] Going hunting for the different

Ancient debris blocks that you need to make your netherite armor and tools is not an easy task. And while that journey might seem difficult, as it turns out it’s not even the hardest one in the nether. That’s right folks, it actually turns out that gilded blackstone is even rarer than ancient debris blocks.

But if you’re giving me a choice between one or the other, I’m definitely gonna take the less rare option. – [Skip] If you’ve ever fought the wither, you’re familiar with his second phase. That being, when you see these particles, it’s your cue to switch from a bow to a sword.

Or it would be if we didn’t have fireworks. See, by loading these into a crossbow, we can still damage the wither with its armor, and that lets us finish the fight from a safe distance. – [Block] Arguably the weirdest Easter egg in Minecraft happens when you mix evokers and blue sheep.

With those conditions, the wizard will cast a spell and change the blue wool to red instead. Which is odd. But it’s apparently a reference to another Microsoft game, Age of Empires, where the priest can turn enemy units into friendly ones. And that’d be why you hear this sound as well. It’s from the game. – [Skip] As the lead creative designer, Jeb has a lot of say in what goes into the game. And apparently that can lead to some personal choices. So after Jeb’s wife kept asking for a bear in the game,

He told her that if they ever had a bear of their own, he’d add in the mob. Which just so happened after their son was born. Polar bears were added to the game and the son was named Björn for the Swedish word for bear. – [Block] Minecraft is synonymous with customization,

So obviously the fireworks fit with that motif. But with all the different ways to deck out your rockets, have you ever wondered how many options we have to choose from? Well, apparently there are 2 to the 10,136 distinct fireworks to use. And that’s more than the number of atoms in the universe,

Which is just insane. – [Skip] Minecraft doesn’t have a lot of flying mobs and I think that’s a missed opportunity. So to change that around, we can do so with the help of Elytras. See with commands, you can actually attach Elytras to certain mobs. But it won’t do anything until we set

The FallFlying tag to 1b . At that point we can let them glide around and launch our first ever Minecraft Mob Airlines. – [Block] Nowadays, shields are a necessity for PVP, but it turns out there’s something even better. Or at least, there will be. See, in the separate combat test snapshots,

Mojang currently has a change that will allow shields with banners to have more absorption, giving 10 instead of five. And while this will likely be replaced with actual shield variants in the final run, for right now, a little banner goes a long way. – [Skip] Pistons have a unique way of interacting

With the blocks in front of them. Namely, if you have a piston push and pull a block like glow stone, it ceases to be a block for a moment and instead becomes a block entity. Because of this reclassification, that means a glow stone block momentarily

Does not give off any light during its journey. – [Block] Now, some of you might be familiar with this guy, the so-called rarest mob in Java Edition. And while this has been talked about before, have you ever wondered what’s the rarest mob in Bedrock Edition?

Well, as it turns out, the hardest to find mob in that game is a fully decked out baby husk riding a brown Panda. So if you see it, get the camera. – [Skip] You’re short in Minecraft. Your hit box is 1.8 blocks tall, An adult zombie’s hit box is 1.9 blocks tall

In Bedrock Edition. An adult husk’s hit box is 2.01875 blocks tall. Oddly specific. Husks can’t fit through a 2 block tall doorway in Bedrock Edition, but they can in Java Edition. – [Block] Perhaps you didn’t know but there’s actually a way to find predictability in the way that bedrock spawns.

And using this information, people have made a program where you’re actually able to see where the largest clump of bedrock appears at the top most layer. And if you’re curious, that’s at X21,783,512 and Z -800,011. What you’re gonna do with this information? I don’t know, but is it a fact about blocks? Absolutely.

– [Skip] Because soul sand isn’t a full block, when gravity blocks try to fall on top of it, they’re just gonna get broken. Which might not seem like that big of an issue but it actually could be. You see, if you’re in a soul sand valley

And you want to clear out the lava, then this is not a complete way to get to the soul sand underneath. And yeah, unfortunately you’re not going to be draining out the lava this way. – [Block] Every great artist tends to sign their work, and apparently Minecraft textures are no different.

