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Minecraft - Minecraft abbreviations and terms
Category: Sport and Leisure > Minecraft glossary
Date & country: 26/04/2012, SW
Words: 81
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Adminium Another word for Bedrock, which is the hard rock at the bottom of the map. It cannot be removed or destroyed unless done so with a mod i.e
Alpha The version before the Beta release.
Arrow A flying projectile that can be crafted with sticks, flint and feathers. Fired from a bow.
Asperguim Redstone or Glow stone ~ Keyofdoor ~
Attack An attack is when the player clicks the left mouse button at a mob. Passive mobs will not retaliate, provocative (Neutral) mobs will attack only when attacked themselves, and aggressive mobs (Hostile) will attack on sight. Attacks reduce the targets health.
Bedrock The same as Adminium, the hard rock at the bottom of the map. It cannot be removed or destroyed unless done so with a mod i.e
Beta The current Minecraft version.
Biomes Types of land in Minecraft the player can find. Each Biome has differences in grass and tree color, how much water or other kinds of blocks are present, and how trees grow in each area. There are currently 11 Biome types. Visit Minepedia to view them all. Most distinguishable biomes are Snow and Desert biomes.
Blocks Blocks are the base of Minecraft. Everything is created, crafted and built out of blocks. A 1x1x1 (1 cubed) cube that players can place or destroy; A unit of measurement in minecraft equal to 1 meter. ~ Edit by Keyofdoor ~
Bone Dropped by Skeletons, these bones are useless in their initial state; however, when placed in a crafting grid, 1 Bone will produce 3 Bonemeal.
Bonemeal Bonemeal is the output of placing a Bone in a Crafting Grid. Bonemeal can be used as a fertilizer on trees and crops, causing them to instantaneously grow.
Book Craftable item made from Paper. Used to create Bookshelves.
Bookshelf Craftable block made from Wooden Planks and Books. Used for decoration.
Bow A craftable weapon out of three sticks and three pieces of string. Fires arrows.
Cactus Cacti are only able to grow on Sand blocks and must have a one block clearance on all sides as well as the top or else it will not grow (if a block is placed directly next to an already grown Cactus, it will destroy it). Cacti also have the benefit (and even harmful if not used correctly) of providing defense against mobs - any mob, including the player, will be hurt if they run into a Cactus. They do not need a water source to grow and can be placed on a single sand block; it will grow three blocks high.
Cake An item promised by Notch if Minecraft won the 2010 Indie of the Year Awards (which it later did.) Cake was added to the game in the Beta 1.2 Update. You can craft cake with three Milk, one Egg, three Wheat, and two Sugar.
Charcoal A resource that can be crafted by placing a log (wood) in the smelting slot on a furnace. It can be used just like Coal to craft torches and as a fuel in a furnace.
Chest An item crafted with eight planks to create a storage area. Comes in two sizes, large and small. A large is created with two small chests placed next to eachother.
Clock Craftable item made from Gold Ingots and Redstone Dust. Shows the time as a rotating day/night cycle.
Coal A resource obtained by mining coal ore with a pickaxe. Used as a fuel.
Cobblestone/Cobble A material gathered from mining Stone with a Pickaxe. Cobblestone can be melted down back into Stone, in a furnace.
Compass A tool used to indicate the direction of the spawn point from your current position. Created from four iron ingots and one redstone, the compass works both in the user's hand and in their inventory.
Crafting One of the main aspects of Minecraft is the crafting, hence MineCraft. Crafting is what keeps the player alive and prospering. Every item in Minecraft is crafted apart from raw materials (eg. wood). The Crafting Grid is the 2x2 inventory or 3x3 workbench crafting spaces. Crafting takes place in the Crafting Grid.
Creeper A particularly vicious mob that is aggressive to the player. It makes a sharp SSSS'ing sound prior to when it is about to explode. Take caution when fighting this mob.
Death Death can occur both to the player and other mobs. Mobs will drop items, and so will the player if they were carrying any. Death occurs when the health of the mob reaches 0. The items dropped will disappear over a period of time.
Dirt Most readily available block type when starting a new adventure. Dirt blocks can also grow grass by placing them adjacent to another dirt block that already has grass on it. Can also be tilled with a Hoe for growing crops.
Dispenser A block designed as both an item storage unit and an arrow launcher. It is created using seven cobblestone, one bow, and one redstone dust. These blocks can only be activated with a redstone circuit, and are primarily used in trap-making.
Dungeon Commonly found within caves, they are easily spotted by the protective Cobblestone/Mossy Cobblestone barrier that surrounds a Mob Spawner.
Dyes Currently only for cosmetic value when building, dyes can be created to change the colour of wool. If you want Dye recipes, please check out Kubik/the Wiki.
