I want to introduce some of my friends to Minecraft. They have never heard of it before and I am having trouble explaining them from the beginning since the scope of the game is very vast.

I want to give them a preview of the game before they start playing themselves, so I would prefer a video explaining the same. I tried to search for it on YouTube but I could personally find no video that could explain the premise and potential of the game from scratch. I tried to explain them via playing the game on my device too but that was of no meaningful help either since I have no personal worlds or builds to show.

Could someone please help me recommend some useful resource for this matter? I am sure they will come to love it once they get to properly understand it.

I'm new to Minecraft and did a lot of googling but everyone has a different answer for silk touch.

Does anyone have a definite way to get it with an enchantment table?

Some say you need to be level 17 and have 9 bookshelves before it will show up (random). Others say you need to be between level 20 and 30. One says 30. Another says you can just keep trying over and over using a grindstone to remove the wrong enchantment before trying again.

Bundles no longer experimental!

I got inspiration from some pictures online, and built this on my survival server.

It still needs a bit of decoration all around it tho, maybe trees ? do you guys have ideas ?

Hey folks, I'm a datapack/mod creator and I thought you people would be interested in a project I created, given how techy Lemmy is. I "revamped" the Minecraft Shipwreck structure to have randomized sections.

The issue with the Shipwreck structure is their diversity, or rather, lack thereof. Each of the 8 possible woodtype combinations "only" have 20 different variants. Definitely nothing to sneeze at, but after playing for a few years, they get a little samey. There are 8 right-side up variants, 6 that are upside-down, and 6 on their side (tangent, but did you know vanilla sideways shipwrecks can exclusively be laying on their left side!? Try seeing them the same ever again I dare you). Half of these variants are also just slightly more degraded versions of the other half, which brings us to a total of 10 unique exploration experiences.

Here are the vanilla shipwreck variants: !vanilla variants

There are a couple ways of solving this "issue." You could add new shipwreck models, new variations of the existing wreck, or what I opted for: cut them into smaller pieces, shake the box, and glue them back together. Note that I did also make new variations of the vanilla pieces, and maybe one day I'll also make new ship models to apply the same technique to!

!chopwreck

When splitting each variant into 3 different sections, the first and obvious place to chop was at the masts on both the middle and back end, however this would place two chests in the back end and none in the midsection, which would limit the amount of chest variability. I decided to put a split at the middle mast, but 2 blocks behind the back mast.

Unavoidably, this location for makes some.. interesting pieces.

!tiny segment

This is my first big divergence from vanilla: the chest locations. If we were to make the sections split in the same place in every rotation, we'd still end up with 2 chests in the backend in ships on their sides, because the chest location is different for that rotation. I decided, if the vanilla chest locations weren't possible anyway, might as well use that as an excuse to change that gameplay entirely! In most of these modified wrecks the chest location is the same as possible to vanilla, but that's not the case in not so intact wrecks. This may or may not be a sneaky nerf.

But beyond just chest locations, I also added around double the options for the jigsaws to choose from. Each custom section was designed to have unique entrance holes and/or interesting degradation. In the image below, the pieces with black backgrounds are "vanilla" segments, which are pieces directly chopped off vanilla wrecks.

!segments

Obviously, not all pieces can go with well with each other, for example, that segment that's only 4 blocks total. It'd look terrible if it was attached to a barely damaged piece. So the template_pool that each part is selected from had to be split into 5, accounting for each degradation stage. In the above image, the outline visualizes which degradation stage the piece is in. Parts can select from both the degradation stage above them and the degradation stage under them, making for realistic degradation that isn't always consistent throughout the whole wreck. A ship that starts in perfect condition can end up looking pretty tarnished!

!degraded ship

All of this together makes for a unique diving experience! All vanilla shipwrecks are still possible to generate, but are far rarer now that there are so many other options to choose from. This, admittedly, is a subtle and easy to miss difference, but sometimes a collection of subtle differences is all you need to feel like you're playing a new game.

