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How to Grow Crops in Minecraft - For DummiesHarvestable items such as wheat, melons, and pumpkins fit the raw definition of Minecraft farming by requiring well-irrigated farmland. Follow these general steps to set up a farm:
Find a well-lit area made of grass or dirt.
If the area isn’t well lit, craft some torches. A flat workspace ma
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The Neutral Biomes of Minecraft - For DummiesNeutral biomes in Minecraft tend to connect all the other biomes. From oceans to hills, you can’t miss these biomes. This list describes the neutral biomes:
Ocean: Large oceans, often extending over 3,000 blocks, offer water, squid, and gravel. The ocean floor includes small mountains and pl
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The Warm Biomes in Minecraft - For DummiesWarm biomes are, well warmer than most biomes. Warm biomes usually have more desert and less water than most biomes. Expect to keep a good storage of water in these biomes to keep you hydrated. Here’s a description of the warm biomes:
1Desert
This difficult biome is composed of sand dunes,
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Minecrafts Medium Biomes - For DummiesThe Minecraft biomes described here are just right in terms of temperature; they are neither too hot nor too cold. As their name implies, medium biomes have a rather average climate, and less extreme geology to accompany that climate. A medium biome tends to be quite comfortable. This list describes
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Chilling in Minecrafts Cold Biomes - For DummiesThough snow may not always be the main feature of cold biomes in Minecraft, the terrain is reminiscent of any colder environment. Cold biomes are known for their evergreens, fewer trees, and lots of gravel, stone, and dirt. Here’s a description of the cold biomes:
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The 6 Snowy Biomes in Minecraft - For DummiesMinecraft has a total of six snowy biomes. Each one features snow and ice as main features, and add an interesting dynamic to the game. This list describes the snowy biomes:
Frozen River: This biome is characterized by its ice river, allowing you to harvest ice.
Ice Plains: This one has vast am
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How to Choose a Base in Minecraft - For DummiesAfter you’ve built a basic house in Minecraft, it’s time to start creating a much bigger, more stable and protected base. The base should be the main attraction in your survival world. It should be strong, big, easy to repair, mob resistant, useful, and, most importantly, good looking.
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How to Build an Effective House in Minecraft - For DummiesAfter you’ve built a basic shelter in the game, you’ll want to move on to a more effective dwelling place. The first of these, leading up to a much more elaborate and complex home base, is a house. Houses are little fragments of a base.
A house is usually built as your first base and the
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How to Use the Furnace in Minecraft - For DummiesYou use the furnace in Minecraft, an important part of the Stone Age, to craft many more items. Many players mine for cobblestone and make a furnace on their first or second day because of its importance. Placing a furnace on a surface and right-clicking it opens a menu with three slots: fuel, input
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The Stone Age in Minecraft - For DummiesA significant milestone in Minecraft Survival mode, and one achieved by some players on the first day, is reaching the Stone Age. After you craft a wooden pickaxe and you either find a cave or dig a hole, the items in following table become available to you.
Most stone-based materials are more solid
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The Looting Age in Minecraft - For DummiesYou reach the Looting Age in Minecraft early in the game — sometimes, even parallel to reaching the Wooden Age. You begin by slaying enemies for loot, and by using the loot to improve your crafting repertoire. Many more items then become available to you, as listed in the table.
All tools incr
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The Wooden Age in Minecraft - For DummiesWhen you first start playing Minecraft, most of the items you need are wooden, made from wood blocks. The table explains how to find or craft these items and describes what they do.
Wooden Items
Item
How to Obtain It
Description
Boat
Crafted from 5 planks
Right-click some water in which to put
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How to Make Basic Weapons in Minecraft - For DummiesAs you start a game of Minecraft, be sure that you have weapons ready, in the event of a mob attack. Knowing the right weapons to build can also help speed up your mining.
Wielding swords in Minecraft
The sword in Minecraft is a weapon that does the most damage and, therefore, is the most valuable.
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How to Make the Most of Food in Minecraft - For DummiesYou can eat foodstuffs in Minecraft by selecting food and holding down the right mouse button for a second. Your character then finishes eating, and part of the Hunger bar is refilled. Minecraft PE players eat by simply selecting the food and then touching and holding the screen.
If you eat a poison
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How to Extend Pulses in Minecraft Redstone with Pulse Extenders - For DummiesUnlike the monostable circuit in Minecraft redstone, which shortens a pulse, the pulse extender extends a pulse. Because a button gives off only a brief redstone signal, adding a pulse extender causes the redstone signal to last longer. Here’s how to create a pulse extender:
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The Effects of Hunger on Your Minecraft Character - For DummiesHunger in Minecraft is a dangerous, long-term obstacle — try to overcome it as efficiently as possible, which ultimately means gathering as many animals together in an area you control through farming. But you have to eat while you create farms and overcome obstacles, not to mention nightly mo
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3 Strategies to Help You Survive the First Night in Minecraft - For DummiesThe first night in Minecraft can be a doozy if you’re not prepared! Knowing a few simple strategies can help you make it out alive, and set the pace to stay alive (you hope) throughout the game.
Strategy 1: Implement the basic strategy
The first approach we suggest that you take to survive the
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How to Switch Modes in Minecraft - For DummiesIf you’re playing Minecraft in Peaceful mode, no mobs can spawn — much less attack, and surviving the first night is not the goal. Instead, your focus should be on advancing through other challenges. You can continue navigating the other challenges of Minecraft in the following chapters.
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5 Minecraft Enemies and How to Defeat Them - For DummiesUnless you set the difficulty level in Minecraft to Peaceful, you will face danger during the night. The following list describes the five types of enemies that appear during the night and describes how to defeat them.
Creepers are the most well-known enemies — these cute green shrub-monste
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3 Optional Day One Activities in Minecraft - For DummiesAfter you’ve taken care of the basic tasks of creating a crafting table and house, you can move on to the truly fun activities in Minecraft: explore, build, gather, fight, and engage in other outlets of invention. Following are some useful ways you can spend the rest of your daylight minutes.
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