"Thats the funniest thing I've seen today": "Illegal" building tutorial by player intrigues Minecraft community

Minecraft players often come up with hilarious build ideas for Mojang's sandbox title as they try to find a loophole in the game mechanics to construct bizarre structures. One such example has gone viral on Reddit and is dubbed “illegal” by its creator due to how unbelievable it seems.

A Reddit user by the name Swaagopotamus shared a small video clip on the Minecraft subreddit showing how they built a sand block suspended in mid-air with a lantern hanging below it.

Here's an "illegal" build you can make to confuse your friends byu/Swaagopotamus inMinecraft

For those unaware, blocks such as sand, dry concrete, or gravel cannot stay suspended in the air without any support underneath it.

Reacting to this game-breaking build, a user by the name of ReaPeR_the_mighty commented:

“That's the funniest thing I've seen today, might use it as path light to mess with my friends”

Another user by the name of Tree1237 said the sand wants to fall down, but the stress just won’t allow it.

Comment byu/Swaagopotamus from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Swaagopotamus from discussion inMinecraft

A user by the name of s0ul3zz said they wanted to try the build out for themselves. For anyone wondering how to do it, the original poster explained the entire process in a comment on the post.

Reddit reacts to the bizarre build (Image via Reddit/Swaagopotamus)

Swaagopotamus initially pointed out how the method might only work in Minecraft Bedrock Edition. However, they later clarified that it also works on Java Edition.

A user by the name of NoUsernamePlsHelp replied to the original poster, saying they tried it on the Java Edition, and it totally works.

Reddit reacts to the bizarre build (Image via Reddit/Swaagopotamus)

Another user by the name of Yoshichu25 asked if the sculk could be destroyed, and Swaagopotamus explained the mechanics in detail.

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Bizarre structures in Minecraft

The bizarre temple spawn in Minecraft (Image via Reddit/ChonkerBanana | Mojang Studios)

This is not the first time players have seen bizarre structures in Minecraft. Just recently, a player discovered a desert temple that spawned in the middle of a lake.

While buggy spawns are not rare in the game, it’s actually the builds that interest people. Players try to break the gameplay mechanics by building something the sandbox title does not allow.

Swaagopotamus' levitating sand build is an example as sand blocks (along with other blocks such as gravel, concrete, etc.) will typically fall down when there is no support underneath them. What’s surprising about it is that the structure does not require any special redstone mechanism; just some blocks and tools.