DigMinecraft

DigMinecraft is a great resource to answer your Minecraft game questions with pictures and step by step instructions to follow. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the game called Minecraft!

And now Minecraft is more than just a great game! It is a game-based learning platform with content for students from K to grade 12 and includes special features designed for classroom use. Students can learn coding and even chemistry! Minecraft is in use in thousands of classrooms in over 100 countries.

Getting Started

In Minecraft, there are basic skills to learn such as how to open a crafting table, dig, mine, farm, use a torch, chop a tree, use a bed, put on armor, build a nether portal and build an end portal.

Learn the basic skills.

Getting Started in Minecraft

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Commands & Cheats

You can use game commands (cheats) in Minecraft PC to change the time of day, weather conditions, game mode, summon a mob, give items and add experience.

Learn how to use game commands.

Game commands or cheats in Minecraft

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Command Generators

Use our Command Generators to create /summon and /give Minecraft commands that are as complex as you want. You can summon mobs, give items or create your own villager trades.

Learn about our Command Generators.

Command generators in Minecraft

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Brewing Recipes

You can craft brewing items in Minecraft such as a brewing stand, blaze powder, a cauldron, a glistering melon slice, potions, splash potions and lingering potions.

Learn how to brew in Minecraft.

Brewing items in Minecraft

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Firework Recipes

You can craft different types of fireworks in Minecraft such as burst, star-shaped, small ball and large ball fireworks in various colors.

Learn how to craft fireworks to make spectacular displays in the sky.

Fireworks in Minecraft

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Command Blocks

You can program a command block to do complex and amazing things in the game. Challenge yourself and try programming one today!

Learn how to program command blocks.

Command Blocks in Minecraft

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Basic Recipes

In Minecraft, you can craft basic items such as a crafting table, furnace, chest, wood planks, iron ingot, gold ingot, bed, stick, ladder, torch, fences, or signs.

Learn how to craft basic items.

Basic items in Minecraft

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Mobs

Mobs in Minecraft are living creatures that move around in the game such as chickens, pigs, skeletons, witches, blazes, cows, sheep, creepers, spiders and wither bosses.

Learn about mobs.

Mobs in Minecraft

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Materials

Materials are items that you need to find and gather in Minecraft such as iron ore, gold ore, diamonds, wood, bones, glowstone dust, redstone, wheat, string, gunpowder, eggs and feathers.

Learn how to gather materials.

Materials in Minecraft

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Armor Recipes

Armor is used for protection when battling mobs in Minecraft. You can craft armor such as a helmet, cap, chestplate, leggings, pants, boots and shield.

Learn how to craft armor.

Armor items in Minecraft

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Decoration Recipes

You can craft decoration items in Minecraft such as a painting, jukebox, slime block, anvil, iron bars, redstone lamp, glass pane, carpet, banners, note blocks and stained glass panes.

Learn how to craft decorations.

Decoration items in Minecraft

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Dye Recipes

You can craft dyes in Minecraft such as red, light blue, green, magenta, orange, lime, pink, gray, yellow, cyan, white and purple.

Learn how to craft dyes.

Dye items in Minecraft

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Block Recipes

You can craft different block items in Minecraft such as blocks of coal, blocks of redstone, hay bales, glass, walls, stairs, wool, bookshelf, TNT, stained glass, hardened clay and slabs.

Learn how to craft block items.

Block items in Minecraft

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Food Recipes

You can craft food items in Minecraft such as bread, a cookie, cake, golden carrot, cooked chicken, steak, golden apple, pumpkin pie, milk, mushroom stew, sugar and beetroot soup.

Learn how to craft foods.

Food items in Minecraft

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Mechanism Recipes

You can craft mechanisms in Minecraft such as buttons, tripwire hooks, daylight sensors, doors, pistons, pressure plates, levers, redstone repeaters, trapdoors, sticky pistons and beacons.

Learn how to craft mechanisms.

Mechanism items in Minecraft

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Tool Recipes

Tools are an essential part of Minecraft. You can craft tools such as a shovel, an axe, a hoe, a bucket, a clock, a fishing rod, a pickaxe, a compass, shears, a bowl, or flint and steel.

Learn how to craft tools.

Tool items in Minecraft

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Transportation Recipes

You can use transportation items to move around in the game. You can craft transportation items in Minecraft such as boats, carrot on a stick, saddles, minecarts and rails.

Learn how to craft transportation.

Transportation items in Minecraft

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Weapon Recipes

Weapons are an important aspect of the game. They are used to attack and fight mobs in Minecraft. You can craft weapons such as swords, bows and different kinds of arrows.

Learn how to craft weapons.

Weapon items in Minecraft

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Status Effects

Mobs and players can be given effects that will change their condition/status in the game. These status effects can either be helpful and harmful.

Learn about status effects.

Status Effects in Minecraft

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Enchantments

You can add special powers to items in Minecraft by enchanting them using an enchanting table, an anvil, or a game command.

Learn about enchantments.

Enchantments in Minecraft

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Version History

Minecraft is available for Java Edition, PS3, PS4, Pocket Edition (PE), Education Edition, Windows 10, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

Learn what's new in your version.

Version History in Minecraft

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Seeds

When you create a world in Minecraft, you have the option to enter a seed value to be used by the World Generator to create your world.

Use a seed to spawn in a particular biome or near an interesting structure.

Seeds in Minecraft

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ID and Name Lists

Each item, block, entity, mob, enchantment, status effect and sound effect has an ID and Name assigned to it. These internal game values are used in game commands.

Search our interactive lists of IDs and Names.

IDs and Names in Minecraft

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Data Tags

A data tag is a compound NBT tag that allows you to set certain properties of an entity (or mob) in the game. Data tags are used in game commands such as: /summon, /entitydata, /give, /fill, /setblock, /testfor.

Learn about data tags.

Data Tags in Minecraft

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Spawn Eggs

In Minecraft, a spawn egg is an item that can be used to instantly spawn a mob. A spawn egg can not be crafted in the game. It is only available in Creative mode through the Creative Inventory menu.

Learn about spawn eggs.

Spawn Eggs in Minecraft

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