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Mob Arena – Basic Tips for Success

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The Mob Arena can be very fun and rewarding, and takes a while to master. However, knowing how to prepare and getting some quick tips will increase your chances of winning. While having some degree of skill fighting mobs helps, it’s not that important to be a skilled fighter. Fighting mobs is very often the last thing you want to do. This post will center around tips for preparing for Mob Arena, and give some basic tricks for surviving. All of the information is given with version 1.8 in mind.

Welcome to the chaotic death trap known as Mob Arena!

Mob Arena | Welcome

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Marlix Battle – The Horse Strategy

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Many players consider fighting Marlix to be difficult, and it’s true. For those who are unaware, Marlix is a custom skeletal mini-boss, donned in full armor, who rides around on an invisible flying bat. Armed with a powerful flame bow, unprepared challengers can meet a quick death when facing Marlix on Empire Minecraft. With all the Enraged Guardians, flaming arrows, and overall general chaos, Marlix can be a very hard mini-boss to even reach, let alone kill.

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Survival with more Style

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Here we go out to the wild to Minecraft! Woot woot! And what does everyone’s house look like at first?

survival

Heck, we’re grateful it’s not dirt and has windows right? But it’s still the box of mass wood box-iness. Every time I make something that turns into a box or plain rectangle, I kinda die a little inside. This is easily fixed though! We have options 😀

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Minecraft Pixel Art

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Hello once again, it’s been a while! Nothing crazy for this first post in a long time, I’ll just be covering some aspects of pixel art in Minecraft and a few programs that make building said pixel art easier. Along with most of my posts on here, this isn’t likely to be full of hidden trade secrets only available RIGHT HERE, but there’s probably at least a few things to learn from skimming the article!

If you’re looking for a way to make art without filling up your residence in one build, check out ItsMeMatheus’ map art blog post here for another interesting method of Minecraft art!

Just a quick note however, while I’m sure most people are quite aware of what pixel art is, there’s still probably a few different types that might be confusing (fancy 3D stuff as an example.) For the purposes of this article, I’ll be talking about straight up 2D 1 block=1 pixel type art!

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Fun Minecraft Challenges

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Sandbox games offer players the tools and let them create their own fun. Each player can create their own entertainment using the tools provided however they see fit. When people see Minecraft, some create complex redstone creations, some recreate scale models of cities, and others find their enjoyment through more modest means. Sometimes though, it can feel like you have run out of Minecraft challenges and that all of the tools have been exhausted. In times like this, it is best to use a little creativity and make some new, fairly useless but fun, Minecraft challenges. With this in mind, let’s take a look at some ways to keep Minecraft challenging and fun.

Time to make it fun again with Minecraft challenges

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