The Ultimate Player’s Guide to MINECRAFT

The Ultimate Player¡¯s Guide to

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MINECRAFT :

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XBOX EDITION

Stephen O¡¯Brien

800 East 96th Street,

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

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The Ultimate Player¡¯s Guide to Minecraft: Xbox Edition

The Ultimate Player¡¯s Guide to Minecraft :

Xbox Edition

Editor-in-Chief

Copyright ? 2015 by Que Publishing

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5343-4

ISBN-10: 0-7897-5343-x

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936648

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction

1

CHAPTER 1

Getting Started 5

CHAPTER 2

First-Night Survival

CHAPTER 3

Gathering Resources

CHAPTER 4

Mining 65

CHAPTER 5

Combat School 81

CHAPTER 6

Crop Farming 103

CHAPTER 7

Farming and Taming Mobs

CHAPTER 8

Creative Construction

CHAPTER 9

Redstone, Rails, and More 159

23

43

127

137

CHAPTER 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing

CHAPTER 11 Villages and Other Structures

187

209

CHAPTER 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End

Index

245

223

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The Ultimate Player¡¯s Guide to Minecraft: Xbox Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

What¡¯s in This Book

1

How to Use This Book

Chapter 1

Crafting Recipes

3

Getting Started

5

3

Starting a New Game

More Options

6

11

Single-player Game Modes

13

Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games

Understanding World Seeds

Controls

19

The Bottom Line

Chapter 2

18

20

First-Night Survival

23

Surviving and Thriving

23

Heading for the Trees

25

Using Your Inventory

26

Building a Crafting Table

29

Let¡¯s Build Some Tools

30

Creating a Shelter

32

The Furnace Is Your Friend

Let There Be Light

36

Slumbering with Lumber

The Bottom Line

Chapter 3

36

38

41

Gathering Resources

Introducing the HUD

43

Avoiding Getting Lost

46

Improving Your Tools

47

43

Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff

Avoiding Monsters

Hunger Management

51

54

50

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