29 Secret Uses for Common Minecraft Items!

Did you know these Minecraft items can do this?
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[@clashersofboom-gaming2690]

Fun fact, if you don't want to have a glass block above your beacon for colour,you can also use glass panes, they go inside the beam so you can have a different colour beam without a visible glass block above.

[@charithkumar6911]

Yeah true

[@Cringey-cringe]

Thx man 👍

[@xak8043]

wait thats so big brain actually

[@godlygamer2466]

Lol this was already said in the second top comment

[@gamerodinodin4202]

OH THIS Is how my friends are doing this😅

[@firedropcutie]

I'd like to think that mobs not crossing rails is an intended feature telling people to stay safe when around real life train rails

[@SimBits]

Back in 2012 I used to constantly have mobs block my railways and push my minecart backwards. I'm SO happy they changed that!

[@DarkXWolf17-If-yk-yk]

I'm sorry but Pocket Edition player (sadly) don't get this feature making mobs not crossing rails an unintended feature.

[@felicianovargas7935]

@Projit My child...Please be careful about what you say. Here, have some pasta, it's mealtime. 🍝🍝🍝🍝 *edited because I forgot the pasta

[@sunny-cj5tp]

@Projit weeaboo.

[@gmsp123]

it's the equivalent of a salt circle in real life now lmao

[@benjamincorona3877]

It's 4 am. wtf am I doing

[@Vanilla_1255]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ ✨nothing✨

[@gordywarin6804]

Bruh

[@froodlenoodle]

you had no need to be this relatable

[@KanTheCoolioMan]

Blud was here 5 hours ago

[@CharlzAdventure235]

Maybe could be 4 pm😅

[@securityguardtemmie]

In bedrock fire aspect also increases the damage by 1.5 meaning you can pretty much get sharpness 6

[@mirandaspiders]

69 likes? Ruining time :)

[@vyor8837]

@@mirandaspiders and now it's 96

[@shadedark1949]

Minecraft is the best fortnight 7th

[@jillianklassen117]

Yes

[@cheesushimself7476]

1:35 Interesting redstone formation

[@EpicLew282]

Red stone school in Mineplex

[@nolanhunt8042]

Can't unsee it you've scarred me

[@mr.pyroplays9612]

It's a bit better to see at 1:33

[@galinho2563]

Indeed

[@waffensslol5717]

When you fail redstone classes

[@mr.randomlyrandom4435]

My alternative to this cabbage design 5:22 is to place an armor stand with a turtle shell helmet on, then to push dirt into its head with a piston.

[@Spacemarioedition]

yes

[@Name-jj3id]

the item frame trick to keep water out doesnt work becuase the item frame is an entity not a full block it worked for him becuase the water was flowing down in to a block that was lower than the surroudning blocks

[@memememe609]

Or just use custom heads. They aren't mods and work perfectly.

[@antmess9789]

@@Name-jj3id I didn't think it would work. I was confused by that part.

[@nikkistorie9629]

I tried that it didn't work

[@melon64_]

I've been using that lava-platform trick for years! Thank you for telling a good chunk of KZbin about it.

[@gmailquinn]

Time-stamp please?

[@austrakaiser4793]

@@gmailquinn 3:51

[@wrtltable]

lava casting is so underrated

[@aradhyalovesmusic317]

@@wrtltable I also knew that

[@CodeFax]

Obsidian

[@Stuntsnik11]

Lightning Rods can be used to keep mobs out as well. And buttons are cheaper alternatives to item frames for the water elevator trick.

[@thegreatninja4714]

Don't forget about the honey block under the carpet trick. It was in another video by Skip and is very helpful for convenient fall resistance.

[@banander2726]

The powdered snow with carpet trick is better

[@kay-dc8495]

Just proves how complex Minecraft can be. Really is an infinite amount of possibilities

[@R.MaxumOff]

↖️Would you like some Paranormal Activity??? Come and see💪😈👍..

[@monkeyd.roronoashanks666]

Yea

[@PancakemanHWTT]

And it’s so much better than Fortnite

[@bulk1173]

@@PancakemanHWTT true

[@T.S.P_God5]

Ye

[@NPCmedia23]

1:35 homie accidentally made a certain symbol from 30’s Germany

[@alishamillie9504]

Oop ur right it wasn't intentional

[@partiallyfrozen3425]

0:24 "See, as this user discovered" Proceeds to use Grians design an credits that user lol.

