| Description | Block Name | Block ID |
| Everywhere and you can't see it | |
| Most common block on the map | |
| Always greener on the other side...unless it's a desert biome | |
| Very useful early building material | |
| Appears when you mine stone | |
| Very flammable | |
| Drops from leaves | |
| Normally unbreakable | |
| Wet | |
| Kills you in under 5 seconds | |
| Obeys gravity, found on beaches | |
| Sometimes drops flint, found underground | |
| Yellow and shiny ore | |
| Brown ore, found underground | |
| The most common ore | |
| The first thing you are ever able to craft | |
| Bright green and partially seethrough | |
| Currently discontinued, used to get rid of water | |
| Very transparent, smelted from sand | |
| Can be used to dye things blue | |
| A dark blue block | |
| The only official form of trap in the game | |
| A sturdier version of sand, possibly inspired by a mod | |
| Used to create music with enough patience | |
| Use it to skip the night | |
| Speeds you up while you're in a minecart | |
| Activates redstone when a minecart goes over it | |
| Spiders make it, currently unobtainable normally | |
| | Description | Block Name | Block ID |
| Punch it off of sheep | |
| Used to make dye, grows on grass | |
| Used to make dye, grows on grass | |
| Can be used to make soup, glows slightly | |
| Can be used to make soup, polka-dotted | |
| The most practical use for gold | |
| A compact form of storage for iron | |
| A pair of half blocks stacked on top of one another | |
| Crafted from three cobblestone | |
| Created by smelting clay in a furnace | |
| KABOOOM | |
| Can be used to create a library | |
| Found only in dungeons | |
| The toughest block in the entire game | |
| The most efficient source of light | |
| OH GOD IT BURNS | |
| Monsters come from it | |
| Can be used to smoothly climb slopes, made of wood | |
| Stores your valuables | |
| Laid on the ground to make electric currents | |
| One of the most valuable blocks, found deep underground | |
| Proves you mine a lot | |
| Used for crafting | |
| Grows from planted seeds | |
| Used to start farms | |
| Smelts items | |
| Used to make notices | |
| Openable and closable, blocks enemies | |
| | Description | Block Name | Block ID |
| Helps climb steep inclines | |
| Minecarts move on these | |
| Can be used to smoothly climb slopes, made of cobblestone | |
| Toggles electric currents 'on' and 'off' | |
| Provides an electric current when stood on, made of stone | |
| Only opens when provided with an electric current | |
| Provides an electric current when stood on, made of wood | |
| Found deep underground, glows when walked on or hit | |
| Constantly generates electricity | |
| Provides an electric pulse when pressed | |
| Covers the ground in cold biomes | |
| Covers the top layer of water in cold biomes | |
| Crafted from four snowballs | |
| Found in deserts, hurts to touch it | |
| Rarely found on beaches | |
| Used to make both paper and cake | |
| Plays records | |
| A simple wall, cannot be jumped over | |
| Bright orange, can be worn as a helmet | |
| The primary block found in the Nether | |
| Slows stuff down when walked over, found in the Nether | |
| Found on the ceiling of the Nether | |
| Used to access the Nether | |
| A good underwater light source | |
| Can heal up to 9 hearts total | |
| Used to delay electrical circuits | |
| Notch's April Fools joke | |
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