Taking Inventory

Taking Inventory is a series of articles on Minecraft.net that were written by Duncan Geere. Each article is dedicated to a specific item, describing its history, features, and uses. The articles primarily, but not exclusively, feature Alex as a mascot, occasionally wearing an turtle shell.

Luckily, there’s a tasty treat that all striders will respond to – warped fungus. Why they love the stuff, I do not know. Perhaps it’s connected to that aforementioned lack of gray matter. Whatever the reason, wave some fungus around near a strider and it’ll come running striding.

They’re a currency! In the Minecraft world, emeralds are a medium of exchange for goods and services – just like coins and banknotes are in ours. Players, villagers and wandering traders use emeralds to represent the value of those goods and services, because it’s easier to carry around one emerald than, for example, 15 bits of coal or 26 potatoes, as any of you who’ve tried to exchange 50 potatoes for a copy of Minecraft at your local games emporium will know.