[@popdocm]

You can place glass panes in the beacons to make them colorful as well

[@superstevegamingshortsandv3174]

And make it look like there is no glass at all

[@CrustyFox87]

I always do that

[@R.MaxumOff]

↖️Would you like some Paranormal Activity??? Come and see💪😈👍.

[@XethIsDefinitelyCool]

we all know that but cool fact anyways

[@len10799]

@@XethIsDefinitelyCool no.

[@AvinAryalYT]

The one where the button is behind the banner is kinda helpful to hide something

[@_lucky-moon_2056]

Having jelly bean in your name is a inconvenience during the pngtuber drama happing Hope nobody’s being a jerk!

[@krisjolt]

@@_lucky-moon_2056 if anyone choose to, let's bully them :D

[@AyleidEmperor]

No way!

[@Flareontoast]

Yeah! I sometimes have pride flag banners on my base(s) so that's actually really useful! Not sure what I'll use the trick for but. It's good to know it's a thing

[@_lucky-moon_2056]

@@krisjolt yep! And he changed his name lol

[@oalnplayer5395]

0:27 Grian: hey I know this one, it’s a classic

[@ianndiorinstrumentals]

hey i love ur vids and im always looking forward to seeing new ones , keep up the good work !

[@guochengyun]

A few months ago in the video, “Seeds that seem Impossible”, you featured a pillager outpost that was very tall. On the same seed, at coordinates: -905, 64, -871, there is a pillager outpost that is in the water, and next to a village. This seed is the crazy outpost seed. Edit: That’s a lot of likes!

[@guochengyun]

@Dexters multi-verse! I was exploring the world, and found it.

[@urlocalcatguy.1831]

Is it on bedrock Edition or java

[@guochengyun]

@@urlocalcatguy.1831 its on bedrock. Watch the video to find the seed.

[@venya1544]

1:33 that redstone looks sus

[@luciuszamora1069]

Is that a Swastika?! Wow a shocker

[@DrawsomeDrawer]

Was gonna comment something about that

[@phillpheasant734]

You could also put 4 brown candles on top of long grass which give you reeds:)

[@thatbookreader427]

These are helpful, when I see these, it makes me see Minecraft I’m a different way. Thanks for showing us Minecraft players some cool tricks!

[@gameprose4293]

As someone who hasn't touched Java since 2015, it's always interesting to see how the version I play (Bedrock) differs from the version most people seem to prefer.

[@ultragamer135]

@Projit w h a t

[@zwc8370]

@@ultragamer135 its a bot ignore it

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

@@zwc8370 and a rude one at that.

[@aishahsham3229]

Im also a bed tock player.While the fire aspect trick might convince u to switch to bedrock,the wither will easily convince you not to

[@pengil3]

​@The goat with glasses dislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislikedislike

[@Nightshade-Aurora]

For #24, sneaking allows you to place water on the partial block instead of in it.

[@BinglesP]

I assume it was supposed to be a prank tip, but that’s a good way to whitelist people into a base in my opinion (Cue the Tumblr thread about telling trusted bar patrons to avoid stepping on the squeaky floor tile)

[@insertgoodname8590]

@@BinglesP what

[@BinglesP]

@@insertgoodname8590 A lot of Skip the Tutorial's lists are on pranking friends in multiplayer so he's probably used to that being a focus in his videos

[@insertgoodname8590]

I meant to the Tumblr part

[@aliceh5289]

@@insertgoodname8590 the gist is that a bar installs a deliberately squeaky wood panel and tells the patrons that the first drink's price goes up by X amount if they step on it. That way only new patrons step on it and it actually alerts everyone that they're new just like in the movies

[@joesun2980]

That fire aspect trick blew my mind away. Never thought of that in my 6 years playing minecraft 🤯

[@241Cookies__]

The glass pillar in the water trick is a classic I used to use it all the time when I was trying to build an underwater base

[@AshtoinePH]

1:52 **laughs in bedrock edition**

[@spinz5937]

The reason mobs are coded to not pathfind over rails is to keep them from messing up any sort of minecart system

[@GargoyleHunter]

Nope

[@GargoyleHunter]

