Jake is a writer from the United Kingdom. With a focus on first-person shooters, RPGs, and achievement hunting, writing about the gaming industry comes naturally and is a real point of pride. Outside ...

Anthony Puleo is a Freelance Writer for GameRant, but has a history working for the site. Having worked as a staff writer here for two years, he is very familiar with the gaming industry and plays ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. One of the most frustrating elements of Minecraft is the tool degradation system. The more you use an item, the more it degrades, until eventually it ...

The Minecraft Lunar Client is one of the most popular clients for the game, allowing players to integrate an array of mods and performance enhancements in the vanilla instance. Now, they have ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. You don't have to use tools in Minecraft. You could just punch trees and dirt and stop there. But you'd be missing out on a lot. Some blocks require ...

The best Minecraft mods can change the sandbox game into basically anything else. If you want to add in new mechanics and enemies, you can. If you want to become stronger than god you can, and if all ...

Copper armor and tools are officially coming to Minecraft as part of the upcoming copper update. Instead of chopping the local flora with a flimsy stone axe, early-game players will soon be able to ...

Ever wish your pickaxe could chop wood and shovel dirt too? Enter the Minecraft multi-tool - a custom mod that combines axe, ...

There’s a reason the New York Times calls them “The Minecraft Generation.” Today’s kids and teens have been raised on the game, cutting their teeth on survival mode and moving on to creating complex, ...

A prominent former Minecraft modder has landed a dream job: helping modders make more mods. The twist is, it's for a different sandbox game. It's no worry, however: modder Chicken Bones is now working ...

In this real-life Minecraft experiment, I attempt to build functional Minecraft-style stone tools! Inspired by the iconic stone axe, pickaxe, and shovel, I set out to create tools with that blocky, ...