John has been writing about videogames for almost a decade, and playing them for almost three. His greatest passion is for Grand Strategy and immersive RPGs, but he's dabbled in pretty much every ...

To make it a little easier to find your way around, we're going to be splitting all the new goodies in the Nether Update into two categories: blocks and items. Blocks can usually be found naturally in ...

Netherite is rare and exclusive to the Nether. To find it, mine Ancient Debris blocks between Y=8 and Y=22 with a Diamond Pickaxe. The sweet spot is at Y=13 to Y=15. Use one of the following methods ...

Joseph has been working as a writer for Game Rant since March 2021 and has been a technical writer and journalist since 2019. Having written hundreds of articles over his career and played dozens of ...

There are two major kinds of portals in Minecraft: The Nether Portal and the End Portal. To make a Nether Portal, you'll need at least 10 obsidian blocks and some way to light them on fire. You can ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While it might seem like a brand new Minecraft map is random, there's a lot of math happening under the hood to ensure that mountains look like ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. During Minecraft Live in 2025, Mojang announced the arrival of the Happy Ghast to its survival game. While the Ghast is a hostile Minecraft mob, its ...

For over 15 years, Mojang has continuously expanded the many biomes and dimensions of Minecraft. From the addition of entirely new biomes such as the Jungle and Savanna to the introduction of two ...