Ruined Nether Portals– Ruined Nether portals exist both in the Overworld and the Nether. They consist of obsidian and crying obsidian blocks, surrounded by netherrack, magma blocks, and even some additional lava sources you can turn into obsidian. This structure is meant to hint at the Nether ...
Begin by closing your eyes, and attuning your mind to the energy around you. Take some time to gather that energy.When you are ready to begin scrying, open your eyes. Position yourself so that you can look into the mirror. Stare into the glass, looking for patterns, symbols or ...
After you make a Respawn Anchor, you will need to charge it for it to work. Grab extra Glowstone and interact with the Respawn Anchor to turn it on and power it. When it is on, interact with the block with your hand, similar to a Bed, to set your respawn at that point. The next...
If you're trying to create your own village, the grindstone is the weaponsmith's job site block. You can place one in your village and an unemployed villager will turn into a weaponsmith. A rather useful profession, once it reaches Expert or Master level it will trade diamond axes and dia...
You can also do mirror work during the day as you pass mirrors. If there are no mirrors in your workplace, you can always use the selfie option on your phone (where you turn the camera towards yourself). You can find a private spot (such as in a bathroom cubicle) to do this exerci...
Position your pointer on a bottom block of obsidian and then use the flint and steel. Once you have used the flint and steel on the portal frame, the center coordinates of the portal should glow and turn purple. This means that the Nether Portal is active and you can travel into the ...
Halls of Torment treats the achievements as quests for you to complete as you unlock chapters and characters. With the 1.0 update, the number of achievements went from 300 to 500, which means even those who finished the game will have a lot of work ahead. ...
Mom (who ran decidedly “left”) had a “pacifist” phase when I was a young teenager, and tried to turn me into one. After increasingly outrageous behaviors by local nincompoops, we both came to realize that perhaps Malcom X had a point. The change was rather abrupt, from the thugs...
Short stories are often a fiction writer’s first introduction to writing, but they can be frustrating to write and difficult to master. How do you fit everything that makes a great story into something so short? And then, once you do finish a short story you’re proud of, what do you...