The Minecraft music is a regular background noise in my house. I have three children and a husbandꦏ who all play the game on a frequent basis. We even have a family server on the PC. You’d think this means I know my way around it, but you’d be wrong.

I have played Minecraft, but my knowledge is not the best. I can mine, build, and defend ౠmyself but the intricacies of the game still escape me as I’ve struggled to get into it.

On our family server, my role has mostly been as the person who gets expertly trolled by their own kids. The highlight of their trolling career has to be the time they hid all my items. Everything I had carefully mined and collected had vanished and I was left with a sign that informed me I had to go 🅠on a treasure hunt to find it.

This lovingly built quest took me no less than 20 minutes. It ended with me coming back into my storage room to discover everything I owneඣd was hidden behind a wall, approximately eight blocks from where it was before.

Since the release of the Aquatic update, we have restarted our family server and I’m keen to try and get back into the game, so we can all play together. With this in mind, I asked my kids to help me out. So here are 30 things my kids think I need to know about Minecraft.

30 Parrots Are Awesome ༺

Parrots are some of the mos♍t int꧃eresting animals I’ve found in game. Their first quirk is a new feature. You used to tame them using cookies, but since chocolate is toxic to parrots in real life the game has now changed to reflect this.

In game cookies are now also dangerous for parrots to eat.

Instead, carrots are now used for taming and making these pets yours. Trust me when I saw you will want to tame them. These feathered൩ friends will follow other mobs around and mimic their sounds. They even𒆙 dance to music if you have a jukebox.

29 ♓ 💖 Shulkers Are Useful

When I first saw a shulker I was really intrigued. They are hostile mobs, found in the end, which pop out of boxes to fire homing missiles at you. Once you have defeated the⛄m you haveꩵ a 50% chance of getting a shulker shell which is the cool part of this process.

Two of these and a regular chest will make a shulker box. Not only does it look good but all the items stay inside it when broken, meaning it is ideal for transporting items from place to p🥃lace.

28 You Can Live The Aquatic Life 💟

The main focus of the aquatic update has obviously been the fish and what an amazing selection we have. Cod, Salmon, Pufferfisꦺh and Tropical fish can all now be found in game. You can even go fishing.

Fish can be put in a tank or bucket, fished up from most bodies of water and then cooked to sustain your health. Fishing itself is quite relaxing in Minecraft, you can go out on your boat aဣnd while away the days fishing over the side. Just watch out for the less passive new occupants of the water.

27 There’s A Rabbit From Caerbannog ❀

I was very excited to discover that there is a bunny based on the infamous (and dangerous) rabbit from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. He is white with red eyes that seem to bu꧂rn into your soul, which is incredibly fitting.

He no longer spawns naturally in game, but I believe may still be summonable using commands on the Java edition.

There was an argument in our house about if this is still possible. I could test it but I’m a little too scared to unleash this havoc on my brand-new world. It’s a cool feature, but I value my Minecraft life.

26 Endermen Hate Water 𝔍

Endermen are ta﷽ll purple eyed mobs who like to teleport and collect bricks from around the world. They are most commonly found in the Nether or The End but they do sometimes spawn in the overworld.

They are naturally neutral, but if you stare at them for too♏ long they will teleport around the world chasing you. If you’ve accidentally made eye contact the best place to head is the water. Endermen hate water and will teleport away rather than into it to follow you.

25 ꦚ Snow Golems Smile

Snow Golems are created by using pumpkins or Jack o’ Lanterns and snow blocks. They are player created passive mobs who wander around leaving snow trails in their wake. If they are in▨ a warm biome they will melt into snowballs.

Snow Golems have a couple of quirky features.

The first is that they will fire snowballs at passing creepers. Secondly, if you shear a snow golem its pumpkin head is🐻 removed leaving a lopsided cheeky grin. Don’t take them to the nether though, they won’t make it back.

24 🔜 ▨ You Can Walk On Water

Lily pads are a neat feature which not only make rivers and lakes look nice but also have a couple of practical uses. The first is🧸 that you can build a bridge from them.

♍Lilypads can be instantly mined and then replaced allowing you to create a pathway across water. Not only is this practical but it’s much safer than building a bridge from stone as mobs cannot spawn in lily pads. You can also place blocks underneath them which is handy for building ocean monuments.

23 Llamaജs A💟re Incredibly Versatile

I’ve never really th🔥ought much about llamas beyond liking how they appear in game, but I’ve now di🌳scovered they are incredibly versatile.

If you attach a lead to one llama others will follow, making a caravan of up to 10 llamas.

If you equip a chest to a llama you can then use it to carry up to 15 s𒀰lots of inventory space. Basically, llamas can move everything you own. You can also equip them with carpet which gives them a patterned appearance, so they l꧒ook great as well.

22 ꧂ ✨ Lava Flows Further In The Nether

This one was a very random one I discovered when the kids were showing me their building skills. I’m still learning about how some of the blocks work and I had no idea that lava was affected by the location ♌you are in.

I’ve never built in the nether before, so I was intrigued to discover that lava flows for 8 blocks instead of 4. I guess this is the reason why there’s so much of it there. It really does go ꦑfurther.

21 ♐ You Can Turn Your Mobs Upside Down 💞

This quirky feature allows you to literally turn your mobs upside down. If you use the name tag and anvil to name a mob Dinnerbone t🐻hen ꦬit will immediately appear upside down. It will then stay like this and won’t despawn.

The only mob which is immune to this is the Ender Dragon.

I can only presume this is for safety reasons as I’♏m fairly sure an upside-down Ender Dragon would be even more of a hazard than a normal one.