83 Minecraft trivia questions

Questions on Minecraft's game modes, blocks and crafting, mobs, the Nether and the End, and the game's history and film, each marked easy, medium or hard. Pick a section for a quiz round or print the whole set with answers; this is an independent quiz, not connected with Mojang or Microsoft.

83 questions · Minecraft trivia questions · answers included

Updated 13 Oct 2026

Game modes and survival basics

1
What are Minecraft's two main game modes?

easy

Answer
Creative and Survival.
You can switch between them when you create a world.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/about-minecraft
2
In which game mode do you get unlimited resources and the ability to fly?

easy

Answer
Creative mode.
Nothing can hurt you in Creative mode.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/what-minecraft
3
In which version of Survival do you get only one life?

medium

Answer
Hardcore.
Lose that life and the game is over.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/what-minecraft
4
What are Minecraft's four difficulty settings?

medium

Answer
Peaceful, Easy, Normal and Hard.
They change how often hostile mobs spawn and how much damage they do.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/what-minecraft
5
What is usually the very first thing you do in a new Survival world?

easy

Answer
Punch a tree to gather wood.
Wood becomes planks, then a crafting table.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/about-minecraft
6
What happens when your food bar is full?

medium

Answer
Your health regenerates.
Eating keeps your health topped up.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-minecraft
7
When do most monsters come out?

easy

Answer
At night.
Staying in a shelter until sunrise keeps you safe.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-minecraft
8
What is the famous last tip in Minecraft's own guide for new players?

easy

Answer
Don't dig straight down.
It is the closing line of the guide on Minecraft.net.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/what-minecraft

Blocks, items and crafting

9
How many planks do you get from one wood block?

easy

Answer
Four.
Four planks is exactly what a crafting table needs.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-craft
10
How do you make a crafting table?

easy

Answer
Four planks arranged in a square.
It is the first recipe most players learn.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-crafting-table
11
How big is the crafting grid on a crafting table?

medium

Answer
3x3.
Your inventory grid is only 2x2.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-minecraft
12
What is the recipe for a pickaxe?

medium

Answer
Two sticks and three planks.
The ingredients must go in the right slots.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/how-minecraft
13
What was the crafting table called when crafting was first added?

hard

Answer
A workbench.
Crafting arrived in version 0.31 in January 2010.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-crafting-table
14
Which block at the bottom of the world cannot be broken in Survival?

easy

Answer
Bedrock.
In Creative mode you can break it.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-bedrock
15
On which day of Minecraft's development was bedrock added?

hard

Answer
The tenth day.
It was added on 20 May 2009.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-bedrock
16
Below which Y-level is diamond ore found?

medium

Answer
Y-level 16.
Diamond ore sits near the bottom of the world.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-diamond-ore
17
When diamond was first added to the game, what was it called?

hard

Answer
Emerald.
It was renamed diamond the next day.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-diamond-ore
18
What are emeralds used for in Minecraft?

medium

Answer
Trading (they are the trading currency).
Emeralds were brought back for trading.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-diamond-ore
19
What was redstone called when it first arrived?

hard

Answer
Red Ore Dust.
It was renamed Redstone in a later patch.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-redstone
20
How is obsidian made?

medium

Answer
Lava cools quickly, for example when water touches it.
You need a diamond pickaxe to mine it.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-obsidian
21
How wide can a Nether portal be?

hard

Answer
Up to 23 blocks.
The standard portal is much smaller.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/jazz-up-your-nether-portal
22
How many gold ingots does it take to craft a golden apple?

medium

Answer
Eight.
Golden apples give Absorption and Regeneration.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ten-rare-recipes
23
Which boss must you defeat to get the Nether Star needed for a beacon?

hard

Answer
The Wither.
The Nether Star is one of the beacon's main ingredients.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ten-rare-recipes
24
What turns concrete powder into concrete?

medium

Answer
Water.
Concrete powder falls like sand until it is wet.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ten-rare-recipes
25
How many Eyes of Ender does an End portal need?

medium

Answer
Twelve.
Some frames usually already hold an eye.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/stronghold
26
What is the chance that an Eye of Ender breaks each time you throw it?

hard

Answer
One in five.
Take several with you when you look for a stronghold.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/stronghold
27
What do you combine with ender pearls to make eyes of ender?

medium

Answer
Blaze powder.
Blaze powder comes from blaze rods found in the Nether.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/dragon-egg