Egg An item that is periodically spawned by Chickens. Currently can be thrown with a chance to spawn another chicken, or can be used as an ingredient in cake.
Feather An item only currently acquired from killing mobs. Chickens drop 0-2, Zombies drop 0-2 and Zombie pigmen have rare chance of dropping 1 or 2. This is an item currently only useful for creating arrows.
Flint and Steel Craftable item made of Flint and an Iron Ingot. Used to set flammable items alight. Also used to activate Portals. Use with caution, as fire spreads quickly.
Flood In classic place a liquid block that floods the entire map, in survival place a liquid to make mines or buildings inaccessible or ruined. ~ Keyofdoor ~
Glass A transparent block that breaks very easily. Mostly for aesthetics, but can also offer protection against mobs as there are none that can break blocks yet. Glass is created by smelting sand in a furnace. One block of sand yields one block of glass. If you break glass, you do not get the glass block back.
Griefer A player who looks to be destroying other peoples work on purpose, this causing havoc around the world and can be rather annoying. ~ Keyofdoor ~
Hoe Provides the ability to harvest Seeds from grass blocks, as well as make the blocks ready to grow Wheat. Make sure you have a water source adjacent to the grass block on which you plan to grow your crops.
Indev Means In Development. Maps that were generated in the Indev stage were a strict size.
Ingot Created from smelting an ore, these are used in a variety of applications, including (but not limited to) tools, armour and the specific ore's metal block. There are a number of different ores; coal, iron, redstone, gold, lapis lazuli, diamond and obsidian. Obsidian, lapis lazuli, coal and redstone do not make weapons and armour. Also, coal and redstone do not make ingots. Please see Kubik/the Wiki for full recipes.
Jack O'Lantern Craftable block made from Pumpkins and Torches. Used to provide ambient lighting. Unlike torches, Jack O' Lanterns will operate underwater. Since the Halloween update Jack O'Lanterns can now be worn by a player.
Jeb One of the developers of Minecraft.
Kubik A downloadable Minecraft encyclopedia application created for ingame reference. Has crafting recipes and definitions of items in the game, but not ingame terms*. Has a chat feature. Useful for new players and returning alike.
Ladder Craftable item made from seven sticks when placed in the crafting grid. Used primarily to scale walls. Will also stop a stream of water when placed on an adjoining block. Useful in underwater constuction, as when placed on a block underwater, the ladder will create a block of breathable air. Ladders will not adhere to glass.
Lapis Lazuli A blue mineral found deep underground. Can be used for dyes, or crafted into a block using 9 of the mineral. It is said to be as rare as diamond, although it is spread over a larger area.
Light Light is an important factor in Minecraft. There are 16 levels of light. Moonlight is 6. Level 6-0 light will spawn night mobs (Creepers, Zombies, Skeletons). 7-16 will make night mobs not spawn, but will not stop them from going into that area unless it is daytime. Caves will spawn night mobs because they are dark even in the day. Torches have level 14 light, with a 6 square radius on each side. Lightstone has light level of 15.
Lightstone A block that is only found naturally in the Nether and which generates light. When it is broken with a pickaxe it produces lightstone dust. Produces a light level of 15.
Lightstone Dust A resource that is obtained by mining lightstone. It can be crafted into a lightstone block and placed to generate light.
Logs Harvested from trees. Logs are needed to create Wooden Planks (Sometimes just called Planks) Birch trees give different colored Logs, but they still give the standard Wooden Plank. This may be on purpose or it may be subject to change.
Milk A crafting item gained by using a Bucket on a Cow.
Minecraft The game that these forums are based on and Notch is creating. Also know as MC [abbrieviation].
Mob Spawner Found in dungeons surrounded by cobblestone/mossy cobblestone. These mob spawners will continually spawn a specific mob type (which appears as a spinning miniature version inside the mob spawner itself), until sufficient light is placed around the spawn area. They can be broken, but once they are broken they are gone forever.
Mod A Mod (Moderator) is a member of the Minecraft community with powers such as banning etc. A Mod (Modification) is something that modifies the Minecraft game. One well known one is Mo'Creatures.
Mojang Specifications The company that Notch founded after gaining significant profits from Minecraft. They continue to work on Minecraft, and are also working on another game.
Mossy Cobblestone This block looks exactly like cobblestone, except with a green moss growing on it. It is only found surrounding mob spawners (dungeons).
Nether The Nether, formerly known as 'Hell' (which was renamed for religious reasons) and 'The Slip', is a treacherous plane of death and destruction. Floating blocks of Netherrack, lava falls... and deadly mobs. This place is dangerous, and is only accessible by a Portal.
Netherrack A material only found in the Nether, and when set alight, burns indefinitely. Good for creating light. It breaks extremely easily, even with bare hands.
