

Redstone is essentially Minecraft's equivalent to real-life electronics, with many of the mechanics being centered around the signal strength, delay, and connections between components. Precisely timing redstone contraptions can take a lot of trial and error, especially since mistiming a machine involving TNT can blow up a carefully-constructed portion of it. However, as demonstrated, sometimes Minecraft mechanics can be used in contexts far beyond the original mechanically useful intent, instead adding more life and variety to the world. TNT, while it can be used for combat, has a long delay to its explosion and is usually used as either a propellant for TNT cannons and launchers or to mine out large underground areas quickly. The design is a clever pairing of two disparate mechanics of Minecraft the fire arrow mechanic is intentional, but not commonly used for its intended combat purpose due to the time required to set it up and the difficulty of aiming through opaque lava. While passing through the lava all of the arrows light on fire and finally burst out of the top, giving the impression that the volcano is erupting.

On a delay, the TNT explodes right after the arrows fire and the blast launches the arrows up through the lava.

Underneath the crater is a redstone contraption involving TNT, dispensers and careful timing. RELATED: Xbox Confirms Minecraft's Steve HeightĪ video by Uneavar was posted on the game's subreddit, and it displays a construction of a custom-made volcano crater in Minecraft, which is filled with lava this is already intriguing, as volcanoes do not naturally form in the game. This has led to plenty of standout creations, and this volcano is easily one of the most memorable. Players are able to combine the mechanics in clever ways to create effects, movements and other interesting happenings in-game. The world of Minecraft is built on a set of relatively simple mechanics revolving around its voxel art style. However, one player used the game's mechanics to simulate a volcano eruption event, and the results are spectacular. Even if Minecraft allows limitless creativity with its massile library of items and mechanics, it still seemingly makes no allowances to let specific events like volcano eruptions to happen.
