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• How to Build an Automatic Item SorterRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minA hopper filter that never leaks: the exact 22-item template, the comparator step that drives it, and why cells drain items into the wrong chest.
• The Crafter Block: Automated Crafting ExplainedRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minThe 1.21 Crafter turns one redstone pulse into one crafted item. How slot disabling, comparator output and the trigger edge really work.
• Redstone Repeaters: Delay, Locking and Signal StrengthRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 7 minFour delay settings, why the output is always 15, one-way diode behaviour and side-locking, plus clocks, monostables and stopping backflow.
• How to Build a Slime Block Flying MachineRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minSix blocks, two sticky pistons, two slime blocks and two observers, will carry you across an ocean for free. The exact build, and why it does not jam.
• Minecarts and Rails: Speed, Stations and LoopsRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minPowered rail spacing that holds top speed, a station that parks and launches on command, and hopper unloading that never quietly jams on you.
• Dispensers vs Droppers: Every Use ExplainedRedstone · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minA dispenser uses the item; a dropper just throws it. Every special dispenser interaction, how dropper lifts work, and which farms need which.
• The Mace: How to Get One and How to Use ItCombat · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minThe mace turns fall distance into damage. Here's the heavy core chain, the exact scaling tiers, and the wind charge launch combo.
• Armour and Protection: How Damage Reduction Really WorksCombat · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minArmour points, toughness, the real damage formula, the 20-point cap and the EPF cap — how much damage your kit actually stops, and what to wear when.
• Totem of Undying: How to Get One and How It WorksCombat · Aug 5, 2026 · 8 minEvery totem comes off a dead evoker. Exactly what one restores, which hand it has to be in, and how to farm them by the stack with a raid farm.
• The Breeze and Wind Charges ExplainedCombat · Aug 5, 2026 · 7 minWind charges deal zero damage and still change fights, builds and travel. Here's how the Breeze works, and what to do with the rods it drops.