14 A Noob's Guide to Minecraft / June, 2014
TIPS AND HINTS
1. On your first day, try to find coal. If you can’t find coal, get a furnace and make charcoal. Use the coal/charcoal to make torches so that you can see when you go mining.
2. Make multiple furnaces (preferably 4-5, maybe more) so that you can smelt ores and cook food faster.
3. When looking for Nether Fortresses, search 100 blocks north and south of your nether portal. If you don’t find one, travel east/west 100 blocks and repeat.
4. When collecting blaze rods, try to collect 15-20, as you will need 13-30 eyes of ender (ender pearl + blaze powder) to enter the end depending on where you are in Minecraft.
5. When building your house, try to build between 200 and 2000 blocks from (0,0), as it will make finding strongholds easier.
6. If you have multiple bases, use the /give command to obtain command blocks so that you can get around easier.
7. Using spawn eggs , water source blocks, 21+ wooden doors, and a lot of cobblestone, you can create an iron golem farm, meaning that hypothetically, you could skip having to use stone tools and swords, and go straight from wood to iron.
8. For easy food, start farming carrots and potatoes, which drop off zombies and can be found in village farms.