Minecraft:Block of the Month

Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox series Block of the Month is a series of articles on Minecraft:Minecraft.net that were written by Minecraft:Duncan Geere. Each article is dedicated to a specific block, describing its history, features, and uses. It is the sequel series of Minecraft:Block of the Week.

Articles

Title	Header	Subjects	Published	Author(s)
Block of the Month: Nether Wart	File:BotM Nether wart block.jpg	Template:BlockLink	August 11, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Mud	File:BotM Mud.jpg	Template:BlockLink	September 11, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Hyphae	File:BotM Hyphae.jpg	Template:BlockLink	October 7, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Fletching Table	File:BotM Fletching Table.jpg	Template:BlockLink	November 3, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Fence	File:BotM Fence.jpg	Template:BlockLink	December 1, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Nylium	File:BotM Nylium.jpg	Template:BlockLink	December 29, 2022	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Infested Block	File:BotM Infested Block.jpg	Template:BlockLink	January 26, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Froglight	File:BotM Froglight.jpg	Template:BlockLink	February 23, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Composter	File:BotM Composter.jpg	Template:BlockLink	March 23, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Dried Kelp	File:BotM Dried Kelp Block.jpg	Template:BlockLink	April 20, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Gilded Blackstone	File:Gblackstone-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	May 17, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Weathered Copper	File:BotM Weathered Copper.jpg	Template:BlockLink	June 15, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Bamboo	File:BotM Bamboo.jpg	Template:BlockLink	July 27, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Smithing Table	File:BotM Smithing Table.jpg	Template:BlockLink	August 24, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Block of Iron	File:Blockofiron-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	October 23, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Redstone Ore	File:BotM Redstone Ore.jpg	Template:BlockLink	November 17, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Daylight Detector	File:BotM Daylight Sensor.jpg	Template:BlockLink	December 14, 2023	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Concrete Powder	File:BotM Concrete Powder.jpg	Template:BlockLink	January 12, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Decorated Pot	File:BotM Decorated Pot.jpg	Template:BlockLink	February 19, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Packed Mud	File:BotM Packed Mud.jpg	Template:BlockLink	April 15, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Sculk Shrieker	File:BotM Sculk Shrieker.jpg	Template:BlockLink	May 2, 2024 (original) June 20, 2024 (updated)	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Hay Bale	File:BotM Hay Bale.jpg	Template:BlockLink	July 29, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Trial Spawner	File:Trialspawner-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	September 26, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Block of Lapis Lazuli	File:BotM Block of Lapis Lazuli.jpg	Template:BlockLink	October 25, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Cauldron	File:Cauldron-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	November 25, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Reinforced Deepslate	File:Reinforced deepslate.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	December 20, 2024	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Sticky Piston	File:Stickypiston-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	January 23, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Vault	File:Vault-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	February 25, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Nether Quartz Ore	File:Netherquartzore-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	March 14, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Hopper	File:Hopper-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	April 12, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Red Mushroom	File:Redmushroom-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	May 8, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Ender Chest	File:Botm-ender-chest-header.png	Template:BlockLink	June 5, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Sticky Piston	File:Botm-sticky-piston-header.png	Template:BlockLink	July 14, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Frosted Ice	File:Botm-frosted-ice-header.png	Template:BlockLink	July 31, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Trapped Chest	File:Botm-trapped-chest-header.jpeg	Template:BlockLink	August 27, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Dragon Egg	File:Dragonegg-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	October 10, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Fence Gate	File:Fencegate-header.jpg	Template:BlockLink	October 31, 2025	Duncan Geere
Block of the Month: Polished granite	File:BotM Polished granite.jpg	Template:BlockLink	November 29, 2025	Duncan Geere

Quotes

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What are the ingredients that you’d mix together to make Minecraft? Mining and crafting are the basics, obviously. A big helping of exploration. A dash of building, and a sprinkle of combat. Pinches of farming and trading. Perhaps even a soupçon of enchanting and automation.

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Right now, Mojang Studios' top nutritionists don’t recommend eating iron blocks. But you never know what that advice might change – so it’s probably best to stockpile some in your chests. Just in case.

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Want a vault for yourself? Well sorry, you can’t have one. At least, not in survival mode. Vaults take forever to break, and when they do they drop nothing - even with a Silk Touch enchantment. No – they can’t be moved with pistons either.

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You might think that gathering nylium of either variety is easy. Whack it with a pickaxe, right? But it turns out that the fungal matter it contains is pretty fragile, so in order to collect it, you’ll need to use a silk touch pickaxe. If you lack the sophisticated tool for the job, it can also occasionally be found in hoglin stables in bastion remnants.

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In Minecraft, you won’t need to wait that long but it’s still not fast. A few in-game weeks should do the trick. But don’t rush it! Sit back, and enjoy the slow, beautiful process of chemistry in action.

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There’s one way you can avoid the shrieking – by dampening your sounds using a soft material like wool. Place a block of wool between the sensor and the shrieker, and it’ll block the alarm signal, allowing you to be noisier. For best results, surround the shrieker entirely with wool, but be very quiet and careful, so that you don’t accidentally summon a warden in the process.