The arrival of Minecraft 26.1 in March 2026 brought major changes to the modding landscape, including the removal of obfuscation and new API standards that demand a fresh approach to modpack building.

Minecraft's 2026 updates have fundamentally altered the combat ecosystem, moving beyond simple mob additions to introduce deeper mechanical shifts that reward strategic preparation over raw reflexes.

Minecraft has been a raging success since Mojang released it in 2011. And its continued popularity means that many folks who’ve heard great things about it may really want to try out this sandbox ...

The lectern in Minecraft requires 1 bookshelf and 4 wooden slabs. It functions as a librarian job block and a redstone signal source. It can only hold written books or a book and quill in Minecraft.

The game crashes immediately on startup when using Create Enchantment Industry (CEI) 1.2.16 with Create 6.0.8. The mod is incompatible with the new Create 6.x API. [main/WARN]: Mod 'Create Enchantment ...

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You’ve got a PlayStation 5 and a world of ideas, but you’ve hit the console’s wall: how do you get your own custom Minecraft server running? The PS5’s Minecraft: Bedrock Edition doesn’t make joining ...

Thanks to Android being open-source, there's a myriad of widgets available on the Google Play Store. Widgets are small tools or applications that can be added to your Home screen to perform certain ...

Minecraft’s copper golems are a sloppy player’s dream. Got a base cluttered with small stacks of ores and tools? Too lazy to store your resources in the appropriate location? This tidy fellow will fix ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google Wallet is more than Google's tap-to-pay app. Over the years, Wallet has expanded into a sort of all-in-one digital ...