But I wouldn’t blame you if you never noticed the hidden autographs on the armor stand since they aren’t visible on any part of the item or entity. But look at the texture file and sure enough, both Searge and Jappa have their names right here on the bottom hidden from plain view.

– [Skip] Clearly, fish don’t do well on land. And if you drain out at a nearby lake, then the best you’ll be left with is a bunch of floppy something or others. Though, we could use that to our advantage. See, if you take a fish or even a guardian out

Of their natural habitat and put them on a slime block, then they’ll keep bouncing up and up until they reach some serious height, even 17 blocks high in some cases. – [Block] We all know diamonds are a great resource to have, which is why it’s all the more unfortunate

That we can’t farm them, or at least, we can’t farm them like this. Because all it takes is a visit to a village to find yourself a renewable supply of all diamond tools, weapons, and armor. So, you can’t get infinite jukeboxes but the rest is pretty much taken care of.

– [Skip] When hoppers were first added into the game, they initially only had a work in progress texture, but maybe not in the way you’re thinking. Because as you can see this only showed up when you have the hopper inside of your inventory. But even with that said, it is still pretty funny

To walk around with a WIP just hanging around in your hand. – [Block] While the invisibility potion effect makes you almost entirely invisible to different mobs and players, as it turns out there’s something in Minecraft a little bit more all-knowing. As you can see, if you have the invisibility effect

And then you walk up to an enchanting table, then it will still open up and the book will see the player. – [Skip] When you create a fictional monster, you also get to make up your own terminology. So when you try to grab the dragon egg in the end,

But keep getting interrupted by a group of endermen, what do you call that group? According to Dinnerbone, just as we have a flock of chickens or a drift of pigs, the collective noun is a haunting of endermen. A group of pandas is called an embarrassment and that’s a real world fact.

– [Block] Now, despite what you might think there’s actually only one transparent block that cannot be placed on ice. Can you guess it? Well, if you can’t then there’s actually snow layers that can not be placed on top of ice blocks, which is likely some holdover from world generation.

Health points are a weird thing in Minecraft. Like, why does the wither in Bedrock have double the health of the Java version? But a weirder quirk of HP that you might not have noticed relates to the iron golem and the neglected giant. You see, even though the secret mob towers over the golem,

Both actually have the same health of a hundred points. The giants can’t even do that right. – [Skip] As soon as you hoe a dirt block and turn it into farmland, then all of a sudden you’re not able to place ladders or torches along the side. But even though that’s true,

You still could do this with signs. As you can see right here, you can type your favorite message on it and it’s gonna stay on top of that farmland. – [Block] Bonemeal is a surprisingly powerful tool. And as someone who doesn’t like waiting, it’s essential for me.

But apparently it’s more robust than even I thought. While we’re all familiar with bonemeal on the top of a grass block, it can also work from the sides and bottom. It’ll even work if a plant is already on top, making this super substance even easier to use.

– [Skip] Game development isn’t always a perfect process. Like sometimes you go to code a pig and instead make a terrifying monster. And while it’s a fun story, it’s apparently not a one-off. In the development video for the Village & Pillage Update, Mojang revealed that foxes originally looked like this whole mess.

And now, I’m both disappointed and relieved this never made it in the final version. – [Block] If you’ve ever worked with the observers, you’re probably aware that getting these blocks the right way round isn’t always an easy task. Apparently, even Jeb had some confusion over this.

The reason that observers have their current face texture is because Jeb kept forgetting which bit was the front, so this rejected texture was dug up as a solution. – [Skip] If you’ve talked to a cartographer, you’ve probably seen one of these things. That being the coveted explorer map for finding mansions and monuments.

Well, while these look like regular maps, it turns out they worked fairly differently. See, these maps generate based on chunk data, not on whether the player fills them out. Meaning if you’ve got one of these and then left it at home, it’d still fill out just the same.

