- [Skip the Tutorial] Did you know that you can
craft Netherite into stairs?
Or how about this official trick
to make an infinite lava source?
And today we're joined by the channel Block Facts
to cover the 47 Minecraft block facts
you possibly didn't know.
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(XP dings) It's physically possible
to explode a block of Obsidian.
Now obviously you couldn't do this with regular TNT,
no matter how many explode at once,
but if you use this command to summon a primed piece of TNT
with an explosion power of 72 or above,
it'll be strong enough to destroy a piece of Obsidian.
(XP dings) This here is called
invisible bedrock.
And if you can't see what I'm talking about,
that's kinda the point.
Now this behaves much like the barrier block,
except it's exclusive to the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft.
And it was originally used in the game
to create these world boundaries around old worlds.
But those world boundaries didn't go past build height,
so if you just built up high enough,
you could walk over it.
[XP dings] - [Block Facts] This cactus
is 23 blocks tall!
And what's even more impressive
is that this cactus spawned naturally.
Thanks to the Minecraft@Home research project,
the community has discovered seeds you can load up
in Java 1.14.4 and see this huge cactus.
So if you need a bunch of green dye,
I'd say this is a good start.
[XP Dings] - [Skip the Tutorial] In the
snapshot 12W32A,
we got a new block called "work in progress".
A catchy name, I know.
But even unfinished, I'm sure any Minecraft veteran
can notice that this eventually became what we call
the Beacon Block.
Though to get there,
it had to go through four separate texture variations.
Which definitely lives up to
the work in progress name after all.
[XP Dings] Turtle eggs are stronger than
you think.
Because, even though these eggs can't support the weight
of the player or other mobs, they can support lanterns
that are either placed above, or below them.
But it's worth noting that the lantern does look
like it's floating in those cases so,
maybe that's why they don't break - it was never there
in the first place.
[XP Dings] - [Block Facts] A netherite
beacon looks expensive, but how much would it cost?
Well, all the ancient debris alone would be 5,904 pieces.
And all of those items would take up 92 and a quarter stacks
and fill up nearly three and a half shulker boxes.
Which makes this one by Wadzee even more impressive.
[XP Dings] - [Skip the Tutorial] The
reason that beds explode in the Nether
is because Notch was lazy.
Well, that's an oversimplification,
but he has gone on records
saying that this is the easiest solution to whether
or not the player should respawn in the other dimensions.
And it's funny to think that just with that little decision,
it made for an entirely new form of combat
in the way of "bed bombing".
(XP dings) In case you didn't know,
leaves in Bedrock edition
turn white when you leave them in the snow.
But if you play that version and you never noticed,
that might not be your fault,
since it's not an instant transition.
And instead it'll take some time in the Tundra
before it finally changes their tone.
(XP dings) Bamboo grows fast.
Too fast in some cases.
And as it is, it'll only take 500 bamboo stalks
and an automatic farm like so,
to produce more items than a hopper can actually process,
meaning that this simple farm produces more
than two and a half items per second.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] Usually when
you craft something out of wood,
it'll look like it's made of oak.
But there are exceptions to that.
Like how item frames and fletching tables
look like they're made of birch.
Barrels look closest to spruce,
cartography tables and grindstones
have a dark oak base,
and things like chests and juke boxes
don't look like any wooden plank.
But sadly, acacia is left out.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] If you
place TNT over a slab and then ignite it,
it will have a much smaller blast radius
than if you explode it on the ground.
In fact, there are cases where only the slab
will be destroyed, leaving the rest of the block safe.
And I wouldn't worry about this getting patched anytime soon
since it's been open and unresolved
on the bug tracker since 2014.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] If you look
closely, you'll notice that
bedrock and stone look very similar.
And the reason is that in all versions,
the bedrock texture is just a very high contrast version
of the stone texture.
And this is true whether using the current textures,
or the old programmer art textures.
But hey, the same is basically true
for end stone and cobblestone, so it's fair.
(XP Dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] If you
get a mob to stand on a cake,
it'll just keep rotating in place,
completely unable to move.
And this is due to a path-finding oversight
in their AI code.
Which is why the same thing happens on fences as well.
(XP Dings) - [Block Facts] How many items
does it take for an iron pressure plate
to give a full Redstone signal of 15?
Well, if we throw all the items on there in total
it would take nine stacks and 22 items, minimum.
Or just shy of 600 items.
Or, you know, use a redstone torch.
