Combat is an unavoidable part of Minecraft if you're playing on survival. There's going to be a time when you'll face too many enemies with too much range to be able to deal with them. In that ...

One of the less utilised items in Mojang's blocky survival game is the Minecraft shield. It could be because players prefer the idea of using a sword or bow and arrow, or it could simply be because ...

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A Minecraft shield is a simple but useful defensive tool to aid in pixelated combat, used to block direct melee attacks or projectiles in the sandbox game. Minecraft shields are not upgradable, so ...

You’re in a deep cave searching for ore and you stumble into a dungeon filled with skeletons. You only have a pickaxe in hand and no means of blocking their fatal blows. We show you how to make a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While most of a player's protection from enemies comes from regular armor in Minecraft, you can also protect yourself with a shield. A shield can stop ...