Minecraft Basics For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/tech))

Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
	About This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	Conventions Used in This Book
	Beyond the Book
Part 1 Getting Started with Minecraft
	Chapter 1 Minecraft Is for Everyone — But What Is It?
		Playing Minecraft with the Children in Your Life
			Getting a handle on the basics
			Playing in Creative mode
			Winning the game
		Letting Minecraft Help You Teach
		Knowing Where to Get Started with Minecraft
		Keeping Your Kids Safe
			Knowing with whom your kids are playing
			Subscribing to Minecraft channels on YouTube
		Teaching Proper Minecraft Etiquette
			Preventing server crashes
			Recognizing that stealing is wrong
			Asking permission
	Chapter 2 Scratching the Surface of Minecraft
		Figuring Out Where to Play Minecraft: Console Round-Up
		Purchasing and Installing Minecraft
		Playing the Game
			Meeting the cast
			Sorting out the gamemodes
			The For Dummies guide to Minecraft slang
			Understanding basic controls
			The hostile and friendly mobs in the Overworld
		Discovering Tools
		Interacting with Various Blocks
	Chapter 3 Let’s Go! Playing the Game and Surviving the First Night
		Viewing the World Around You
		Operating the Basic Minecraft Controls
		Watching the Heads-Up Display (HUD)
		Preparing for Your First Night
			Harvesting trees
			Building a crafting table and shelter
				Crafting the crafting table
				Building or finding shelter
			Making sticks and wooden tools
		Completing Optional Day 1 Activities
			Building a full house
			Constructing a chest
			Mining cobblestone and coal
			Building a bed
		Surviving the Night
			Switching from Peaceful mode to Easy mode to Normal mode
			Surviving the first night: Three strategies to light the way
				Strategy 1: Implement the basic strategy
				Strategy 2: Use the safe strategy with popular optional activities
				Strategy 3: Plan an adventure strategy
Part 2 Getting a Handle on the Basic Skills
	Chapter 4 Surviving Hunger
		Keeping Hunger at Bay
			Finding food
	Chapter 5 Discovering Blocks and Items
		Starting in the Wooden Age
			The overwhelming need for wood
			There’s a wood for that
		Pillaging and Plundering
			Knowing when to loot and when not to
			Where to go, what to find
		Surviving the Stone Age
			The cheap and plentiful
				The necessities
				The path to iron
		Advancing to the Iron Age
			Making and mastering weapons
			Stringing the bow
			Strapping the shield
		Using Utility Blocks
			Smelting and cooking
			Jukebox and note block
			Stonecutter and loom
		Building an Effective House or Base
		Knowing Where to Store Items
	Chapter 6 Exploring Biomes
		Knowing What’s What with Biomes
		Excavating Structures
Part 3 Expanding Your Skills
	Chapter 7 Creating Farms in Your World
		Working with Crops and Animals
			Growing crops
				Farming wheat, carrots, potatoes, and beetroot
				Harvesting melons and pumpkins
			Knowing the basic plants
				Reaping sugar cane
				Utilizing cacti
				Enjoying cocoa beans
				Finding nether wart
				Chopping down trees
				Breaking bamboo
				Finding glow berries and dripleaf
				Savoring sweet berries
			Attracting animals
			Growing mushrooms
			Raising pets
		Setting Up Basic Farms
			Creating basic animal farms
			Growing basic plant farms
		Automating Farms
			Simplifying basic redstone blocks
				Observing observers
				Activating pistons
				Dispensing dispensers
				Siphoning with hoppers
			Building an automated plant farm
			Building an automated animal farm
	Chapter 8 Exploring the Minecraft Underground by Mining and Caving
		Exploring the Mines
			Biomes
				Lush caves
				Dripstone caves
				Deep dark
			Underground structures
				Abandoned mineshafts
				Dungeons
				Geodes
				Ancient City
		Mining Efficiently
			Cave mining
				Benefitting from cave mining tips
				Navigating ravines and canyons
			Digging into branch mining
				Getting a handle on simple branch mining
				Spinning into pinwheel branch mining
				Digging into tiered branch mining
			Stepping into staircase mining
			Building a quarry
			Ripping into strip mining
			Rushing into speed mining
		Staying Safe While Mining
	Chapter 9 Leading Your Village
		Trading in Villages
			Exploring villager professions
			Trading with emeralds
				Restoring a villager
				Gossiping
		Trading Your Way to Wealth
			Farming for farmers
			Farming sugarcane
			Killing zombies
			Shearing sheep
		Raiding and Illagers
			Locating illagers
			Raiding villages
				If you’re playing on Bedrock Edition
				If you’re playing on Java Edition
				Totems of undying
				Tips for defeating raids
	Chapter 10 Powering Up with Weapons and Potions
		Enchanting Weapons, Tools, and Armor
			Enchanting an item
			Benefiting from enchantments
			Repairing items on the anvil
		Brewing Potions
			Brewing basic potions
			Using potions
			Modifying potions
			Brewing negative potions
			Brewing splash potions
	Chapter 11 Advancing to the Nether, The End, and Beyond
		Reaching the Nether
			Making the nether portal
			Finding ruined portals
			Entering the Nether
				Understanding the Nether’s biomes
				Placing nether blocks
				Growing nether trees
				Distinguishing the various mobs
				Bartering with piglins
			Exploring the nether structures
				Navigating the nether fortress
				Tiptoeing through a bastion remnant
				Converting a ruined portal into a working portal
		Advancing in the Nether
			Grabbing resources before leaving the Nether
			Leaving the Nether
		Adventuring to The End
			Bringing along items to help find The End
			Locating the Stronghold
			Exploring the Stronghold
			The foreboding portal room
		Ending with The End
			Entering The End
			Fighting the ender dragon
				Breaking the crystals
				Defeating the dragon
				Benefitting from some outstanding tips and tricks
			Entering The End via the exit portal
		Going Beyond the Ender Dragon
		Surviving the Afterglow of The End
		Building the Beacon
	Chapter 12 Expanding Your Minecraft Experience
		Starting and Joining a Private Multiplayer World
			Bedrock Edition
			Java Edition
			Creating a Realms world
		Joining Public Servers
			Bedrock Edition
			Java Edition
		“Cheating” for Minecraft
			Using commands that any players can use
				Typing commands that cheat
			Using gamerules to your advantage
		Checking Out External Sites and Resources
			Watching Minecraft media
				Finding Minecraft YouTube groups
				Watching building-focused YouTube channels
				Viewing SMP YouTube videos
				Speedrunning Minecraft
				Digging into advanced topics with Minecraft tutorials
			Listening to Minecraft music
Part 4 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 13 Ten Things Adults Should Try in Minecraft (Adults Only!)
		Grasp the Basics of the Game
		Play with Your Children
		Know Who Your Children Play With
		Stay Safe in Minecraft
		Use Minecraft as a Teaching Tool
		Divorced with Kids? Coparent Better by Using Minecraft
		Learn about Minecraft
		See Minecraft as More than a Game
		Host a Server
		Teach a Class
	Chapter 14 Ten Helpful Survival Tips
		Dig Safely
		Cook Efficiently
		Obtain Obsidian and Build Portals Quickly
		Mine in the Right Location
		Avoid Overexertion
		Defeat Basic Mobs
		Obtain Experience Points
		Craft Quickly
		Check Basic Equipment
		Find Natural Comfort
Glossary
Index
EULA