MINECRAFT 101:
THE BASICS OF
SURVIVAL
So you’ve just started Minecraft, but you have a
problem; you have no idea what’s going on.
Don’t worry, we’ve all been there.
So you’ve just got Minecraft, you’ve gone to play a
Now that you have some wood, you’re probably
new world, only to spawn in with no guidelines and
wondering what you should be doing with it. Well,
no idea what you’re doing? Well, worry no more,
if you open your inventory (default ‘E’), you’ll see a
for this guide will help you on your endeavours!
small 2x2 box in the top right corner of it. Place your
wood in this box, and you should see some Wooden
Alright, first things first. You’re probably going
Planks pop up to the right of the crafting grid. Shift-
to see a lot of trees. Well, you’re going to want
click the Wooden Planks that appear and you’ll find
to walk up to one of these trees and punch it by
that your inventory has been filled with Wood Planks.
holding left-click on it until it breaks and gives
you its delicious wood. Repeat until you have
Take these Wooden Planks and put one in each
a fair amount of blocks. I’d also recommend
of the slots in the crafting grid in your inventory.
against doing this to an actual tree in real life.
You’ll see another type of block appear to the
right. This is a Crafting Table, and it is vital to
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