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Version-pinned guides tested in-game before publishing: redstone engineering, server performance, mod reviews, and the stories under the surface. Every guide is dated to a Minecraft version and re-checked when the game updates.

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Illagers explained: every illager, pillager vs illager, and why they hate villagers

Illager is the family name, pillager is one member of it. Every illager in Minecraft, where each one spawns, what it drops, why they look grey, and the one official explanation of why they hate villagers.

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Minecraft MSPT and TPS explained: the 50 millisecond tick budget

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Minecraft server lag, measured: MSPT vs TPS, /tick query, and reading a spark profile

TPS 20 tells you a server is keeping up, not how close it is to falling over. MSPT does. How the 50 ms tick budget works, how to read it with the built-in /tick query, how to find what is eating your ticks with spark, and the usual culprits.

6 min read

Diagram of the chunks an ender pearl keeps loaded in Minecraft Java

Ender pearl chunk loaders in 26.3: stasis chambers, what they load, and why your farm still stops

Since 1.21.2 a thrown ender pearl keeps its chunk loaded, which turned the stasis chamber into the cheapest chunk loader in the game. What it actually loads (one full chunk, eight lazy ones), why it vanishes when you log out, how it compares to a portal loader, and which farms it can and cannot keep running.

Minecraft copper golems sorting items between copper chests and wooden chests

Copper golem sorting, explained: the exact rules behind redstone-free item sorting

A copper golem sorts items without a single piece of redstone, but only if you build around how it actually thinks: a 65 x 17 x 65 search area, a reach of 1 block up and 2 down, 3 seconds per chest, and a memory of 9 chests. The exact rules, and a storage layout that works with them.

Minecraft frostbite ice ball farm mechanics in 26.4

Ice ball farming in 26.4: frostbite mechanics, spawn odds and the powder snow conversion trick

Ice balls only come from frostbites, and zombies turn into frostbites after 22 seconds in powder snow. That makes a zombie spawner the start of an ice ball farm. The mechanics behind it, the numbers from Snapshot 3, and the parts nobody has tested yet.

Minecraft Java 26.4 Snapshot 3 ice caves with frostbites

Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 3: Ice Caves arrive on Java, with every frostbite value and the differences from Bedrock

26.4 Snapshot 3 brings the whole Ice Caves drop to Java: the biome, ice crystals, icicles, the frostbite, ice balls and the Freezing effect. Here are the Java numbers, what differs from the Bedrock preview, and the technical changes pack authors need.

Minecraft Ice Caves biome with ice crystals, icicles and frostbites in Bedrock Preview 26.60

Ice Caves are playable now: frostbites, icicles and the freezing effect in Bedrock Preview 26.60

The Ice Caves drop is already playable in Bedrock Preview 26.60.29 behind the Drop 4 of 2026 toggle. The new zombie is called the frostbite, not the frozen zombie. Every new block, mob, item and the freezing effect, with the numbers, and what it means for Java.

Minecraft drowned trident farm in a river biome, Java 26.3

How to build a drowned trident farm in Minecraft 26.3, and why most of them never drop a trident

A drowned farm only drops tridents if the drowned spawned naturally, so the popular zombie-conversion, designs never give you one. The exact odds, where drowned spawn, a working layout built around those rules, and how many kills a trident really takes.

A Minecraft trial chamber atrium with tuff bricks, waxed copper and a vault

Who built the trial chambers? The lore hidden in Minecraft's copper arenas

Mojang says nobody knows who built the trial chambers. But unlike every other ruin in Minecraft, these are not ruins: the copper is waxed, the spawners still run, and the vaults keep a list of everyone who opened them. What the chambers themselves tell you, with theory clearly labelled.

Minecraft Java 26.4 Snapshot 2: redesigned F3 debug screen and render distance fog

Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 2: the new F3 screen, softer render distance fog, and every change explained

The second 26.4 snapshot redesigns the F3 debug screen, makes the edge of your render distance fade instead of ending in a wall of fog, and stops the sun showing through the bottom of the sky. Still no Ice Caves. Every change, and who it affects.

Minecraft Dungeons II and the Sift dimension coming to Minecraft in 2027

Minecraft Dungeons II is out: what it shows us about the Sift, Minecraft's 2027 dimension

Minecraft Dungeons II launched on 29 September 2026, and with it the first playable look at the Sift, the fourth dimension coming to Java and Bedrock in 2027. What the game actually shows of it, what is confirmed for vanilla, and what is still guesswork.

