today i'm finally back and to kick this one off we're going to be going over some minecraft build tips tricks and hacks that will help you improve your building skills to the next level minecrafters unite is packed with hundreds of blocks and it's very easy for some of those blocks to get a little bit forgotten about and in some cases some blocks people don't even use for building because they don't realize what can actually be done with those items so today we're going to be going over a bunch of different ways to use them and how they can help you improve your building skills in general now if you haven't done so already please be sure to turn that subscribe button gray it's free and it helps the channel out a bunch and with that being said let's get started we're going to kick start this one with a string now as you know it string is a crafting material used mainly for scaffolding and bows but this item is about as close as we can get to a barrier block which is only available in creative or with cheats so placing this above any sapling bamboo or sugarcane will simply stop it from growing and this is great because this allows us to make our gardens and stuff look a bit more unique we can cut crops off at a certain height so bamboo and sugarcane you can make them stop at one block higher two blocks higher three blocks high and so forth so this is really great for making unique gardens and making feelings feel a little bit more different and it's also a great way of stopping things from overgrowing things like vines can be cut off in any spots just place a bit of string there and it won't grow past it using string we can also stop saplings from growing so we can use them as small flowers or maybe even in fields to make them look like some form of crops because we can put the string to stop them from growing we can allow a whole field of them which has some really cool effects when they are used properly another great use of string is making canopies by simply placing down a piece of string we can place the carpet on top of it and this is great for making things like four poster beds or umbrellas over the tables even can be used for some kind of market stores because it creates a little kind of overhanging canopy above the market stall itself so there's many ways we can use this and it creates a really effective look next up we have another very simple one often gets missed and that is placing three fence gates in between two wall blocks now you can use any wall blocks and any fence gates but this creates a slight arch which is great for detailing things like bridges and the edges of roof designs next we're going to move on to trapdoors which have so many uses here so there may be some that i do miss if i do be sure to let me know in the comments but these can simply be used as shelves so you can place items on them and stuff like that and this is great for interior decoration but they can also be used to create smooth arches around windows or door frames and can be placed inside a window area for a bit of decoration you can place some dirt and then place some trapdoors around it to create flower planters or place them on a wall next to window to create a kind of shutter for the window again a great little detailing trick you can also use trapdoors to create nice details around the beds to make them look a bit more homely beds
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