Megan Miller - The Big Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: The Biggest Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won t Teach You

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Y oure a miner! Youve mined for diamonds, killed a couple or a million zombies, and know not to dig straight up or straight down! Now what? Plenty. Minecraft is a constantly evolving sandbox game. This means the developers of the game add new things each year and there are many ways to play. For version 1.8, Minecraft added ocean monuments, new blocks like red sandstone and prismarine, banners, rabbits, updated villagers and enchanting, and much more. You can expect this game to grow and change as you learn, so there are always new things to explore and experiment with.

And each year, thousands of players find new tricks to get things done better, faster, or with more fun. This book will show you lots of ways to help your game, whether you like to fight zombies or build castles, including:

how to save a village from a siege of zombies

what to do first to defeat the Ender Dragon

how to find one of your worlds three strongholds

how to make automatic sliding doors using pistons and redstone

how to move between Creative and Survival modes using cheats

NOTE: The tips in this book are based on Minecraft 1.8.1, PC version, so if you are playing a different version or are playing on a console, you may find that some features work a little differently.

CHAPTER 1

PLAYING YOUR WAY

M inecraft is a sandbox game, which means there arent any rules for how you play. In a sandbox, you can build a sandcastle, dig a road, or throw a bunch of sand around. In Minecraft, you can build a massive railway system, make friends with wolves and ocelots, explore the oceans, or kill an army of zombies. Or do it all. Theres no goal that you must achieve, but if you like goals, Minecraft has a few you can set your sights on. Its up to you to decide how to play, and you can mix it up any way you want to.

Minecraft Game Modes

Minecraft has different game modes you choose at the start. They are geared to the different types of gameplay.

Survival and Hardcore: In Survival mode you have to find food and shelter, and you can be killed. If you are killed, you respawn at your starting point without your inventory. (Your inventory items stay at your death scene for five minutes before they despawnso you do have a chance to get them back.) There are four difficulty levels: Peaceful (no mobs), Easy (mobs do less damage), Normal (mobs do normal damage), and Hard (mobs do more damage and you can die from hunger). In Hardcore mode, you play at Hard difficulty, you cant have cheats, and your world is deleted if you are killed!

In Hard difficulty, mobs are more likely to spawn with weapons, armor, and enchantments, and they will cause you more damage.

Adventure: Adventure mode is like Survival, except you cant interact with many blocks. It is designed for playing on adventure maps.

Creative: Creative mode is perfect for building. You can fly around, and you have access to all the blocks. Your inventory changes to an item selection screen with a search page. To fly, press the space bar twice. To go higher, press the space bar again. To descend, press Shift.

Changing Mode: To change game mode while you are playing, create your world with cheats on. Then, to change mode, open the chat window by pressing T and type the following:

For Survival mode: /gamemode 0 (or /gamemode s or /gamemode survival )

For Creative mode: /gamemode 1 (or /gamemode c or /gamemode creative )

For Adventure mode: /gamemode 2 (or /gamemode a or / gamemode adventure )

For Spectator mode: /gamemode 3 (or /gamemode sp or /gamemode spectator )

In Creative mode you can fly around, which is a huge help if youre building a tower in sky!

Want Some Goals?

If you are goal-oriented, you can play that way, too. Minecraft has a series of about thirty achievements you can use as quests. Accomplish one and make your way to the next. These can also guide you through the Minecraft survival skills. They start off very simple, and you have probably already accomplished many. The first is Taking Inventory, which you achieve by pressing E. To see what youve accomplished so far, and whats next, press Escape to open the Options screen and then click Achievements. (Click the Statistics button to see how many creepers youve killed, fish youve caught, blocks youve mined, and more.)

If you like playing with goals, use your achievement screen for new tasks.