How to Get Colored Text in Minecraft Chat and on Signs
Minecraft colours text with two-character codes: a section sign followed by a number or letter. There are sixteen colours and six formatting codes, and where you can use them depends…
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How to Build an Arch in Minecraft
An arch is half a circle standing on two legs, which means the same blueprint that gives you a good circle gives you a good arch. Build the ring, keep…
How to Make a Circle in Minecraft
Minecraft is built from cubes, so a true circle is impossible. What you can build is a pixel circle: a ring of blocks that approximates the curve closely enough that…
How Much Obsidian Do You Need for a Nether Portal?
Ten. A working nether portal needs ten obsidian blocks, because the four corners of the frame are decorative and the game does not check them. The maths The minimum frame…
How to Make a Nether Portal in Minecraft
A nether portal is a rectangular obsidian frame lit with flint and steel. The smallest one takes ten obsidian; the corners are optional, which is where the saving comes from.…
How to Remove an Enchantment in Minecraft
There is no way to strip a single enchantment off an item and keep the others. Minecraft gives you one tool for removal, the grindstone, and it takes everything off…
How to Make an Enchantment Table in Minecraft
An enchanting table takes four obsidian, two diamonds and one book. The obsidian is the part that takes planning, because you need a diamond pickaxe to mine it in the…
How to Use Enchanted Books in Minecraft
An enchanted book does nothing on its own. It is a container: the enchantment lives inside it until you move it onto a real item with an anvil. That is…