progression in Minecraft. Take one and place it in
most easy way to obtain food at the start of your
your hotbar (the easy-access slots found at the
game is by killing animals and harvesting their
bottom of your screen). If you right-click with the
meat. As outlined in The Mobs of Minecraft,
Crafting Table in your hand, it should be placed
many animals give you meat, and you can
(Make sure you point it at a nearby solid object.)
cook this meat using a furnace (You make a
furnace by using a crafting table and placing
What you now see in front of you is what you will
Cobble Stone in the positions shown below)
find yourself using for the rest of your time with
Minecraft. With this block that is currently in front
If you keep out of trouble, make sure you
of you, you will make tools that are essential for
stay sheltered at night and keep yourself fed,
your survival. This guide won’t go into detail about
you shouldn’t have a problem surviving your
how to make these items. But instead, I’ll go a bit
first few days. Just be sure to not stray too
more into surviving your first few Minecraft days.
far from your spawn point, lest you die and
are unable to retrieve your items easily...
You’re going to need food to survive. Food can
By Luke Greenfield
be found in a variety of different ways, and the
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