Item Guides

Practical guides to the small, unusual, and easily overlooked items of Minecraft.

Andesite in Minecraft: Uses, Polishing, and Building Ideas

A practical guide to finding andesite and using it as an understated Minecraft building block.

Learn where echo shards come from and how they connect to the recovery compass.

A short guide to getting a goat horn and understanding why players collect different sounds.

Find out how the heart of the sea fits into the conduit recipe and underwater exploration.

Learn how a nautilus shell helps craft a conduit, the classic ways to obtain one, and the newer nautilus-mob change in Minecraft.

A curated list of overlooked Minecraft items, with uses, obtaining methods, and official references.

Find out what a rabbit’s foot does in Minecraft and why you might keep this uncommon drop.

Learn the modern saddle recipe, how saddles are used, and why older Minecraft guides may disagree.