Minecraft Wiki: Gameplay

Cite as: Minecraft Wiki: Gameplay
Original: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Gameplay
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Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20261012131606/https://minecraft.wiki/w/Gameplay
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Credit: Minecraft Wiki editors; see the page history.
Notes: A general description of the game's loops (blocks, mining, crafting, smelting, mobs, dimensions), used for what the game is, not for version history.

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Infiniminer v1.5's pickaxe takes out a dirt, ore, gold, or diamond block with each successful use and can't dig rock at all. In Minecraft today, by the Minecraft Wiki's account, breaking a block takes time set by its hardness and the tool held, stone and metal blocks yield nothing without a pickaxe, and a few blocks such as bedrock can't be broken in Survival.	`Gameplay, lead`	Wiki
Minecraft's world is a three-dimensional grid of cubes, each holding one type of block, and most blocks can be mined by hand or with tools; a few, such as bedrock, can't be broken in Survival.	`Gameplay, leadGameplay, lead`	Wiki