Preparing For The Nether The first step of preparing for the Template:Nether is to make sure you have enough materials to build, or dig out, a small home within the Nether. Digging out a home is much easier than building one, Template:Netherrack can be mined quickly with a stone pick, much faster than stone or cobble is mined.
You also want to bring a lot of food and armour, preferably Iron. You will want at least stone tools. Swords aren't that useful in your first Nether visit. Most people won't attack Template:Zombie Pigmen on their first visit, and you won't go searching for Template:Nether Fortress's. So your only real enemy in your first visit will be Template:Ghasts. Ghasts are one of the hardest mobs to fight in minecraft, mainly because of their floating ability and their fireball, which does considerable damage. Unless you're on a cliff and the Ghast is floating in front of you, the only way to take them out is with a bow and arrow. However, aiming and hitting a Ghast is not very hard. They are the largest mob in minecraft and they move incredibly slowly.
Once you have these tools, and enough arrows to take out a few Ghasts you will be ready to...
Enter The Nether
When you first enter the Nether, you may be awestruck by the