- [Skip] 31 Minecraft facts
that you may be missed. Minecraft is filled to the brim with different
blocks, mobs and items. So if you blink, you
might just miss something. And that's why today we're
diving deep into the factoids that you might not have noticed before. And hey, the YouTube council bets me that you can't subscribe to this channel before I dig down to bedrock. So prove them wrong, insta mine that red sub button down below. It's free and it helps out a ton. Number one, baby zombies
are pests to say the least. They've got a small hit box, they're wicked fast and good luck even trying to fight one
of these with grass nearby. So to stay away from these ankle biters, maybe your new solution should be to try and grab a strider instead because as you can see,
these mobs are fully capable of walking on top of the other mobs. Sure, a strider outside
of lava isn't the fastest, but even then they completely
negate the baby's speed which gives us a much
needed way out of dodge and one that I'm happy to take at whatever pace they're
willing to give me. Number two, Easter eggs are
almost a rite of passage when you're developing a
game, but after they're in, you have to wonder how many
players will discover them if at all. Take the desert temple for example. While most of us are focused
on the treasure and TNT that lies underneath, there's actually more than
meets the eye to the top. You see, this big hollowed
out spot in the roof is actually the perfect size for a fully powered beacon setup. Still don't believe me? Well, lay out the blocks
as you would anywhere else and sure enough, there's
even gonna be a sky roof so that the beacon can power up, which I got to say is pretty nifty. Number three, torches
are the most obvious way to light up a build. They're cheap, you can
craft a bunch of them and they also happen to work pretty well. So most of us don't tend to
look for placements that often, but if you were to take the time and scan through all of
Minecraft's various blocks, there's actually a surprising competitor. For some reason, four sea
pickles actually give off more light than a torch in the same block. No joke, these slimy sea things can outperform Minecraft's
most iconic light source. So if you're really looking for a reason to build a pickle farm, at least now you got one. Number four, while most
of us use fireworks to self-propel our elytras, they do have properties
outside of being rocket fuel. And even though we would
typically just throw them into a dispenser for
a quick new year show, actually there's more we can
do for that presentation. You see, since these rockets
function as entities, there's actually ways that you
can move and manipulate them with the game's physics engine, which in that case, partnering
them with a water stream, you can actually move
the rocket off course and change the flight pattern. So if you're really wanting
that 45 degree angle for your perfect fireworks
display, then hey, here's a way to do that. Number five, look, this
is an easy one to miss even if you do happen
to be a crazy cat lady, but apparently, if you spawn
a cat around a witch's hut in a swamp biome, it's always going to have
the black cat texture, which come to think of
it makes some sense. After all, Calicos aren't exactly known for hanging around a witch's brew. It's gotta be black to keep on brand. With that said, I do
think it's kind of funny how black cats are the
universal symbol of bad luck, but with 100% chance of spawning here, luck isn't even a factor, making this Easter egg weird
in a lot more ways than one. Number six, Minecraft's
code handles item frames in some pretty strange ways because even though we
can pick up and place them like any other block or
decoration in this case, they're treated like entities. You can see as much when
you get a bunch of them in one area. They're sure to cause a lot
of lag, but stranger still if you shoot the item out of
one of these with a flame bow, then you'll actually be left with a permanently lit fire frame. Now it doesn't give off any real light, but I guess it's a new torch design if that's what you've been
looking for, I don't know. Number seven, phantoms are one of the worst pains in the game and somehow these monsters
are always gonna find new ways to be a thorn in your side. Case in point, if you
ever thought that dealing with phantoms on land was a bad nightmare, then fighting them in water
is sure to be a rude awakening because as you can see, the
creature of the night sky can do surprisingly well under water even attacking you when
you dive into the ocean. Nope, not even the water can keep you safe from these terrors. But hey, at least you
can sleep down there. I guess that's one way to avoid them. Number eight, wither skeletons are generally scary to come across. So just imagine if one
of these had the range of the overworld cousin. Well, apparently that's a
lot more fact than fiction. If you actually give a
