What Is The Blockheads?

The Blockheads is a two-dimensional exploration, building, crafting, and survival sandbox game developed by Majic Jungle  Software set in a massive, evolving, procedural-generated world. The player controls avatars called blockheads that can destroy or create blocks, collect or craft material resources, or form exotic structures, while exploring an enriched world with equators, poles,weather, climate, seasons, oceans,mountain ranges, deserts, and vast underground cave networks using a wide range of resources. The Blockheads was first released on 10 January 2013 on Apple's App Store, and was approved on 21 December 2012. It was launched on Android on 9 October 2013. It is currently available to players for Free.

Common bugs and glitches Blockheads

This thread is for common glitches and issues, and so that you can maybe find a fix for them. If you have issues, try to find it here, and maybe you'll find a solution. 

The Random supersonic teleportation glitch

Well, the title makes it sound more exciting than it is.  Basically, your blockhead randomly zooms to another spot a few thousand blocks away. It leaves a trail of uncovered spots in the fog of war darkness.

FIX: No real fix, and currently no known triggers yet. You might just have to walk back. If you're REALLY lucky, maybe catch another one of these back 

The double-placing glitch

Basically, if you're on a laggy world and you place something but it doesn't load up yet, and then you place something else there while it's loading, two things could happen - one of the things will drop, or one will disappear.

FIX: Unfortunately, if it's gone it's gone. Avoid doing this, and wait until the thing loads before doing anything else.

The North Pole Handcar Glitch:

You're riding your handcar past the north pole when suddenly your blockhead disappears. You jump off of your handcar and find that the handcar you used can't be used anymore!

FIX: I've heard people say that if you don't get off your handcar and crash the handcar into something instead, you will still be able to use your handcar. I haven't confirmed it yet.

A strange type of world corruption

Your world gets corrupted! It's a weird, and unfixable glitch that does a lot of weird things, including:

-Things turning into level one workbenches that are UNUSABLE
-Items randomly turning into golden chests
-Upgraded portals and workbenches going back to level one

FIX: None that I've seen. It appears to be, unfortunately, world corruption that can't be fixed. You can try to use the items in the golden chests if you can get into them, and you can also try to salvage the materials from some of your old structures. You can move to another part of your world IF POSSIBLE (It might not be, there might be too much damage, or things might be weird in this world forever), or, if your portal chest works, which it might not, you can try to move your items to a new/other world. If not, then unfortunately you will have to start all over from scratch.  Good news is that this is very unlikely to happen. I've played this game for quite a while and I've never had this happen to me.

The Door bug

Your blockhead for some reason decides to climb over a building instead of walking through the doors! This is most often caused when the inside of the building isn't properly or completely loaded, however this is not permanent and will not damage your world.

FIX: Tapping inside of a building seems to work in most cases.

The elevator isn't working!!!

Sometimes, when you place your elevator motor, the elevator doesn't work properly!

FIX: Try picking up and replacing the elevator motor.

The Walking glitch

You've told your blockhead to walk somewhere and you exit the game. When you come back in, your blockhead is walking on the spot!

FIX: Although it is annoying, you just make your blockhead walk there again. Sometimes this will happen again when you exit the game, so you may need to repeat this a few times.

The Donkey bug

You try to mount onto a donkey. When you mount on, it looks like you're siting on the air!

FIX: No worries, nothing bad happens, just get off and mount the donkey again!

The Background Item Glitch

For whatever reason, sometimes wire/chests/ladders/torches/lanterns will not work properly anymore, and will become the background., and it will work and behave like the background, so you won't be able to interact with it anymore, because it will be background.

FIX: Try removing the back wall if possible by removing the block (don't use a pickaxe or you might lost the chest), if you're in a cave or for whatever reason can't remove the backwall, then try pouring water over the glitched item, sometimes that will work and fix it. Also try to place a bed over ti and then sleep in the bed, which has worked in some cases. If that still doesn't work, then I don't know any more fixes, you can place items and blocks over the glitched item if you wish to do that.

NOTE: Torches and lanterns affected by this glitch will continue to produce light, however they can't be removed properly. Ladders, chests, and wires affected by this glitch will not work at all, you can't open the chests, you can't climb the ladders, and the wires won't conduct electricity.

