Megan Miller - The Unofficial Encyclopedia of Ultimate Challenges for Minecrafters: New Adventures and Thrilling Dares to Take Your Game to the Next Level

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Cover design by Brian Peterson

Cover and interior art by Megan Miller

Thanks to the many Minecraft skin artists who share their work on sites like Needcoolshoes.com.

The illustrations in this book use skins from users.

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-3842-3

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-3843-0

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FOREWORD

This is a rainy-day book for Minecraft. Use it when you want to play but youve already got a base and plenty of resources and ores, and you are looking for something interesting to doa new build, challenge, project, or gameplay style youve never tried before.

The challenges in this book include challenges from my own gameplay as well as challenges from players like you who have posted on community forums and uploaded videos of their own experiences to YouTube. Some can be played only on multiplayer. Some are short-term quests, some are contests or races, and others are ways to change your gameplay in a new world. If you arent interested in multiplayer (though I highly recommend trying this at least once), you can achieve many of these challenges by yourself in your own private Minecraft world. A few involve playing with Minecraft mods, which I also highly recommend, as installing modpacks has become very easy.

There are also a few entries with tips on creating your own challenges: See Challenges, Role Play, Scavenger Hunt.

Each challenge entry is categorized with the following:

AdvancementAn in-game Minecraft advancement

BuildingA building challenge

CompetitionA timed or measured competition

GameplayOpen-ended gameplay with rules or role play added

MapsInvolves downloading and playing a customized map

ModdedInvolves playing with a specific mod or a modpack

OOGOut of game; involves an activity away from the Minecraft game

QuestGameplay that requires achieving a specific goal, so it has a specific end

ServerInvolves playing on a public server (may be with or without friends)

SkillInvolves practicing some part of gameplay to become better at it

SoftwareInvolves using third-party software

SMPMultiplayer survival (requires several players to do the challenge)

SSPSingle player survival

Also: This book of challenges is written with the Java Edition 1.12 of Minecraft in mind. However, most if not all of these challenges can be used or customized to other Minecraft editions.

Contents

ABBA CAVING

SMP, Competition

This is a cave mining competition created by popular YouTuber VintageBeef. All players use a Silk Touch pick and start at the same cave opening at the same time. Everyone mines for an agreed-upon number of minutes, usually twenty minutes. The goal is to collect as many rare ores as possible. When the mining time is done, everyone counts points of the ores they have mined. The most points wins, and the winner takes all of the ores from all players. (Of course, it is considered good sportsmanship to gift a few diamonds to each player!) The name ABBA comes from the 1980s pop group ABBAs song, The Winner Takes It All. Coal and iron are worthless. Additional rules include: No PvP and no strip mining except to find another cave. Potions and Ender pearls are allowed.

ABBA caving videos are also pretty fun to watch. In YouTube, search ABBA Caving to see VintageBeef and others compete.

Emeralds: 7 points

Diamonds: 5 points

Gold: 3 points

Lapis: 1 point

Redstone: 1 point

Variation: Include name tags, horse armor, and golden apples found in dungeons or abandoned mineshafts, and give each a preset value between seven and fifteen points.

See also: Bedrock Drag Racing

In ABBA Caving, the Winner Takes It All!

ADVANCEMENTS, GET THEM ALL

SSP, SMP, Quest, Competition

The Minecraft advancements are a set of in-game achievements and challenges. While you will achieve most of the advancements by simply progressing through the game, it is difficult to get all the advancements.

To view the Advancements screen, press Escape and then click the Advancements button. There are currently five tabs of advancement categories: Minecraft, Nether, End, Adventure, and Husbandry. Each tab only appears on the Advancement screen when youve completed one of the tasks in its category. You dont have to complete the tasks in any order, either, although more advanced tasks may only appear in the tab after earlier ones are completed. You can complete a more advanced task before others and it will reveal earlier tasks.