wither skeleton a boat, not only does it beef up the attack area, but it also gives it fire arrows to shoot. And in retrospect, it's probably
for the best that Mojang didn't give them a bow from the beginning. The last thing the nether fortress needs is another flame shooter. Between these blazes and ghasts, you'd be lucky to leave the nether without a few first degree burns, let alone not getting burned to a crisp. Number nine, over the years, Minecraft has slowly added in
new ways for world generation. Most of us had messed
around on a super flat or amplified world, have
you ever seen one like this? This here is called the debug world and it's a holdover from the
game's development process, but you can't access it normally. To get this, you actually
have to hold the shift key while you're scrolling
through the world options and then bam, it's there. And honestly, there's not much to do here since you're only stuck to spectator mode, but if you wanted to feel
like a Mojang developer or at least show off a
special world to your friends, this is a pretty good candidate. Number 10, if you want to
play Minecraft survival without the added challenge
of well surviving, then peaceful mode is an obvious choice or so you thought. You see, even though this
mode claims to remove all dangerous mobs, one
spy seems to have slipped through the cracks. While playing on peaceful mode, the llama is the only mob
capable of harming the player. I mean, I know spit is gross, but is it really that bad to be the only damaging thing in the mode? Well luckily, these animals only attack when they're provoked. So in the meantime, maybe just stick to the truly passive
cows for your leather. Number 11, to put it lightly, beds in the nether do not get along although I don't think the
village has got that memo. You see, even though
beds were the equivalent of charged creepers to us, for these guys, they can
sleep in them just fine. Honestly, I'm a little jealous. I mean, I would much
rather just craft a bed instead of having to
fuel up a respawn anchor in the nether. In fairness, they're not able to respond so why not let them catch some sleep in the nether anyway, it's not gonna mess with balancing, but my bigger question is
how are they able to sleep with all of that light and
lava going around next to them? That I've got no clue. Number 12, if you've ever gotten
rid of a wandering trader, then you know that llamas
could be an aggressive bunch. Sure, it's to be expected. They're a neutral mob, but
something about getting spat on just adds insult to injury. So if you two are tired
of getting saliva sprayed by these bullies, there's
actually a way to turn the tables. You see, a shield is decent for blocking, but we can actually go one step further and even deflect the spit. No joke, with a weapon
in the proper timing, it's actually possible to hit
the spit back at your foe. Now I just wish that it would give you the return to sender achievement as well. That'd be amazing. Number 13, trapdoors and
ladders make a great pair. And because of that, you
might've noticed this quirk when you put it in your world. You see, by having a trap door like such, you can actually climb it to the top just as you would a standard ladder. But that said, it even works if you put the trap doors and ladders in a pattern like this, and once you see how we
can climb one of these, it's a lot easier to see
how this feature works. But trust me, it's only
good for a party trick. Trap doors are much more
expensive than ladders so you're much better placing your planks on the old favorite. Besides it even looks better too. Number 14, I swear, even after playing
Minecraft for nine years, I'm still constantly
learning new things to do. For example, I've played
Bed Wars and Hunger Games hundreds of times with my friends meaning I've shared
countless pieces of armor, weapons, et cetera, any
item you can think of. And somehow in all of that time, I never realized that you
could just hold down the Q key to throw out a steady stream of items. No, I would never do that. I would always just end up throwing it out of the inventory screen or
mashing the Q button instead. And really, I don't know
if it's all that practical, but now I know it's there
and maybe you do too. Number 15, trapdoors seem to
make for pretty lousy traps. I mean, if you stand on top of it, most of us know what it is so we're not gonna be
surprised when it flips open, but what these lacks is a trap for humans, they apparently make it
up as a trap for mobs. You see, if you or I were
stuck in this, we just hop out, but the animals in the game, they can't just jump on these trap doors so that leaves them stuck inside. But what's weird is that
from the outside coming in, they can even clear the jump. So why the difference, who knows, but if you want a fence alternative, this might just fit the
bill for your future pets. Number 16, you ever wonder
what it's like to be a mob? I mean, there are so many
