Jack Peachey is a features writer who's worked at Dualshockers and Game Rant. An animation nerd, his favourite games don't have a genre in common as much as they all have pretty pictures. When not ...

With the much-awaited Minecraft Summer Drop for 2025, known as Game Drop 2, just weeks away, players have now gotten into experimental gameplay via beta and snapshots. The update revamps the world ...

The most in-depth crafting experiences in gaming push you to refine systems, combine recipes, and create everything from scratch.

Crafting is the most integral part of Minecraft. Want an axe? Craft it. Want a torch? Craft it. Want to build a scale replica of the Empire State Building? You guessed it. Everyone other than the ...

To craft bookshelves in Minecraft, the process is simple and requires only two ingredients: First, you need three books. To craft a book, use three pieces of paper and one piece of leather in a 2 x 2 ...

Saddles have been in Minecraft since before it was officially released, and only now are they finally being given a crafting recipe. In version 1.21.6, players will be able to create saddles with ...

Minecraft has been cooking for over 15 years, and saddles have always been one of those items you had to find—until now. With snapshot 25w20a, released on May 13, 2025, players can finally craft ...

Great news: Minecraft finally adds saddles as a crafting item, and it’s only been 15 years. The saddles in Minecraft were introduced in 2010 as a means to ride pigs initially, and then the saddle was ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Minecraft features a wide variety of weapons that you can use to damage mobs and other enemies. However, one of the most effective weapons players ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Aside from a crafting table, you won't use any other utility block more in the early-mid game of Minecraft than a furnace. The furnace is used to ...