The Hungry Freight Car!

Okay, so apparently, your freight car got hungry and ATE THE ITEMS YOU PUT INSIDE!!! (Mmm, delicious steel ingot!) In other words, items that you put in our freight car disappear when you open it!

FIX: Sadly, your items are gone. No fix.

The Corrupted Area

Sometimes, your game crashes whenever you look in a certain area. Most or all cases have occurred on Cloud servers. Everyone on an affected server is prone to the issue as far as I've seen.

FIX: No fix known yet, just try not to look in that area, though the rest of your server should be safe. If your blockhead somehow gets into that area, your game will most likely crash every time you enter that server.

The Unknown Glitch

There's a regular-looking item in your inventory…and it's called "UNKNOWN" instead of the item's name, and it doesn't work like the item, but it works like your hand! Sometimes, you'll see "UNKNOWN" time crystals…in your inventory!

FIX: No fix for those items, and it's currently unknown what's causing the issue.

The Boat/train with a mind of it's own...

This glitch happens on multiplayer, especially on servers with lag. You get off your boat, handcar, or train, but the vehicle keeps moving!

FIX: Just chase after it. Often you'll find it spinning around in circles, which is a bit odd. It should still work though

Current Version

	iOS	Android
Version	1.6.1 (1 December 2015)	1.6.1.1 (6 January 2016)
Size	74.8 MB	158 MB
Language	English
Software	iOS 6.1 or later	Android 3.1 or higher
Hardware	iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch 3rd gen or later, and iPad	Compatible devices

The Blockheads, like most other games, gets occasional updates, adding new features and fixing bugs and glitches.

The update process for major updates starts with the developer of The Blockheads, David Frampton creating an update, followed by testing by the Majic Jungle beta team on iOS. After thorough testing, the release candidate build is sent to Noodlecake and Apple. Noodlecake then ports the update to Android, and does their own testing. Once both builds are approved by Apple, Google, and Amazon, the update goes live for all devices.

Minor updates do not have to be released simultaneously, such as version 1.5.2, where the Android version was released 30 days after the Apple release.

The longest wait between updates was between 1.6 and 1.6.1 on iOS, with a wait of 377 days. The shortest wait between updates was between 1.4.0.1 and 1.4.0.2 on Android, at a length of one day. It has been 135 days since the last update was released for iOS. It has been 99 days since the last update was released for Android.

Updates

iOS

Android

Update Date Days until next Update Major 1.0 2013-01-10 9 28 1.0.1 2013-01-19 19 1.1 2013-02-07 4 32 1.1.1 2013-02-11 28 1.2 2013-03-11 16 106 1.2.1 2013-03-27 90 1.3 2013-06-25 10 107 1.3.1 2013-07-05 13 97 1.3.2 2013-07-18 84 1.4 2013-10-10 174 1.5 2014-04-02 55 231 1.5.1 2014-05-27 60 176 1.5.2 2014-07-26 116 1.6 2014-11-19 377 -- 1.6.1 2015-12-01 --

Update Date Days until next Update Major 1.4 2013-10-10 6 174 1.4.0.1 2013-10-16 1 168 1.4.0.2 2013-10-17 6 167 1.4.0.3 2013-10-23 3 161 1.4.0.4 2013-10-26 158 1.5 2014-04-02 83 231 1.5.1 2014-06-24 90 148 1.5.2 2014-08-25 8 86 1.5.2.1 2014-09-02 3 78 1.5.2.2 2014-09-05 7 75 1.5.2.3 2014-09-12 18 68 1.5.2.4 2014-09-30 50 1.6 2014-11-19 7 -- 1.6.0.1 2014-11-26 23 -- 1.6.0.2 2014-12-19 237 -- 1.6.0.3 2015-08-13 144 -- 1.6.1 2016-01-04 2 -- 1.6.1.1 2016-01-06 --

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BLOCKMARKET

It's just got easier to keep a close eye on global trade portal prices!

When the trade portal was added to The Blockheads, I also created a basic website just for me, so I could monitor prices. But I thought it might be interesting and useful to tidy that website up and release it for everyone, so here it is!
http://blockmarket.theblockheads.net
It lists all of the latest prices, and gives access to graphs for prices over the past 24 hours just like what you can see in the game at a trade portal.

