If you need to breathe underwater in minecraft, perhaps because you’re building underwater or because you’re trying to play on a map or server which has underwater objects hidden far below, then you need to know how to breathe in water in minecraft. It can be done without the need for any cheats or mods.
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If you want to start your own minecraft server, there are two ways to do it. One is to run one from your own home, the other is to hire or rent minecraft servers from one of the many companies offering minecraft server services. This article will teach you about how to set up your own minecraft server, or how to choose one from another company.

Hosting Your Own Minecraft Server

This can be achieved by downloading the Minecraft server file from the official Mojang site. Running your own minecraft server is fairly simple, but hosting it on your home computer can lead to a lot of problems, including security issues for your home PC and fairly slow connection speeds depending on your hardware and connection.

Here is a comprehensive tutorial on hosting your own minecraft server at home. This is a good place to start if you want to play with a few friends who live locally and who you trust.

If, on the other hand, you have ambitions of starting a famous minecraft server with a large number of players, you may want to look into renting minecraft servers.
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TerraFirmaCraft is a minecraft survival mod that claims to re-create minecraft ‘survival mode as it should have been.’ That’s a big and entirely subjective claim, which makes it the perfect sort of claim to make.

TerraFirmaCraft comes with its own automatic launcher – which I very much like because it means one download and one click. No more, no less.

The first thing I notice upon opening my new TerraFirmaCraft world is that the trees are oblong and there are weird little grey things on the grass. I punch one and it turns out to be a rock. A Dacite Rock, to be precise. (more…)

Minecraft snapshot 13w16 is the best snapshot of all time. I feel as if I’m discovering a whole new minecraft, and I’m stoked. With minecraft horses, minecraft haybales and minecraft ‘leashes’ which can be used to tie almost any minecraft mob to a fence, this includes, but is not limited to, horses, sheep and pigs.

How To Play Minecraft Snapshot 13w16

This minecraft snapshot is also unique due to the new launcher it comes packaged with. So to play the snapshot, all you have to do is download minecraft 13w16 from Mojang here.

Minecraft Horses

Minecraft horses spawn wild. They are based on the Mo’Creatures horse mobs, but are actually quite a bit prettier (in my opinion). They also have completely adorable ‘rearing and bucking’ animations in which the horse opens its mouth, rears back on its hind legs and waves the front legs in the air. You can make a horse rear by right clicking them with a carrot. They will also rear if you try to saddle them without having tamed them first.

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The Minecraft 1.5 update, also known as the redstone update is now out. This handy guide to 1.5 details all changes to the game you’ve come to know and love and then re-know because somebody thought a dragon would be a good idea, so on and so forth.

If you prefer your information in video form, here’s a video detailing all 120 changes in Minecraft 1.5. If you prefer to read, keep reading.

Better Death!

Death messages have been enhanced to reflect the nature of one’s death.

Better Command Blocks!

Command blocks have been improved, now with more commands!

Redstone Changes in Minecraft 1.5

Timing on redstone devices has been changed. (Yes, this means many pre 1.5 redstone machines will stop working or fritz out.)

Daylight sensors have been added to minecraft.

Redstone comparators were added to minecraft. A redstone comparator has two inputs and one output, allowing crafters to create traps and machines in which two actions are required to set events in motion.
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