If you are reading this, you might be a little behind schedule.
I probably should have done this one first. Tools are essential for survival in Minecraft. Quoting a friend, " Ya won't last long without equipment in the field, bud!" Without an axe, pickaxe, and a shovel, starting out will not be a walk in the park.
Tools: Pickaxe
To get ores, stone, and a lot of other things, you need one of these. pickaxes are the main tool of Minecraft, being the only effective way of finding ore. To mine stone, you need a wood pickaxe. To mine most ores, you need need iron, which is only obtainable by use of a stone pickaxe.
To mine diamond, the second most strongest ore in the game, you will need an iron pickaxe. And to mine the hardest material in the game, obsidian, a diamond pickaxe is a necessity.
Tools: Axe
Wood is a necessity in Minecraft. You can get it by punching trees, or you could do it with an axe, which is way more efficient. An axe is almost as good as a sword. An axe will do half a heart less damage than a sword made of the same substance.
Axes cannot parry, but if a player is good at dealing critical hits, an axe is still affective.
Tools: Spade/Shovel
Shovels are used to... shovel dirt! Gasp! Using a shovel allows you to dig gravel, dirt and snow quickly. When you dig snow covers you get snowballs from it.
Shovels are basically useless when it comes to PVP/hostile mob combat.
Tools: Hoe
The tool that no one cares about. It's only purpose is to till soil for farming, so it would be a waste of resources and time to make one out of anything better than stone.
Well, good luck with everything!
Coming Soon:
Minecraft: The Beginner's Field Survival Guide: Horses
