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Your first day in Minecraft

Note: This short guide assumes you have bought Minecraft, installed Minecraft, have a basic knowledge of the controls, and know how to create a world.

Once you have created a world (Easy or normal is recommended for new players), the first thing you should do is build a small tower to signify where you spawned. You can do this by breaking three dirt blocks, picking them up, and stacking them on top of each other (Note: dig in a line or a staircase, but never straight down.). The next thing you should do is look for a tree. If you don't see any trees, pick a direction and travel straight along the direction. This way you can make your way to your spawn by going straight backwards. Mine three wood logs and craft them all into wood planks. Craft a crafting table, place the crafting table, and place it near you. Next make 4 sticks. Using your sticks and leftover wood planks make a wooden pickaxe. Dig a staircase pattern into the ground until you reach stone. Mine three blocks of cobblestone, then walk back to your crafting table and craft a stone pickaxe. Using your stone pickaxe, go back to where you mined the stone and mine a rectangular room collecting 18-48 cobblestone blocks. Go to your crafting table, craft some sticks, and make a full set of stone tools (do not include a stone hoe unless you plan to make a farm within the first 3 days). Gather as much wood as necessary. Next, make a small hut using wood or stone around the entrance of you staircase going into the rectangular room. Leave a two blocks tall one block wide space empty to enter the hut. Place a door in the empty space. You now have a basic shelter to survive the night. There are three main things to do once you have a nice shelter: 1, Craft a bed, furnace, chest, and crafting table to put in your home 2, Go mining and 3, Gather wood. It is a good idea to do these things while still daytime, and not go out at night unless you have armor, a sword, and are comfortable with fighting monsters. Congratulations on surviving your first day in Minecraft! This is a very basic tutorial, but there are plenty of more in-depth tutorials available.