Mine / Craft / Create Block

Mine / Craft / Create Block
Steve using Mine, Craft, and Create Block.
User	Steve
Universe	Minecraft

Mine / Craft / Create Block (採掘 / クラフト / ブロック生成, Mine / Craft / Create Block) is Steve's neutral special move.

Overview

Steve's neutral special when on the ground (but not near a Crafting Table) is Mine (採掘, Mine). Steve uses either a shovel, axe, or pickaxe depending on the terrain to "mine" resources from the ground or wall, which are used within the rest of his moveset. Wooden surfaces are mined with an axe; stone and iron surfaces are mined using a pickaxe; and miscellaneous surfaces such as dirt and sand are mined with a shovel. If Steve has no available tools, he will mine with his bare hands at a slower rate. The available resources are dirt, wood, stone, iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone, the frequency of which will vary based on the terrain — in general, materials matching a stage's physical composition are most likely to appear (e.g. wood in Kongo Jungle). On certain stages, dirt may be replaced with sand, ice, or wool, which is purely an aesthetic difference. On Battlefield and Ω form stages, the resources gained are determined by a special, "neutral" set and do not vary based on terrain; however, the tool he uses does vary, corresponding to the stage's normal, non-Battlefield or Ω form terrain. This means that while the difference in stage does not affect his resource pool, mining on stone/iron and wood surfaces still affect his ability to use his pickaxe- and axe-based attacks, respectively. If Steve doesn't have enough room in his inventory for a mined material, it is immediately discarded.

When next to a Crafting Table, his neutral special is Craft (クラフト, Craft). This can be used to restore the durability of Steve's sword, shovel, axe, and pickaxe, as well as upgrading them to higher material tier (in the order of wood, stone, iron, gold, and diamond) with the most valuable material being prioritized. Weapons don't need to be crafted individually, as all of them are crafted at the same time. If the most valuable material is equal to what Steve currently has, he will repair his tools instead of crafting new ones, which for some materials is cheaper in cost. The Crafting Table itself spawns next to Steve at the start of a match, and can be destroyed by Steve or other characters (it has 30 HP, and attacking it inflicts half the freeze frames as usual). By pressing the special move button while shielding, Steve can summon the Crafting Table to himself, though this costs a small amount of materials. Summoning the Crafting Table destroys it and creates a new one, restoring its HP. If destroyed, a new Crafting Table can be spawned next to Steve by using the summoning method, or it will happen automatically after four seconds (if Steve doesn't have the necessary materials, it won't respawn until he does so). If the table reappears while Steve is not above solid ground, it will plummet and be forced to respawn again, wasting some materials. If multiple Steve players are present, any Crafting Tables present can be used by any of them.

When in the air, his neutral special is Create Block (ブロック生成, Create Block). Steve places a block under himself, which will stay for a certain amount of time before being destroyed, or can be destroyed by Steve or other players by either attacking or jumping into them from below. The durability of the block varies (from weakest to strongest: dirt, wood, stone, and iron). Steve will place whichever block he has that is the weakest. There is a limit to the area in which blocks can be placed, signified by a pink outline on one side of the block; blocks adjacent to the limit will last for a shorter time before breaking. The block limit is stage-dependent. By holding the special button while walking or jumping, Steve will continue to place blocks adjacent to other blocks. Attempting to place a block in the location of an existing block will replace the old block with the new one. The blocks lack an edge to grab, allowing them to edgeguard opponents by walling off ledges that could otherwise be used for recoveries, though the edge itself is not disabled and characters can still grab the blocked edge if they can get close enough. They can also be used as impromptu platforms to both aid Steve's own recovery and allow him to perform grounded attacks in unusual locations. However, Steve cannot place blocks if he lets go of an edge until he lands. It can also be used as a recovery option and is arguably one of the best recovery options in the entire series due to standing on the blocks allowing for regular jumps to be used over and over again, though the aforementioned block border means that it is useless when far away from the stage. Reckless block placement can also be used against Steve, as the character is not immune to any of the aforementioned applications of blocks and a smart opponent can either force Steve into a difficult to tech situation or gimp his own recovery depending on where and what type of blocks have already been placed.

When Steve is KO'd, he gains enough iron to leave him with at least three. If he has more than 8 iron, its display bar will lose its piece-by-piece markers and no longer increase in size.

If Kirby copies Steve, he uses an unbreakable iron tool to mine, and can only mine materials that can make blocks (dirt, wood, stone, and iron), with gold, redstone and diamond becoming iron instead. He cannot craft tools or own a Crafting Table. When a Ditto copies Steve, a crafting table will appear for the Ditto.

When a Stage Morph occurs, all blocks are destroyed before the transformation begins. The dirt, sand, wool, or ice in Steve's inventory will change to the new material appropriate for the new stage if applicable.

Instructional quotes

Move List

Collect materials from the ground by mining the floor. Craft tools while at the crafting table or place blocks while in the air.

