Jill Keppeler - The Unofficial Guide to Studying Oceans in Minecraft®

Published in 2020 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010 Copyright 2020 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer. First Edition Editor: Greg Roza Book Design: Rachel Rising Illustrator: Matas Lapege Photo Credits: Cover, pp. com. com.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Keppeler, Jill. Title: The unofficial guide to studying oceans in Minecraft / Jill Keppeler. Description: New York: PowerKids Press, 2020. | Series: STEM projects in Minecraft | Includes glossary and index. Identifiers: ISBN 9781725310629 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781725310643 (library bound) | ISBN 9781725310636 (6 pack) Subjects: LCSH: Oceanography--Juvenile literature. | Minecraft (Game) -- Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC GV1469.M55 K47 2020 | DDC 794.8--dc23 Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang (a game development studio owned by Microsoft Technology Corporation), and its use in this book does not imply a recommendation or endorsement of this title by Mojang or Microsoft. Manufactured in the United States of America CPSIA Compliance Information: Batch #CW20PK. For Further Information contact Rosen Publishing, New York, New York at 1-800-237-9932. ContentsBig Blue Biomes Oceans and seas cover about 71 percent of Earths surface. Thats a lot of water! In the game of Minecraft, ocean , many secretsand many dangers. Oceanography is the science that deals with the oceans, including their waters and their resources.

You can be an oceanographer in Minecraft! Theres a lot to learn and discover. However, you need to be prepared. There are tools you can use to breathe underwater and ways to deal with the dangers youll find there. MINECRAFT MANIA If youre going to explore the oceans in Minecraft, youll need to find a way to breathe. You can only stay underwater for so long before your oxygen bar will empty and youll start to drown. Oceans on Earth are filled with salt water.

However, theres no difference between salt water and fresh water in Minecraft. Our Oceans On Earth, there are five main oceans, although they run together. These are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans. There are also many seas and gulfs. There are nine ocean types in Minecraft. Regular oceans are about 20 blocks deep.

The seafloor is often made of gravel. Varieties have different climates, and thus different sea life and features. There are frozen oceans, which have a surface covered mainly with ice; cold oceans; oceans; and warm oceans. Most of these (except for warm oceans) also have a deep version, which can be more than 30 blocks deep. polar bearMINECRAFT MANIS You cant feel temperature in Minecraft biomes, but you can see the signs of it. Frozen ocean biomes can have icebergs. Frozen ocean biomes can have icebergs.

Polar bears often in these biomes. Ocean Survival There are ways to extend your breathing time underwater in Minecraft. You can put a respiration, or breathing, of water breathing that lasts for three or eight minutes. If you have a turtle-shell helmet, you have 10 seconds of extra breathing time every time you duck underwater. If you find a heart of the sea and eight nautilus shells, you can make a conduit. Once a conduit is activated underwater in a frame of prismarine blocks, youll be able to breathe underwater in a range around it.

The range depends on how big the frame is. MINECRAFT MANIA To make a turtle-shell helmet, you need five scutes. In Minecraft, scutes are pieces of shell dropped by baby turtles as they grow into adults. Conduit frames are made of 16 to 42 blocks of prismarine, a stone you can find in ocean monuments in Minecraft. The conduit itself needs to be fully surrounded by water. Fish in the Sea Many plants and mobs, or moving creatures, live below the surface of the water in Minecraft.

Seagrass is found in most ocean biomes, as well as in swamps and rivers. It can be one or two blocks tall. Kelp also grows in most oceans, usually near seagrass. It can grow very tall up to 26 blocks if theres enough ocean above it. There are four kinds of fish in Minecraft: salmon, cod, pufferfish, and fish. You can catch and eat cod and salmon.

Pufferfish puff up and will poison you if you get too close to them! MINECRAFT MANIA Kelp, a kind of seaweed, can be very useful in both real life and Minecraft. In the game, if you dry kelp pieces in a furnace, you can then eat them. Or, you can combine nine pieces of dried kelp into a block and use that as fuel. Tropical fish in Minecraft are only found in warm oceans. There are more than 3,000 kinds! More than FishMinecraft oceans may also contain dolphins, turtles, and squid. Squid dont do much other than swim around.

Turtles may be found both on land and in water. They dig nests and lay eggs on warm beaches. Like real sea turtles, they always go back to their home beach to lay eggs. Dolphins swim in Minecraft oceans in groups. They squeal and chirp and jump out of the water. They need air just like real-world dolphins and can drown without it.

Dolphins wont usually hurt players, but if a player hurts a dolphin, that dolphin and all others in the area will attack. MINECRAFT MANIA There are hostile mobs in Minecraft oceans, too. Drowned are zombies that spawn in the water, although they may go onto land at night. Some drowned carry tridents, a weapon they can throw at players. Dolphins in Minecraft often chase players who are in boats. Coral Reefs Coral reefs are ridges formed in warm, shallow oceans by tiny creatures called corals.