Minecraft Basics For Dummies, 2nd Edition

go Title Page Copyright Page Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Conventions Used in This Book Beyond the Book Part 1 Getting Started with Minecraft Chapter 1 Minecraft Is for Everyone — But What Is It? Playing Minecraft with the Children in Your Life Getting a handle on the basics Playing in Creative mode Winning the game Letting Minecraft Help You Teach Knowing Where to Get Started with Minecraft Keeping Your Kids Safe Knowing with whom your kids are playing Subscribing to Minecraft channels on YouTube Teaching Proper Minecraft Etiquette Preventing server crashes Recognizing that stealing is wrong Asking permission Chapter 2 Scratching the Surface of Minecraft Figuring Out Where to Play Minecraft: Console Round-Up Purchasing and Installing Minecraft Playing the Game Meeting the cast Sorting out the gamemodes The For Dummies guide to Minecraft slang Understanding basic controls The hostile and friendly mobs in the Overworld Discovering Tools Interacting with Various Blocks Chapter 3 Let’s Go! Playing the Game and Surviving the First Night Viewing the World Around You Operating the Basic Minecraft Controls Watching the Heads-Up Display (HUD) Preparing for Your First Night Harvesting trees Building a crafting table and shelter Crafting the crafting table Building or finding shelter Making sticks and wooden tools Completing Optional Day 1 Activities Building a full house Constructing a chest Mining cobblestone and coal Building a bed Surviving the Night Switching from Peaceful mode to Easy mode to Normal mode Surviving the first night: Three strategies to light the way Strategy 1: Implement the basic strategy Strategy 2: Use the safe strategy with popular optional activities Strategy 3: Plan an adventure strategy Part 2 Getting a Handle on the Basic Skills Chapter 4 Surviving Hunger Keeping Hunger at Bay Finding food Chapter 5 Discovering Blocks and Items Starting in the Wooden Age The overwhelming need for wood There’s a wood for that Pillaging and Plundering Knowing when to loot and when not to Where to go, what to find Surviving the Stone Age The cheap and plentiful The necessities The path to iron Advancing to the Iron Age Making and mastering weapons Stringing the bow Strapping the shield Using Utility Blocks Smelting and cooking Jukebox and note block Stonecutter and loom Building an Effective House or Base Knowing Where to Store Items Chapter 6 Exploring Biomes Knowing What’s What with Biomes Excavating Structures Part 3 Expanding Your Skills Chapter 7 Creating Farms in Your World Working with Crops and Animals Growing crops Farming wheat, carrots, potatoes, and beetroot Harvesting melons and pumpkins Knowing the basic plants Reaping sugar cane Utilizing cacti Enjoying cocoa beans Finding nether wart Chopping down trees Breaking bamboo Finding glow berries and dripleaf Savoring sweet berries Attracting animals Growing mushrooms Raising pets Setting Up Basic Farms Creating basic animal farms Growing basic plant farms Automating Farms Simplifying basic redstone blocks Observing observers Activating pistons Dispensing dispensers Siphoning with hoppers Building an automated plant farm Building an automated animal farm Chapter 8 Exploring the Minecraft Underground by Mining and Caving Exploring the Mines Biomes Lush caves Dripstone caves Deep dark Underground structures Abandoned mineshafts Dungeons Geodes Ancient City Mining Efficiently Cave mining Benefitting from cave mining tips Navigating ravines and canyons Digging into branch mining Getting a handle on simple branch mining Spinning into pinwheel branch mining Digging into tiered branch mining Stepping into staircase mining Building a quarry Ripping into strip mining Rushing into speed mining Staying Safe While Mining Chapter 9 Leading Your Village Trading in Villages Exploring villager professions Trading with emeralds Restoring a villager Gossiping Trading Your Way to Wealth Farming for farmers Farming sugarcane Killing zombies Shearing sheep Raiding and Illagers Locating illagers Raiding villages If you’re playing on Bedrock Edition If you’re playing on Java Edition Totems of undying Tips for defeating raids Chapter 10 Powering Up with Weapons and Potions Enchanting Weapons, Tools, and Armor Enchanting an item Benefiting from enchantments Repairing items on the anvil Brewing Potions Brewing basic potions Using potions Modifying potions Brewing negative potions Brewing splash potions Chapter 11 Advancing to the Nether, The End, and Beyond Reaching the Nether Making the nether portal Finding ruined portals Entering the Nether Understanding the Nether’s biomes Placing nether blocks Growing nether trees Distinguishing the various mobs Bartering with piglins Exploring the nether structures Navigating the nether fortress Tiptoeing through a bastion remnant Converting a ruined portal into a working portal Advancing in the Nether Grabbing resources before leaving the Nether Leaving the Nether Adventuring to The End Bringing along items to help find The End Locating the Stronghold Exploring the Stronghold The foreboding portal room Ending with The End Entering The End Fighting the ender dragon Breaking the crystals Defeating the dragon Benefitting from some outstanding tips and tricks Entering The End via the exit portal Going Beyond the Ender Dragon Surviving the Afterglow of The End Building the Beacon Chapter 12 Expanding Your Minecraft Experience Starting and Joining a Private Multiplayer World Bedrock Edition Java Edition Creating a Realms world Joining Public Servers Bedrock Edition Java Edition “Cheating” for Minecraft Using commands that any players can use Typing commands that cheat Using gamerules to your advantage Checking Out External Sites and Resources Watching Minecraft media Finding Minecraft YouTube groups Watching building-focused YouTube channels Viewing SMP YouTube videos Speedrunning Minecraft Digging into advanced topics with Minecraft tutorials Listening to Minecraft music Part 4 The Part of Tens Chapter 13 Ten Things Adults Should Try in Minecraft (Adults Only!) Grasp the Basics of the Game Play with Your Children Know Who Your Children Play With Stay Safe in Minecraft Use Minecraft as a Teaching Tool Divorced with Kids? Coparent Better by Using Minecraft Learn about Minecraft See Minecraft as More than a Game Host a Server Teach a Class Chapter 14 Ten Helpful Survival Tips Dig Safely Cook Efficiently Obtain Obsidian and Build Portals Quickly Mine in the Right Location Avoid Overexertion Defeat Basic Mobs Obtain Experience Points Craft Quickly Check Basic Equipment Find Natural Comfort Glossary Index EULA