in minecraft, players explore a free walkable world filled with various 3d items. many of these items are cubes, called "blocks". these include basic terrain and resources such as dirt, stone, wood, and sand. there are also items the player can use, such as crafting tables, furnaces, blast furnaces, looms, stonecutters and other interactable blocks. players can use these to make new items such as tools and armor, as well as different kinds of blocks. players can then build structures using these blocks, such as buildings, statues, pixel art, and more.