Tried and true, a house is a necessity for almost every Minecraft player. We’ve all started with the hole in the dirt, or the tiny wooden box for the first couple of nights. But rather than settle for ...

The combined effort of creativity and survival utility comes when you build a castle in Minecraft. Hence, castle designs ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. If you don't have an eye for architecture or good spatial awareness, building a Minecraft house that isn't just a cobblestone cube can be intimidating ...

James Austin (he/him) is a writer from the most haunted state in the U.S., Maine. When he's not ranking things for Dualshockers, he enjoys playing and designing tabletop RPGs. Thankfully, since ...

Since Minecraft is all about survival, fans create strong armor, enchanted weapons, and secure bases to better their defense mechanisms. These safety precautions are useful when it’s nighttime, that’s ...

Minecrafters have been building all sorts of structures and works of art inside the popular sandbox game for years. These range from small houses to big buildings, from underground bases to fortresses ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Minecraft can be a little intimidating--an endless, procedurally generated world where creepers await around every corner, and it's easy to get lost ...

You are going to need a lot of blocks for this build so you should better get to farming. As for the blocks themselves, you can pretty much use anything. Cobblestone and Wood are the most common ...

After completing a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, I decided to pursue my love of writing and video games by entering the world of video game ...