!gif

These also come in every vanilla shipwreck woodtype combo, and every vanilla shipwreck rotation (now with laying on the right side, revolutionary).

!gif 2

I think it's allowed, so here's the Modrinth page.

It's on CurseForge as well, but I had to make two pages for mod & datapack, they're both on the same Modrinth versions list.

\#Minecraft Live 2024 will happen on September 28 at 17:00 UTC!

This first edition of the broadcast without a community vote will happen in just nine days. https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecraft\_Live\_2024

We have a countdown to the event on our #MinecraftWiki homepage that tells you exactly when it happens in your local timezone. https://minecraft.wiki/

Also check out the announcement cinematic on Mojang's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9KsrfuatT0

@minecraft

What is inside ?

This Hot Air Ballon has a mob farm inside it!

Got inspired from some screenshot online and I made my own!

I upgraded the redstone trap I built so that now I can catch zombie mobs in more than one space.

Used up all the chicken eggs and made some baby chicks in the process and growing wheat to use for livestock and found a sheep close by.

Used some metals and leather to make armor and used up my most of my iron tools as well.

Expanded the cabin I built into a building with an extra floor above for potential use or if anyone wanted to occupy one of my many buildings.

On this day 10 years ago, Microsoft acquired #Minecraft developer Mojang for US$2.5 billion. https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mojang\_Studios#History

In a blog post announcing the purchase, Owen Jones wrote: "Everything is going to be OK. \<3" http://web.archive.org/web/20140915131835/https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/

Ten years later, Mojang now has been part of Microsoft almost twice as long as it has been independent.

It's interesting to look back at the original announcement video from Xbox as well: https://youtu.be/lXNWchwDiG8

@minecraft

Snapshot 24w37a has been released and it brings some neat tweaks and bug fixes!

Ender pearls now load chunks, which makes cross-dimension travel much more reliable! (plus easier chunk loading with stasis chambers 👀)

Also, one of the most (in)famous #Minecraft bugs, MC-119369, has been fixed: Boats crashing and breaking into sticks and planks when falling certain heights. https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-119369

Read all about this on the #MinecraftWiki: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java\_Edition\_24w37a

\#MinecraftSnapshots @minecraft

Changes coming to how Minecraft is being developed:

\- Mob votes are no more 🦀🦀🦀 \- One big update per year, smaller "game drops" throughout the year \- Minecraft Live will happen twice per year

More on that and other changes can be found on official blog update https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/the-future-of-minecrafts-development

\#Minecraft #MinecraftLive @minecraft

I've been spending time in ancient cities and I'm wondering what the lore is around them. Was sculk a parasite? Did villagers build them? Are ancient cities related to trail ruins?

They're so intriguing to me, but I can't imagine how they got there

Is there a way to get villagers with separated arms on bedrock? Would I need to write my own addon? I don't see anything built for that currently.

My end goal would be to get villagers to look like dwarfs, like this resource pack.

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/mypowerbobs-fantasy-villagers

Let's say I'm just a member on a server and the admin has disabled this feature. Maybe using some sort of hack client?

Hello everyone,

Finally managed to get a modded world stable enough to have a few large machines running and enjoy their use, including an autonomous concrete factory. With that I've built some walls and then realized I don't have any real experience with modern architecture... so I've got a giant white brick surrounding my machines.

Honestly, I'm not used to building on this scale either so I'm not sure how to make this look nice on multiple fronts. One thing I do know though; I don't like glass curtain-walls so I'd rather not do that for this building in spite of it certainly being big enough.

!

Any ideas?

Most people's nether portals are inside their base or only a short distance away. Use this information to how you want.

When a monster falls into the hole, I just pull the lever and crush the monster who steps in it.

EDIT:

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https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-24w33a

After a long break, a new #Minecraft snapshot 24w33a is out now, and it's a big one!

