Tutorials/Surviving in the wild

If you're going on an adventure and you'll be away from base travelling for a while, what do you do? How do you survive on-the-go? Well, that's what this page was created for.

Basic Survival Tips
There are some basic things you can do to survive on-the-go.


 * Bring Food.
 * Have a sword.
 * Bring tools (For if you get stuck in a pit.)
 * Have at least Iron Armor. You never know when you'll stumble apon a mob of, well, mobs.
 * Bring a bed.

These are the very basic survival tips, so don't close the internet yet.

Quick Shelters
If you're out and night falls, you'll need a place to stay. There are multiple ways to create a quick shelter.


 * "The Hidie-Hole": This is the most basic shelter in the game.  It consists of nothing except a hole in the ground with three blocks high on the inside.  Dig out a little room for torches and a bed.
 * "The Pillar": The this is the second most basic shelter in the game. It consists of a 1x1 tower of 20+ blocks high, this allows for you to be out of the range of all mobs, it does however, come with the risk of falling off for newer players that don't know how to crouch.
 * "The "ESS" or "Emergency Shroom Shelter": This just consists of bonemealing a red mushroom to make a canopy house.  If it doesn't work (the house is off the ground), fill in the holes with dirt.  Mine the stalk, and you have an Instant Shelter.
 * "The Wall-clinger": This just consists of building a small room against a wall.  You can dig into the wall to make more room.  Can be any size, but keep small to save time.

Inventory Management

 * For the full article on inventory management, see Tutorials/Organization. But here's some quick tips on organization of the inventory:


 * Section off parts of your inventory for certain things.
 * Organize your hotbar with speed in mind (sword and pick close to torches, weapons grouped together, water bucket in middle, etc.)

Having a clean inventory is crucial to surviving in the wild for an extended period of time.

Navigation
You don't want to get lost, so here's some tips on Navigation:


 * Bring a compass (assuming you're living close to spawn).
 * Make a map and zoom it out at least 5 times. When you reach the edge of the map, a little dot will appear on the edge indicating what direction you are in.  When you are ready to return, press F3 to bring up the debug screen, and head in the appropriate direction (or use visual clues, such as the sun.)
 * Place torches wherever you go (only use as a last resort.)

These tips will all (hopefully) help you survive.