different shape-shifting and morph mods out there that I'm sure you've thought of it once or twice. And while those third-party options will give you one interpretation, there's actually a way to do this in game. While in spectator mode,
if you interact with a mob, you can actually see
from their point of view and some of which even offer up different filters and effects. So whether you want a
creeper's green vision, a spider's reflective eyes or maybe even just to be
safe in a shulker shell, then by all means, go
ahead and try this feature. Number 17, water's not all that bouncy. A bold statement, I know,
but that might be unfortunate because as you'll soon find out, these fish love to bounce around and to test that, let's set
up a slime block trampoline right over here on dry land. Then all it takes is spawning cod in place and you'll see that sucker
take off to the moon and back. It looks like it's having a blast, but if you're gonna do this, maybe give the fish a
health boost or something so that this party doesn't
turn into a murder mystery. So even though these fish
might not like dry air, I think this might make their
stay a bit more enjoyable. Number 18, when crying obsidian got added into the 1.16 snapshots, it was exciting for a few reasons. Obviously, respawn anchors
are cool in their own right, but the block actually
has a past prior to that. So while you might not have
played Minecraft back in 2011, there is still a way
to relive that history. When you go into the resource back tab, you'll see something called program art. And after you turned that on, you'll notice the crying obsidian texture now reflects the old block's glory days. And with that finally, Jen's promise of it getting
added in was fulfilled. Number 19, unicorns
don't exist in Minecraft and call me crazy, but I don't think we'll get them any time soon, but you know what's the next best thing, getting to be a unicorn
in Minecraft kind of. You see, by using the
replace item command, it's entirely possible to put an end rod on the player's head and then become your own kind of narwhal. Is it practical, of course not, but it definitely looks ridiculous. And honestly, the replace item command is just full of so many
silly quirks anyway that if you have an afternoon, you might want to get familiar with it. Just mess around and
see what you can find, it's well worth a shot. Number 20, every now and then, Minecraft just doesn't make any sense. Nowhere is that more apparent
than in the differences between Java and bedrock editions. You see in Java, we see a
golden nugget is just that, something that you can
use to craft a gold ingot, but that's about it. But in bedrock it's fuel for some reason. When I first heard of this, I
thought there's just no way, but yeah, if you try it,
it does in fact burn, but it's not even a good fuel source. You need about 12 of them
just to smelt up one item. But if you're looking to burn some cash, I guess this does the trick. Number 21, say you're trying
to light up around your base and you want something more
than just a couple of torches. So to solve that, you crafted a whole
bunch of redstone lamps, but now your problem is
how do you power them? Sure you can use a lever, but that's awkward anywhere you put it. And daylight sensors are only gonna be on for part of the time. So what do you do? Well, apparently by putting an item frame on a wooden pressure plate, that gives off enough weight
to actually power on the thing. And now you've got a
constant redstone signal giving you a sleek and stylish
way to keep your lights on and thankfully without
all the bulky redstone. Number 22, it only takes one look at the Vanilla Tweaks website to see that Minecraft might
have a few texture quirks and while some of those
are mildly infuriating like the jungle dorian consistency or the smoker's unsymmetrical corners, this one's just plain weird. To see this, place a turtle egg and a diamond into your inventory. Notice any similarities? Here, maybe this helps. As it turns out, the diamond
and the turtle egg sprites have the exact same shape. And honestly, I never would
have noticed this on my own, but now that I see it, yeah,
it's gonna be hard to unsee. Number 23, enchanting your
items is a great thing. Whether it's a sword, elytra, even a hoe, there are plenty of different ways to juice up your favorite items. But what might just be the
biggest flex of them all is to take something simple
like a flint and steel and spice that up as well. I'm totally serious, in
case you didn't know, it's possible to actually
enchant this thing, even giving it the mending enchantment. And now if we're being practical, I have no clue why you do this, but to beat a point in the game where you not only can apply mending and break into the thing but also gather enough XP to
charge it, that's next level. Number 24, on the whole, I love the different types
the Minecraft is added in, but somehow I never seem to have enough when I go to use one. So if you too find yourself running dry of granite, diorite or andesite, don't sweat it because apparently
