The modern gaming industry is amazing in its scope. With the availability of new technologies, games are becoming more advanced and incredible. What could not have been imagined ten or fifteen years ago can now be seen on the screen of any computer. The graphics became almost identical to reality, that is, as photographic as possible, physics also corresponds to what is happening in the real world, but only in cases where it is necessary to display realism. If we are talking about science fiction, unreal worlds, then here the developers squeeze absolutely everything out of the game engines, creating real masterpieces. And among all this, Minecraft appeared, which uses a minimalistic approach, eight-bit graphics and a world created from separate square blocks. It would seem that such an idea is doomed to failure, but everything turned out completely differently. Minecraft has become one of the most popular games to date, millions of people are addicted to it. But before you start the game, you should familiarize yourself with what makes up the base of the whole world. Minecraft blocks can be very diverse. And their differences will be discussed later.
What kind of blocks?
Many players who are accustomed to modern graphics and realism, this approach can confuse. What are Minecraft blocks? Why do this? How to handle this at all? In fact, everything is very simple and affordable. A picture of a computer game is made up of pixels that eventually form an image. The fewer pixels on the screen, the less detailed the image. Accordingly, if the number of pixels is increased, which is what the current gaming industry is striving for, the picture will become more clear, clear, beautiful. Now imagine the world of Minecraft as a similar game image. Only here, instead of pixels, blocks appear that add up to the game environment in which your character has to exist. In total, the game has more than a hundred of the most various blocks, and with each update their number grows, new materials, breeds, plants, and so on are introduced. However, at any given moment in time, Minecraft blocks can be counted, since each of them is endowed with its own identifier. Tables containing these identifiers can be found both on the official website of the game and in other places.
Base blocks
Minecraft blocks have a specific division, according to which they can be attributed to different groups. The most extensive of them is the basic, which includes the basic blocks found in nature. Wood, earth, water, even air - all these are blocks that are generated during the creation of the world and add up to the overall picture of the location on which you have to play. Many novice players are wondering how to make blocks in Minecraft, but it already belongs to other groups. In most cases, basic units cannot be created with one's own hand. True, there are some exceptions, which imply that you can split the basic element into several derivatives, and then add the same basic one from the same number of derivatives.
Blocks that can be crafted
There is a command block in Minecraft that allows the administrator to add any other types of these elements to the server. But really, the player himself can not do anything and must exist in the conditions of those objects that are already generated by the game? In fact, everything is completely different, because Minecraft would not be called that way if it had not been possible to craft. For those who are just starting their journey into this Universe, it is worthwhile to clarify that craft is the process of creating a new block from several different ones. Thus, a new group appears that can be described as man-made. It includes all the blocks that a player can craft with his own hands. Minecraft block IDs, which are created by the player himself, will also be present in the identifier tables discussed above.
Blocks of certain locations
This group will not constitute a special section, since it may include elements from other groups. The fact is that with the help of distribution by locations you can filter out structures that you cannot find in a particular area. For example, in Minecraft you will only find an iron block in the mountains, that is, it makes no sense to try to find iron on the plains or near water. This is a very convenient feature that allows you to significantly narrow down the search for certain elements that otherwise you would randomly search around the world.
Special blocks
The game also has blocks that are not natural, basic, but at the same time they cannot be crafted. There are not so many of them, so that you understand what is at stake, it is worth giving an example of a fairly popular material - obsidian. It is not generated during the creation of the world, but you will not succeed in crafting it. But how then to get it? The fact is that obsidian is formed when, under certain conditions, water combines with lava. It is water that must flow into the stationary lava, so that there is a chance of obsidian formation. In any other case, only a stone block will turn out. Such a process can occur in nature itself, but most often it is initiated by a player who wants to get obsidian as a material.
Unique blocks
Minecraft also contains blocks that can be safely attributed to unique ones. These are those materials and objects that are located in other worlds, where there is access only through portals. For example, from the End you can bring a dragon egg, from Hell - the sand of the soul and so on.