– [Block] Render Distance works in a couple of different ways in Minecraft. While most of us are familiar with the absolute render distance that refers to the blocks and structures in the distance, there’s a separate entity render distance that exists. That’s why shulker boxes disappear when you’re too far away from them,

Because even though they’re placed like a block, the game still classifies them as an entity. – [Skip] Minecraft enchantmets are a great thing, but they don’t always make sense. And while it’s weird to use a fire aspect book for lighting TNT, I think it’s even stranger

That we can put mending on a carrot on a stick. But if you’ve got the levels, I’m sure the pigs appreciate it. Though, I still can’t get over the image of a regenerating carrot. – [Block] Unless you’re a wandering trader, the invisibility potion probably doesn’t get a lot of use.

Which can mean that certain uses go unchecked and sneak by in the code. Prior to snapshot 14W05B, if you hit a mooshroom with the potion effect, it’s mushrooms remained visible. And it’s understandable that Mojang would fix this for the effect to work properly, but it’s quite fun to revisit.

– [Skip] As many of us know, beacon beams can’t pass their solid blocks. But if you’re worried you can’t use a beacon inside of the nether unless you go into the nether roof, don’t worry! As it turns out, if you place a beacon underneath bedrock

With no other solid blocks like netherrack in between it, then it’ll actually blast through the bedrock roof, and look, you’ve got a fully powered beacon. – [Block] To speed up game development, it’s nice to cut corners when you can. And Minecraft’s textures have plenty of examples of that.

But what’s weirder still is which they decide to reuse and which they make from scratch. Like the bucket of cod and bucket of tropical fish are recolorations but the item sprites themselves are different. And I don’t get why you’d only do half the assignment. – [Skip] Unlike their slime block counterparts,

Honey blocks are sticky along their sides. As the Sticky Situation achievement describes, sliding down the sticky side will slow your fall. So, if you were to take a stack of 256 honey blocks and slide from the top of the world down to the bottom, it would take one minute and 14 seconds.

– [Block] Crafting a netherite hoe is something of a joke, and the advancements call attention to that. But if you took the time to wear down the tool, you might notice it doesn’t break the same as the others. And the reason for this is because tilling the soil

Is based on the server, so it doesn’t display a breaking animation like the other ones if you manage to break it that is. – [Skip] Spiders don’t touch the ground ever. We all know that they can climb walls but it’s physically impossible for them to touch the ground.

Looking from the side in perfectly normal conditions, you’ll notice that they actually float. I don’t know why they float. Maybe the creators just didn’t notice because of how tall the player is compared to a spider. – [Block] Although beacons do require obsidian to make, they don’t actually require a diamond pickaxe to break.

I know that seems odd and especially with a high value item like this, you don’t wanna risk accidentally losing it. But sure enough as you can see if you use another pickax that isn’t diamond, you’re still gonna get the beacon back. – [Skip] With so many items to collect, it’s only fair

We have some way to show them off. And while item frames are a staple in the way that we decorate nowadays, prior to this Reddit post, it wasn’t even considered. But sure enough, just like the ender chest and the flower pot, item frames made it in through a community suggestion.

And thankfully, so I might add. – [Block] Everyone knows that shulker boxes are a great way to carry around extra items in your inventory. But have you ever wondered how much? As it turns out, if you have 37 shulker boxes fully filled to the brim in your inventory, hot bar and offhand slot,

Then those 999 stacks of 64 items are going to add up to 63,936 total items. – [Skip] If you’ve messed around with Minecraft modding, you know there are plenty of files to sort through. And hidden in those files are some sneaky details. For instance, did you know that axes

Were originally referred to as hatchets in the games code? But since Java 1.13, the language files now reflect the current name. But since the axes are still one-handed, I could see it either way. – [Block] How would you classify a saddle? It’s definitely a utility but I wouldn’t consider it armor.

