The block generator

It is the heart of Skyblock. Everything you build comes out of it.

How it works

When water and lava meet, a block appears. You mine it, it forms again, over and over.

The server swaps that block for something else now and then: coal, iron, and better and better as your island goes up in levels.

The tier follows your island level

Your generator has a tier, and that tier is exactly your island level, up to 25. Past that, it stops moving. /is generator shows the current tier and what it produces.

What shows up, and when

• Tiers 1 to 8: stone, coal and a little iron.
• Tier 9: copper arrives.
• Tier 10: gold arrives.
• Tier 12: redstone.
• Tier 13: lapis lazuli.
• Tier 14: diamond.
• Tier 15: Nether quartz.
• Tier 17: amethyst.
• Tier 19: emerald.
• Tier 20: ancient debris, enough to make netherite.
• Tier 25: the maximum.

The amounts go up too. A few real markers: at tier 1, you mostly get stone, with 5% coal and 1% iron. At tier 14, diamond shows up at 0.5%. At tier 25, it climbs to 2%, and ancient debris to 0.45%.

Getting your lava back

It is the classic accident: water touches your lava, and it turns into obsidian. It is not lost. Take an empty bucket and right click the obsidian: the lava comes back inside.

That works on your island, in your Nether and in your End.

Where to buy water and lava

At the /shop, Other aisle. The server shop only has three aisles: Blocks, Redstone and Other.

Continue with: Growing my island

Further reading:

• My island's value