The First Four Days (Minecraft Time)

   In The Beginning, You Appeared!

     When you appear, in your first survival world, you probably look around you and think, "I'm hopeless." If you have read this guide, you will survive. There are necessities you need, and there are things that can wait.

  The First Day

    When you first spawn, the first thing you need is food. Without food, you will be an easy target for hostile mobs that lurk mainly at night. You might have to cross a couple of biomes to find an animal that gives meat when killed. Edible animals include cows, pigs, and chickens. If you are truly desperate, look for a deciduous forest, and break the leaves on the trees. The chance of finding an apple are one in sixteen.

   

    The second necessity is shelter. You can use nearly any block in the game to make walls around a small space. That is all you need for the first day.

The First Night

    The night is full of danger. You can be running through a forest and fall into one of the many caverns that randomly appear across the map, and wander the endless caverns underground, and never find a way out. Or you could be walking through a desert and suddenly be attacked by a horde of zombies. You should try to obtain a weapon before it gets dark if you have food, but no shelter. The easiest weapon to craft is a wood sword. To make one, break a tree down and make wooden planks from the blocks. Turn two of the blocks into sticks, and place two of the wooden planks above one stick. It should defend you from the monsters that prefer melee combat. However, if your fortress is secure, you should not need a sword.

 

    

The Second Day

       Now that you have survived the horrors of the night, you are ready for the next day. Restock on food if you need to. (Note that in order to regenerate lost health, you need at least seven and a half points on the food bar) Break down everything you have and take it with you on your journey to find a place to settle. There are nine biomes to choose to settle in. They are: Deciduous Forest, Taiga, Mountainous, Tundra, Plains, Swamp, Desert, Jungle, and Mushroom Islands. The first eight are common, and be easily found if you keep walking in one direction. The Mushroom Islands however, are found in the open ocean. I suggest that you don't try to find one. It may take you many days and nights or longer.

      

      Once you have found the desirable land, rebuild your hut from the previous night, just in case. The next thing to do, is make a bed. In order to do this, you need three wood planks and three wool. Obtain wool by killing sheep. It doesn't matter what colour the wool is, as long as you get it. Craft the bed on your bench by putting the wool three across, and the wood below it in the same manner. Place it in your shelter. Make sure no hostile mobs can have access to it. The other things you need are tools. These will help you obtain resources such as wood and stone easier.

   

      The three important ones are the pickaxe, axe, and shovel. Make them from wood first. Then you can mine stone with the pickaxe and make stone tools. Now you should restock your food. It can't be stressed enough. Without enough food, you will die eventually. It is unavoidable. When you have your food, place your bed in your shelter and sleep. You may want to have an adventure this particular night, but now the choice is yours. You have a bed, which means if you die, you will respawn in your bed. The bed marks home.

The Third Day

     If you have followed the guide so far, you should still be alive. Congratulations! But now your mission to survive involves a little creativity. Once you have left your shelter, the time to build a permanent shelter is at hand. Choose your material from the land around you. The most commonly used building materials are cobblestone and wood. But you can choose whatever you want. Start with something simple, like a square or a rectangle with a roof, and place your bed inside. It is also recommendable to make a chest to place your   extra items. You can have a double chest if you want. Create a double chest by placing another chest beside the first one. A door is also an item you may want to place at your doorway. Where else would you put it? You should also make a furnace. You can cook food in it if you have charcoal or plain coal.

   After you have built a house, it is time to find or create your mine. Look around your general area. You should find a tunnel leading underground. Some are short, with a dead end, and some stretch for hundreds of meters. Or you could just start digging in a hillside. But before you do, remember the number one rule in Minecraft. Do not, under ANY circumstances, dig straight down. The probability of falling into a pit of lava 

or some random mineshaft is very high

 

   Once you have your mine, look for coloured blocks on the walls of the cave or your mineshaft. To mine most of these, you need an iron pickaxe. To mine iron, you need a stone pickaxe. Smelt the iron in your furnace to get ingots. With them, you can make tools and armour. The only block iron can't mine is obsidian.

The Fourth Day

   You are off to a great start. Now is the time to make sure the hostile mobs have a more difficult time getting to your house. You can start by making pitfall traps at least 2 blocks deep. If the mobs fall in it, they can't get out, leaving you an easy way to kill them. Another way is a wall surrounding your house, or even a fence. Cacti are also a good way to hurt them. Just break them by the base, and put a sand block where you want to put it near your house. 

Congratulations! 

You have completed the 

Minecraft: The Beginners Field Survival Guide

With the knowledge given to you through this manual,

you can pass on your knowledge to your fellow Minecraft 

buddies, beginners or veterans.

Now you can forge your own path.

Good Luck!

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Minecraft: The Beginners Field Survival Guide: 

Hostile Mobs