When used as a hoe, dirt blocks convert to farmlands which can be used to sow seeds and grow crops in Minecraft (Image via Mojang) This is one of the most important uses of a dirt block since it ...

Minecraft has hundreds of blocks from which players can choose their main building block; however, when they enter the game for the very first time, the easiest and most accessible block they can obta ...

As of the time of writing, almost 18,000 people have upvoted a post about the Minecraft launcher's desktop image which laments the loss of the dirt block in favor of a Creeper face, of all things.