278 carts (mine)

TNT minecarts, 187-189 minecarts with chests (storage minecarts),

trains, minecarts as, 188 187
underground rails, 188 mining and, 81
cats, 127 Nether survival checklist, The, 235
caves, 222 opening, 54
cave spiders, 88-89 sizes of, 54
doors, importance of, 85 trapped chests, 163
lighting, 64 chickens, 127
mining arrows, crafting, 97
creating caves, 69 fences, 126
existing caves, 69 children in villages, 218, 221
shelter, building, 34 chopping down trees, 26
chairs, building, 141 circuits
character skins, 251 AND gates, 182-183
changing, 252, 255 NOR gates, 182
skin editor websites NOT gates (inverters), 180
Minecraftskins, 253 OR gates, 181
Novaskin, 254 repeater loops, 184
Skincraft, 253 cliffs
superhero skins, 262 Nether, The, 238
Steve, 252 shelter, building, 34
charcoal clocks, crafting, 144, 229
crafting, 37 closing doors, 36
furnaces, fueling, 40 clothing, dyeing wool, 130
chat window (HUD), 50 coal
cheats, 15 charcoal, crafting, 37
Allow Cheats setting (Create New World furnaces, fueling, 40
screen), 14
cobblestone, 60
seeding, 19
furnace, crafting, 38-39
spawning, 42
huts, building, 64
turning on, 67
Nether survival checklist, The, 234
chests
powered blocks, 166
Bonus Chests setting (Create New World
cobwebs as netting, 145
screen), 15
cocoa beans, 104-105
Chest icon (Creative mode inventory), 68
color
crafting, 54-55
armor, crafting, 100
Ender chests, 55, 232, 235
dyeing and, 130
crafting 279

combat. See also defenses zombies, 84-85

armor zombie pigmen, 91-92
crafting, 98-100 combining items and enchantments with an
critical hits, 94 anvil, 209
damage absorption, 99 Command Block, 267
arrows and bows compare mode (comparators), 170
arrow slits, 157 compasses
crafting, 96 Compass icon (Creative mode inventory),
End survival checklist, The, 243 68
fighting, 98 crafting, 61, 227
Nether survival checklist, The, 235 construction. See building
skeletons, 88, 96 controls
target practice, 98 A key, 25
combat category (Creative mode directional keys, 25
inventory), 68
D key, 25
critical hits, 94
E key, 27
creepers, 89-90, 102
Esc key, 25
critical hits, 94
FN key (Mac OSX), 20
enchantments, 204-205
left-handed options, 21
Ender Dragon, 246-249
list of controls, 19-20
Endermen, 91
Q key, 29
hostile mobs, 84
Shift key
iron golems, 93-94
pausing on ladders, 74
Peaceful mode, resting via, 57
sneaking around hazards, 81
skeletons, 87-89 S key, 25
slimes, 90-91 W key, 25, 56
snow golems, 92-93 cooking, 61
spiders, 86-87 cows, 127
cave spiders, 88-89 crafting. See also brewing; building;
spider jockeys, 89 growing
sprinting and, 95 anvils, 207
swords armor
blocking attacks, 95 color, 100
crafting, 32, 95 leather, 99
damage, dealing, 95 recipes, 99-100
End survival checklist, The, 243 requirements, 98-99
fighting with, 56 arrows and bows, 96
Nether survival checklist, The, 234 axes, 32
280 crafting