Okay, as you all know, the trade portal came out in version 1.5 a month ago. However, the economy is incredibly unstable right now. This has led to players gaining/losing large amounts of money. This thread is a debate thread as to if the blockheads staff should intervene and stabilize the economy. And no, for those of you thinking I did this because I am poor due to bad investing, it is not. I have actually gotten uber-rich from the trade portal. And by that, I mean a chest of golden coins. Anyway, feel free to debate about if the staff should 'fix' the economy. Enjoy. Oh, and please don't be rude to each other whilst debating. Thanks. To me the ups and downs are the big fun in using trade portals. Monitoring the prices, finding the "deal of the day" and trying to avoid poor decisions. I don't want stbility, I want opportunities 

And btw: I somehow can't avoid the feeling that "the staff" is already intervening now and then.

At first or second glance, The Blockheads [Free] might strike you as just another one of those 2D Minecraft games. And while that's kinda true, The Blockheads has a lot more to share outside of punching trees and ore. It has its own secrets and style, as well as a neat party component that has you recruiting and using other avatars to hollow out your own place in the game.

If you've been kinda struggling with learning everything The Blockheads has to offer, we got your back. Earlier this week, we talked with the game's creator David Frampton about some of the basics of The Blockheads, as well as some high-level strategies. Here's some of the things we discussed.

Create Your Own Goals

There is no "end game" in The Blockheads, and that's a big part of the fun. You have to set your own goals. At the start of the game, you'll want to start small. Build all the work benches, start planting trees, and keep an eye out for caves, which generally have some of the more precious ores you'll need to up your crafting game.

Crafting Lets You Do Special Stuff

"Often the things that you craft will allow you to do special things, like riding a donkey with a carrot on a stick, or getting a caffeine fix from a cup of coffee," Frampton tells us. "But in order to craft those things you'll need a carrot and some coffee beans, so you'll need to go exploring."

Get Another Blockhead

It's a good idea to start building towards your second Blockhead -- available via the teleport -- as soon as possible because as you start crafting bigger and better stuff, the wait times increase, too. Having a second dude around helps your deal with that.

And Get Him Fast

As for how to do this the quickest, Frampton says planting is a good idea. Plant as much as you can near your spawn. When the trees start spewing delectables, you'll get part of the food required for another Blockhead. Digging with a quality pick axe is the fastest way to find a good cave.

Nothing Can Kill You

You can't die in Blockheads, but there are a few dangers. Drop Bears, for example, fall out of trees when provoked and can hurt you. They also attack at night. A good spear or a solid sword can take them out "easily," Frampton says.

But Pain Is Bad

If you take damage and lose energy and happiness, your avatar will take much longer to perform regular tasks. Fight against this with eating, sleeping, and caffeine. Frampton notes that Blockheads gain more energy faster when sleeping in beds. A cup of coffee is great for this, too, but you'll have to refine your own. Coffee trees are "very rare."

Use Gem Pick Axes

Gem pick axes are kind of a big deal. "An amethyst pick axe gives a 2x bonus when you mine, and a sapphire pick axe gives you 3x, right up to a diamond pick axe which gives you 6x," Frampton says. "This is particularly useful when mining time crystal blocks." If you hold off on mining all the crystal at the beginning, you'll get a lot more with a gem axe.

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One of the coolest things about The Blockheads is the amount of discovery that happens as you play, the not-so-subtle learning experience as you start punching more and more stuff. These tips are a good starting point, but there's a lot more game here than what we've discussed so far. Dive in, soak it up. It's fun.

Also, if you're looking for more ideas, hints, tips, anything, a good place to look is our forum thread. The Blockheads's official message board is a good knowledge-building base, too.

Images in this story via our thread.

Mining

See also: Caving

Mining is the removal of objects from caves. Supplies such as food and light source are typically needed for a mining trip.