Minecraft however seems to disagree, since when you put a saddle on a pig, it counts as armor but adds no protection. That’s why you can see it when the pig goes invisible. But interestingly, the same doesn’t apply to a horse, but only to horse armor. Weird. – [Skip] Now, while everyone else searches

For the 0.03% chance of finding a blue axolotl, there’s one color that’s even harder to find. As you can see when we watched the announcement for the Caves & Cliffs Part 1, there’s a green variant that doesn’t exist in the game. Why it was removed, who knows.

But the emerald color would have been pretty cool. – [Block] Ender pearls can be a real lifesaver, especially when you’re traveling in the End. Or they would be if I could get the angle right, but training that arc isn’t always easy. Though it turns out that ender pearls

And snowballs can be thrown at the same range. Meaning, we can figure out our trajectory before losing any hearts. And that extra prep makes all the difference. – [Skip] Smelting items in a furnace can be a surprisingly good way to get experience, especially when partnered with cactus and bamboo farms

To essentially automate the process. While those are good long term, if you’re only going to smelt one item, the best one to put in the furnace is ancient debris. Yielding two experience points for grabbing the netherite scrap. – [Block] When you toggle a piston between

On and off rapidly with a gravity effected block such as sand on top of it, then eventually the piston will actually break the block. Which, there you go, can even be picked up as an item. Is it practical? Not exactly, you’re way better using a slab or something.

– [Skip] Minecraft has plenty of resources to craft with, but have you ever wondered which item gets the most use? Well, turns out the iron ingot takes the top slot at 34 crafting recipes. With planks following right behind at 33. And while I would have guessed that those were the other way around,

It’s still plenty of a reason to get yourself both an iron and a tree farm in the future. – [Block] By this point hoppers are an essential staple of Minecraft, though if you’ve ever noticed an item traffic jam in your hopper pipeline, this might be why.

A hopper can transfer 9,000 items per hour or 150 items per minute. So, if you have a really high efficiency farm, now at least you know why it got plugged up. – [Skip] If you’ve ever tried to go through the hassle of learning how to play different note blocks,

Then you’re well unaware that if you place a note block on top of specific blocks, then it actually makes different instruments. So by that, what if you place a note block on top of another note block? Then it’s gonna produce a string based instrument when you play it.

Why you’d ever use it like that? I have no clue. The other note block underneath isn’t able to play anything. – [Block] Minecraft sponges have come a long way. What used to be an unobtainable block that didn’t soak up any water is now a treasure valuable enough

To validate going to an ocean monument for. But as it turns out, this block was even less useful when Notch first added it. Originally in Minecraft Classic, the block would decay over time just like leaves. When the liquid system was reworked in infdev, they no longer drained water.

Clearly, up until the Update Aquatic, this wasn’t very high up on Mojang’s priority list. – [Skip] Silk Touch is a valuable enchantment to have. So valuable, in fact, that many of us don’t wanna waste it, which is why sheers used to be so great.

See prior to 1.9, we could enchant sheers with silk touch and then use that enchantment elsewhere. Meaning, if you build with a lot of glass, put silk touch on your sheers, and instead you’ve got an unbreakable glass remover which was cool while it lasted. – [Block] If you’ve played Minecraft PVP,

Then you’re well aware of how impactful knockback can be. But while it’s most useful there, Minecraft actually has a unique use for knockback in the base game. And it’s for squids of all things. Apparently, hitting a squid underwater causes them to rise anywhere from a third to a half block,

Which isn’t too useful but now you’ll know to look out for it. – [Skip] Adventure mode is an interesting concept, but it’s not a perfect system. For instance, say a play tester comes across the flint and steel, well, without this tag, they can’t spark fires or light nether portals.

