Minecraft wiki entry for Mechanics, associated text: 1 Basic mechanics
1.1 Movement
1.2 Combat and Mining
1.3 Player status
1.4 Interactions and items
1.5 World events
2 Complex mechanics
2.1 Block related
2.2 Entity and structures
2.3 World related
2.4 Non specific
3 Unintended mechanics
3.1 Blocks and items
3.2 Entities