books, 200 foodstuffs, 67

bottles, 212 materials, 68
bowls, 124 miscellaneous, 67
bows and arrows, 96 moving items to Survival mode inventory, 68
chests, 54-55 redstone, 67
tools, 68
clocks, 229
transportation, 67
compasses, 61, 227
search bar, 68
Crafting grid (inventory), 27
underwater, building, 147
crafting tables, 29-30, 35
creepers, 56
furnaces, 38-39
defending against, 102
heat sources, 37-38
fighting, 89-90
light sources, 37-41
gunpowder and, 90
Minecraft: Xbox 360 edition, 31
swimming and, 90
multicrafting, 36
critical hits (combat), 94
pickaxes, 32
crop farming, 103
planks, 29
automated farms, 113
shortcuts, 35
crop selection, 116
shovels, 33
harvesting, 115
swords, 32, 95
piston harvesters, 117-118
tools sticky piston harvesters, 119
durability, 53 sugar cane, 122
handles, 30-31 water harvesters, 119-122
torches, 39-41 bones and, 110
wool, 42, 43 carrots, 105
Create New World screen choosing crops, 103-106
Allow Cheats setting, 14 cocoa beans, 104-105
Bonus Chest setting, 15 establishing farms
Generate Structures setting, 14 block to crop ratios, 107
World Type setting, 14 bone meal, 110
Creative mode, 17 difficult terrain, 106
compass icon, 68 fences, 109, 112
inventory, 66 growth cycles, 110
brewing, 68 harvesting, 112
building blocks, 67 lighting, 110
Chest icon, 68 location, 106-107
combat, 68 planting, 108
decoration blocks, 67 raised beds, 111-112
debug screen (HUD) 281

saving crops, 111 Forge mods, 259-260

water, 107-108, 112 installing, 259-260
fences, 104, 109, 112 jar files, 261
growth cycles, 110 Legendary Beasts website, 263
harvesting, 110-112, 115 More Explosives website, 262
lighting and, 104, 110 More Mobs website, 264
melons, 105 multiple mods, using, 258
permanent effects of, 259
Minecraft updates and, 107
REI’s MiniMap website, 263
piston farms, 113
removing, 260
crop selection, 116
restoring games, 259
harvesting, 115
superheroes website, 262
piston harvesters, 117-118
Too Many Items website, 261
sticky piston harvesters, 119
zip files, 261
sugar cane, 122
resource packs, 251, 255
water harvesters, 119-122
Dokucraft, 256-257
potatos, 105
downloading and pop-ups, 258
pumpkins, 105
Faithful 32, 257
raised beds, 104, 111-112
functionality, 256
saving crops, 111 installing, 256-257
seeds, 103, 108 Ovo2s Rustif, 257
self-suficiency, 104 pixels per texture, 257
sneaking and, 111 skins, 251
soil, 104 changing, 255
sugar cane, 104-106 Minecraftskins website, 253
automated farms, 122 Novaskin website, 254
piston farms, 122 Skincraft website, 253
tending farms, 104 Steve, 252
underground farms, 104, 123 superheroes, 262
wheat, 103, 106, 110-112
crosshairs (bows and arrows), targeting D
with, 98
D key, 25
current (vertical), 178-180
damage
customizing Minecraft
absorbing, 99
Minecraft launchers, 11
dealing, swords, 95
mods, 251
dandelions, dyeing with, 130
defining, 258
Dante’s influence on Minecraft, 242
finding, 265
debug screen (HUD), 50-51
282 decoration blocks

decoration blocks, 67 difficulty levels, 57

defenses. See also combat dining tables, building, 142
arrow slits, 157 directional keys, 25
barricades, 239 discarding inventory items, 29
caves, 85 ditches, building, 153-155
creeper attacks, 102 Dokucraft resource pack, 256-257
detection systems donkeys, 127
detector rails, 163-164, 189 HUD changes while riding, 50
pressure plates, 156 jumping with, 132
tripwires, 163 packing, 133
ditches, 153-154 riding, 130-132
doors, importance of, 85 taming, 130-132
emergency shelters, 38 doors
enchantments, 205-206 airlocks, building, 36
Ender Dragon, defeating, 246-249 as output devices, 172
perimeters, 153-157 automatic doors, building, 173-176
pits, 155-157 caves, 85
pressure plates, 156 installing, 37
spiders, 86 iron doors, 36, 235
towers, 155 opening/closing, 36
trapdoors, 172 sliding doors, building, 177-179
tunnels, 85 trapdoors, 172
walls, 86, 157 tunnels, 85
defensive mobs underwater, building, 150
iron golems, 93-94 down, digging straight down, 73
snow golems, 92-93 downloading
demo version Minecraft, 10-11
time span, 7 resource packs and pop-ups, 258
troubleshooting, 8 dungeons, 225-226
desert temples, 223-224 durability
destroying and reusing carts, 188 diamond, 52
detection systems gold, 51
detector rails, 163-164, 189 HUD, viewing stats in, 50
pressure plates, 156 iron, 52
tripwires, 163 stone, 52
diamonds, 52