Tutorials/Getting started

Some people are a little daunted at the no-instructions aspect of Minecraft. This page is to help them out.

Basically, as a sandbox game, there are no "rules" and no right/wrong way to play. However, here are some useful keystrokes and tasks to get you started.

Basic movement

 * ASDW to move.
 * Mouse to look around.
 * SPACE to jump.
 * [Left] click to use the item in your hand to dig/mine/attack/etc.
 * Right-click to interact with the selected block with the item in your hand.
 * So, for example, to place a block, or place a torch.
 * Also right-click to activate special blocks, like the workbench.
 * I or B (depends on your version of the game) for inventory screen.
 * 1-9 to select an item in your inventory "speed bar."

Basic tasks
Half of the game-time is spent at night, during which it is VERY dark. So you want torches.


 * Chop at a tree with your hands to get wood. (If you chop leaves, you'll get seedlings to plant more trees, too.)
 * With 4 blocks of wood, you can make logs (see crafting page.)
 * With logs, you can make sticks.
 * With sticks + logs, you can make a wooden pick.
 * Once you mine stone, sticks + stone = stone pick, which is nicer.
 * Sticks + coal gets you torches.
 * Place torches around at night to light an area.
 * You can make a path of torches to ease finding your "base camp", if you wander off at night.

From here, you you can go any of 1000 different directions; just find something fun, and do that.