Minecraft Target Block: How to Make, Use, and More!


Minecraft introduced a variety of blocks that players can make or find that serve a variety of purposes. Here is an unusual block called Minecraft Target block and how to make it.

Blocks are the building unit of the entire Minecraft world and players have depended on them from the very beginning of the game. The blocks serve as building material, building structures or even for feeding animals. The Nether update also introduced many blocks and one of the most recent was Traget.



Here's everything you need to know about the Minecraft target block.

Minecraft target block

Minecraft Target Block: How to Make, Use, and More!
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The Target block was introduced in the Nether update and provides players with the opportunity to hold arrow shooting competitions and also acts as a redstone component.

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The Minecraft Target block cannot be found naturally spawning in the game and must be done by players. The block can be identified by its white body and red target marks on all sides of its body.

How to make a target block in Minecraft?

Minecraft Target Block: How to Make, Use, and More!
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Players need to collect the following items to make a Minecraft Target block:

  • Redstone Dust x4
  • Hay Bale x1

Redstone Dust can be found by mining Redstone blocks underground in the Overworld. Mining the redstone blocks using an iron pickaxe and higher gives the player redstone dust.



To make a Hay Bale read the following here!

Minecraft Target Block: How to Make, Use, and More!
Recipe for Traget Block

After obtaining the two mentioned items, players need to place them on the crafting table in the manner shown above to make a target block in Minecraft.

Uses for the target block

The target is a newly introduced block and so it doesn't have many uses in the game yet. However, some of them are:


This can literally be used in target practice for players. Previous players used moving animals or stone buttons to test their marksmanship, but now with the Target block, players can hold shooting competitions.

The target block also emits a redstone signal when hit by a projectile of any type. This ranges from arrows to thrown potions or even mob attacks. However, the redstone signal emitted varies from a scale of 1 to 15, depending on the location of the impact. The center emits the loudest signal, while the sides, the lowest.


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