It's because they consider it a full block, that's also why they don't cross end rods and do cross trap doors they would fall through

[@mangounit9678]

@@GargoyleHunter they consider it a full block because mobs used to walk on rails and mess up minecart systems. people complained so mojang fixed it

[@GargoyleHunter]

@@mangounit9678 fair

[@htrehtrgfrebe63]

@@GargoyleHunter well they were trying to explain why it is considered a full block for the purpouses of pathfinding

[@WTZWBlaze]

0:31 Hermitcraft Season 7 Flashbacks

[@power0ngames449]

i never knew of any of these and they are all awesome, im gonna be using them all in my builds

[@OffGriDDD]

5:35 Ah yes, my favorite common item c r e e p e r h e a d s

[@darkfiredragon3410]

They are, as soon as you've built your creeper farm and a got a Channeling trident

[@cutestcreeper569]

@@darkfiredragon3410 Most people don't do that unless they are on multiplayer servers with shopping systems like hermitcraft

[@TheOrigamiGenius]

4:04 Bedrock players: We have something called speed bridging

[@jimmygootron]

6:52 Why not subscribe to Minecraft's official channel instead though?

[@gulchbrammer1967]

Because then it wouldnt be him getting the subs

[@Spencer167]

Item frames for the bubble column... That is an awesome tip!

[@Jose_GB]

The rail one is very useful. If you're making a base in a mineshaft, you don't need to use fences and you can just use the rails.

[@3V4N28]

7:59 hug 😊

[@actuallyapathy]

loved that little clip of sam from corridor digital!

[@FirestarFilmsYT]

4:07 Bedrock players: "I don't have such weaknesses."

[@timothymaddux9018]

Thank the editors for this AMAZING moment! 7:54

[@Catastrophe.]

For #3, I have done that before, but I use glow lichen. It is much more decorative and makes a great match with any underground base!

[@jonathanlongtinhuen4938]

Fun fact, using fences and a carpet, you can make a gateway that looks like it's a laser gateway using beacons below it, but the real blocking mechanic will be the gate under the carpet.

[@Stumbling_throughLife]

Skip the tutorial: "so I'm gonna be teaching you guys how to make arms on a armor stand" Me, a MCPE player: [evil laughter] *amateurs.*

[@tristant5044]

Me looking up the command to give an armor stand arms: JuSt LoOk iT uP

[@kaiserwilhelm121]

For the bird nest, you can make it more convincing if you put the nest on a waterlogged slab/stair because it keeps it's color. (it works best with the yellow variant)

[@theydidnotletmehavemyname]

Is just been 59 seconds and there are 396 comments that's why I adore this community so much for their love and support towards the awesome creators

[@urlocalgrandmafromthehood1911]

yea

[@theydidnotletmehavemyname]

@@Kilpas_a_Person congratulations ig

[@WackyWeevilWillow]

I like the quick Corridor Crew cameo at 6:58

[@LollosoSiTV]

#25 used to be opposite, but then developers noticed mobs staying in the way and breaking systems

[@airfryerNW]

2:30 i used to do this on my switch, nostalgic to see it back!! you can also use item frames or signs to look like a shield but thats more of an imagination thing :> (legacy console minecraft)

[@rubill6507]

I think some of them will be useful for interior design. Thank you for making a good video.😍🤩

[@jaidenleemtc8]

Jjkml

[@jaidenleemtc8]

Lk

[@jaidenleemtc8]

👟

[@ultragamer135]

@@jaidenleemtc8 r/ihadastroke

[@gnammyhamster9554]

The fire thing is so simple and useful I can't believe I never thought about it

[@kadam.z]

Ah sweet, barbed wire. Perfect for my working camp build.

[@badatspeedruns]

Also (at least on bedrock) when you try to mlg water onto a leaf block, the leaf block fills with water and you hit the top of it, taking full damage. Pretty simple, and cool. Arguably easier to get and place down than inverted slabs. Would love to see this as a trap in a manhunt 😀

[@FyreMoon1]

Do you mean a dripleaf block?

[@johnnysumms6945]

@@FyreMoon1 no, you can waterlog leaves on bedrock

[@badatspeedruns]

@@FyreMoon1 no. Just an oak (or other tree) leaf block.

