Minecraft Things To Do If You’re Bored

Key Takeaways

• Microsoft likely won’t make a Minecraft sequel, but fans have spin-offs like Story Mode and Dungeons to enjoy.
• Are you bored with Minecraft? Try collecting every block, creating lore and famous landmarks, or building the ultimate armor.
• Explore new features like Trial Chambers, create art galleries, or engage in challenging activities like PVP or Creative mode.

Now that Minecraft‘s developer, Mojang, is a subsidiary of Microsoft, it opens up new avenues for a sequel. Although the thought has been entertained, it appears as if Microsoft has no plans to make the game into a series. Instead, spin-off games like Minecraft: Story Mode and Minecraft Dungeons have carried on the Redstone torch. Still, there’s no shortage of fun things to occupy oneself with while playing.

Minecraft is one of the best-selling games of all time. Outside of mining and building are perilous places like the Nether world and the End. In Survival, players must forage to survive an onslaught of mobs and starvation. For players who have logged countless hours into the game already and are seeking other things to do, here are some amusing options for those bored and eager for new Minecraft experiences.

Updated December 1, 2024 by Ben Painter: Minecraft is a never-ending game, with no real plot. Gamers can spend hours doing exactly what they want in the game. However, despite this, sometimes players get stuck on what to do next, seemingly overwhelmed by the immense possibilities.

There is an even bigger incentive to fire up Minecraft once again with the Jack Black-led A Minecraft Movie right around the corner. This update adds five more things that players can do when they are bored in Minecraft.

1 Dig All Of The Way Down & Build All Of The Way Up

You Will Need: Shovel, Pickaxe & Building Blocks

Every Minecraft player has done this at some point. Digging down to the bottom where they will find bedrock and build up into the skies until they have reached the max height limit.

This may be a quick fix for boredom, but it will certainly kill a few minutes, maybe sparking something else to do in the blocky world. Gamers must take caution if doing this in survival mode, as players may fall to their deaths if they encounter a cave or fall off of their structure to their doom when up in the clouds.

2 Build A Superhero Lair

You Will Need: Building Blocks

Something that players could do is to build a superhero base in the game, giving the world a protector. This will especially look great in city builds as a secret lair, hidden from the citizens.

Gamers could take inspiration from the Batcave, Iron Man’s workshop, or Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to make an epic superhero base in their world. Or, they could completely create a new hero, perhaps “The Iron Golem” or “Redstoneman” and make it Minecraft-themed to better suit the world.

3 Create Some Bundles

You Will Need: String & Leather

Bundles are a brand-new feature in Minecraft. They have been in the game previously but were removed. However, in the latest update, they were re-introduced but this time permanently. The item is used to store more things in the inventory, freeing up space with an extra 64-item limit storage, pretty handy when out exploring.

They can be crafted simply with 1 Leather & 1 String and can even be dyed for better organization. A fun thing to do when bored in Minecraft is to sort out the inventory using bundles to save on storage space.

4 Design A New Dimension

You Will Need: Building Blocks

There are currently two dimensions in Minecraft, the End & the Nether, which have their unique feel and design. What gamers can do when bored in the game is to create an entirely new one.

A common idea is for a dimension to be up in the sky, similar to heaven, with a new block style and design that will look different from those seen on the ground below. A popular version of this is the Aether dimension, which can be found in various mod designs. Players could vary this up and design a brand-new dimension completely. It is up to one’s imagination.

5 Try Out Some Official Add-Ons

You Will Need: A Stable Version Of Minecraft, Money

Something that fans have been requesting for a long time was Add-Ons, things that aren’t in vanilla Minecraft that can be purchased to upgrade the experience. These can be purchased and installed from the official Minecraft Marketplace.

There are hundreds of different add-ons that players can explore, including biomes, mobs, new minigames, skins, furniture, and animations. The possibilities are endless for players, and they can be used to customize their experience. If there is something that gamers would like to be added to the game, chances are there is a way to do that with the add-ons feature.

6 Collect One Of Every Block

You Will Need: One Of Every Block

With over 1,000 different blocks (and all their variations) in Minecraft, it’s a big task to collect one of every block. Some blocks, like Dirt or Stone, will be a piece of cake, but there are some, such as the Sponge, Dragon Egg, and even Snowy Grass that are very difficult to obtain.

