Hello, everyone. I'm just making this thread to help out some new players such as myself. The question, what are your best tips be for a new player. What are some things that you've learned throughout the years that you wish you'd known when you first started? These tips can be in any game mode but preferable in survival.
Pretty given but I'll say it. Make sure to frequently save, had times were i got tired shut off my pc to rush to bed and forgot to save. lost all my work
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Great idea for a thread. I'm new, also. I think discovering how helpful a simple SHOVEL is would be my tip. Takes only 2 sticks and a stone, and you can break several of the block types with just one hit, with a shovel. Makes real quick work of leveling a plot for farming!
Resist the urge to delete your world when you die in lava and lose all of your diamonds.
Play multiplayer! IMO, it is a lot more interesting than singleplayer.
If you want to build something large and important/tedious in survival, try building it in creative first. It is better to build something correctly in both creative and survival then to build it all wrong in survival and then have to go through the trouble of figuring out what you did wrong, how to fix it, and then actually fixing it.
Hide glowstone in trees or under carpets for some sneaky lighting.
Redstone is amazing, if a bit frustrating to work with. Watch some redstone youtubers like Mumbo Jumbo, Xisumavoid, and Mr Crayfish.
Be careful when you leave your house in the morning. I cannot tell you how many times I have had a spider drop off of my roof and land on my head as I stepped out of my house in the morning when I first started playing the game.
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Create a fishing rod - fishing is both a great way to stock up on food and with a good chance of getting various treasures ( enchanted bows, books and fishing rods).
Make an automatic food farm. If you can't make a fancy chicken farm, then simply get melons and set them up with a daylight sensor. Get pistons to break the melons, and water/hoppers to move the now dropped melons into a hopper and chest.
It'll do until you get better food. And even after you do, melons can be traded with villagers. (Pumpkins are better to trade, though, so I'd replace them or expand the farm.)
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Watch out for the crabocalypse. Some say the day will never come. But it will.
Feel free to drop by for a chat whenever.
If you'd like to talk with me about other games, here are a few I play.
Team Fortress 2
Borderlands series (Borderlands 2 is my favorite game, ever. TPS combat is a lot of fun and makes up for the lower-quality story, in my opinion)
Elder Scrolls series
Warframe (IGN is something like That_One_Flesh_Atronach)
Pokémon series (HGSS forever)
Rocket League
Fallout series
Left 4 Dead 2 (Boomer files always corrupt though)
SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!)
Dead Rising series (Dead Rising 2 is one of my favorite games, and the 3rd was a lot of fun. 1st has poor survivor AI and the 4th is bad)
Just Cause series
Come to think of it, I mainly play fighting-based games.
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Make backups of your maps, and keep one copy safely chested back at home (if you have an enderchest, make a copy as soon as you start a new map and stash it in there for safe-keeping) - this way if you die and don't get all your inventory back at least you won't have to re-explore on top of everything else.
Light up your world: don't just light the inside of your house, light the outside (not forgetting the roof - do you really want random spiders and creepers dropping on your head when you walk out the front door?) too. Toss some torches/jack o' lanterns/glowstone around the garden, give yourself a well-lit buffer around your house.
Keep notes - coordinates (or at least map number/clues) of your house, villages, scenic spots, anything you want to be able to find again, notes on unfinished projects (especially if you're like me, and have multiple construction/redstone/whatever projects going in multiple locations at any given time; when i finally get back to a village and find a minecart-chest filled with random building materials, or bits of redstone circuits scattered around the workroom, it helps to have some clue to what i was planning ), todo lists, whatever. (I've got "blackboards" - green-clay sections of wall with signs - in my workrooms for quick reminders, like "enchant crap in library" or "finish sorting storage room", and I keep a text file open while i'm playing. i've explored a lot on this world, the first section is a grid of how the map numbers fit together so I can more easily find the ones i want; the next section is a list of bases/houses/outposts/secured villages with map numbers and coordinates and distinguishing features (like "14 emerald mending books!!!", or "the one near that weird igloo on top of abandoned mineshaft"); the rest is notes on random on-going projects. And books are great for things like redstone project notes, in case you ever need to debug/modify/recreate it.)
It's not always feasible to find a village. Not only that, but being in a village increases the chances of villagers dying.
The only way to survive is finding the village stronghold, villagers will live if u become their hero.
Crafting ultimate potions in a village setting important. Helping villagers will be reciprocated by villagers helping you.
U are the villager not the enderman.
Hello, everyone. I'm just making this thread to help out some new players such as myself. The question, what are your best tips be for a new player. What are some things that you've learned throughout the years that you wish you'd known when you first started? These tips can be in any game mode but preferable in survival.
Thanks for the tips everyone!
-Xaruo
Why does quicksand work slowly?
Fence your yard as soon as you can, branch mine at y=11, and never dig straight up or down.
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Thank you very much! I'll get on that ASAP!
Why does quicksand work slowly?
-Make sure everything is well lit
-Always have a water bucket on you if you are mining or caving
-Walk places instead of sprinting if feasible
-Farming is your friend
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Some great tips, thank you very much!
Why does quicksand work slowly?
