Workshops
News: Befriend a New "BUD" in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
BUD switches (short for Block Update Detector) can be triggered without levers, buttons, tripwires, or any other traditional switches. Instead, they're triggered by changes in block status. That is, placing a block, destroying a block, hoeing grass, clearing snow, etc.
News: We're Making a Cake-Powered Autowalk in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
Okay, it's not actually cake-powered, but it does use cake! Owing to the fact that cake and trapdoors are less than half a block tall, we can use fenceposts (which are a block and a half tall) attached to pistons to push people along, because the tops of the fenceposts will invisibly pop up through cake and trapdoors.
News: Get Your Minecart Railway Rolling in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
The hardest part of starting a minecart railroad in Minecraft is getting it started. Anyone can lay some track in a circle, but what's the best way to stop and start your cart? In this Saturday's workshop, we'll be covering a variety of designs for minecart "train stations", so to speak, that effectively stop and start your minecarts.
News: Advanced Piston Stacking Explained in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
As anyone who has tried it knows, stacking pistons on top of each other in order to combine their effects is really, really complicated. Stacking two on top of each other is only slightly hard, but the difficulty rises exponentially with each added piston. Stacking three is pretty tough, and stacking four is downright ridiculous.
News: Learn to Use Unique ABBA Switches in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
Not to be confused with the band, ABBA switches are so named because they reverse outputs such that they fire in A-B-B-A order. So, your redstone devices will essentially fire in one order (A and then B) when activated, and then deactivate in the reverse order (B and then A).
News: Show Gravity Who's Boss in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
In most cases, gravity may as well not exist in Minecraft. The blocks all stick together in unreal ways, and you can even make things that just float in the sky.
News: Give Someone the Minecart Ride of Their Life in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
Minecarts are a lot more complicated than they may seem at first. Between regular rails, powered rails, and detector rails, they all have a lot of quirks that can make them hard to use.
News: Hide Your Goods from Even the Most Discerning Thief in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop
You see before you the humble block: This single, unassuming block couldn't possibly hold anything of value, right?
News: Outined for Success!
The Workshop this weekend went of without a hitch! Except that it didn't happen until later at night, The workshop went exceptionally well. Lots of people came out to build in this weeks workshop and here's some nice pictures to help tell the tale!
News: Harness the Hidden Powers of Minecraft's New Block Types This Saturday
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Minecraft Spa Getaway: Join Us This Saturday to Help Make a Fully Functional Bathroom!
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Minecraft Meetup: Join Us in Creating a Redstone Elevator Together This Saturday (2/18)
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News: Minecraft World's Weekly Workshop: Building Hidden Passageways Like Never Before
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. Have you grown tired of the standard "Mojang Doors" that are vastly overused? Are you interested in learning an alternative piston door method? Well, this week's Saturday workshop will show you a unique and inspiring way to hide your hidden treasures! This workshop will be centered around creating a hidden passageway using pistons in a way you've never seen before.
News: Minecraft World's Weekly Workshop: Architectural Design and Aesthetics
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. Does your structure sometimes lack that "pizzazz" you seek? Well, this week's Saturday workshop is going to give you a few tips on how to upgrade your builds! This workshop will be centered around adding some extra aesthetics to your castle walls, towers, buildings and more.
News: Minecraft World's Weekly Workshop: Creating an Automatic Animal Harvester
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. There are few things more tedious in Minecraft than collecting items from your chicken, cow, and sheep farms. No one wants to take the time dealing with animal mobs even in the smallest of Minecraft farms. The answer? Automated Minecraft animal harvesters.
News: Minecraft World's Weekly Workshop: Creating a Multi-Channel Music Sequencer
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News: Minecraft World's Weekly Workshop: Building a Redstone Sorting Machine
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. Sometimes keeping track of items in Minecraft can get out of hand, and it seems like there's never enough room in chests. With a redstone sorting machine you can easily keep track of your food, armor, potions, and more! No more rifling through chests to find the right item. The redstone sorting machine will help you categorize, find, and retrieve items at the push of a button.