Once the player has done the near-impossible task of acquiring one of every block, then they could design some museum or display to house their collection. Being bored in Minecraft will be a thing of the past with this mission, which will require venturing into every biome, dimension, and deep underground.

7 Create Lore For The World

You Will Need: Imagination

A game is nothing without a good lore behind it. Minecraft doesn’t have a lot of lore. There are hints with some mobs and structures, but largely it is up to the player to fill the gaps.

To help build a more immersive world, players could invent their own lore and create builds that fit in with the new story they have crafted. Things like ancient ruins of a civilization from the past, alien spaceships that have crash-landed, or an infected city with a sprawl of fungus. It is up to the players the direction they take, but the more work put into building the lore, the better and more in-depth the Minecraft world will become.

8 Build Famous Landmarks

You Will Need: Building Blocks

Another thing to deter the boredom in Minecraft is to re-create some famous landmarks from around the world. The Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower, or the Roman Colosseum would be awesome buildings to see replicated in blocky form. It would take some serious materials and time to do, however.

Perhaps gamers could head in the direction of only creating a landmark that they have seen in person, acting as somewhat of a digital scrapbook. The landmarks don’t even have to be any famous ones, maybe ones from around the player’s hometown.

9 Create The Ultimate Set Of Armor

You Will Need: Netherite Armor, Enchanting Table, Enchanted Books, Lapis Lazuli, XP, Anvil

There are some tough battles in the game, the Ender Dragon, the Wither, and the new Trail Chambers in update 1.21, which feature tons of mobs like the new Breeze and Bogged Skeleton.

To counter this, the best set of armor needs to be crafted to give the player the best chance of not dying. This is especially relevant to players of Hardcore. Netherite is the best base layer for armor, which can be crafted from Ancient Debris found in the Nether. Then gamers will need the best enchantments to go along with it: Unbreaking, Protection, Thorns and, of course, Mending, which will ensure that the armor will never be broken.

10 Draw Inspiration From Other Games

You Will Need: Some Other Games

If gamers are still stuck on what to do in Minecraft, then a good idea would be to just not play the game. Play something else, but keep Minecraft in the back of your mind and look for inspiration on what to create.

Dive into the sci-fi worlds of Halo or Mass Effect for some space-themed builds, or journey back in time with Assassin’s Creed or Red Dead Redemption. Inspiration can come from anywhere and this concept can be applied to movies, TV shows, comic books, and just about everything else. If gamers are lacking in building ideas, it is not a bad thing to look at other games for inspiration.

11 Collect Every Type Of Wolf

You Will Need: Two Wolves

As part of the 1.21 update, the long-awaited feature of different types of wolves has been added. Just like how cats have various breeds in the game, wolves also now benefit from this.

There are nine different wolves to collect: the pale wolf found in the taiga biome, the rusty wolf in jungle biomes, the spotted wolf in savannah biomes, the black wolf in old-growth pine taiga biomes, the striped wolf in badlands, the snowy wolf in snowy plains, the ashen wolf in snowy taigas, the woods wolf in forest biomes, and the chestnut wolf in old-growth spruce taigas. To celebrate the new update, gamers can search high and low in their worlds to collect every type of these new wolves. They can even dress them up in wolf armor, which can be crafted from armadillo scutes.

12 Take Part In Trial Chambers

You Will Need: Trial Chamber Structure, Combat Supplies

Another highly requested addition for Minecraft was the inclusion of some more combat-based tests in the game. This came in the form of Trial Chambers. Similar to a raid, gamers would be put up against various enemies and be rewarded with a trail key, which can open vaults to receive a wide variety of prizes.

These rewards are the usual: emeralds, gold, diamonds, and enchanted books, but there are exclusive items that can only be found within the trail chambers. These include new banner patterns, armor trims, and a heavy core, which is used to craft the new melee weapon, the mace. Trail chamber rewards can be boosted using the Bad Omen effect. This, of course, increases the difficulty of the enemies.

13 Create An Art Gallery

You Will Need: Building Blocks, Paintings

There is something about collecting each variation of an item in Minecraft that is perfect for those looking for something to do in the blocky world. Gamers can collect each painting and create an art gallery to house them in. This will look perfect in city builds, adding to the immersion of the world.