Mobs

28
Which silent mob sneaks up on you and blows itself up?

easy

Answer
The creeper.
It leaves a terrible mess behind.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-mobs
29
What are the three behavior groups that every mob falls into?

medium

Answer
Passive, neutral and hostile.
Passive mobs never attack, hostile mobs always do, neutral ones only when provoked.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-mobs
30
Which tall mob gets angry if you look directly at its face?

easy

Answer
The Enderman.
It screams and then teleports toward you.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/enderman
31
Which mob spawns naturally in all three dimensions?

medium

Answer
The Enderman.
It is rare in the Overworld and the Nether.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/enderman
32
What useful item does an Enderman sometimes drop?

medium

Answer
An ender pearl.
Ender pearls let you teleport.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/enderman
33
Which flying mob attacks players who have not slept for several in-game days?

medium

Answer
The phantom.
Phantoms spawn at night over sleepless players.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/phantom
34
Which tamed pet do phantoms stay away from?

medium

Answer
Cats.
Cats love to hunt phantoms.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/phantom
35
Which small blue flying mob picks up items and brings them to you?

medium

Answer
The allay.
Allays also love music and dance to it.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mob-menagerie--allay
36
What do you give a dancing allay to make it split into two?

hard

Answer
An amethyst shard.
You cannot do it too often.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mob-menagerie--allay
37
Which mob beat the tuff golem and the rascal in the 2022 mob vote?

medium

Answer
The sniffer.
It won with 55 percent of the vote.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/sniffer
38
Where do you search with a brush to find a sniffer egg?

hard

Answer
In warm ocean ruins.
Sniffers are extinct, so you have to dig up their eggs.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/sniffer
39
Which blind mob hunts by smell, touch and vibration?

medium

Answer
The warden.
Throwing a snowball can distract it.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/warden
40
Which mob has the strongest melee attack in the game?

hard

Answer
The warden.
It also has a sonic boom that goes through walls.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/warden
41
In how many colors do axolotls come?

medium

Answer
Five.
They are blue, cyan, gold, wild (brown) and leucistic (pink).
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/axolotl
42
Which axolotl color is the rarest?

hard

Answer
Blue.
A baby has only a tiny chance of being blue.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/axolotl
43
Which flower does an iron golem sometimes offer to a villager?

medium

Answer
A poppy.
Iron golems drop poppies when defeated too.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/iron-golem
44
How do you build an iron golem?

medium

Answer
Four iron blocks in a T-shape with a carved pumpkin on top.
A jack o'lantern works as the head too.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/iron-golem
45
What do you feed a wolf to tame it?

easy

Answer
Bones.
A tamed wolf fights for you.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/wolf
46
What is wolf armor made from?

hard

Answer
Armadillo scutes.
It arrived in the Armored Paws update.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/wolf
47
Ghast tears are brewed into which potion?

medium

Answer
A Potion of Regeneration.
The tears are combined with an Awkward Potion.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ghast
48
What does a blaze usually drop when defeated?

medium

Answer
A blaze rod.
Blaze rods spin around the blaze's body.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/blaze
49
Besides weapons, what can damage a blaze?

medium

Answer
Snowballs (and splash water bottles).
They put out its fiery heat.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/blaze
50
What should you light under a bee nest before collecting honey?

medium

Answer
A campfire.
The smoke calms the bees.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/bee
51
Which Nether mob can walk across lava while you ride it?

easy

Answer
The strider.
Use a warped fungus on a stick to steer it.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mob-menagerie--strider
52
The smell of which fungus makes hoglins run away?

medium

Answer
Warped fungus.
Hoglins also avoid Nether portals and respawn anchors.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/hoglin
53
Which horned mob lives in the highest mountain biomes and can ram you off a cliff?

medium

Answer
The goat.
Goat sounds in the game were recorded from real goats.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mob-menagerie--goat

The Nether and the End

54
What are Minecraft's three dimensions?

easy

Answer
The Overworld, the Nether and the End.
Endermen spawn in all three.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/enderman
55
Which boss must you defeat to finish Minecraft and reach the credits?

easy

Answer
The Ender Dragon.
It lives in the End dimension.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/stronghold
56
What heals the Ender Dragon during the fight?

medium

Answer
The crystals on top of the towers (End Crystals).
Destroy them first with arrows.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ender-dragon
57
Which rare block appears on top of the exit portal after the Ender Dragon is defeated?