But they can still ignite creepers and TNT, and to me that seems equally destructive, if not more so. – [Block] You can get up to 28 experience points from killing one large slime and all of the slimes that split from it. This will yield between 12 to 28 experience

With an average of 20. 4 experience from the largest, 8 experience from the four it splits into and 16 from the four tiny ones. You’ll still need another 1,367 to reach level 30 though. – [Skip] What’s the right way to craft a bed? Well, nowadays the answer would depend

On the color sheets you want. But in the past, all we had was the standard red. And with that meant we had a bunch of different ways to craft the same choice. In fact, between the 16 wools and 6 different planks, there used to be 3,456 ways just craft this one bed.

– [Block] Minecraft has its fair share of rare items. Turns out that there are even rarer names. In vanilla, there are only three items obtainable in survival with a magenta tinted name. Those being the dragon egg, the enchanted golden apple and the thing banner putter. And if you ask me,

One of those things is not like the others. But if you have them, feel free to show off. – [Skip] Do you ever wonder where Mojang gets their inspiration? Since the designs are so simplistic, it’s easy to lose track of the real world parallels. Take the cow for example.

Apparently, this thing is supposed to be based off the Norwegian Red cattle that you can see here, but honestly I don’t see much resemblance. And if this is the case, couldn’t they have at least matched the color? – [Block] Anyone lucky enough to get their hands

On the heart of the sea item likely put it into crafting a conduit. But unless you fully powered it, you might not have seen that it’s still there. When activated, the conduit displays the heart of the sea at the center of its model, then when all 42 blocks necessary have been placed,

The heart opens like an orange eye, as you can see here. – [Skip] At some point, I think we’ve all heard Minecraft’s music discs. And even though some are better than others, they’ve each got a unique identity. And I’d say that disc 11 definitely fits that description.

While it’s a bit of a chore to listen to it, all you might not have noticed that it lasts for 1 minute, 11 seconds, 111 milliseconds exactly. All of it absolutely dreadful. – [Block] Surprisingly, even though you’re able to break your fall by falling on top of a waterlogged block,

Water-filled cauldrons are a different story. As you can see here, if we put side-by-side a waterlogged chest and a water-filled cauldron, one’s going to save you and the other one doesn’t make any sense. – [Skip] Why don’t wither skeletons carry bows like the others? Well, this might be our answer.

Since when we spawn in one of these with a bow like saw, the skeleton starts shooting fire arrows instead. And thankfully, the developers decided not to add another fire shooting mob to the Nether. But for a custom difficulty, this would fit right in. – [Block] Anyone who’s ever used the composter block knows

That it can sometimes be a rip off, but as it turns out it’s not just you that it’s ripping off. As a matter of fact, as soon as you put an item inside the composter, you’ll see that the filling texture is the same as podzol. – [Skip] According to Mojang’s official writeup,

They don’t currently plan to add in more community made mods or features. But while that’s true for now, it wasn’t always the case. And in fact the sound you hear here (chime rings) was actually inspired by a third party. While playing on the PVP server Project Aries, Dinnerbone noticed the high pitched sound

And added it into the bows we use today. – [Block] When you’re talking about items, mob drops are sure to come up. But figuring out what those mob drops are is its own problem, and Notch definitely came across that. So, that’s why in the development stage for Java Edition,

Zombies used to drop feathers. And according to the developer, he didn’t know what else they should drop. And it wasn’t until the 1.8 Beta pre-release that he finally got his replacement. – [Skip] While there are plenty of easter eggs and secrets to see within the game, some also exist in the files themselves.

For instance, take a look at this elder guardian. Not much to see. Well, that all changes when we go into the mob’s texture file. Here, we can see that Jeb even signed the texture in the lower corner. So, even though it’s not visible in game, you can rest assured knowing it’s there.

– [Block] Even though barrels were first added to Minecraft Java Edition roughly a month before Bedrock in snapshot 18W44A, in the files of a Bedrock Edition Beta version lie some interesting unused textures. Apparently, at some point in development there were plans to add variants of the barrel, both empty and filled with fish.

