Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft, The
3rd Edition
Published on 8. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-7897-5572-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft, Third 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. More than ever, you need an experienced guide who'll help you constantly as you learn Minecraft's newest, most powerful secrets! From Minecraft's earliest betas to its newest combat upgrades, Stephen O'Brien has seen it all! Now, he'll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He'll reveal brand-new combat traps and tricks you need to know, teach you enchantments of unimaginable power, help you survive where few dare to go, and help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft!
Quick-start guide for first-night survival
Master exciting combat techniques including Minecraft 1.9's dual-wielding and shields
Customize your experience-from peaceful to monstrous
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters-let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) all the hostile mobs
Get friendly critters on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform even the simplest shelter into a palace
Explore ocean monuments and gather golden treasure from the deeps
Create new worlds and master the fine art of terraforming and installing mods
Learn the secrets of redstone devices and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and the expanded End region
Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB.
Register your book at www.quepublising.com/register and receive 35% off your next purchase.
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. More than ever, you need an experienced guide who'll help you constantly as you learn Minecraft's newest, most powerful secrets! From Minecraft's earliest betas to its newest combat upgrades, Stephen O'Brien has seen it all! Now, he'll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He'll reveal brand-new combat traps and tricks you need to know, teach you enchantments of unimaginable power, help you survive where few dare to go, and help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft!
Quick-start guide for first-night survival
Master exciting combat techniques including Minecraft 1.9's dual-wielding and shields
Customize your experience-from peaceful to monstrous
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters-let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) all the hostile mobs
Get friendly critters on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform even the simplest shelter into a palace
Explore ocean monuments and gather golden treasure from the deeps
Create new worlds and master the fine art of terraforming and installing mods
Learn the secrets of redstone devices and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and the expanded End region
Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB.
Register your book at www.quepublising.com/register and receive 35% off your next purchase.
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Stephen O'Brien
Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - Xbox Edition, The
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The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft
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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 28 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 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. The first edition of this book was an international bestseller. Stephen is also the author of The Advanced Minecraft Strategy Guide, published by Que.
Content
Introduction to the Third Edition 1
What's In This Book 2
How to Use This Book 4
Crafting Recipes 4
There's More Online... 4
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Registering and Downloading 5
Registering a Mojang Account 7
Purchasing Minecraft 8
Launching Minecraft 10
Starting a New Game 13
Choosing a World-Generation Style 14
Singleplayer Game Modes 17
Seeding Your World 19
About Snapshots 20
Controls 21
The Bottom Line 23
Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 25
Surviving and Thriving 25
Heading for the Trees 27
Using Your Inventory 29
Building a Crafting Table 31
Building Some Tools 32
Creating a Shelter 36
The Furnace Is Your Friend 40
Let There Be Light 42
Slumbering with Lumber 44
Tools and Their (Over)Use 47
A Bit About Achievements 47
What Is This "Bonus Chest" You Speak Of? 48
The Bottom Line 50
Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 5 1
Introducing the HUD 51
Improving Your Tools 56
Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 58
Avoiding Monsters 61
Hunger Management 63
Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 64
Getting Food on the Run 66
Finding a Building Site 68
