Only a few people turned out for last week's workshop on Saturday, but they were all interested in learning this technique for hiding secret stashes with ordinary blocks. After that was covered, we even went on to teach each other different designs afterward! It was a great learning experience for ...more
No one likes it when random people wander into your home and mess things up, which is why it behooves you to hide your things from even the most prying eyes with builds like this totally invisible, 2x2, piston-operated door with no visible redstone either inside or outside. The story of Goldilocks ...more
Minecraft is unique among computer games in that some users have created such breathtaking works of beauty and ingenuity that it challenges the very idea that Minecraft is even a game at all, but suggests that it is instead a tool for artistic expression much like Photoshop. More amazing things ...more
There are a few ways to make trapdoors, but out of all of them, this one is my favorite. It's fast, completely hidden, and both opens and closes. This particular trapdoor can be used for a variety of purposes, such as hiding your valuable possessions, having a secret entrance to an underground lair ...more
Weapons are nearly as old as humankind, and being able to use tools is one of the fundamental differences between humans and animals. It's time to celebrate the age-old tradition of defeating our enemies in this week's challenge! Also, since there was no challenge last week, we're posting this one a ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! Winners of Weekly Challenge: Tree Houses! Hi! Pmaguire here! Sorry that this announcement for the winner to the Tree House Competition is so late! We have just been super busy ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! It's iDwarf bringing you another redstone competition! As many of you know, we recently got a new head admin on the server, Austin Sirkin (Dr_Moustache in-game)! Let's all do our ...more
You see before you the humble block: This single, unassuming block couldn't possibly hold anything of value, right? That's only what we want thieves to think! With a little bit of magic, this block (or any other basic block) can be turned into a secret chest capable of keeping your valuable ...more
My name is Austin Sirkin (aka Dr_Moustache) and I recently had the honor of being chosen as the new Admin for Minecraft World. While I've been playing Minecraft since 2009 when it was still in Alpha, I wasn't brought on board just for my building skills; the amazing builds on our server have ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! Hey, it's iDwarf again! I hope you all had fun creating your Rube Goldberg machines last week! But before we show of the winning contraptions from the last competition, let's get ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! Weekly Challenge: TREEHOUSES!!!! Hello, Pmaguire here! I am hosting this week's challenge starting today and ending next Monday, May 7th at 2:00 PM (PST). The warp to get there ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! Hello, it's iDawrf again! Some of you may have noticed the lack of a post last week. My internet connection wasn't working, so I was only able to hop online for moments at a time ...more
Some of you may have been wondering what happened to the redstone competition last week. The winners weren't announced (as well as the new theme) last week because my internet connection wasn't very great. It was constantly disconnecting me when I tried to get on to judge. So tomorrow (April 25th) the winners of the game competition will ...more
Hey guys, I'll be hosting this week's Minecraft workshop on Saturday, 12pm PST. The warp will be /warp outline. The workshop will focus on outlining your builds. The reason for outlining big builds is just to make it easier on yourself and to save time. I will be going over some of my favorite tricks for outlining at the workshop. I will ...more
This week, I will be covering one of my favorite styles of roofing in Minecraft—the arched roof. This is basically just a roof that starts out steep and slowly slopes down until it meets in the center. I think this type of roof looks great in Elvish-styled buildings and can make any build look very ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! We ended last week's "Wonders of the World" challenge on a fantastic note! There were so many outstanding builds. With only a week to work on this challenge, you guys and gals ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! Are you looking to clean up the look of your Minecraft with something other than a simple texture pack? Do you sometimes experience lag spikes that drop your fps down to 1-2 ...more
As some of you have probably heard, I (Maroselis) will be stepping down as the Minecraft World's admin, both on the server and on this website. This means that WonderHowTo is looking for a new admin to take over my position and help keep our community growing! Minecraft World is slowly, but ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our tutorials, post to the community corkboard, and come play on our free server! This week we had a flood of new members join our wonderful community, and each and every one of them has contributed to the contests! Three specific users got right to work on ...more
Mojang just released a new weekly snapshot for Minecraft, but there's a catch! @Dinnerbone requested that Jens kept the changelog a secret from users. So what does this mean? This week they're letting the Minecraft users figure out for themselves what the new changes are. So it's up to us to fill in ...more