medium

Answer
The dragon egg.
In Java Edition you can only ever get one.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/dragon-egg
58
Who wrote the End Poem you read after beating the Ender Dragon?

hard

Answer
Julian Gough.
Gough is an Irish poet.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ender-dragon
59
Which underground structure holds the portal to the End?

medium

Answer
A stronghold.
Eyes of Ender fly toward the nearest one.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/stronghold
60
In which Nether structure do blazes spawn?

medium

Answer
A Nether fortress.
They usually come from a monster spawner.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/blaze
61
Which update added the Nether dimension in October 2010?

medium

Answer
The Halloween Update.
Ghasts have floated there ever since.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/ghast
62
Which 2020 update brought striders, piglins and bastions to the Nether?

medium

Answer
The Nether Update.
It was released in June 2020.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mob-menagerie--strider
63
In which End structures do shulkers live?

medium

Answer
End cities.
Their purple shells blend into the walls.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/shulker
64
What effect do shulker bullets give you?

medium

Answer
Levitation.
You float up and can take fall damage when it ends.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/end-city
65
Which gliding wings can only be found on End ships?

hard

Answer
An elytra.
Phantom membrane repairs them.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/end-city
66
Which Overworld biome is guarded by the warden?

hard

Answer
The deep dark.
It lies below the diamond layer.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/warden
67
In which cave biome do axolotls live?

medium

Answer
Lush caves.
They spawn around clay blocks underwater.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/axolotl

The game's history and the film

68
Which game studio created Minecraft?

medium

Answer
Mojang.
Mojang is now part of Microsoft.
Source: Microsoft https://news.microsoft.com/2014/09/15/minecraft-to-join-microsoft/
69
Which company bought Mojang and Minecraft in 2014?

medium

Answer
Microsoft.
The deal was announced on September 15, 2014.
Source: Microsoft https://news.microsoft.com/2014/09/15/minecraft-to-join-microsoft/
70
How much did Microsoft pay for Mojang?

hard

Answer
2.5 billion dollars.
Minecraft had launched in 2009.
Source: Microsoft https://news.microsoft.com/2014/09/15/minecraft-to-join-microsoft/
71
Mojang, the studio that makes Minecraft, is based in which country?

medium

Answer
Sweden.
Mojang is based in Stockholm.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-crafting-table
72
What was the very first version of Minecraft called?

medium

Answer
Cave Game.
It came out on May 17, 2009, Minecraft's birthday.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/the-15th-anniversary-cape
73
How many blocks could you build with in Minecraft Classic?

medium

Answer
32.
Classic was re-released for the game's tenth birthday.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/embrace-past-minecraft-classic
74
Which Minecraft creator, known by a nickname, added diamonds to the game?

medium

Answer
Notch.
Diamonds were added on 29 January 2010.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-diamond-ore
75
In which version was crafting added to Minecraft?

hard

Answer
Version 0.31.
It arrived on 29 January 2010.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-crafting-table
76
Which update in November 2011 added the dragon egg?

medium

Answer
The Adventure Update.
The Ender Dragon also arrived with version 1.0.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/dragon-egg
77
Which update added bees in December 2019?

medium

Answer
The Buzzy Bees Update.
The update was named after them.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/bee
78
Which update brought axolotls and goats to Minecraft in 2021?

medium

Answer
Caves & Cliffs.
Axolotls arrived in the first part in June 2021.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/axolotl
79
What was the first game drop, released in 2023?

hard

Answer
Bats and Pots.
Game drops are smaller updates released through the year.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/updates/minecraft-updates-timeline-and-evolution
80
Who plays Steve in A Minecraft Movie?

easy

Answer
Jack Black.
Steve is an expert crafter in the film.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/a-first-look-at-the-minecraft-movie
81
Who plays Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison in A Minecraft Movie?

medium

Answer
Jason Momoa.
Garrett is one of four misfits pulled into the Overworld.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/a-first-look-at-the-minecraft-movie
82
Who directed A Minecraft Movie?

medium

Answer
Jared Hess.
Hess also directed Nacho Libre.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/a-first-look-at-the-minecraft-movie
83
In what year did A Minecraft Movie come out?

easy

Answer
2025.
It was Minecraft's first motion picture.
Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/a-first-look-at-the-minecraft-movie

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