The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - Xbox Edition
Covers both Xbox 360 and Xbox One Versions
Published on 1. December 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7897-5343-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft XBOX Edition
Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS!
Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it's an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don't enter that universe alone. Take an experienced guide who'll help you constantly as you learn the secrets of Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One!
Stephen O'Brien has been obsessing over Minecraft since its earliest betas. He's seen it all! Now, he'll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He'll reveal combat traps and tricks you need to know... teach you enchantments of unimaginable power... help you survive where few dare to go... help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Based on the international best-seller of the same name, this book is ideal for Minecrafters of all ages.
Quick-start guide for first-night survival to get started NOW
Customize your experience: monstrous, peaceful, and more
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters-let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) 14 types of hostile mobs
Get friendly mobs on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform your shelter into a palace (or a secret underwater base)
Create customized worlds with unique seeds
Learn the secrets of redstone devices, and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and The End
Play with up to eight of your friends on Xbox Live, or run in splitscreen mode
Stephen O'Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books, including several best-sellers. O'Brien founded Typefi, the world's leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He's a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.
Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS!
Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it's an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don't enter that universe alone. Take an experienced guide who'll help you constantly as you learn the secrets of Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One!
Stephen O'Brien has been obsessing over Minecraft since its earliest betas. He's seen it all! Now, he'll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He'll reveal combat traps and tricks you need to know... teach you enchantments of unimaginable power... help you survive where few dare to go... help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Based on the international best-seller of the same name, this book is ideal for Minecrafters of all ages.
Quick-start guide for first-night survival to get started NOW
Customize your experience: monstrous, peaceful, and more
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters-let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) 14 types of hostile mobs
Get friendly mobs on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform your shelter into a palace (or a secret underwater base)
Create customized worlds with unique seeds
Learn the secrets of redstone devices, and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and The End
Play with up to eight of your friends on Xbox Live, or run in splitscreen mode
Stephen O'Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books, including several best-sellers. O'Brien founded Typefi, the world's leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He's a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.
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Stephen O'Brien 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 world's leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time he invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been using Minecraft since its alpha release and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders.
Content
Introduction 1
What's in This Book 1
How to Use This Book 3
Crafting Recipes 3
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Starting a New Game 6
More Options 11
Single-player Game Modes 13
Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games 14
Understanding World Seeds 18
Controls 19
The Bottom Line 20
Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 23
Surviving and Thriving 23
Heading for the Trees 25
Using Your Inventory 26
Building a Crafting Table 29
Let's Build Some Tools 30
Creating a Shelter 32
The Furnace Is Your Friend 36
Let There Be Light 36
Slumbering with Lumber 38
The Bottom Line 41
Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 43
Introducing the HUD 43
Avoiding Getting Lost 46
Improving Your Tools 47
Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 50
Avoiding Monsters 51
Hunger Management 54
Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 55
Food on the Run 57
Finding a Building Site 58
A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61
The Bottom Line 64
Chapter 4 Mining 65
Dig Deep, My Friend 65
The Mining Layer Cake Guide 67
Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 69
Descending to Layer 11 70
The 2x1 Ladder Descent 70
The Straight Staircase 72
The Spiral Staircase 73
Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75
Staying Safe While You Mine 77
The Bottom Line 78
Chapter 5 Combat School 81
Introducing the Menagerie 81
Zombies 82
Spiders 84
Skeletons 85
Cave Spiders 86
Spider Jockeys 87
Creepers 88
Slimes 89
Endermen 90
Zombie Pigmen 90
Defensive Mobs 91
Snow Golems 91
Iron Golems 92
Weapons and Armor 93
Swordcraft 94
Bows and Arrows 94
Armor-All 97
Color-Coordinate Your Leather 100
The Bottom Line 101
Chapter 6 Crop Farming 103
Choosing a Crop 103
Finding Seeds in Elysium 106
Establishing a Wheat Farm 108
Automated Farms 114
Creating a Piston Harvester 118
Sticky Piston Harvesting 120
Creating a Water Harvester 121
Harvesting Other Crops 124
The Bottom Line 125
Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 127
Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 127
Breeding Animals 130
Riding Pigs 133
Fishing 134
The Bottom Line 134
Chapter 8 Creative Construction 137
Leaving the Cave 137
Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 140
Building Underwater 147
Protecting Your Perimeter 153
Becoming a Ditch Witch 153
Mob Pitfalls 155
Thick as a Brick 157
The Bottom Line 157
Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 159
Seeing Red: A Beginner's Guide 160
Power Sources 160
Redstone Wiring 163
Powered Blocks 164
Repeaters 166
Output Devices 168
Automatic Doors 170
Vertical Currents 176
Advanced Circuits 177
NOT Gates, aka Inverters 177
OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 178
AND Gates, Two True 179
Repeater Loops 180
Rail Transport 181
Have Minecart, Will Travel 181
Rolling on Rails 183
Making Tracks and Stations 184
Halfway Stations 185
The Bottom Line 186
Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 187
Enchanting Wiles 187
Creating and Mining Obsidian 189
Crafting Books 192
Casting Enchantments 192
Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 194
Earning and Managing Experience 195
Sprucing Up Your Weapons 196
Enhancing Your Armor 197
Improving Your Tools 197
Hammer It Out with the Anvil 198
Brewing Potions 200
Brewing Up a Storm 203
Enhancing Potions 205
The Bottom Line 207
Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 209
Village Life 209
Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 212
Other Structures 214
Desert Temples 215
Jungle Temples 216
Dungeons 217
Abandoned Mineshafts 218
Strongholds 218
Nether Fortresses 219
Mapping, or There and Back Again 219
Crafting a Clock 220
The Bottom Line 221
Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 223
Alternate Dimensions 223
Getting to The Nether 226
Portal Magic 227
Surviving the Nether Fortress 231
Nether Mobs 232
The End Game 234
Finding a Stronghold 236
Defeating the Ender Dragon 239
The Bottom Line 243
Index 245
What's in This Book 1
How to Use This Book 3
Crafting Recipes 3
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Starting a New Game 6
More Options 11
Single-player Game Modes 13
Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games 14
Understanding World Seeds 18
Controls 19
The Bottom Line 20
Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 23
Surviving and Thriving 23
Heading for the Trees 25
Using Your Inventory 26
Building a Crafting Table 29
Let's Build Some Tools 30
Creating a Shelter 32
The Furnace Is Your Friend 36
Let There Be Light 36
Slumbering with Lumber 38
The Bottom Line 41
Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 43
Introducing the HUD 43
Avoiding Getting Lost 46
Improving Your Tools 47
Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 50
Avoiding Monsters 51
Hunger Management 54
Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 55
Food on the Run 57
Finding a Building Site 58
A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61
The Bottom Line 64
Chapter 4 Mining 65
Dig Deep, My Friend 65
The Mining Layer Cake Guide 67
Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 69
Descending to Layer 11 70
The 2x1 Ladder Descent 70
The Straight Staircase 72
The Spiral Staircase 73
Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75
Staying Safe While You Mine 77
The Bottom Line 78
Chapter 5 Combat School 81
Introducing the Menagerie 81
Zombies 82
Spiders 84
Skeletons 85
Cave Spiders 86
Spider Jockeys 87
Creepers 88
Slimes 89
Endermen 90
Zombie Pigmen 90
Defensive Mobs 91
Snow Golems 91
Iron Golems 92
Weapons and Armor 93
Swordcraft 94
Bows and Arrows 94
Armor-All 97
Color-Coordinate Your Leather 100
The Bottom Line 101
Chapter 6 Crop Farming 103
Choosing a Crop 103
Finding Seeds in Elysium 106
Establishing a Wheat Farm 108
Automated Farms 114
Creating a Piston Harvester 118
Sticky Piston Harvesting 120
Creating a Water Harvester 121
Harvesting Other Crops 124
The Bottom Line 125
Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 127
Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 127
Breeding Animals 130
Riding Pigs 133
Fishing 134
The Bottom Line 134
Chapter 8 Creative Construction 137
Leaving the Cave 137
Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 140
Building Underwater 147
Protecting Your Perimeter 153
Becoming a Ditch Witch 153
Mob Pitfalls 155
Thick as a Brick 157
The Bottom Line 157
Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 159
Seeing Red: A Beginner's Guide 160
Power Sources 160
Redstone Wiring 163
Powered Blocks 164
Repeaters 166
Output Devices 168
Automatic Doors 170
Vertical Currents 176
Advanced Circuits 177
NOT Gates, aka Inverters 177
OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 178
AND Gates, Two True 179
Repeater Loops 180
Rail Transport 181
Have Minecart, Will Travel 181
Rolling on Rails 183
Making Tracks and Stations 184
Halfway Stations 185
The Bottom Line 186
Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 187
Enchanting Wiles 187
Creating and Mining Obsidian 189
Crafting Books 192
Casting Enchantments 192
Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 194
Earning and Managing Experience 195
Sprucing Up Your Weapons 196
Enhancing Your Armor 197
Improving Your Tools 197
Hammer It Out with the Anvil 198
Brewing Potions 200
Brewing Up a Storm 203
Enhancing Potions 205
The Bottom Line 207
Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 209
Village Life 209
Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 212
Other Structures 214
Desert Temples 215
Jungle Temples 216
Dungeons 217
Abandoned Mineshafts 218
Strongholds 218
Nether Fortresses 219
Mapping, or There and Back Again 219
Crafting a Clock 220
The Bottom Line 221
Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 223
Alternate Dimensions 223
Getting to The Nether 226
Portal Magic 227
Surviving the Nether Fortress 231
Nether Mobs 232
The End Game 234
Finding a Stronghold 236
Defeating the Ender Dragon 239
The Bottom Line 243
Index 245