Minecraft Secrets & Cheats: 100% Unofficial

IT’S INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT MINECRAFT HAS ALREADY BEEN AROUND FOR TEN YEARS AND COUNTING - AND IT JUST KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER AND BETTER! THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER VIDEOGAME QUITE LIKE IT OUT THERE. IT’S ALSO A GAME PACKED WITH SECRETS, INTRICACIES AND A HUGE NUMBER OF THINGS TO DO, WHICH IS WHERE THIS HANDY GUIDE COMES IN. OVER THE COMING PAGES, WE’VE CRAMMED IN AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ABOUT THE GAME. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU RIGHT THROUGH THE BASICS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET STARTED, THEN SHOW YOU HOW TO SURVIVE AND EVEN THRIVE IN THE GAME. FINALLY, WE FINISH OFF WITH SOME ADVANCED STUFF AT THE BACK! IT ALL STARTS OVER THE PAGE, SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY FOR THE AMAZING ADVENTURE AHEAD! AND MOST…

YOUR NEW HOME The Overworld is the most varied and friendly of Minecraft’s three dimensions – the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Whether you play alone or with friends, you’ll spend most of your time in this dimension, exploring its landscape, gathering materials, and creating your own items and structures. The Overworld is made of blocks and populated by mobs – that’s short for “mobiles”, meaning anything that has a mind of its own, from fish to creepers to villagers. Some are hostile, some are friendly, and you’ll have to learn the difference pretty quickly! BIOMES The Overworld is divided into medium-sized “biomes” which have their own properties. A desert biome is mostly made of sand blocks with very few interesting features, while a jungle biome grows thick with trees and fruit. Every…

WHAT ARE BLOCKS? Blocks make up the landscape of Minecraft. The ground is made of stone, dirt and gravel blocks, the ocean is made of water blocks, and even the sky is (technically) made of air blocks! The rough size of a block is 1 metre cubed, and the player is about 1.6 blocks tall. Anything that isn’t an item or a mob is probably a block of some kind. Blocks can be mined, collected, destroyed, moved – even, in some cases, eaten! They have a huge number of properties, and learning how they interact is essential. INTERACTING WITH BLOCKS When you place the central cursor over a block, you‘ll notice it will become brighter (or get a small, black outline around it, depending on which version you’re playing). This shows you which block…

WHAT ARE ITEMS? Items differ from blocks in that you normally carry them, rather than place them in the world. If dropped, an item will float in place on the ground until it gets collected, although if it’s left for a long time it might despawn (disappear). Items can be crafted from other blocks or other items, though you may also find them stored in loot chests or item frames. A huge number of items are valuable and rare, so be on the lookout – learning what you can craft easily and what you should try to collect is an essential skill! INVENTORY & ITEMS Items and blocks that you collect are stored in the inventory. You have a few types of inventory. The quickbar is always visible as you play, and where you store…

HOW TO CRAFT You need to put the items you wish to craft with on a crafting grid. Players have a 2x2 crafting grid for simple creations (e.g.combining coal and a stick to make torches), but you can access a wider 3x3 crafting grid on a crafting table, or use specialised tools such as anvils, brewing stands and more. We’ll get to them! To craft, place the items on the crafting grid. Sometimes they have to be in a particular pattern, but the recipe book, which fills in as you discover new blocks and items, will help. If you can craft something with the inputs you’ve used, it will appear in the output slot next to the crafting grid. Remember, you haven’t crafted it until you remove the item from the output…

HOW TO MINE Mining doesn’t just mean breaking stone; breaking any block is mining it. You can mine by punching something with your fist, or using a tool like a pickaxe or shovel on it. When you start mining a block, it gradually becomes more cracked until it breaks, at which point it will drop an item, drop itself or disappear. If you stop mining before a block’s fully broken, it will reset – you can’t partially mine blocks, then come back later! Blocks are mined at different speeds. You can usually make it quicker using the correct tool. Stone blocks require a pickaxe, dirt, gravel and sand blocks need a shovel, wood blocks need axes, and so on. Sometimes you can’t collect a block without using the right tool or material.…