Miller - Hacks for Minecrafters

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I f you are new to the game, fighting the mobs in Minecraft can be a bit scary. But once you get used to the mobs and fighting them (and get used to occasionally dying!), it can be a lot of fun. I was not much of a fighter at first, but now I stay up at night (Minecraft night) just to find and kill some skellies, zombies, and Creepers. Its also a great way to get more experience points so you can enchant more weapons, armor, and tools.

This book has all the information you need to improve your fighting skills against the different mobs in Minecraft, from Blazes to zombie pigmen, and some tips to help you in PvP, as well. Youll learn more about your weapons, and how to enchant them and use potions. The mob profile pages examine each neutral and hostile mob: where youll find it, how to kill it, and what experience points and drops it will give you. On each page youll also find the number of strikes needed to kill a mob, and these are generally the minimum number of strikes needed. However, you may need fewer strikes if you use the critical hit tactic and more if the opponent wears armor, heals quickly, or if you dont have a fully charged bow.

As with pretty much everything, practice makes perfect. So to become a truly great fighter, get your sword and bow out and start taking out those mobs.

Note: The tips in this book are for the Minecraft PC game 1.8. If you are using a different version of Minecraft, some effects and behaviors may be slightly different. You can research any topic further by visiting the official Minecraft community wiki at Minecraft.gamepedia.com.

CHAPTER 1

SWORDS

Y our primary Minecraft combat weapons are, of course, your sword and your bow. Your sword is for close combat, or melee, and your bow is for distance attacks. However, if you are caught unpreparedwhile harvesting a crop of melons, for exampleyou can use a tool if you have one; a pickaxe, axe, or shovel will deal more damage than your bare hands. There are other items in Minecraft you can use and build to inflict damage. Flint and steel and a bucket of lava are two popular warfare weapons.

The wooden sword is your first weapon, unless you are lucky and can get to stone quickly with your wooden pickaxe! One of your first goals in Survival mode should be to upgrade to a stone sword. Then continue upgrading until you have a couple of trusty enchanted diamond swords at your side. Left-click with a sword in hand to strike and right-click to block incoming strikes.

Crafting a Sword

Youll need two blocks of a single type of weapons material (wood planks, stone, gold ingot, iron ingot, or diamond ore) and one stick to make a sword. If you are making a wooden sword, you need to use the same kind of wood for both wood planks and the stick.

Sword recipe: 2 sword material + 1 stick.

You can also acquire weapons from killed mobs and from trading with villagers. Sometimes a zombie will spawn with a sword in hand or a skeleton may spawn with an enchanted bow. Theres a chance they will drop the weapons when they die, and then theyre yours.

Sword Damage

The amount of damage a sword can do depends on the material it is made of. Wooden swords deal the least damage, diamond the most. Compare the stats on the next page to using your bare hands, which causes 1 point of damage. Keep in mind that a heart is equal to 2 health points. Also notice that the golden sword gives the same damage as the wooden sword! It often makes sense to go from an iron sword straight to a diamond one, skipping the gold. You can increase the amount of damage you deal by using a critical hit, which you perform by jumping and then striking as you fall. A critical hit increases the damage by up to about 50 percent.

Material	Damage Points/Hearts
Wooden Sword	5 points
Stone Sword	6 points
Iron Sword	7 points or
Golden Sword	5 points
Diamond Sword	8 points

Sword Durability

Each weaponand toolhas a limit on its use called its durability. Durability is measured in number of uses. By far the most durable swords are the diamond swords, which can last for more than 1,500 uses. Only your hands can last longer! Meanwhile, gold is not very durable at all and only lasts 33 uses. Once youve used a weapon the maximum number of times, it breaks and disappears. Here are the stats: