Five years ago, Minecraft introduced deepslate in the Caves & Cliffs update, a new, sturdier block found in the lower depths of the Overworld. It functions much like stone, turning into cobbled ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

Some Minecraft blocks can take surprisingly long to mine in survival mode. Obsidian, for example, requires around 9–10 seconds per block even with a diamond pickaxe, making large-scale building and ...