[@FBI-003]

That's why I use powdered snow for my MLG

[@N3bulA_]

Manhunts are done on Java, not Bedrock. However, you can do the waterlogged mlg trap in Java using half-slabs

[@coderxgamer]

3:50 if u put moss on the stone and bonemeal'd it u could essentially turn and ocean biome into a plains

[@elliottclarke871]

Instead of end rods, carpet on string works just as good. We can walk over it, but mobs see a hole in its pathfinder

[@useronyoutube327]

Skipthetotorial: berry bushes save you from fall damage. Dream:*taking notes

[@pinkbelgianwaffle]

6:46 Why did this remind me of the “anti-sea bear” circle from spongebob

[@jamiestanway4530]

3:25 are we not going to mention how he spelt Lego 😭

[@AprilZN-DokutahSuzuki]

Maybe he never intended to spell Lego in the first place

[@CherryTheCat]

I watched this video before and noticed and I saw the comments and thought no one else noticed

[@kittyn5222]

Lago is a real city not misspell Mr.americam

[@ultraapple3997]

Skip: *inwentes the kelp method* Also skip: *yOuRE DoiNG iT wrOnG*

[@BARAAGAMER_YT]

I miss you so much, and Ramadan Kareem, and you're creative keep going✨✨✨✨✨.. Sender: your brother (Baraa) from Palestine 🇵🇸🇺🇸

[@pAp3r_a1rpLan3s]

For the banner and button secret, I used that before I saw this video. Lol. But with experience, to make an arcade mini game like I did when it comes to command blocks, it’s recommended, and works in bedrock.

[@DavidWilliams-es5qy]

I love how u create all this tips videos and. It helps me a lot. I already trolled my friends by using one of your videose

[@Notkason]

Fun fact in school or workplace builds for your cafeteria if you used waxed copper (oxidized) and half oxidized it can make the floor look unclean and messy

[@Crustacean4]

0:37 *I hate these type of people saying we're always doing something wrong.*

[@chamersyfish]

ik and his method dosen't even work as well as item frames are an entity not a block so the water wouldn't stop flowing. EDIT: oh and it only worked for him as the water was already flowing.

[@ia_yaa]

Now with this video I can understand the meaning of recycle even more :D

[@MrJohn0fficial]

Read my name 🥰☝️

[@R.MaxumOff]

↖️Would you like some Paranormal Activity??? Come and see💪😈👍.

[@EncyclopediaQuirkstonia]

3:56 this could come in handy if you were building a city and you ran out of land

[@FuS1oNDaBest]

also the thing with glass in the reaver can be used in a ravine to(with like 2 layers of glass) to make it look foggier and better

[@Thewaterspirit57]

The glass in the river idea is also one that’s cool for other areas. Like….. a cave area with green gassy like pits. Or well… anywhere. Because multiple stained glass blocks looks really nice on top of each other

[@ArmyWolf324]

The shattered glass is a great idea!

[@TheParumba]

we all love minecraft!!!

[@RiderBlitz1.0]

I totally loved this,all of it

[@shannongriffiths573]

Thanks for the awesome ideas

[@Jacqueline_000]

I really love you're content so keep on going 😁😁

[@legnxtxd4101]

you commented after a minute this video was posted, and youre saying that his contents are good, not all and everytime, its obvious that you dont even watch the whole video, you just wanted attention from skip.

[@DjDeadpig]

2:11 “YOU BUILT AUSCHWITZ ON MY MINECRAFT SERVER!”

[@jhsevs]

3:55 wait, it’s stone now, not cobblestone? This means you could easier build smooth stone structures early game before you get lots of cobblestone

[@tim8653]

it depends (and always was stone, at least in the recent past): standing lava and standing or flowing water makes obsidian. flowing lava and standing water makes cleanstone. flowing lava and flowing water makes cobblestone.

[@-aid4084]

Tip 17 retitled: Use slime block to mug or just use the bucked to mug, it's way easier in my opinion, since the wall could be curved and lend you fall damage or death.

[@TheRealXLazyX]

Keep up the good skip tutorial

[@anormalytuser]

Hi! Great content, Keep it up!

[@C0BALTWARRI0R19]

Number 5 hits home. Downloaded a "Better villages" datapack. Architecture was amazing, but there wasn't a single building that didn't have at least one barrel in the build. So naturally the fisherman-to-all-other-villager ratio was obscenely high.

