Stephen OBrien - The Ultimate Players Guide to Minecraft

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Stephen OBrien

800 East 96th Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

The Ultimate Players Guide to Minecraft

Copyright 2014 by Que Publishing

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5223-9
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5223-9

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013946682

Printed in the United States of America

Sixth Printing February 2014

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APPENDIX A Crafting Recipes (Online)

Appendix A Crafting Recipes (Online)

Stephen OBrien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has previously written 27 books across multiple editions with publishers such as Prentice-Hall and Que, including several best-selling titles. He also founded Typefi, the worlds leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time he invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been playing Minecraft since its earliest days and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders.

To Mika, who at age nine taught his dad to laugh hysterically at the sight of a pig riding up a mountain in a minecart. Laughs and love always, dear boy.

Its an authors dream to work with a talented team, and I feel like Im having a better dream than most. After 12 years away from Que working on entrepreneurial projects, I was incredibly fortunate to step straight back into the fold of a fantastic group. Id like to thank Rick Kughen for his outstanding project direction, polished editorial efforts, and always gentle prompting even as I started to run behind schedule. Rick, its such a true pleasure to work with you again. Seth Kerney, thank you for so smoothly shepherding this book through the numerous stages of the publishing process. Karen Gill, I appreciate your thorough, precise copyediting and constantly joyful feedback. Mark Shirar, you created a fantastic cover and page design. And Tim Warner, thanks for a technical edit that truly left no block uncovered, no cobblestone unturned.

Writing a book always feels a long leap into the dark, with the only light often being close family and friends. I thank you all, in particular my dad, Tony; my siblings, Justin, Adele, and Siobhan; my dear friend Laura; and everyone else who gave me no end of encouragement, best wishes, and a chorus of variations on the very Australian goodonya.

Last, but by no means least, thank you, Amy, for your constant love, support, and encouragement.

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Imagine waking one morning thrust from your soft, cozy bed into a strange new world. A square sun crosses the sky. You have no tools or weaponsnothing but your bare, knobby hands. You briefly survey the landscape. Hills and forests surround you. A cow lows in the distance.

On a hunch you look for a Horn of Plentyanything that may deliver something useful. Every other RPG youve played has plenty of stuff lying around. But its a fruitless search with no cache in sight. Curiously, though, one of your random clicks does dig a hole in the ground. Interesting. But how does it help? You try again. Another hole. Hmmm.