Mine

fighter tips

Hold the button down, and you can dig for materials below you or in nearby walls. The speed that you mine and what materials you uncover changes depending on where you are mining. In order of easiest to hardest to obtain, you can mine dirt, wood, stone, iron, redstone, gold, and diamond. Depending on the ground in the stage, you might dig up ice, sand, or wool instead of dirt. Iron, gold, redstone, and diamonds can be obtained from any kind of surface. Some of the materials you collect will be shown as a gauge near your damage. However, gold and diamond will be displayed separately, and redstone won't be displayed at all. The harder the walls and floors are, the better the quality of the materials you'll mine. However, it will also take longer to dig up those materials. There is a limit on how much of each material you can carry, and the rarer the material, the less of it you can hold. Any material you dig up beyond the limit will be discarded. You use different tools depending on the type of wall or ground you're digging into. These tools help you mine faster, and when one breaks, it'll slow down how quickly you can mine. There are five levels of quality for the various tools: diamond, gold, iron, stone, and wood. Generally, a higher-quality material is more durable and allows you to mine faster, though gold has its own properties. While mining, you can jump or move forward or backward, but you won't be able to attack. If you move forward or backward, you'll keep on mining, but jumping will cancel the action. All of the Battlefield-form and Ω-form stages have the same amounts of the various materials available for mining.

Craft

fighter tips

While in front of the crafting table, pressing the special-move button will use the materials you have to create, upgrade, or repair tools. Use the crafting table when you have a broken tool, and you'll craft the highest-quality tool with the materials available automatically. If this is an improvement on your other tools, they'll all be upgraded too! If you have the materials to make a higher-quality tool, use Craft to create the upgraded tool. In fact, all tools will upgrade at the same time. You can repair damaged tools by using the same materials that they were crafted with. This is much quicker than crafting a new tool after one breaks. The move can be canceled by jumping, shielding, dodging, or pressing the attack button. You won't lose material if you cancel Craft this way. Gold tools break easier than ones made from any other material, but they are also the quickest to mine with and the quickest for unleashing moves. Diamond tools are very powerful, but it takes longer to craft them than it does to craft tools using the other materials. Press the special-move button while shielding to use some materials and reposition your crafting table nearby. Moving the crafting table will use material in the following order: wood, stone, then iron. If you press the special-move button in the air, you'll use your materials to create and place a block at your feet. Holding down the button and moving or jumping will continuously place blocks.

Create Block

fighter tips

You create blocks from the materials you've mined, starting with dirt, then wood, then stone, and finally iron. The different materials all have different durabilities. There is a limit on how many blocks you can place at one time. Once you've reached the limit, each new block you create will cause the oldest block you placed to go away. You cannot place blocks near the edge of the screen. If a block you created starts flashing, this means it is close to that limit. If you use this move in a spot where you've already placed a block, the old block will be destroyed and you can place a new one. As time passes, blocks placed with Create Block will eventually break. Being hit by attacks, stood on by fighters, or hit from below will cause the blocks to break faster. It is possible to mine blocks you've placed, but this will only break the block and not yield any materials. If you are mining and jump, you'll instead jump and place a block at your feet.

Data

Blocks lose 0.02 HP per frame, or 1.2 HP per second. This is multiplied by 8 (to 0.16 per frame, 9.6 per second) if a character is standing on it, or it is at or adjacent to the block border. If the Steve that placed a block moves either 150 units horizontally or 100 units vertically away from said block, its HP is instantly set to 3.

Resource	Dirt	Wood	Stone	Iron	Gold	Diamond	Redstone
Starting inventory	36	18	0	3	0	0	2
Max capacity	100				12	5	15
Obtained per mine	1	1	1	1	4	1	3
Block cost	2	2	1	1	—	—	—
Block HP	8	12	16	20	—	—	—
Tool craft cost	—	2	1	4	4	1	—
Tool repair cost	—	1	1	2	4	1	—
Crafting Table cost	—	2	4	1	—	—	—
Kirby
Starting inventory	4	2	0	1	—	—	—
Max capacity	20				—	—	—
Home-Run Contest
Starting inventory	10	10	10	10	1	1	1

Terrain class	Dirt	Wood	Stone	Iron	Neutral
Mining speed	1 per 12 frames	1 per 14 frames	1 per 18 frames	1 per 24 frames	1 per 14 frames

Tool type	Fist	Wood	Stone	Iron	Gold	Diamond
Mining speed multiplier	2.0x	1.0x	0.95x	0.9x	0.75x	0.85x

Each terrain class has a predetermined sequence of materials. The position in each sequence is retained if Steve stops mining or mines elsewhere, but resets if Steve is KO'd. Once exhausted, each sequence repeats.

Terrain	Mine sequence
Dirt																										61%			22%	6%	3%	8%
Wood																											56%		24%	7%	3%	10%
Stone																												50%	28%	8%	4%	10%
Iron																													66%	12%	6%	16%