Minecraft For Dummies - Softcover

Jacob Cordeiro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118537149 ISBN 13: 9781118537145

Publisher: For Dummies, 2013

Synopsis

Craft yourself an amazing game of Minecraft!

More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginners guide, you will quickly grasp how to play Minecraft in the three modes of game play: survival, creative, and hardcore. The easy-to-understand writing style walks you through every step of the way, from downloading the game to choosing a gaming platform to defending your creations against monsters and winning the game by defeating the Ender Dragon.

• Explains how to use blocks to build amazing creations and engage in gameplay with other players
• Details techniques for travelling across the biomes
• Zeroes in on playing wisely in Survival mode so you can acquire resources to maintain your health and hunger
• Shares tips for playing carefully in Creative mode, using your unlimited supply of resources, the ability to fly, and more
• Helps you play in Hardcore mode

Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition goes where you go as you create a world you won't want to leave!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Learn to:

• Use blocks to build anything you can imagine
• Protect what you've built from monsters
• Survive, mine, and go on adventures in the Minecraft world
• Customize your experience

Get started in Minecraft or go deeper — this book helps you do both

Playing Minecraft is an intriguing, creative experience. If you've been curious and want to get started, this book shows you the ropes. And if you know the basics but long to become a mad scientist or venture into Hardcore mode, you'll find out how to do that too. Learn to play Minecraft and enjoy endless entertainment!

• Enter the game — purchase and download Minecraft and register your account
• Create your world — build your Minecraft world and explore it in a single-player game
• Learn to survive — find out how to create a shelter, avoid hunger, start a farm, and begin mining
• Refine your skills — study the different types of blocks and learn to engineer with redstone circuits
• Visit the villages — where you can trade, excavate valuable structures, and battle zombies
• Move up to new gameplay options — venture into Adventure and Hardcore play and manage the Minecraft filesystem

Open the book and find:

• How to survive your first night in Minecraft
• What to monitor as you play
• Tips for building an effective house
• Necessary mining tools
• The physics of the game
• How to start and join a LAN server
• Ten useful gameplay tips

About the Author:

Jacob Cordeiro has been playing Minecraft since the Alpha pre-release. Jacob attends Stanford Online High School and won an award in the 2011 Scholastic Art and Writing competition for his game entry.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118537149
• ISBN 13: 9781118537145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160