

Harvesting these blocks will drop brown mushrooms. These form the top of huge brown mushrooms, found in mushroom biomes and created by using bonemeal on normal brown mushrooms. They can often be found in Jungle biomes and unlike dead bushes, ferns can be picked up and replanted. These bushes can be picked up by harvesting it with shears.įerns look a lot like small pine trees. These dry scrubs are purely aesthetical, found mostly in desert biomes, but have been found in swamp biomes as well. Using bone meal on a grass block will grow tall grass, yellow and red flowers on grass blocks around it, allowing the player to harvest large amounts of grass and flowers in a short time. Yellow flowers are used to create dyes for wool.

Yellow flowers (dandelions) can be found in every land biome with the exception of desert biomes. Cacti will hurt monsters and players who come into contact with itĪnd can destroy any block that’s dropped onto it. They make up the trees, grassĬacti can only grow on sand, up to a height of 3 blocks, but can be made taller by players. These blocks are part of the natural world in minecraft. Due to the lack of uses of lapis lazuli, they’re often turned into these blocks and used for decorational purposes. Due to the large amount of iron ore available, large amounts of iron blocks can easily be created and used to decorate a house.Ī dark blue block, often considered to be one of the nicest looking blocks. Gold is sometimes used as aĪ solid, white block. Often used to display a player’s wealth on multiplayer servers.Ī solid, golden block. They’re usually only used for their looks.Ī solid, light blue block of diamond. Mineral blocks are created by using 9 of it’s corresponding ore in a 3×3 square on a crafting table. Several pieces of redstone dust will drop from 1 ore block, which quickly gives the player a large supply of redstone. Redstone ore is found in the bottom 16 layers and used in redstone circuits and some created items. Lapis Lazuli ores can only be found in the bottom 33 layers.

Lapis lazuli is currently only used in dyes or to create a lapis block. This blue ore is often mistaken for diamonds, which often disapoints a player. They’re very easy to find and players will often ignore them once they have a decent supply of iron. Iron ore can be found in all layers between 64 (sea level) and bedrock. Gold is used in many crafted items, including armour and tools, but their durability is very low. Gold ores can be found in the bottom 32 layers and aren’t too difficult to find. Finding diamonds can be very difficult, but there are several tips and tricks you can use to make it a little easier. A wooden pickaxe is the minimum requirement to mine coal.ĭiamond ore are hard to find, only occuring in the bottom 17 layers. Ores and MineralsĪll ore blocks require the use of a pickaxe with the silk touch pick if you want to mine the block, instead of its ores.Ĭoal can be found pretty much everywhere and is a common sight in every map. These blocks are only found in stronghold, but they can also be created by the player by placing 4 stone blocks in a 2×2 square in any crafting grid. Mining stone will turn it into cobblestone. Stone makes up most of the minecraft world. Sandstone blocks are often the first 2-3 layers you’ll find below sand, and are of course easiest to gather in desert biomes.
