Tutorials/Achievement guide

This guide is intended for people who are interested in completing the Achievements in Minecraft Beta 1.5.

= Introduction = This tutorial is all about the Achievements and how to complete them. When the update 1.5 comes out, the guide will be expanded to complete all the achievements.

Taking Inventory
Goal: Press 'e' to open your inventory.

This one is pretty straightforward. Press E. A fairly big screen should pop up. This is the inventory and crafting menu. (Note: If you have set your default inventory key to 'I' or something else, click that instead)

Unlocks: Getting wood

Getting Wood
Goal: Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out.

This one is easy as well. Just hold down the left-click on a wood block until it breaks. Wood blocks are found on trees, which are very easy to find. Just look around.

Unlocks: Benchmarking

Benchmarking
Goal: Construct a Crafting Table.

Use the wood block you collected and turn it into Wooden planks. Then align them to make a Crafting Table.

Unlocks: Time to Strike!, Time to Farm!

Time to farm
Goal: Construct a Wooden Hoe.

Collect another wood block. Turn it into Wooden planks. Then first align two planks to make Sticks, and then align two sticks and two planks to make a Wooden Hoe.

Unlocks: Bake Bread, The Lie

Time to strike
Goal: Construct a Wooden Sword.

Collect another wood block. Turn it into Wooden planks. If you don't have any Sticks align two planks to make them. Then align two planks and a stick to make a Wooden Sword.

Unlocks: Cow Tripper, Monster Hunter

Cow Tripper
Goal: Collect Leather.

Find a Cow. They may appear at any place with Grass and enough light. You may have to wander a bit to find one, so take care so you'll be able to find your way back. When you find the Cow, equip the Wooden Sword by putting it in the lowest (4th) line of your inventory and then scrolling your mouse wheel until it is selected. Stand next to the Cow and click to swing the sword at it. You will need to hit it twice to kill it. The Cow may drop one or two Leather. If you don't get any, try with another cow.

Unlocks: When Pigs Fly

Monster Hunter
Goal: Kill an aggressive Monster.

First you'll need to find an aggressive Monster. They can appear only in darkness, so you will need to wait until the night. While you're waiting, you should construct a shelter so the Monsters don't kill you. You can build a wooden house, dig a hole in the ground, build a stone house or think of something else. Refer to Tutorials/Shelter_Types for different designs. When it gets dark, you can either go out and try to kill a Monster (more dangerous) or wait until daytime and kill one then (less dangerous). It takes five hits with a Wooden Sword, or four with a Stone Sword to kill an aggressive Monster. Monsters you can kill to gain this achievement (note that Zombies and Skeletons will burn during the day, making it impossible to use them for the achievement if you aren't fighting at night):
 * Zombie: Weak. When it sees you it will walk to you and hurt you if it touches you. An easy way to kill one is to wait until it is in the reach of your sword, and then hit it. The Zombie will fly back a little, and you can wait until it gets near again and hit it again.
 * Skeleton: Medium. Skeletons will shoot at you when they see you, and they can't run out of arrows. They are hard to kill with a Sword, so you should probably choose another Mob for this achievement. They are, however, very easy to kill with a Bow.
 * Spider: Medium weak. Spiders will attack you at night, but won't attack you if you don't hurt them during day. They can be killed fairly easily if you hit one, run backwards and hit it again when it jumps. You may get hurt, but you will probably manage to kill the Spider.
 * Creeper: Strong. Don't try to kill it without practice or a Bow. Creepers will walk towards you when they see you and explode if they come near. They can be killed with a Bow easily, and with a Sword by hitting it and running backwards until it stops glowing (so it won't explode). Repeat until you kill it.