Contents

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• 1 Ore
• 2 Gems
• 3 Time Crystals
• 4 Mining Styles
  • 4.1 Spelunking
  • 4.2 Grid Mining
  • 4.3 Strip Mining
• 5 Gallery

Ore

Mining ore can be done by hand, but is much more efficiently done with a pickaxe (yielding three ores of that type instead of one). Mining speed is increased with each successive pickaxe upgrade (with the exception of the gold pickaxe which is slower than steel, but has other benefits).

Using gem pickaxes increases the yield. Like normal pickaxes, these benefits increase with progressively more expensive gem pickaxes (a diamond pickaxe yields six times the usual amount). The life of gem pickaxes can be extended by only using them for the final strike; a normal pickaxe can be used until the block is nearly mined, then a gem pickaxe for the multiplier.

Gems

Gems are found in caverns. There are five types of gems, diamond, ruby, emerald,sapphire and amethyst. They are picked up by hand, not mined using a pickaxe with the exception of theGOLD pickaxe which has a chance to randomly produce gems, ores, ortime crystals with each strike. Since theGOLD pickaxe may produce bonus resources for each strike, using it only for the final strike (like with gem pickaxes) is only beneficial in prolonging its life, as it will not increase the yield.

Time Crystals

Mining with a pickaxe yields more time crystals. The yield multiplier for gem pickaxes applies to time crystals, so the best gem pickaxe available should be used to maximize yield.

Mining Styles

Selection of a mining style is up to the player, but may be influenced by in-game resources or available play time. Simpler styles can be quicker and produce ready rewards. More thorough methods require more time and use up tools, but usually insure maximum results. Note that most ores are more abundant as depth increases and some are only found at deep levels.

Spelunking

The simplest form of mining is to explore caves and look for visible ores. By opening passages where natural caves narrow, it is possible to expose long, winding paths through extensive areas. Water, magma, and cave trolls are typical hazards.

Grid Mining

A more thorough process is to dig regular passages vertically, horizontally, diagonally, or in some combination through the bedrock. This allows both the exposure of areas not accessible by natural caves and, with careful placement, visual examination of unmined stone for ore deposits. Planning is still required to overcome underground hazards.

Strip Mining

The most thorough mining method is to remove everything, although occasional platforms may be left or constructed for ease of travel. Water, if not left in place, can be relocated with planned draining into prepared basins. Strip mining produces large quantities of basic stone, which can be used for crafting, construction, or processed into gravel and ores using an electric press and sluice.

Gallery

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  Blockhead performing extensive horizontal strip mining near magma
 
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  Blockhead performing extensive vertical grid mining between cave regions
 
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  Blockhead performing basic horizontal grid mining
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  Blockhead performing basic horizontal grid mining through caves

Camera

Camera
Category	Tool
Use	Photography
Stackable	Yes (99)

"Take and share photos."

A camera is a special tool for taking pictures of a world.

Contents

  

• 1 Appearance
• 2 Where Found
• 3 Using
• 4 Gallery

Appearance

In a blockhead's inventory, a camera appears as a brown, box-like oblong with a dark cylinder at the center representing a lens.

Where Found

A blockhead can create a camera at a level 2 craft bench using one wood and one glass.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Crafted Output + = Lvl. 2 Craft Bench Glass Wood Camera Quantity 1 1 1

Rush Cost 8 TC Double-Time 4 TC

Using

To take a picture, a blockhead must have a camera in its inventory. Selecting the camera will cause a "Take Picture" button appear over the blockhead. Tapping that button will put the game into picture-taking mode.

In picture-taking mode, most user interface features disappear, leaving the world display, a pair of buttons, and some text across the top describing how to set up the picture. The view can be scrolled around and/or zoomed in and out until the desired picture is set up. Tapping the larger "camera" button saves a picture of the current display (without the buttons or text) to the device's photo storage. Tapping the smaller "Cancel" button takes the game out of picture-taking mode.

One feature of picture-taking mode is that time "stops" in single player. Animals don't move and the sky doesn't progress.

Pictures taken with a camera instead of a screen capture do not include any user interfacebuttons, icons, menus, or windows. They can also be adjusted to a wider range of zoom levels, not just the three standard display levels, as well as being able to zoom in farther. They seem to have the same maximum zoom out.

Cameras do not wear out.

Gallery

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  Buttons for "picture mode"
 
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  Instruction text