– [Skip] Of all the mobs in Minecraft, there’s only one that can not trample turtle eggs. As it turns out, bats are the only ones that if they fly on top of a turtle egg, they’re not gonna crack it. So, for what it’s worth if you ever want

To mix together your turtle storage with your bat farm, it’s not exactly a workplace hazard. – [Block] Every now and then Mojang add in a mob that’s divisive to say the least. Sure, the phantom and the glow squid are famous examples of this. And while it’s easy to blame these on community voting,

They’re not the only ones. Actually, there were four mobs that resulted from the community voting. Those being the glow squid, the phantom, the goats and the Fox. So, hey, they’re not all that bad. – [Skip] Now, if you’ve ever played Minecraft during Halloween night, then you’re well and aware

That some mobs on that day will be able to spawn with jack-o’-lanterns on their heads. As it turns out, there’s actually 13 different mobs in the game that are able to wear this. Which is good, because this is probably the only time you’re ever gonna get to see them.

– [Block] Throwing a splash potion is an exact science, and some of you likely know that it’s better to land one of these on your noggin than it is on your feet. But, is the same true for bottles of enchanting. Well, when you test both ways, it’s a myth.

As it turns out it doesn’t make any difference where you throw these. So pick your favorite, it’ll work just the same. – [Skip] Getting a full set of 15 bookshelves is almost a prerequisite for getting an enchantment table. So obviously, this is on your to-do list, but how much does it cost?

After running the numbers, it takes 90 wooden planks, 45 leather, and 135 paper to make all the bookshelves necessary for a level 30 enchantment. – [Block] Throughout Minecraft history, the jungle wood door has been through a couple of different changes. As you can see, in 1.16 the current texture that we have

When we have this in our inventory, does not match up to the door when it’s placed down. And if that inconsistency is gonna bug you for the rest of the day, then don’t sweat it because in the 1.17 update they’re actually changing it in the snapshot.

– [Skip] Nowadays, ender chests stick out as the safest way to hide your diamonds and netherite, but their original implementation told a different story. In their first appearance during snapshot 12W21A, every player on a server could access the same ender chest inventory. For a time, the safest option in Minecraft

Was the total opposite. – [Block] Arguably the cutest addition in the Caves & Cliffs Update is the new axolotl mob. And while all of the colors are great, the blue variant is definitely the most sought after. And strangely enough, this is the only color that’s not based off real life,

But rather it was a suggestion from user Darkiceflame asking for an easter egg to Mudkip from Pokémon. Though, I’d still say it looks more like Whooper. – [Skip] If you wanna buff your crossbow, then a quick charge enchantment is a must have. And, hey if you want more Minecraft facts,

Then a subscription’s a must-have too. Thank you, by the way. But even with that, I wouldn’t push it too far. Because it turns out that quick charge level VI and above pauses the animation on the first frame. Since the resulting reload time is now negative,

The game can’t even start the animation to load. But even if it could, it would take over 69 years to finish that. And at that point, your opponent’s probably moved on. – [Block] If you can get your hands on a totem of undying, it’s an invaluable resource to have.

But it does mean we give up an offhand slot to make it work, though for what it’s worth, the 3DS version of Minecraft lets the totem work in any of the hot bar slots, Since there’s no offhand feature in that version, which is nice, but I’d rather stick to PC.

– [Skip] Beds and the Nether don’t exactly mix well, that’s just intentional game design. Though, that’s unfortunate since it turns out beds might just be what you need for Nether safety. Of course, you can only test this in the Overworld, but when you sleep in a bed,

The player cannot be damaged by lava. When you wake up, you might not be as lucky. – [Block] Back in 2014, Microsoft famously purchased Mojang for a chunk of cash. So, while we’re all familiar with the Windows 10 version of Minecraft, did you know that there were Minecraft versions of windows 10?

Sure enough, five updates for Windows 10 were codenamed Redstone. Which is cute but, I’m not sure it’s worth $2.5 billion for that reference. – [Skip] Wolves love bones. After you’ve managed to tame a wolf using a few bones, you’ll likely put them away and not use them for awhile.