Using the Creative Mode Inventory 71
The Bottom Line 73
Chapter 4 Mining 75
Dig Deep, My Friend 75
The Mining Layer Cake Guide 77
Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 80
Descending to Layer 11 82
The 2x1 Ladder Descent 82
The Straight Staircase 84
The Spiral Staircase 85
Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 86
Staying Safe While You Mine 88
The Bottom Line 90
Chapter 5 Combat School 91
Introducing the Menagerie 91
Zombies 92
Spiders 93
Skeletons 95
Cave Spiders 95
Spider Jockeys 96
Chicken Jockeys 96
Creepers 97
Slimes 97
Endermen 98
Zombie Pigmen 99
Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog 99
Guardians and Elder Guardians 99
Defensive Mobs 100
Snow Golems 100
Iron Golems 101
The Dogs of War 101
Mob Target Practice 102
Weapons, Armor, and Shields 103
Swordcraft 104
Bows and Arrows 105
Shields 108
Armor-All 109
Color-Coordinating Your Leather 111
Taking Combat Damage and Healing 112
The Bottom Line 113
Chapter 6 Crop Farming 115
Choosing a Crop 115
Cooking with Minecraft 119
Minecraft Bakery 119
Minecraft BBQ 119
Alchemy Eatery 120
Raw Food Diet 120
Eat at Your Own Risk 120
Establishing a Farm 121
Automated Farms 128
Creating a Piston Harvester 132
Sticky Piston Harvesting 135
Creating a Water Harvester 136
Harvesting Other Crops 138
The Bottom Line 140
Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 141
Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 141
Using Leads 145
Breeding Animals 146
Dying for Dye? 147
Taming and Riding Horses, Donkeys, and More 148
Armoring Your Horse 150
Loading Up the Pack 150
Riding Pigs 151
Fishing 152
Ah, the Squid 153
The Bottom Line 154
Chapter 8 Creative Construction 155
Leaving the Cave 155
Building a Custom World 159
Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 161
Building Underwater 169
Getting Started 172
Building the Structure 174
Protecting Your Perimeter 176
Become a Ditch Witch 176
Mob Pitfalls 178
Thick as a Brick 179
Making Fireworks 180
The Bottom Line 183
Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 185
Seeing Red: A Beginner's Guide 186
Power Sources and Signals 186
Redstone Wiring 190
Powered Blocks 192
Modifiers 194
Repeaters 194
Comparators 197
Output Devices 198
Automatic Doors 200
Vertical Currents 206
Advanced Circuits 207
NOT Gates, aka Inverters 208
OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 208
AND Gates, Two TRUE 210
Repeater Loops 211
Rail Transport 212
Have Minecart, Will Travel 213
Rolling on Rails 216
Making Tracks and Stations 217
T-Junctions 218
Halfway Stations 219
A Word About Hoppers 220
The Bottom Line 221
Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 223
Enchanting Wiles 223
Creating and Mining Obsidian 225
Crafting Books 228
Casting Enchantments 228
Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 230
Earning and Managing Experience 232
Sprucing Up Your Weapons 233
Enhancing Your Armor 234
Improving Your Tools 235
Hammering It Out with the Anvil 235
Brewing Potions 237
Brewing Up a Storm 240
Enhancing Potions 242
The Bottom Line 243
Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 245
Village Life 245
Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 248
Hidden Temples and Other Structures 251
Desert Temples 252
Jungle Temples 252
Witch Huts 254
Dungeons 254
Abandoned Mine Shafts 255
Strongholds 255
Ocean Monuments 256
Nether Fortresses 257
Mapping, or There and Back Again 257
Crafting a Clock 260
The Bottom Line 261
Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 263
Alternate Dimensions 263
Getting to The Nether 266
Portal Magic 268
Surviving the Nether Fortress 271
Nether Mobs 272
The End Game 275
Finding a Stronghold 276
Defeating the Ender Dragon 278
Beckoning a Beacon 285
The Bottom Line 289
Chapter 13 Mods and Multiplayer 291
Customizing Your Experience 291
Changing the Skin You're In 292
Minecraft Skin Editors 293
Miners Need Cool Shoes 294
The Skindex 294
Novaskin 294
Loading Your New Skin 296
Resource Packs: Change Your World 296
Mind My Mods 299
Installing Forge Mods 301
TooManyItems 303
Ruins 304
Progressive Automation 305
VoxelMap 305
Multiplayer Madness 306
Sharing and Joining on a LAN 307
Joining a Multiplayer Server 309
Hosting a Multiplayer Server 312
Spectator Mode 315
The Bottom Line 316
Index 317
What's In This Book 2
How to Use This Book 4
Crafting Recipes 4
There's More Online... 4
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Registering and Downloading 5
Registering a Mojang Account 7
Purchasing Minecraft 8
Launching Minecraft 10
Starting a New Game 13
Choosing a World-Generation Style 14
Singleplayer Game Modes 17
Seeding Your World 19
About Snapshots 20
Controls 21
The Bottom Line 23
Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 25
Surviving and Thriving 25
Heading for the Trees 27
Using Your Inventory 29
Building a Crafting Table 31
