User:R0cketor/Surviving in the Nether

This guide is intended for people who have travelled to the Nether, thus already know how to make Flint and Steel and Pickaxes. This guide is also set on Normal difficulty setting.

'''This guide is incomplete! Do not post it! Posting it results in plagiarism! And I'll send a Ghast your way!

Introduction
You are already a fairly experienced player. You have mastered the diamond pickaxe and Obsidian. Your portal brings you to a freakish flame world with angry Ghasts and mysterious Zombie Pigmen. Now, this horrible world, is it habitable? The elements are there: Ground, Liquid and light, and they are all at your disposal. Yes, a few items may have to be brought in, but The Nether is a surprisingly fun world to live in for Hardcore adventurers.

What to bring

 * as many Chest blocks you have (perhaps start off with two, you can make more later)
 * Optional: A strong building material such as Stone or Obsidian (for ground and if you want thin walls)
 * Saplings (as many as you have)
 * Cactuses (as many as you have)
 * 5 stacks of sand
 * 5 stacks of dirt
 * Plenty of torches
 * Optional: Instead of torches bring lots of Flint and Steels (perhaps 20)
 * 10 Buckets or more
 * About 5 pickaxes (a stone or wooden one is sufficient. You can make more pickaxes after you make a farm.
 * Huge supply of cobblestone
 * About 1 stack of wood blocks, more will be made in The Nether
 * Optional: Bow and Arrows (for Ghast fighting)
 * Optional: TNT (useful for smashing through Netherrack)
 * Iron or Diamond Sword
 * Optional: Crafting Table
 * Optional: Armor, preferably Iron or better (protection from Zombie Pigmen and Ghasts)

Note: You may have to take multiple trips bringing your items. Change the difficulty to Peaceful just in case.

Hacking

 * You may wish to hack in wolves, as these help a lot when hunting Zombie Pigmen.
 * Hacking in tons of arrows really helps when in the Nether for Ghast hunting.
 * Hack in tons of water blocks, they can be used in the Nether however water buckets can't.
 * If you hacked in Water blocks, bringing Sugar Cane is also useful, they can be planted next to water with dirt. Ghasts can't see through Sugar cane, so this is a special shield!

Overview
Note: The Nether does not have a day or night, as such I will be going in periods or real-life hours.
 * Hour 1: You will make a house of triple layered Netherrack or single-layered Stone/Obsidian, with a secure chest spot and crafting table. You will also make a cactus fence around your house.
 * Hour 2: You will make a tree farm. It will be sheltered from Ghasts. You will also dig around for Soul Sand and Glowstone.

Building a stable home base
The home base is always includes the portal. What if you have a pack of four Zombie Pigmen coming your way and you're in your isolated Ghast hunting camp, without a portal? How will you escape? Or what if you catch fire far away from your portal? What then? That's why your main base is including your portal so there is a fairly quick escape.

Building a home base is simple: it really only has to be as high as your portal. Perhaps make it 10 blocks long, an iron door as protection from Ghasts, and the house can be made from either Netherrack or Stone if you brought any. If you're super fancy, you can use Obsidian as a bonus defense, and it also stands out due to the dark purple texture compared to the reddish world.

Fences of flaming Netherrack are useless here, Ghasts fly over them and Zombie Pigmen are pretty much immune to fire. So the only victim there is you.

Note: Make sure you use iron doors. Ghasts can blow up the Wooden doors, and wooden doors can also catch fire.

Tree Farm
Assuming you already know that trees catch fire if lit, they will be a very big hassle trying to grow. Out of the mist a fireball might hit them or you might accidentally spill lava over them.

(to be continued, homework is a necessity)