But if you get the bones back out and show them to your tamed wolf, it will tilt its head in the same way as it did before it was tamed. Tamed wolves can’t even accept bones, but still love them just as much. – [Block] If you’ve been lucky enough to get your hands

On a blue axolotl, you know these things are a tough find. With a 1 in 1200 chance of finding these water wolves, it’s definitely gonna take some time. But there’s a reason for that. You see, even though blue axolotls don’t exist in real life,

That 1 in 1200 number comes from the approximate number of axolotls that are still left in the wild today. – [Skip] We’ve talked before the splash potion of harming is a valuable asset to have, especially against armored foes. But even if it is strong, it’s not exactly a one hit kill.

Or at least, it isn’t with us. Though, if you were to land a direct hit with a harming II potion on a cave spider, that’s just enough to finish it off. But even with that trick, I’d rather just take out the spawner and be done with the whole thing.

– [Block] Minecraft apples have a bit of a weird history. For starters, the original texture wasn’t even for Minecraft, but rather a previous game by the game’s creator called Legend of the Chambered. And while that texture was changed in the texture update, that’s not the end of this guy’s association with apples.

Since to this day, if you kill him he’ll drop an apple with his other items. – [Skip] As of 1.16, the current longest name for a block is Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate, which is actually tied for Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks. Both of which being 34 characters long with spaces and 31 without.

But of course, this is excluding the Education Edition because there it’s not a fair competition. – [Block] Clearly, TNT can pack quite a punch, but what it can do in damage here, it’s even more serious when we add it to a cart. As it turns out, all it takes is a direct hit

From three merged TNT minecarts to take a full diamond armor player right down to half a heart. And though other methods can deal more damage, I’d rather just spend the ingots and get this cheap fix. – [Skip] You don’t have to play Creative mode for long to come across these spawn eggs.

There’s a lot of them. But while we’re familiar with how they look nowadays, they didn’t always seem that way. In fact, back in the snapshots of 1.1, they were each sourced from one file that was tinted for the variations, and I’m glad they decided to change.

– [Block] Unfortunately, the Bedrock Edition doesn’t allow for all items to be held in the offhand. But that doesn’t mean every offhand item has a use. Take the Nautilus shells for example, for us, they do nothing in either slot, but the reason they work like this is

Because the drowned mobs have to hold them like so. So, it is useless, but it’s at least a fun detail. – [Skip] Landing a shot with a bow and arrow is easier said than done. However, it looks like the game might be partially to blame.

See if you were to stand close to a wall and fire off several shots without moving, you’ll notice that the arrows fall slightly to the right of your crosshair. And if you change to left-handed in the settings, it’s the opposite, which I guess makes some sense.

– [Block] When chains were added to Minecraft, they brought around a lot of discussion. But one topic that doesn’t get talked about enough is their blast resistance. Even though chains are made of less iron, just two iron nuggets and an ingot, they have the same blast resistance as a full block of iron.

Proving once and for all that it’s never about the amount of iron but how you use it. – [Skip] Now it’s not news to anyone that Bedrock Edition has its fair share quirks. And even then, this still might be the weirdest installment I’ve seen.

As you can see, if we use this summon command with a tag on tame, then we can get a glitched out red Wolf. And while our colors do match well, unfortunately I couldn’t find a way to tame it. – [Block] Basically everything in Minecraft has more of a use than the furnace minecarts.

And for this reason, Mojang explicitly didn’t add it to the Bedrock and 3DS versions of the game. Jeb even mentioned removing them outright from the Java edition. So, unless they decide to make these strains actually usable, it’s only a short while before this joins the forgotten ranks of beast boy and frog girl.

– [Skip] The game rule for mobGriefing is a powerful tool. And while most of us associate this command with regards to creeper explosions and enderman theft, that’s not the only limits. As it is, if you switch this command to false, you’ll find the foxes can no longer pick up items.

