Minecraft For Dummies
The easy way to get started with Minecraft

Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started—on their own or with multiple players—in each of the three gameplay modes.

  • Choose a platform and download the game
  • Navigate, collect resources, and build structures
  • Defend your creations against monsters
  • Manage parental controls to keep kids safe while playing online
  • Become a Minecraft master by defeating the Ender Dragon

Unleash your creativity, elevate family game night, and have a ton of fun joining more than 141 million players in the online world of Minecraft!

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Minecraft For Dummies
The easy way to get started with Minecraft

Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started—on their own or with multiple players—in each of the three gameplay modes.

  • Choose a platform and download the game
  • Navigate, collect resources, and build structures
  • Defend your creations against monsters
  • Manage parental controls to keep kids safe while playing online
  • Become a Minecraft master by defeating the Ender Dragon

Unleash your creativity, elevate family game night, and have a ton of fun joining more than 141 million players in the online world of Minecraft!

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Minecraft For Dummies

Minecraft For Dummies

Minecraft For Dummies

Minecraft For Dummies

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Overview

The easy way to get started with Minecraft

Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started—on their own or with multiple players—in each of the three gameplay modes.

  • Choose a platform and download the game
  • Navigate, collect resources, and build structures
  • Defend your creations against monsters
  • Manage parental controls to keep kids safe while playing online
  • Become a Minecraft master by defeating the Ender Dragon

Unleash your creativity, elevate family game night, and have a ton of fun joining more than 141 million players in the online world of Minecraft!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781118968246
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 12/29/2014
Series: For Dummies Books
Sold by: JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
File size: 40 MB
Note: This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range: 10 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jesse Stay is a social media technologist consultant and developer.

Thomas Stay, Jesse's 12-year-old son, eats, drinks and breathes Minecraft.

Jacob Cordeiro won an award for his game entry in the 2011 Scholastic Art and Writing competition.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with Minecraft 7

Chapter 1: Entering Minecraft 9

Chapter 2: Surviving the First Night 25

Part II: Learning the Basic Skills 47

Chapter 3: Surviving Hunger 49

Chapter 4: Discovering Blocks and Items 65

Part III: Mastering Techniques 83

Chapter 5: Understanding Biomes and Mastering Farms 85

Chapter 6: Mastering Mines 115

Chapter 7: Increasing Resources through Villages and Excavation 125

Chapter 8: Developing Redstone 139

Chapter 9: Progressing Through the Later Block Ages 163

Chapter 10: Powering Up 193

Chapter 11: Advancing to the Nether, the End, and Beyond 213

Part IV: Expanding Your Minecraft Experience 225

Chapter 12: Playing in Multiplayer Worlds and Cheats 227

Chapter 13: Customizing Your Experience 241

Chapter 14: Minecraft in the Larger World 267

Part V: Making Minecraft a Family Affair 275

Chapter 15: Choosing the Platform That Works for You 277

Chapter 16: Understanding the Minecraft Game Modes 283

Chapter 17: Understanding What Every Parent Needs to Know about Minecraft 295

Part VI: The Part of Tens 313

Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Survival Tips 315

Chapter 19: Ten Helpful Building Tips and Tricks 325

Chapter 20: Ten Helpful Redstone Tips and Contraptions 339

Index 357

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