Notch The prestigious creator of Minecraft. Without him, Minecraft, Minecraft Wikia, and these forums would not exist! Also known as Markus Persson.
Ore A type of block that can be used for mining, and is particularly used for crafting purposes. Most Ore blocks must be smelted to be used, but some can be used right away. Types of ore include Coal, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Redstone, and Lapiz Lazuli.
Paper Craftable item made from harvested Sugar Cane. Used to create Books.
Pop corn smelting At the very early stages of Minecraft the way you smelted blocks was by chucking them into lava.
Portal A Portal is created with ten pieces of Obsidian, and then the centre is set alight with a flint and steel. A Portal is the only way to access the Nether, and its contents. It is possible for portals to open randomly, and mobs such as Ghasts can fly through and rain fireballs on your world.
PumpkinWas introduced in the Halloween Update. A rare block found on the surface. Can be harvested to make Jack O' Lanterns.
Raw Porkchop A food item that is obtained by killing pigs, which drop 0 to 2 pieces of pork when killed. Raw Porkchops do not stack in your inventory. Pork can be cooked via furnace into a Cooked Porkchop which heals 4 Hearts, as opposed to Heart and a Half for raw. Can also be reffered to as Bacon/Ham or suchlike.
Redstone A red conductive mineral found deep underground. When mined, it can be used to make electrical circuits (See the Wiki for detailed information), or in crafting compasses, redstone torches and dispensers.
Redstone Dust Resource gathered from mining Redstone. Placing this on the floor creates wires. Joining these wires up to doors, levers and other mechanisms creates a circuit. These circuits require redstone torches to power them.
Redstone Torches Created in the same way as normal torches, except the coal is replaced with mined redstone. Used to power redstone circuitry.
Reeds The archaic term for Sugarcane. Reeds were the name assigned by players until Beta.
Sand Found in desert biomes or usually on the coast (beaches). Four sand blocks in a crafting grid can make Sandstone. Sand can also be heated in a furnace to produce Glass. If a block is mined from underneath a sand block, the sand block will fall into the newly unoccupied space. Be careful as this can cause cave ins!
Sandstone Made by crafting four sand blocks in a crafting grid. This block retains the similar look of sand while making it more durable and it will not fall like a regular sand block.
Sapling Obtained by destroying (or waiting for Leaves to decay after chopping it down) the Leaves on a Tree. Saplings can be planted anywhere as long as it's on grass, but they need sufficient light and room to grow or they will stay a Sapling forever. Destroying a planted Sapling will give it back to the player.
Seeds Seeds can only be planted on tilled (using a Hoe) grass block. For the seeds to grow, the grass block must have an adjacent water source next to it or else it will die. Seeds are also able to be obtained while tilling grass or dirt blocks.
Skeleton An aggressive mob that spawns in dark places or night,skeletons are the other mob that burn in sunlight when it hits them. Skeletons uses a bow and arrows.
SMP Survival multiplayer - a game mode where you can join friends and other Minecraft players from around the world and create anything you like. The server saves your creations.
Spawn point The location where you first spawn in Minecraft, and where you subsequently respawn when you die. This is the location that the compass points to.
Sticks Created by placing 2 Wooden Planks in a Crafting Grid vertically, which yields 4 Sticks. Sticks are necessary to make just about everything in Minecraft, such as Tools, Torches, and Arrows.
Stone Sometimes referred to as Smoothstone. Found in caves and on the surface around mountains, or a few blocks down beneath dirt. Mining Stone will produce Cobblestone.
Sugarcane Referred to as Reeds before the Beta update. Sugarcane can be found growing next to water sources on grass blocks. It can be harvested and replanted for farming much like Wheat, except the land does not need to be tilled first. Three Sugarcane horizontal in a crafting grid will produce Paper. Sugarcane will grow three blocks high.
Wheat Wheat is only able to grow on a tilled (using a Hoe) grass block that is adjacent to water. If there is no water adjacent to the wheat, it will die. Once fully grown, wheat can be harvested which yields Wheat (duh) and sometimes Seeds.
Wooden Plank Obtained by placing 1 Log in either Crafting Grid which results in 4 Wooden Planks. A variety of uses, from creating a wooden floor, to furniture, to making sticks or boats.
World Every new Minecraft world is randomly generated and will include many different Biomes. Every world is unique and has its advantages and disadvantages. You should learn your world well, and create bases in advatagous positions such as high mountains, because then you can create a mining shafts, etc and you can see far distances.
Zombie A zombie is a hostile mob that only appears at night. It makes a groaning sound that is distiguishable from all other mobs.Fights with melee. In the daytime, it bursts into flames.
Zombie-Pigman The Nether is home to the Zombie-Pigman, half zombie, half pig. This mob is Neutral, unlike all other mobs in the Nether. Like the Zombie, it fights with melee.