- [Skip the Tutorial] Minecraft veterans
remember a time where we didn't need to use
blaze powder to brew up our potions.
So, why did this change?
Well according to one of the games' developers, Searge,
it's so the games' progression wouldn't be thrown off.
Since, when they added in igloos,
it would've been less important to go to the nether
if you could just find a brewing stand
right underneath one in the Overworld.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] Here's how you
get wool in a desert.
Now that sounds ridiculous
since you are not gonna find any sheep out here,
but back in 1.3, it was possible
since desert temples generated with wool
for the colorful bits.
Though, when terracotta was added in as hardened clay,
those patterns were quickly replaced.
(XP dings) As a matter of fact,
if you were to break every piece
of terracotta in a naturally spawned desert temple,
you'd be left with 55 pieces- 54 of them orange,
and one blue from the center.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] These
gears used to be in vanilla Minecraft.
See, in the Java edition Indev phase,
there were these flat gears that could only be broken
by letting water into them or exploding it.
And if you tried to break them like a normal block
it would just break the block behind them.
And maybe that's why this buggy feature
never made it into the official game.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] This light
block is the only high definition texture in Minecraft.
At least it was.
Before the texture changed in snapshot 21w18A,
the Java edition light blocks had a 32 by 32 texture,
instead of the 16 by 16 that we're used to.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] If you
take a close look at any of the Minecraft doors,
you'll notice that they have two sets of hinges
on the opposite sides,
instead of just one functional hinge.
And while that might seem like a bug or mistake,
Mojang did confirm on the bug tracker
that this is actually intentional.
And if you look at the comments,
it seems like some players aren't too happy about that.
Sorry Conner, I don't think they're gonna fix it.
Did you know Steve can sprint twice as fast
as a full-speed minecart?
Sure enough, if you were to sprint-jump
on a blue ice tunnel filled with trap doors like so,
it's possible that the player can move at a top speed
of 18.5 blocks per second.
And if you were to build this in the Nether,
we can consider it eight times faster
than in the Overworld.
But doing that will cause your hunger bar
to drop just as quickly,
so bring plenty of steak for the journey.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] When they were
first added, Minecraft saplings used to look like this.
They were only two colors, just tan and green.
But only six days later, they were given a new texture
that looks a lot more like how they look today.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] What's
the difference between this fence gate,
and this one that we have right here?
Well, it's hard to notice,
but when you place a fence gate next to a wall,
it'll stoop down a little bit lower
to match the height of the cobblestone wall.
(XP dings) - But with the cobblestone
wall's lack in size, they more than make up for in volume.
And in fact, if you were to craft a stack
of cobblestone into cobblestone walls,
you'd be left with exactly enough walls
to fence in one 16 by 16 chunk.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] Why is this
pattern called "Thing"?
Well it's not just Mojang being humble.
There's actually a good reason for it.
If you were to translate the word Mojang
from Swedish, it would roughly translate
to the words gadget, doohickey, or thing.
- [Skip the Tutorial] According to Notch,
torches were supposed to burn out after a while.
But this never made it into the official game.
However, if you play the Java edition 2.0 snapshot,
they do just that.
And you'll even need a flint and steel
just to reignite them once they burn out.
Which is annoying so let's just hope
this stays as an April Fools joke.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] This is not a
light gray shulker box.
At least, it wasn't in snapshot 16W39B.
But rather, in this experimental build,
it was referred to as a silver shulker box instead.
And understandably, it was changed just a day after
to match the standard names of the dye.
(XP dings) And while we're talking about
light gray, I'd like you to take a look at
this stained glass pane.
Can't see it? Well that's actually the point.
Since the texture is flat and the inventory screen
is light gray, it's almost impossible
to see a single light gray stained glass pane like this.
And according to Mojang, that's intentional.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] What's
the most fuel you can put in a furnace?
Well, even though a lava bucket is the single best item,
if you put in a full stack of coal blocks,
it can smelt for over 14 hours straight,
which is just over 42 Minecraft days of smelting.
That's more than 50 times better than
the single lava bucket.
But, you would need 576 coal to do this,
so, better get Fortune on your pickaxe.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] Before we even
got concrete confirmed for the snapshots,
Jeb first showed off the concept in a video
posted in February, 2017.
And in this clip, we see an early texture
for the pink concrete powder,
and how it would eventually harden on impact with water.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] Back in
Java edition classic, when you broke a wood log,
it would drop the planks instead of the actual block.