Best tip ever:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki
Always find a village first if u cannot find a village before night fall then u must dig in for the night.
It's not always feasible to find a village. Not only that, but being in a village increases the chances of villagers dying.
Giant👏 Meteor👏 2020👏
Pretty given but I'll say it. Make sure to frequently save, had times were i got tired shut off my pc to rush to bed and forgot to save. lost all my work
Great idea for a thread. I'm new, also. I think discovering how helpful a simple SHOVEL is would be my tip. Takes only 2 sticks and a stone, and you can break several of the block types with just one hit, with a shovel. Makes real quick work of leveling a plot for farming!
Gold swords are not stronger than iron and break more easily. They do however have better good enchantment chances
Focus on aesthetics in your builds. You'll be happier that you did when you look back!
If you glance an enderman, run into water.
Organize your storage. I've lost a diamond pick before. Not lost, like dropped into lava, but lost, as in, my chests are too disorganized.
Don't rush the game. Enjoy all the little things like building your base, farming, mining, etc. Automate if you want, though; it's quite fun!
Shulker boxes in ender chest = backpack.
Always bring a silk pix along in your adventure.
Always look for a village.
POTions, silk touch? Gear up noobitas.
Snow Golems are a lot of fun!
Cats scare creepers away.
Try out some of the nametag easter eggs.
Resist the urge to delete your world when you die in lava and lose all of your diamonds.
Play multiplayer! IMO, it is a lot more interesting than singleplayer.
If you want to build something large and important/tedious in survival, try building it in creative first. It is better to build something correctly in both creative and survival then to build it all wrong in survival and then have to go through the trouble of figuring out what you did wrong, how to fix it, and then actually fixing it.
Hide glowstone in trees or under carpets for some sneaky lighting.
Redstone is amazing, if a bit frustrating to work with. Watch some redstone youtubers like Mumbo Jumbo, Xisumavoid, and Mr Crayfish.
Be careful when you leave your house in the morning. I cannot tell you how many times I have had a spider drop off of my roof and land on my head as I stepped out of my house in the morning when I first started playing the game.
Thank you very much everyone! These tips have come in handy for sure!
-Xaruo
Why does quicksand work slowly?
Create a fishing rod - fishing is both a great way to stock up on food and with a good chance of getting various treasures ( enchanted bows, books and fishing rods).
Make an automatic food farm. If you can't make a fancy chicken farm, then simply get melons and set them up with a daylight sensor. Get pistons to break the melons, and water/hoppers to move the now dropped melons into a hopper and chest.
It'll do until you get better food. And even after you do, melons can be traded with villagers. (Pumpkins are better to trade, though, so I'd replace them or expand the farm.)
Watch out for the crabocalypse. Some say the day will never come. But it will.
Feel free to drop by for a chat whenever.
If you'd like to talk with me about other games, here are a few I play.
Team Fortress 2
Borderlands series (Borderlands 2 is my favorite game, ever. TPS combat is a lot of fun and makes up for the lower-quality story, in my opinion)
Elder Scrolls series
Warframe (IGN is something like That_One_Flesh_Atronach)
Pokémon series (HGSS forever)
Rocket League
Fallout series
Left 4 Dead 2 (Boomer files always corrupt though)
SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!)
Dead Rising series (Dead Rising 2 is one of my favorite games, and the 3rd was a lot of fun. 1st has poor survivor AI and the 4th is bad)
Just Cause series
Come to think of it, I mainly play fighting-based games.
Make backups of your maps, and keep one copy safely chested back at home (if you have an enderchest, make a copy as soon as you start a new map and stash it in there for safe-keeping) - this way if you die and don't get all your inventory back at least you won't have to re-explore on top of everything else.
Light up your world: don't just light the inside of your house, light the outside (not forgetting the roof - do you really want random spiders and creepers dropping on your head when you walk out the front door?) too. Toss some torches/jack o' lanterns/glowstone around the garden, give yourself a well-lit buffer around your house.
Keep notes - coordinates (or at least map number/clues) of your house, villages, scenic spots, anything you want to be able to find again, notes on unfinished projects (especially if you're like me, and have multiple construction/redstone/whatever projects going in multiple locations at any given time; when i finally get back to a village and find a minecart-chest filled with random building materials, or bits of redstone circuits scattered around the workroom, it helps to have some clue to what i was planning ), todo lists, whatever. (I've got "blackboards" - green-clay sections of wall with signs - in my workrooms for quick reminders, like "enchant crap in library" or "finish sorting storage room", and I keep a text file open while i'm playing. i've explored a lot on this world, the first section is a grid of how the map numbers fit together so I can more easily find the ones i want; the next section is a list of bases/houses/outposts/secured villages with map numbers and coordinates and distinguishing features (like "14 emerald mending books!!!", or "the one near that weird igloo on top of abandoned mineshaft"); the rest is notes on random on-going projects. And books are great for things like redstone project notes, in case you ever need to debug/modify/recreate it.)
Don't be afraid to die.
Don't die.
The only way to survive is finding the village stronghold, villagers will live if u become their hero.
Crafting ultimate potions in a village setting important. Helping villagers will be reciprocated by villagers helping you.
U are the villager not the enderman.