I have been playing single player for a little while now and I like the survival mode because it gives me something to do other than just build stuff. A couple times I changed the setting to peaceful to avoid the monsters on other worlds that I created but that got boring real fast.
Anyways, what I wanted to ask was: How do you all play in survival mode? How long do you wait to make armor? Do you Stockpile your Iron before you start to use it for armor and tools? Do you stockpile resources before you start to build anything in the world?
The first thing I do is make a house (I upgrade it as I get better tools). Next I make tools and going mining till I find some diamonds. Then I go to the nether and start potion making and enchanting. That's when I make armour because I need XP. Lastly I go to the end and kill the dragon.
I always make a full iron tool set and armor set, when I find diamonds, I ALWAYS make a sword and pickaxe first, then an enchanting table. I usually just stick with iron armor. Then I go to the Nether, and make potions. After that, it's off to the end, kill the dragon, and make some cake and extensive mines and a giant base.
Ahh the good old days... When everything is new and you learn lots of new skills. Typically some of the most common things to do when you start are to build a house with a staircase all the way to bedrock and a tall tower next to it so you can maybe put your bed up there or use it as a view. Armor is essential to survive as soon as you get enough iron craft it! it will save your butt from creepers. Plus it lasts a long time. Whn you first find diamonds you want to make a pickaxe that you will need to mine obsidian and make a portal so you can have unlimited lava. If you need any help or want information on a block or mob google the minecraft wiki. If you want to build something and need help youtube what you want to build and their will be tons of videos that teach you how to do it. Good luck and HAVE FUN!
I personally find playing on a spuerflat hardcore world is extremely fun, but you probably wouldnt know how to get anything :P.
for regular worlds i suggest making a home underground in the beginning so you can focus on getting supplies, then build a house once you have enough supplies.
Thanks for all the replies, it's nice to hear some ways to start out that differ somewhat to my own. In my current game I have stockpiled someting like 1300 blocks of sandstone bricks and a little less of the smoothstone bricks. Also I have almost 100 iron bars and 30 gold bars, I really don't want to use the gold because I read that they are not worth it and they dont last long. I didn't want to start using the iron until I had a lot so that I could make replacement tools because I have been doing a lot of digging and I would hate to get to the point where I don't have enough Iron to make more tools so I use a lot of stone tools and I usually take 3 or 4 replacement tools with me while I am digging in my mine/cave system. I made a small house right on the edge of the ocean with a wooden platform fenced off on all sides sticking out into the water so I can do my fishing in peace.
Trust ME! you will find alot of iron and will have plenty of it after your first week. As for food you should probobley look into making a wheat farm or making a fenced in area with animals that you can breed by right clicking wheat on them. You seem to be at the place i was when i first started. The game became super addicting and i couldnt stop. Continue on my friend!
First I grab some wood and build a basic house. Then I get iron, shear a sheep and make a bed. Afterwards, get full iron armor and diamond tools. Then I build completely unnecessary buildings
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I build my house in a cave first, than off to do a crap ton of mining. After that I get my farm set up and make myself full iron tools and armor. As soon as I find mystockpile of diamonds and have two chests full of stuff, I get to overloading my game with mods to play with
Once I get diamonds I stockpile on them before making tools/armour, for iron, I partially stock pile, I get full iron armour, and a a few iron tools, but I tend not to use the tools.
Anyways, what I wanted to ask was: How do you all play in survival mode? How long do you wait to make armor? Do you Stockpile your Iron before you start to use it for armor and tools? Do you stockpile resources before you start to build anything in the world?
for regular worlds i suggest making a home underground in the beginning so you can focus on getting supplies, then build a house once you have enough supplies.
As for armor, that's my first 20 or so iron. I always use stone tools, because I'm cheap like that.
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