You can make glass in Minecraft by smelting blocks of sand, and combining the glass with other items can craft even more.

The Trails and Tails update to Minecraft brings with it plenty of new ways to utilize bamboo, which is incredibly useful given how easy it is to farm. Mojang added plenty of different ways to decorate ...

End or Nether — you'll need special items like obsidian or Eyes of Ender.

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A bookshelf is a multi-functional block that's used far more in the mid-late game of Minecraft. However, even if you're building your first base, you ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A house with all blocks and no windows in Minecraft can be a little dreary, so why not add some light with a few windows? While you can always just ...

A furnace is a common functional block in Minecraft that can be used to smelt many blocks and ores. To craft one, you just need 8 cobblestones, cobbled deepslates, or Blackstone. You will need a ...

A player’s home base is one of the most crucial builds of Minecraft due to the dangerous monsters that lurk around the Overworld. Even more so, other players can quickly destroy these locations with ...

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 ...