A Minecraft player has surprised the fandom by claiming that he is the eighth person in recorded history to uncover a half-bed – one of the game’s rarest blocks. While players are often hearing about unusual Minecraft creations, the game is likely just as well known for its various subtleties and rarities. Anyone who has played Minecraft, particularly in Survival Mode, is undoubtedly well aware of its numerous secrets. The game is full of scary foes, secret things, powerful artefacts, and much more.
While many of these secrets may be uncovered deep below or in parallel realms, there are many that surface in the overworld as well. Each play session may be made even more distinct and profound owing to the fact that Minecraft worlds are randomly created, meaning that no two maps will ever be the same unless they share a seed. This procedurally-generated technique is what allows the game to be both huge and surprising, as players cannot remember one global map. This variety is amplified with each passing year, as content dumps like the Minecraft Wild Update brings new mainstays to the world.
All of this randomised variability may lead to intriguing consequences, as proved by YouTuber camman18. In a recent clip, camman18 reveals that he is the ninth person to uncover a half-bed block and catch it on camera. He goes on to explain that this block is so rare because it requires a village to be struck by lava at a very specific angle. Because of the fact that Minecraft maps are produced in real-time, and that this rendering relies on the direction the player is going, other users may use the same seed as camman18’s world and they wouldn’t be assured to come across the block. It may seem surprising that this block is so scarce, but it makes sense when examining how Minecraft bed assets operate.
While most blocks, like the ones used to build the famous Minecraft New York City replica, are 1×1 cubes, bed bricks are 2×1, meaning that they can not be separated into two halves. A 1×1 stream of lava, however, will leave behind a 1×1 wake of devastation, therefore one lava stream striking half a full bed block would provide this uncommon consequence. While this might not be the showiest secret concealed inside the game, it is nonetheless rather fascinating from a design sense. The fact that such rare phenomena may occur, one that likely wasn’t even planned by the game’s makers, is part of what makes procedural creation so intriguing. It’s conceivable that there are additional comparable mysteries for Minecraft lovers to unearth.