[@theherbmeister6346]

6:18 someone could also simply place the water on the pillar you were falling from or any walls, but that could be solved by using stairs instead which can also be waterlogged.

[@shadowmonarch4119]

I just found ur channel and ur amazing ! also WHO SAID NO ONE CARE ABOUT MINECAFT ! LETS SHOW THEM WHATMINECRAFT GOT !

[@jhayzhieadar3570]

your vids just like a minute and likes are so many. keep it up ☺️

[@raphaeldagamer]

Just wait for the mario maker troll creators to become knowledgeable in redstone. That'll bring the house down.

[@zabooka]

Thanks so much!

[@noyz-anything]

Note: The item frame thing only works in Pocket Edition, where item frames are blocks rather than entities.

[@magica3526]

bedrock, but yeah

[@noyz-anything]

@@magica3526 same thing

[@aliceinwonderbruh6433]

Actually pocket edition is no longer known as "pocket edition", because now all but one device download makes it bedrock edition, not pocket

[@noyz-anything]

@@aliceinwonderbruh6433 it's called pocket edition because you turn pocket degrees and walk away

[@magica3526]

@@aliceinwonderbruh6433 exactly. pocket edition is a different version, in the same way legacy console is. It's the version that bedrock came from

[@NickAndriadze]

*0:26* Correction: Grian actually discovered this trick, back when he made his little barge shop in the early episodes Hermitcraft season VII,

[@magica3526]

he was not the first to discover it

[@bobgloss3112]

wasn't the first

[@kompst_tu]

Who was the first?

[@nati0598]

0:45 Item frames don't stop water from spreading. This water elevator does not use bubble columns, it's literally just a water elevator, and it only has sources between the glass.

[@dejulesb974]

2:05 WHATT???? That’s awesome.

[@Randoings]

Woah these are also nice design tips!

[@luckyduckyph]

3:51 This is how you create stone without making the lava itself cobblestone because the water reacts to the lava itself faster than making the lava cobblestone

[@stefank566]

you can also use ivisible item frames and debug stick to make the nest better. :)

[@Bella-tf9jl]

I also used that block in the first one when I was building a corrupt version of my world as a decaying tree log

[@jonathanyesbest4616]

6:19 D o n t t e l l d r e a m

[@NewSnoop2]

You can also make water elevators enterable form all sides using glass panes.

[@TrollMasterLianmuan69]

i do that all the time its cheaper

[@randomguypostanimeupdates6703]

I don't play minecraft anymore but this info is really helps btw minecraft is best to me a

[@bluesky-lh3ip]

for the water elevator instead of map art you can use invisible item frame command or texture pack

[@davie53]

That item frame trick in the beginning does not work if you try to make it into a bubble elevator. If it wasn't supposed to be a bubble elevator and instead just be swimmable water, then the item frames don't do ANYTHING, they're entities, they don't affect the way that the water moves. May as well not have them.

[@dhi_holo]

I think it's a Bedrock thing, as armour stands and item frames act differently in that version

[@davie53]

@@dhi_holo then why did he use java footage!? (Also if you do have bedrock could you test it there?)

[@alfiemillersharp]

For a cheaper bubble elevator which still offers the same features as in the video, you can just dig one block deeper, that way the water mechanics stay in a straight line without spreading.

[@berdbrane1563]

The lava bridge is big brain. I’ve actually done that before, and it’s genius.

[@mrdarkkan8940]

I subscribe with only half a second! With bell notific on!

[@AnekoGT]

5:47 try this in bedrock 💀

[@AnekoGT]

@Whistle_gamz only works on Java, bedrock they don't go to water when on fire.

[@sillicon8227]

@@AnekoGT that's exactly what he said tho

[@500werewolf]

So if mobs can't walk through Endrods or Rails, would placing Endrods in front of Rails prevent them from pushing through?

[@mitchratka3661]

It would most likely cause the pushed mob to get stuck on the rail, as it now thinks it is inside a block. Or the mob would realize it can move and keep walking, depending on which version you are on. (The newer version has them continue walking I believe)

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

"Armor stands only have arms in bedrock" *Insert that scene of shrek and donkey laughing

[@hytrader3241]

Ok, the drowned squad riding chickens got me

[@AbsolutelyAri1]

The rail trick won’t work if the monsters push each other over the rails