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Minecraft is an open world game that has no specific goals for the player to accomplish, allowing 

players a large amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game.^[17] However, there is 

an achievement system.^[18] Gameplay by default is first person, but players have the option to play in

 third person mode.^[19] The core gameplay revolves around breaking and placing blocks. The game

 world is composed of rough 3D objects—mainly cubes—arranged in a fixed grid pattern and 

representing different materials, such as dirt, stone, various ores, water, lava, tree trunks, etc. While 

players can move freely across the world, objects can only be placed at fixed locations on the grid. 

Players can gather these material blocks and place them elsewhere, thus allowing for various 

constructions.^[20]

At the start of the game, the player is placed on the surface of a procedurally generated and virtually

 infinite game world.^[21]The world is divided into biomes ranging from deserts to jungles to 

snowfields.^[22][23] Players can walk across the terrainconsisting of plains, mountains, forests, caves, and

 various water bodies.^[21] The in-game time system follows a day and night cycle, with one full cycle 

lasting 20 real-time minutes. Throughout the course of the game, players encounter variousnon-player

 characters known as mobs, including animals, villagers and hostile creatures.^[24] Non-hostile animals—

such as cows, pigs, and chickens—can be hunted for food and crafting materials, and spawn in the 

daytime. By contrast, hostile mobs—such as large spiders, skeletons, and zombies—spawn during 

nighttime or in dark places, such as caves.^[21] SomeMinecraft-unique creatures have been noted by 

reviewers, such as the Creeper, an exploding creature that sneaks up on the player; and the 

Enderman, a creature with the ability to teleport and pick up blocks.^[25]

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