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HOW IT WORKS The way a cactus XP farm works is simple: you get XP for smelting a cactus into green dye, and this XP is given when you remove the dye from a furnace. Cactuses can be grown and harvested automatically, so if we can get the cactus blocks into a furnace automatically, all you have to do is turn up and remove the dye for free XP! Here, we’ll show you how you can do that. Remember to note that this is a miniature version to show the basics – to build a true XP farm you’ll want to make one much bigger than this, but we’ll explain as we go on! Remember to build near your base, as the cactuses will only grow while you’re nearby. STEP…

SHROOMLIGHTS ABOUT SHROOMLIGHTS Found only in the Nether, shroomlights are a natural light source spawned from huge fungus – both the warped and crimson variants. They emit a light level of 15 – the highest possible – which is useful to know considering how dark it is in the Nether usually! Shroomlights can be mined directly, meaning you don’t have to craft them to place them as a light source, as you do with glowstone, which drops as glowstone dust. It’s also possible to grow new shroomlights anywhere huge fungus can grow, meaning it’s easy to recreate them even if an area runs out. COLLECTING SHROOMLIGHTS Shroomlights always drop themselves when mined, and can be mined even with an empty hand, breaking relatively quickly after just 1.5 seconds. The correct…

Dear Ask Us Anything, My name is Rhys and I am 11 years old. I have some questions for you and I hope you can answer them! ▪ If you have a Silk Touch pickaxe and you break the stronghold portal, will it become a block in your inventory or is it impossible to break the portal like bedrock? ▪ Can you get Mending from the enchanting table or is it just from librarians? ▪ If I make a world on Realms, will my friends be able to join even if I am offline? ▪ Could you please make a page about speedruns in Minecraft? Thank you for answering my questions! Rhys, Age 11 Hey Rhys! We can indeed answer your questions! ▪ You can’t collect portal blocks, nope –…

ROLE-PLAYING CHALLENGES In these challenges, you have to start a new world and play the role you’re given! 1 THE VILLAGE TRADER In this challenge, you can’t craft anything new – you can only collect natural resources and loot, then take them to villages to trade with the inhabitants. This means you’ll have to do things like buying tools and armour instead of making them yourself! 2 THE VEGETARIAN For this game, you’re not allowed to kill ANY animals. You also can’t eat any meat or wear any leather items! You’ll spend a lot of time farming crops, and you’ll have to eat food a lot more regularly because non-meat has low saturation. See how long you can survive! 3 THE TOMB RAIDER Make it your mission to find and…

THREE-STOREY TOWNHOUSE Townhouse buildings are great for making cities, as you can place lots of them close together to create bags of space with a small footprint. Opposite, you can see two styles of townhouse. Both have three storeys, so they look relatively tall and thin compared to a normal house. Window boxes and shades are typical of townhouse designs, and expect to see a small yard instead of a garden. A mixture of brick styles makes the building look decorative without being too elaborate. You can decorate the roof as well. We’ve used iron bars to fence off the top of the roof area, and also to create a TV aerial. Four rails placed in a circle on top of four andesite blocks gives the appearance of an air…

GOATS This new mob has been added to the Java version after debuting in the experimental Bedrock version! You can find it hanging out on cliffs and mountaintops, where it can jump up extremely steep rockfaces with its powerful legs. As a result of this skill, it also takes a lot less fall damage! Goats spawn in groups of 2-3 and drop horns up to twice if they charge into a solid block. If killed, they drop mutton and experience. They’re also an extra source of milk along side cows and mooshrooms – you can use a bucket on them to get milk the same as with those other mobs. If goats spot a player who hasn’t moved for 10-15 seconds within a 16-block range, they’ll charge and headbutt them…

10 CAT Let’s start with something pretty straightforward: a cat! We suspect many of you have a pet cat at home, and they have a habit of looking at us with their cute eyes begging for food! How much do you reckon this cat, from Brokoli, would get through?! tinyurl.com/mcw78topten10 9 RAINBOW UNICORN How cool is this?! We had to get a unicorn in this list somewhere, and as we’re heading towards summer, a bright rainbow seemed like a good idea too. Thankfully, Zattilio delivered on both counts, and we think the 3D glasses finish the effect off nicely! tinyurl.com/mcw78topten9 8 GIANT PANDA Minecrafter Directioner14 said that this didn’t take long to build at all. We think it looks great! She used wool, glass, coal blocks and obsidian to get…

WHAT ARE SHADERS? Simply put, shaders change the way Minecraft looks. Most devices can display graphics far more complicated than Minecraft asks of them, so shaders unlock that power. Not all devices can run shaders, though, so while we can tell you how to get them, be aware that they might not work! If you want to try installing shaders, this guide should be enough to get your copy of Minecraft looking better than ever, whether you’re playing on the Bedrock or Java Edition! BEDROCK EDITION STEP ONE: DOWNLOAD SHADERS Installing Bedrock Edition shaders is easy, but whether it works or not will depend heavily on the device you’re using. Bedrock Edition shaders are really just mods that tweak the game’s visuals a little, so they’re not as powerful as…

ABOUT HORSE ARMOUR Horse armour is a special type of protective gear worn by horses. Variant soft the horse, such as mules and donkeys, and even skeleton or zombie horses, can’t wear the armour – only a normal horse! There are four types of horse armour: leather, iron, golden and emerald. Note that unlike player armour, gold horse armour offers more protection than iron horse armour. Ital so differs from player armour in that there’s no durability–a single piece of horse armour can be used forever on one horse. Leather armour adds three points of armour to a horse, iron armour add sfive points, golden armour adds seven point sand diamond armour adds 11points. CRAFTING HORSE ARMOUR Only one type of horse armour can be crafted, and that’s leather horse…

Thank you to so many of you for taking the time to write in and tell us all about your fantastic Minecraft creations, collections, cakes and ideas! We love receiving all your interesting letters, so be sure to get in touch about anything Minecraft related! You can write to us via email. Our address is: incoming@everythingmw.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Here’s the latest collection of letters… ALFIE AND TED’S PICTURE My name is Alfie, I am 7 and I love Minecraft! My brother Ted plays it with me and we would love to be in your magazine. I have drawn a picture of Hal and the Arch Illager and a Red Stone Monstrosity – I hope you like them! Alfie, Age 7 Your pictures are brilliant! Thanks…

A super hero’s base is his castle, although that doesn’t me an you should literally build a castle. Indeed, the ideal super hero cave is hidden in the wilderness, deep within a mountain so no one can see in–but they can see out! Here are the things your build needs to have to qualify: ▪ A map for tracking criminal activity ▪ Monitors for keeping track of the city ▪ A hidden entrance (orseveral!) ▪ A selection of super hero costumes Other than that, you’re free to try what ever you want! HINTS AND TIPS Begin by identifying a mountain of the right size – it needs to be reasonably big but not so huge you take ages to hollow it out. It should also be above the local terrain…