There are 25 paintings in the game, so it will take some effort to create a building to store all of them. The paintings themselves do not require much work, as they are generated randomly when crafted from eight sticks and one block of wool. The real effort here is creating the building.

14 Build A Sports Arena

You Will Need: Building Blocks

There isn’t much reason to create a sports arena in the game. There is no real way to play soccer, football, or basketball in vanilla Minecraft. This build will be purely aesthetic. Most major cities in the world have at least one sports arena, so it’s fun to create one in a Minecraft city.

Gamers can create their own arena, or replicate one of their favorite sports teams’ arenas in real life. Either way, the player’s decision does not change the fact it will take a lot of building blocks and a lot of time. Players won’t be bored for long with this task.

15 Get Rich By Trading With Villagers

You Will Need: Emeralds, Various Trading Items

The currency of Minecraft is emeralds, and the easiest way to obtain lots of money is to trade with villagers. Each villager has a different job and will require different types of items to be traded with. For example, the Fletcher’s base item is sticks, an easy item to obtain. In no time, the player will have a lot of emeralds.

Villagers’ trades will be locked after a certain amount is traded, so it would be wise to create a villager trading hall and fill it with various professions. This way, there will be no waiting around to trade all items collected. Being rich means that gamers can then buy all that they want and show off their stacks of emeralds to friends.

16 Build A Zoo

You Will Need: At Least One Of Every Animal, Building Blocks

Animals come in all shapes and sizes in Minecraft and a fun and challenging thing to do is to collect each animal and build a zoo to put them in. Designing each exhibit uniquely to fit the needs of each animal. Doing this in survival Minecraft could pose a big challenge, as some mobs are harder to find than others.

The axolotl and the panda, for example, are tricky to locate and then gamers have to transport them to the area of their zoo, but it will be worth it if gamers are up for the task. The same idea can be implemented for hostile mobs and aquatic mobs also, this will certainly keep even the most experienced players busy.

17 Build Auto-Farms

You Will Need: Lots Of Redstone

Once gamers get to a certain point in the game, it may be time to automize some of their farms, meaning that the crops will be harvested completely on their own, ensuring players will not be short on supplies.

An easy farm to make is a wheat farm, which uses Farmer Villagers to harvest the crops automatically and store them away, they will even dispose of any unused seeds in a composter, making some bonemeal in the process. But an automated farm can be done for most items in the game, such as wool from a sheep, an observer will recognize when the sheep has eaten some grass and send out some shears from a dispenser to claim some wool.

18 Try Out Experimental Features

You Will Need: A Stable Version Of Minecraft

Experimental features are a useful setting in Minecraft that allows players to access new things in the game before they are officially released. If players are using a stable (retail) version of the game, then they can enable this feature in the settings.

This is super handy as gamers can preview what is to come in Minecraft, such as the new mobs, the Armadillo and the Breeze, Trail Chambers, new copper blocks, and the crafter. Games can mess around and get to grips with the new features before the official release. However, it is wise to back up the world before doing so as the new features are not fully ready to be installed and may cause some bugs and glitches.

19 Build An Elytra Wings Course

You Will Need: Elytra Wings, Building Blocks

Once gamers have defeated the Ender Dragon they will have access to End Cities, which is where the Elytra wings are located. This item allows players to fly around the world, with the aid of fireworks, but they may be tricky to control for new players of the game.

So, a fantastic idea would be to build an Elytra course, high up in the sky to train people to use the item better. Creating rings or checkpoints to fly through, using a timer to try and beat the player’s personal best. Not only will it have a practical use in the world, but it will also look great as a part of a base.

20 Take Part In A Raid

You Will Need: Bad Omen Effect From Killing A Raid Captain, A Village

A simple method of potentially getting some awesome loot is through a raid, which can be activated by killing the Raid Captain of a Pillager Outpost, easily located by the banner on their back. This will give players the Bad Omen effect, and when entering a village it will trigger the start of a Raid.

Gamers must defeat waves of enemies and are rewarded with Emeralds, Totems of Undying, and several other great items from Pillagers, Ravagers, and Evokers. Be careful when selecting which village to undertake the raid in as it will cause some serious damage and harm any other mobs in the village. There is a plus side to doing it in the village the player regularly attends, as the prices of villagers will be decreased.