Building Some Tools 32
Creating a Shelter 36
The Furnace Is Your Friend 40
Let There Be Light 42
Slumbering with Lumber 44
Tools and Their (Over)Use 47
A Bit About Achievements 47
What Is This "Bonus Chest" You Speak Of? 48
The Bottom Line 50
Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 5 1
Introducing the HUD 51
Improving Your Tools 56
Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 58
Avoiding Monsters 61
Hunger Management 63
Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 64
Getting Food on the Run 66
Finding a Building Site 68
Using the Creative Mode Inventory 71
The Bottom Line 73
Chapter 4 Mining 75
Dig Deep, My Friend 75
The Mining Layer Cake Guide 77
Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 80
Descending to Layer 11 82
The 2x1 Ladder Descent 82
The Straight Staircase 84
The Spiral Staircase 85
Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 86
Staying Safe While You Mine 88
The Bottom Line 90
Chapter 5 Combat School 91
Introducing the Menagerie 91
Zombies 92
Spiders 93
Skeletons 95
Cave Spiders 95
Spider Jockeys 96
Chicken Jockeys 96
Creepers 97
Slimes 97
Endermen 98
Zombie Pigmen 99
Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog 99
Guardians and Elder Guardians 99
Defensive Mobs 100
Snow Golems 100
Iron Golems 101
The Dogs of War 101
Mob Target Practice 102
Weapons, Armor, and Shields 103
Swordcraft 104
Bows and Arrows 105
Shields 108
Armor-All 109
Color-Coordinating Your Leather 111
Taking Combat Damage and Healing 112
The Bottom Line 113
Chapter 6 Crop Farming 115
Choosing a Crop 115
Cooking with Minecraft 119
Minecraft Bakery 119
Minecraft BBQ 119
Alchemy Eatery 120
Raw Food Diet 120
Eat at Your Own Risk 120
Establishing a Farm 121
Automated Farms 128
Creating a Piston Harvester 132
Sticky Piston Harvesting 135
Creating a Water Harvester 136
Harvesting Other Crops 138
The Bottom Line 140
Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 141
Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 141
Using Leads 145
Breeding Animals 146
Dying for Dye? 147
Taming and Riding Horses, Donkeys, and More 148
Armoring Your Horse 150
Loading Up the Pack 150
Riding Pigs 151
Fishing 152
Ah, the Squid 153
The Bottom Line 154
Chapter 8 Creative Construction 155
Leaving the Cave 155
Building a Custom World 159
Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 161
Building Underwater 169
Getting Started 172
Building the Structure 174
Protecting Your Perimeter 176
Become a Ditch Witch 176
Mob Pitfalls 178
Thick as a Brick 179
Making Fireworks 180
The Bottom Line 183
Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 185
Seeing Red: A Beginner's Guide 186
Power Sources and Signals 186
Redstone Wiring 190
Powered Blocks 192
Modifiers 194
Repeaters 194
Comparators 197
Output Devices 198
Automatic Doors 200
Vertical Currents 206
Advanced Circuits 207
NOT Gates, aka Inverters 208
OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 208
AND Gates, Two TRUE 210
Repeater Loops 211
Rail Transport 212
Have Minecart, Will Travel 213
Rolling on Rails 216
Making Tracks and Stations 217
T-Junctions 218
Halfway Stations 219
A Word About Hoppers 220
The Bottom Line 221
Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 223
Enchanting Wiles 223
Creating and Mining Obsidian 225
Crafting Books 228
Casting Enchantments 228
Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 230
Earning and Managing Experience 232
Sprucing Up Your Weapons 233
Enhancing Your Armor 234
Improving Your Tools 235
Hammering It Out with the Anvil 235
Brewing Potions 237
Brewing Up a Storm 240
Enhancing Potions 242
The Bottom Line 243
Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 245
Village Life 245
Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 248
Hidden Temples and Other Structures 251
Desert Temples 252
Jungle Temples 252
Witch Huts 254
Dungeons 254
Abandoned Mine Shafts 255
Strongholds 255
Ocean Monuments 256
Nether Fortresses 257
Mapping, or There and Back Again 257
Crafting a Clock 260
The Bottom Line 261
Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 263
Alternate Dimensions 263
Getting to The Nether 266
Portal Magic 268
Surviving the Nether Fortress 271
Nether Mobs 272
The End Game 275
Finding a Stronghold 276
Defeating the Ender Dragon 278
Beckoning a Beacon 285
The Bottom Line 289
Chapter 13 Mods and Multiplayer 291
Customizing Your Experience 291
Changing the Skin You're In 292
Minecraft Skin Editors 293
Miners Need Cool Shoes 294
The Skindex 294
Novaskin 294
Loading Your New Skin 296
Resource Packs: Change Your World 296
Mind My Mods 299
Installing Forge Mods 301
TooManyItems 303
Ruins 304
Progressive Automation 305
VoxelMap 305
Multiplayer Madness 306
Sharing and Joining on a LAN 307
Joining a Multiplayer Server 309
Hosting a Multiplayer Server 312
Spectator Mode 315
The Bottom Line 316
Index 317