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Staircase Mining in Minecraft - For DummiesIn the staircase method of mining in Minecraft, you dig deeply and quickly to search for caves, find a suitable spot for a branch mine, search for minerals en route to destinations, or simply build an attractive staircase.
Descend only 1 block at a time, or else you can’t get back up. The figu
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Branch Mining in Minecraft - For DummiesIf you’re new to Minecraft and you don’t yet have the weaponry necessary to brave a cavern, branch mining is an effective way to obtain lots of stone and minerals.
Simple branch mining
Follow these steps to dig a simple branch mine:
Dig your way underground.
You can dig any way you wan
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Cave Mining in Minecraft - For DummiesCave mining in Minecraft is challenging yet fruitful. To start, you must find a large cave — perhaps while working on another mine or exploring. If you can find a large cave, you have a useful resource at your disposal.
Caves are generally very dark — and in Minecraft, darkness means mon
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How to Raise Pets in Minecraft - For DummiesIn Minecraft, a dog (which is a tamed wolf) is your noble companion. It fends off zombies from your base. Skeletons run away from dogs because the dogs know that skeletons are made of bones, and every dog loves a good bone! For that reason, it takes longer for a dog to kill a skeleton.
Dogs don̵
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Neutral and Allied Mobs in Minecraft - For DummiesSome mobs are neutral, leaving you alone until you provoke them. Minecraft has only a few neutral mobs, and some of them can become allied and fight alongside you, as described in the table.
Neutral and Allied Mobs
Neutral or Allied Mob
What It Does
Cat
A cat, which is a tamed ocelot, can fol
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Hostile Minecraft Mobs - For DummiesHostile mobs cause most of the danger in Minecraft: They attack without provocation. However, hostile mobs tend to provide especially useful loot. The table describes hostile mobs in detail.
Hostile Mobs
Hostile Mob
What It Does
Blaze
A powerful guardian of the nether fortresses, the fiery
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Docile Minecraft Mobs - For DummiesSome mobs in Minecraft are docile: They can’t harm you, and they won’t try. All land-based docile mobs (such as pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ocelots, villagers, and mooshrooms) flee when attacked. You can lure cows and sheep anywhere around the game by holding wheat, and you can right-cl
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How to Farm Animals in Minecraft - For DummiesYou can use animal farms in Minecraft to acquire resources such as pork or wool without having to endure a lot of hassle. Animals follow you while you’re holding wheat, so lure some into a fenced-in area to start your farm. Chickens are lured by seeds instead. Pigs and rabbits are lured only b
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How to Exploit Basic Plants in Minecraft - For DummiesBeside the classic crops that you can grow in Minecraft, which provide a moderate farming experience, Minecraft offers several other growing things that can be exploited.
Reaping sugar cane
Sugar cane consists of green reeds that grow naturally near bodies of water, and collecting at lea
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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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1Extreme Hills
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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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