if you have enough quartz, you can actually craft each of them. And while some of this I get, the granite recipe just
makes no sense to me. You need a quartz and a diorite to do it so someone tell me how two white items were able to make this color
because I've got no clue, but I guess I don't have to
understand the logic to use it and I'll definitely be
crafting this in the future. Number 25, chairs are a long
wanted feature in Minecraft so much so that there
are more furniture mods than I can count just for this reason. And while any of those
would work in the meantime, I wouldn't expect these
in a future update. So if that's the case,
at least there is one way to make one of these in Vanilla. You see, by tucking away a saddled pig, it's actually possible
to make a sittable chair in the current game. And then if you decorate
right, it could actually make for a pretty solid throne
in the next castle, but just make sure to expect that your guests are gonna ask why your chair's oinking so much. Every pro's got to have its con I guess. Number 26, jump boost is great, but it's not always a
joy to brew up a potion, especially if you don't have plenty of rabbit's feet on hand. And while there is some
way to get more height to your jump by doing
damage boost in the light, maybe let's try this instead. Trust me, it will be a lot
better for your health bar. You see, bubble elevators
aren't just useful for getting up to your
penthouse apartment. But if you build a formation like this, it actually lets you get
off a two block tall jump. Sure, it can be tough to time, but when the alternative is
lighting yourself on fire, I think the choice is clear. Number 27, under the surface, Minecraft has plenty of hidden features that I don't think anyone
would find naturally like case in point, let's say you're raiding
a woodland mansion and for some reason, you brought along your trusty blue sheep. But to your surprise just as
you start to fight the evoker, he turns on the very thing you love and makes your blue
sheep into a red sheep. Now that's weird in its own rate, but I think it's even funnier that the game rule mob griefing actually can prevent this from happening because really when it comes
to mobs damaging your stuff, this is what we're all worried about. Nothing else comes close. Number 28, recently,
it came to my attention that killing a wither skeleton with a charged creeper
actually gives 100% chance of it dropping a skull,
which is cool, but clearly, importing creepers to the
nether is not that practical, though for those on bedrock edition, there may be a more viable option. You see, in that version, if a charged creeper kills a stray, then it also drops a
guaranteed wither skull and since lightning and creepers only occur in the overworld, this seems a lot more forgiven. If you do have bedrock, then by all means, why not give this a shot and make those Java friends jealous. Number 29, you don't have
to play Minecraft for long to know that Enderman do
not like to be looked at, but while a passing glance
is enough to get them mad, apparently they're pretty
honorable in a staring contest. Sure enough, the next
time you look an Enderman in the eyes, all you got to
do is maintain eye contact. Doing that is enough
to lock them in place. Seriously, they won't even attack. They'll just stare at you for as long as you stare at them. Now sure, after you look
away, they will still attack, but maybe you can take that extra time and even just regen before the fight. After all, if you know
that a brawl is coming, why not prepare for it? Number 30, sometimes you got
to pick the lesser two evils. So while sweet berries might be a pain while you're walking around,
turns out they're invaluable when it comes to falling. You see, the way that Minecraft
calculates fall damage, there are certain things that can reset your fall distance in midair and as it happens to be, berry
bush damage is one of them. Getting pricked by one of these even if you fall from sky
limit is enough to take away all the fall damage and keep you safe. And if you really don't
want to take any chances, this even works with baby bushes,
which won't even prick you on your way down, which I'd
definitely call a sweet deal. Number 31, what if I told
you that there exists in Minecraft's code a
secret rabbit variant and no, not the killer rabbit
you get with this command, but actually something more sentimental. By naming a rabbit Toast with a name tag, it'll change into this texture. And what's sweet about that is that this is actually
a tribute to a player who lost a pet rabbit with the same name. Mojang clearly touched by
the story took the moniker and immortalized it for
us all to see in game. So if you're looking to honor
the poor thing's legacy, throw down that name tag
and keep the memory alive. And with that folks, close the book on that
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