Minecraft has plenty of minerals, and most of them generate in the form of ores around the world. They can be mined using pickaxes, but some ores like diamonds require an iron pickaxe or better.

Iron is one of the most fundamental materials in all of Minecraft. Without iron ore and tools, players are going to spend a lot of time breaking wooden and stone tools. Although ores were re-worked ...

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Minecraft is a game that gives ultimate freedom to its players, allowing them to explore the world, build anything they can imagine, and defend themselves from mobs, all while playing through a ...

Anthony Puleo is a Freelance Writer for GameRant, but has a history working for the site. Having worked as a staff writer here for two years, he is very familiar with the gaming industry and plays ...

The lead artist of Minecraft, Jappa, just tweeted out a teaser of some updated ore textures, saying that they were designed with colourblind players in mind. All of the ores look a little chunky and ...

Minecraft’s last big update overhauled the world height, and with more depth to play with, you’ll need to go even deeper to find diamonds and ore. Minecraft‘s Caves and Cliffs update was split into ...

Minecraft's handy ore veins are about to be a whole lot bigger. As posted on the official Minecraft website in a blog post earlier this week, Mojang has announced the 21w16a update for the Caves and ...

While the Minecraft 1.17 release date has been partially delayed - the big Caves & Cliffs update is now coming in two parts - the snapshots are still regularly coming through. The latest 21w16a ...

[Ryan] has a friend with a birthday coming up, and being inspired by ever 12-year-olds favorite game, he decided to make a Minecraft ore block with RGB LEDs. The block can change from diamonds to ...

We were surprised to see all of the Christmas gifts that revolved around Minecraft. Seems like there’s a lot of stuff for sale, but we still like the DIY spirit that comes with making your own.