Minecraft Java 26.4 Snapshot 1 changes: Vulkan default renderer and world generation

Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 1: Vulkan by default, sulfur caves in old worlds, and every change explained

The first Java 26.4 snapshot makes Vulkan the default renderer, removes the crash fallback, generates sulfur caves under pre-1.18 worlds and bumps both pack formats. No Ice Caves yet. Here is every change and who it actually affects.

Minecraft Live September 2026 recap: The Sift dimension and the Ice Caves drop

Minecraft Live September 2026 recap: The Sift, Ice Caves and everything announced

Minecraft is getting a fourth dimension. Everything Mojang announced at Minecraft Live on 26 September 2026: The Sift, the Ice Caves drop with the frozen zombie and a new freezing effect, Switch 2, the Creator Platform and more, split into what is confirmed and what is still open.

The wither hovering over a destroyed landscape after being summoned

How to kill the wither in Minecraft

The wither has 300 health and stops taking arrow damage entirely at half. Summoning it sets off a power-7 explosion. Here is where to fight it, what actually damages it, and the gear that matters.

The Minecraft resource pack selection screen with several packs applied

How to install resource packs in Minecraft

Resource packs stack rather than replace, and the top one wins. Here is the folder for each operating system, what pack_format has to say, and why a pack can load with half its textures missing.

A selection of Minecraft foods including golden carrots and steak

The best food in Minecraft: why saturation beats the hunger bar

The hunger bar is not the number that matters. Saturation is an invisible second value that decides how long the food lasts, and it is why a golden carrot beats a steak despite filling fewer icons.

A mace mid-smash attack in Minecraft, the ground cracking under the impact

The mace in Minecraft: smash damage, enchantments and how to use it

The mace does 6 damage on the ground and scales without limit as you fall. Here is the exact damage formula, why Sharpness does not work on it, and why Density and Breach cannot be combined.

Minecraft Live September 2026 event preview

Minecraft Live, September 2026: date, time and what to expect

Minecraft Live returns on 26 September 2026. Mojang has confirmed the date and almost nothing else, so here is what is actually known, what last year's event tells us to expect, and why there will not be a mob vote.

An End portal frame inside a stronghold portal room lit by torches

How to find a stronghold and the End portal in Minecraft

Eyes of ender do not point at the End portal. They point at the stairwell of the nearest stronghold, they fly about 12 blocks, and one in five shatters. Here is how to use that properly, including triangulation so you stop wasting pearls.

The ender dragon circling above the exit portal among obsidian pillars in the End

How to kill the ender dragon in Minecraft

The dragon has 200 health, heals 2 HP a second from every crystal you leave standing, and takes 75% less damage anywhere but the head. Here is the fight in the order it actually happens.

An End ship floating above an End city in the outer End islands

How to get elytra in Minecraft and keep them repaired

Elytra never break. They stop at 1 durability and wait. Here is where to find them, how the End ship is laid out, and the repair maths for membranes versus Mending.

A row of dyed shulker boxes stored inside an ender chest

Shulker boxes in Minecraft: shells, crafting and the duplication trick

Shulker boxes keep their contents when broken, with no Silk Touch needed. Shells drop at 50%, Looting III pushes it to 68.75%, and shulkers can be made to duplicate so the supply is not finite.

A player mining ancient debris deep in the Nether surrounded by netherrack

How to find netherite and make netherite gear in Minecraft

Ancient debris does not generate where most guides say it does, and Fortune does nothing to it. Here is the verified Y-level distribution, the three mining methods, and the exact smelting chain to netherite gear.

Minecraft world generation terrain representing a world being updated to a new version

How to update to Minecraft 26.3: worlds and servers, done safely

Minecraft 26.3, 'Wilderness Bound', released 15 September 2026. Opening a world in it upgrades that world forward, and there is no supported way back. Here is the order to do it in: backup, mods, datapacks, then the update itself, singleplayer and server.

A redstone Crafter block with its 3x3 grid partially disabled, wired to a hopper and comparator in Minecraft

Auto-crafting with the Crafter block in Minecraft 26.3

The Crafter turns crafting into a redstone component: a 3x3 grid you wire like any other block. The entire trick is disabling slots, and once that clicks you can automate almost any recipe.