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FEATURE·Redstone 101 · Ep. 5 Getting Started with Redstone Episode 5 — Building Your First Automatic Farm with Observers and Pistons Detect, harvest, and collect. The three steps of your first automatic farm. Running around the water to harvest each sug… 2026.10.09
FEATURE·Redstone 101 · Ep. 4 Getting Started with Redstone Episode 4 — Observers and Clocks: How Circuits Move Automatically Two observers watching each other. This is the smallest 'heartbeat' circuit. Up until Episode 3, all the devices require… 2026.10.06 FEATURE·The Update Chronicle · Ep. 3 Update Chronicle ③ Rebuilding the Ocean, Villages, and the Nether (2015-2020) From 2015 to 2020, Minecraft rebuilt the ocean, villages, and the Nether in that order. If the second chapter was a time… 2026.10.04 FEATURE·Mob Files · Ep. 3 Mob Encyclopedia ③ Warden — Not a Mob Made to Be Defeated, the 'Natural Force' of the Deep Dark It has no eyes but hears everything. The master of the Deep Dark, the Warden. What is the strongest mob in Minecraft? In… 2026.10.03 FEATURE Minecraft Live 2026: Community Reactions and Shift Speculation Analysis Minecraft Live 2026 took place last September. This broadcast revealed a new dimension called 'Shift', which has drawn a… 2026.10.02 FEATURE Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 1: Vulkan Default and Server Changes The new test version of Minecraft Java Edition, 26.4 Snapshot 1, was released on September 22. This snapshot changes the… 2026.10.01 FEATURE Minecraft 26.4 Update: 'Ice Cave' Coming Soon The 26.4 update for Minecraft Java Edition will introduce the 'Ice Cave'. This update will feature a new cave biome that… 2026.09.30 FEATURE·Build Notes · Ep. 2 Building Style Notes Episode 2 — Modern House, Concrete and Glass with Hidden Lighting White mass, large glass, a second floor extending over water. The modern house becomes clearer the less you add. While t… 2026.09.30 FEATURE Minecraft to Add New Dimension 'The Shift' in 2027 Minecraft will add a new dimension called 'The Shift' to both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition in 2027. This will be the… 2026.09.29 FEATURE·Redstone 101 · Ep. 3 Getting Started with Redstone ③ Moving Blocks with Pistons — Your First Door Controlled by a Lever The moment you move a block with a signal, redstone becomes a 'machine'. So far, we've turned lights on and off with sig… 2026.09.29 FEATURE·The Update Chronicle · Ep. 1 Update Chronicle ① From Cave Game to 1.0 — How Minecraft Started (2009~2011) It all started with a cobblestone hut. Today, Minecraft has three dimensions, and soon it will have four. There are doze… 2026.09.28 FEATURE·Mob Files · Ep. 2 Mob Guide ② Enderman — The Mob That Attacks When You Look at It, Holding the Key to the End The moment you make eye contact, it becomes an enemy. The only mob that lives in all three dimensions, the Enderman. Mos… 2026.09.25 FEATURE·Redstone 101 · Ep. 2 Getting Started with Redstone ② Repeater and Comparator — Extending, Delaying, and Locking Signals Two components that look similar but do completely opposite things: the repeater and the comparator. In episode 1, we sa… 2026.09.24
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