👜 Bundles are making a return, with a new improved UI! https://minecraft.wiki/w/Bundle

🚃 With the Minecart Improvements experiment, you can build more exciting rollercoasters! https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecart\_Improvements

⚙ New experimental changes to how Redstone works! https://minecraft.wiki/w/Redstone\_Experiments

This version contains many more new things; check out the #MinecraftWiki for an overview: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java\_Edition\_24w33a

\#MinecraftSnapshots @minecraft

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Alternative link: https://invidious.darkness.services/watch?v=4XmJPb4Qt5Y

Mojang demonstrate how some of the games sound effects were made; from modern sounds, also going back to some of the older sounds. I find it cool that they recorded real dolphin sounds themselves. The way the phantom was recorded was outright creepy.

I only started playing Minecraft a couple of months ago. My son (6) wanted to play it and I wanted to check it out first and got hooked it’s a fun game to play at work during breaks. The green markers are each of my bases.

Trying to see if I can add a turn based movement system.

The only way I can think of is by setting a worldborder centered on a player for their turn.

But theres a few problems: No vertical limiting, other players could use it if they are close enough, it looks kind of ugly and the border is square (yes I know minecraft is square)

:-)

I find in retrospect that the legacy console versions of the game were always so much more cozy than Java or Bedrock. The worlds really felt more like your own home in the classic versions; not just a near-infinite display of eternally explorable land that always feels foreign. To an extent, you needed to be more careful with your resources too, as sometimes they were extremely rare and you could cause an item or block to go "extinct" in the world, because you carelessly threw it out. You can see that as a hassle, but I found it a more realistic and fun experience having to think a bit more about how you managed the world.

Unlike the infinite worlds, you can't just fly off to some far-off part of the world you never visit and demolish an entire beach or desert for infinite sand, because, with the limited world size, you would be tearing up your own home and making the world look ugly (unless you're the YouTuber ibxtoycat who loves doing things like that 😂).

I miss the small worlds, and even though the engine limitations of that old version would have made it a stretch, I would have loved to see the recent updates (1.15-1.21) come to the game.

There was a charm to multiplayer survival worlds in Legacy, too. Because of the small size, you would bump into your friends just doing their own things, minding their own business in the worlds so much more often than in infinite worlds, where they could be hundreds of thousands, to millions of blocks apart from each other and only interact through the in-game chat or voice-chat. The world as a result felt so much more alive with multiple players. I miss the old console version...

I host my own Minecraft server and have online-mode set to false in serer.properties.

Now, I want others to join but I don't expect them to buy a legitimate copy of Minecraft. Isn't that why we use this setting online-mode?

In the ol' days (1.8 and post), I remember using some copy of Minecraft where I could just change my username on every start of this client, and join my server. Period. Done. I want the same again. Is this possible? In a non-illegal way? What about grey-area? I don't care about security or impersonation (partly).

Hello everyone,

My friends and I would like to play a modded world together now that we've found 'The Essentials' mod which allows us to circumvent our previous issues with multiplayer. However we've had some issues with finding good modpacks. None of us are experts so we've just been trying ones we've found.

We've mostly tried 'Create on a Potato PC Ultimate' and 'Create: Arcane Engineering'. Create on a Potato PC was/is great but we have a minor crashing issue. Arcane Engineering integrates the mod so much it makes trying to primarily work with one frustrating. My friends have also tried Create Chronicals and found it to just be altogether too much.

What we're looking for is a pack with Create (addons desired but not needed) and an in-depth magic mod like Botania or Ars Magica.

Any suggestions?

My family doesnt know i have a Microsoft acc/email acc. Im worried that if i sign into my Minecraft with my Microsoft acc then my family member who has their email and phone number hooked up to my PS4 account will get an email/text about it. (For context im not allowed to have an email (or anything like that) so if they were to find out that would lead to a bunch of drama i cant deal with again. (they have found out about old emails and stuff in the past and lost their minds about it.)) the ps4 account DOES have parental controls/etc on it.