Sword: A sword can be used to fight off hostile mobs as well as slaughter animals for food. Pickaxe: A pickaxe is used to mine stone and other minerals such as coal, iron, redstone, or diamond. Some minerals require a pickaxe made of a specific material to be mined. For example, iron ore requires a pickaxe made of stone or stronger to be mined. Diamond cannot be mined with anything less than an iron pickaxe. Axe: An axe makes it quicker to get wood from trees and can also be used as a weapon. Hoe: A hoe can be used to till the soil so that you can plant crops and make a garden. Shovel: A shovel can be used to dig. If you dig far enough underground, you can find stone and other minerals. Be careful not to dig straight down. You won’t be able to escape if you run into danger. Dig at an angle. Torches: Torches are crafted from sticks and coal or charcoal. They can be placed on walls and provide light. This allows you to see at night and wards off hostile mobs. Chest: A chest can be used to store objects from your inventory. If you die, you will drop everything in your inventory and be forced to recover everything. Use a chest to store items you don’t want to lose, but don’t need to carry with you. Bed: To craft a bed, you will need some wool from sheep and some wooden plank blocks. A bed allows you to safely sleep through the night (all players need to be in their beds), as well as respawn from the last bed you slept in if you die. Place a bed in your shelter and sleep in it so that you respawn in your shelter if you die. Furnace: Furnaces can be crafted out of cobblestone. Furnaces are used to cook food and smelt iron ore into iron blocks that can be used to make tools. Fishing rods: Fishing rods are crafted from a stick and some string, which can be gathered from slaughtering a spider. Fishing rods can be used to catch fish, which can be used for food. Boat: A boat is crafted form wooden plank blocks and a shovel. It can be used to safely and quickly traverse rivers and waterways.
Be careful not to lose your map. If you drop your map and lose it, you will need to craft a new one and start over again. Be careful not to wander too far from your shelter. Minecraft worlds are randomly generated and are virtually infinite in size. It’s very easy to get lost in Minecraft.
Blocks with black spots contain coal. Blocks with light yellow spots contain iron ore. Blocks with dark yellow spots contain gold ore. Blocks with light blue spots contain diamond. Blocks with green spots contain emerald. Blocks with dark blue spots contain lapis lazuli. Be careful. Caves are especially treacherous. They are full of hostile mobs, lava, and deadly drops. Don’t bring anything into a cave that you don’t need. It’s also very easy to get lost in caves. You may even want to place a chest at the cave entrance to store your findings and things you want to keep. Bring lots of torches. Placing torches not only helps illuminate your path, but they can also act as breadcrumbs to help you find your way out of the cave. Be sure to collect the torches on your way out. Be careful around lava. With the exception of netherite, any items dropped in lava will not be recoverable. Obsidian is the hardest material in the game. Obsidian is formed with still lava touches still water. It can often be found in caves It requires a diamond pickaxe to mine.
Horses, Mules, Llamas: You can tame horses, mules, and llamas by attempting to mount them repeatedly. When they stop bucking you off and show hearts over their head, they have been tamed. You can craft a lead to walk them. Horses and mules must have a saddle equipped in order to ride them. Dogs/Wolves: Collect bones that are dropped when you kill skeleton archers. Give them to wolves to tame them. When hearts appear over their head and it’s collar turns red, it has been tamed. Cats: Cats hang around villages. Give cats raw fish in order to tame them. When hearts appear over their head, they have been tamed.
You will not be able to earn any achievements or trophies in Creative mode. Achievements and trophies will be disabled on a Survival mode game once it has been switched to Creative mode or cheats are activated. Be sure to keep your Survival mode games and Creative mode games as separate save files. When you create a new game in Minecraft, you have the option to make a Flat World under “World Type” in the Game Settings menu. This creates a flat world with no trees, water, hills, mountains, or caves. You may want to consider creating a flat world when building structures. That way you don’t have to worry about landscaping before you start building.
