User:Malde37/Survival Guide (For all)

Welcome to Malde37's guide on survival mode for Minecraft Beta.

Let's get started.

Intro
This guide is meant for anyone. Regardless of how much you've played, how long you've had this game, or how much you read on this wiki, this guide will walk you through the steps of surviving in epic landscapes, from hordes of monsters. It will talk about efficient ways to mine, where to put houses, when to start heading home, etc.

Ready?

Chapter 1: Seeds
When generating a world, you are prompted to input a world generation seed. For the most part, these are left empty, and a pseudo-random generator picks one based on your computer's clock. There is a compilation of seeds users have used, what they do, what they have etc. here: at the Minecraft Forum

Here are some that I've used and liked.

108 ^^ This gave me massive arches, tons of ore, and alot of rescouces in general. A nice map.

1 ^^ This is a good, easy map.

omgjizzfacelol ^^ This is mineral rich (Excuse the name)

Okay, so really, you don't have to enter anything, but it's completely up to you.

You can button mash if you'd like, but anyone who types in the same things, will get the same map.

Let's keep moving.

Chapter 2: Punching Trees and Digging Houses
Picture this: You wake up on a deserted island. Farm animals every where, monsters around at night. What do you do? Punch trees.

You'll need about five or more pieces of plain wood to get yourself a working house. When I say working house, I mean a cave with a door, a crafting table, a furnace, and a bed, maybe a treasure chest and some pictures, too.

First things first. Hit I (Or whatever you set for inventory) and put you freshly-punched trees in the "Crafting" box near the top right. To the right of that will be wooden planks. click the planks until all the wood is gone, and right click, planks in hand, all four squares of the crafting grid. This should produce a Crafting Table.

Next, using your fist (Or the table, or a tree, or dirt), Find a hillside near sand and/or trees. Dig a 1x2 (Two high, one wide) door in the side, either at the bottom or one block up (I'll explain later,), and dig a small room inside. I reccomend 6x5 (Five deep, six wide), and make sure there are no holes in the cieling(If there are, seal them up with dirt. Place (Put in your hand and right-click) the Crafting Table a the corner nearest the door. Now, right click the table. This should bring up a window with your inventory, and a 3x3 crafting grid. Take the wood, and right click a two wide, three high rectangle of wood planks. This should result in a door. Set the rest of the wood down, and pick up the door, putting it in your equipped bar (The bar at the far bottom).Now, take your wood planks up again, and place the stack (Left click) in the middle of the crafting grid. Now, right-click the stack (Cutting it in half), and place the half-stack just below the other one, producing "Stick"s.

(To be continued on a later note)

By Malde37, at 00:59, 27 March 2011 (UTC)