Which I guess makes sense, but something tells me that holding a shulker box is nowhere near as much of a problem as a creeper detonation. – [Block] In Bedrock Edition, it’s entirely possible to relight an unlit campfire just by lighting yourself on fire. No joke by going over and stop, dropping

And rolling right on top of an unlit pile of ashes, all of a sudden it’s lit up like a Christmas tree. Now the only question is why doesn’t this have an Java Edition? I guess we handle fire safety a little different around here. – [Skip] While crafting a stone cutter instead

Of a crafting table does seem more expensive. When making stairs using a stone cutter, it requires just one block per stair crafted. Where a crafting table costs 1.5 blocks per stair. For things like cobblestone, it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference but for harder to obtain blocks such

As quartz and prismarine, the savings add up quickly. – [Block] The ender dragon holds a lot of importance to the Minecraft world. But while most of us spend hours just trying to find and kill the thing, have you ever bothered to learn its name? Because yeah, according to Notch and Dinnerbone,

She is actually named Jean?. With a question mark at the end and everything. So, if you’re ready for that first name basis, then by all means. – [Skip] If you’ve ever had a physics lesson, you’ve heard that gravity in theory accelerates all objects at the same rate. In Minecraft however, that’s verifiably false.

To test this, if a player stands on a stack of sand or gravel, and then the stack falls onto a non-solid block like a torch, then the player will fall fast enough to go through the stack and even take enough damage to die. – [Block] Obviously, Minecraft has plenty of quirks

That don’t make any sense. But even after the community has pointed these out, new ones rise to the surface. As an example, even though blazes do not have visible feet, the mob can still make footsteps sounds, making a weird audio-visual experience. Though it’s worth mentioning that this is on the bug tracker,

So it might be fixed after all. – [Skip] Even though some servers by default use spawn protection to protect against their spawn point, as it turns out, if you’re not an admin there still is a little bit of havoc that you’re able to do there.

Sure enough, if you use bone meal on the grass in a the spawn protected area, it’s still gonna produce grass and flowers. – [Block] Every now and then, Minecraft has an inconsistency I can’t quite figure out. For instance, did you know that there’s a damage discrepancy between wither skulls spawn in this way

And one spawn in this way. Yeah, apparently wither skull projectiles from the summon command only do 5 magic damage on impact, whereas the ones from the boss do 8 on a direct hit. And why the difference? I got no clue, but maybe that’s just me. – [Skip] Everybody knows that you’re able

To color beacon beams with stained glass. More interestingly however, stacking them on top of each other opens up a whole bunch of new colors! This means that there are 12,326,391 unique colors. – [Block] Finding the best fuel source can be something of a math problem. But if you’re on Bedrock,

You should know that bowls are a more efficient fuel source than sticks. Since six planks craft in to 8 bowls smelt 8 items, instead of crafting 12 sticks they smelt only 6. And this will be a big help for when you’re trying to smelt down

The stem blocks next time you’re in the Nether. – [Skip] The unused illusioner mob is pretty scary when it splits into a bunch of decoy clones. But as soon as they enter a boat, all of that fear disappears because they’re actually quite weird. They shoot their projectiles backwards while

In a boat for some reason. – [Block] Before stained glass and stained glass panes were added into Minecraft, there was actually a similar block named tinted glass that existed in the April Fools version 2.0 update. So, what started out as a joke actually ended up being Mojang previewing a feature.

And as a matter of fact, the texture that was used in the April Fools Update was actually used for the block before the stained glass got its own texture. – [Skip] If the texture for end stone looks familiar to you, then there’s a reason for it.

As you can see, the end stone’s texture is actually an inversion geometric translation and then a recoloration of the cobblestones texture. And you know what? Good on Mojang. They were able to cut corners and I didn’t even notice until it was pointed out. And with that folks,

Thank you for watching this long compilation and have a good one. – [Block] All right. (Mario coin dings)