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Popular guides
Step-by-step answers to the most searched questions.
How to Find Diamonds in Minecraft
Mine at Y=-59 (just above bedrock) in the Overworld.
How to Make a Nether Portal in Minecraft
Build a vertical frame of obsidian at least 4 blocks wide and 5 blocks tall (10 obsidian minimum, corners optional) and light the inside with flint and steel.
How to Find an Ancient City in Minecraft
Ancient cities generate in the Deep Dark biome deep underground, around Y=-51, most often under mountains.
How to Tame a Horse in Minecraft
Approach a wild horse with empty hands and right-click to mount it.
How to Breed Villagers in Minecraft
Villagers breed on their own when they have enough food (3 bread, 12 carrots, 12 potatoes or 12 beetroots each) and there are more valid beds than villagers - every bed needs 2 air blocks above it.
How to Get Elytra in Minecraft
Elytra is found only in End Ships, which generate at some End Cities in the outer End islands.
Mob database
Drops, spawning and strategies - all 41 mobs with hand-drawn pixel art.
Biomes
Resources, mobs and structures for every biome - each with its own artwork.
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Guides
How to craft, find, tame, build and more
40Crafting Recipes
Every recipe with visual grids and ingredients
30Commands
Syntax and examples for every command
20Enchantments
Max levels, uses and incompatibilities
19Potions
Every brewing recipe and effect
41Mobs
Drops, spawning and behavior
4Tools & Calculators
Skin maker, nether coords, XP, ore finder
13Villager Trades
All professions, workstations and trade tables
20Items
How to get and farm key items
9Farms
Iron, XP, gold and raid farms step by step
22Biomes
Resources, mobs and structures per biome
12Structures
Villages, strongholds, bastions and more
3Seeds
How seeds work + famous verified seeds
6Versions
What every update added, 1.20 to 26.3
5Mods
Install guides, essential mods and shaders
126Advancements
All 126 Java advancements, with guides for the hardest
11Servers
The best servers to play on, plus how to make, host and manage your own
16Skins
Original skins to download or edit online
10Merch
Curated Minecraft LEGO, plush, lamps, books and more
Latest crafting recipes
Step-by-step recipes with materials and uses.
Enchantments
What they do and how to get them.
Popular commands
The commands players search for most.
/give
Gives one or more items to a player.
/tp
Teleports a player or entity to coordinates or to another entity.
/summon
Spawns any mob or entity at a chosen position.
/locate
Finds the coordinates of the nearest structure, biome or point of interest.
/gamemode
Switches a player between survival, creative, adventure and spectator mode.
/fill
Fills a region of the world with a block, or replaces blocks in it.