Which seems more like "Mine" than "Craft" to me.
(XP dings) And moving from logs
to their Nether counterparts, you'll notice that the
crimson and warped stem blocks are the only logs
in the game that have an animation.
(XP dings) I would bet that most of you
have never experienced this Minecraft fact.
Because frankly, I hadn't either.
But if you were to press a button next to a bell,
there was a chance for the bell
to play its ringing sound in reverse, much like this:
(Bell rings in reverse)
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] At some point,
it was possible for endermen
to move around and place cactus blocks.
Meaning it was theoretically possible
for enough endermen to increase the population
of cacti in a desert,
and keep planting more as they grow.
Which is just as terrifying as it sounds, trust me.
Maybe they made the really tall cactus from earlier.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] It turns
out, piglins are the reason that there's no more
netherite ore in the game,
only the ancient debris that we're left with.
At least that's according
to this official Minecraft article for 1.16.
In this, it says that pure netherite ore no longer exists,
since the piglins mined it all out of the Nether.
Which pegs the question- why would they switch
from netherite to gold tools?
So clearly they're not that smart.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] If you were to
try to use your diamond pick
to mine a block of obsidian underwater
while not standing on solid ground,
it would take you just shy of four minutes,
at 234 seconds.
And for that effort, just place a door and do it
in 9.4 seconds.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] Back in
the survival test for Java edition,
when you would mine gold ore,
it would drop 1-3 golden blocks
instead of golden ingots, or the ore itself.
And if only it still worked that way, huh?
(XP dings) But here's the real question
for you. Which came first, gold or diamond?
Well, not only did gold come first,
but the diamond blocks' texture is just the same
as the block of gold, but with a blue-ish tint.
And that's true of the old programmer art,
and the new textures that came with 1.14s
texture update.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] 809
quadrillion.
That sounds like a big number,
but it's actually how many uniquely crafted
banner patterns there are.
With 16 blank banners, 38 patterns of 16 colors each,
and up to 6 patterns per banner,
we can get this giant number.
Though, that includes a lot of duplicates
because these two inverted patterns do look the same.
But, they count as separate entries and don't stack.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] Lecterns
were added in 1.14, but Dinnerbone wanted them
in the game much sooner.
In fact, back in 2012,
Dinnerbone talked about a way to add in a stand
that would make it easier to read the written books.
But after various complications, the idea was scrapped,
and it wouldn't return until 2019, seven years later.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] This might
look like a crate, but it's actually a piston.
See, in older versions of the game,
it was possible to do a glitch called
"block update suppression", and with this,
we could make this weird piston block
that has a piston block that has a piston head
on all sides.
And hey, the same was possible for sticky pistons too.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] In
vanilla Minecraft, it's entirely possible
to have a candle that's lit on fire,
even when it's underwater.
And with the NBT tags like so,
we can summon in that candle.
Or if you're in Java, just use a debug stick like so.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] You know you
can make stairs out of Netherite.
It's a big flex, but in the April Fools infinite snapshot,
there was a special stair block called
"the swaggiest stairs ever", and to get these
they'd only naturally generate in the so-called
"missing" dimension, so don't expect this in vanilla
anytime soon.
(XP dings) - [Skip the Tutorial] Now, why
is this quartz block better than this one?
Well by default quartz blocks have a low blast resistance.
But if you were to use two quartz slabs
or a smooth quartz block instead,
you can make a substantially stronger fort
than the alternative- all without sacrificing
the look of the regular quartz.
(XP dings) - [Block Facts] TNT doesn't
explode underwater, but if you add sodium to it,
you get this special underwater TNT,
and this blue variant only exists in the education edition.
Though to do this in other versions,
just place a sand block above TNT, ignite it,
it'll explode underwater just the same.
- [Skip the Tutorial] According to the official
Minecraft: Combat handbook,
you can make an infinite lava source
if you were to make a cross shape with nether bricks
and then add lava to the middle.
Okay, but that's obviously fake.
Man, even Dinnerbone confirmed that it was false.
But, even though this did come out in 2014,
we would eventually get renewable lava
when we got the dripstones in the caves and cliffs update.
So the concept's true but this is just a blatant lie.
Every time that you place a coral block in Minecraft,
Mojang donated one cent to charity.
After bedrock players had placed
10 million coral blocks under water,
Mojang decided to donate 100,000 US dollars
to The Nature Conservancy Project.
And while I'm not so sure if they're still offering that,
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