The Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft Make Minecraft whatever YOU want it to be! After you’ve learned to survive in Minecraft, the fun really begins. Minecraft’s advanced features support stunning creativity—and that’s still just the beginning. More than ever, Minecraft 1.9 can be whatever you and millions of other players dream up! Custom-crafted adventure maps… new trading systems and societies… incredible mods that take Minecraft into the far future… Minecraft’s potential is simply astounding. This full-color guide brings together all of today’s most amazing Minecraft resources and techniques. Why struggle with outdated web tutorials or bewildering YouTube videos? Mega-bestselling author Stephen O’Brien will show you how to get it all, and do it all! Create and manage unique Minecraft 1.9 configurations with their own versions, worlds, resource packs, and profiles Automatically mass-produce sugar cane, melons, wheat, and more Supercharge mining operations to excavate infinite amounts of obsidian Take control of the mayhem with mob farms: mass-produce your own zombies, spiders, creepers, and skeletons Craft amazing armor, weapons, and tools Build in any style that inspires you: medieval, Victorian, Viking, Japanese, modern, suburban, you name it Create natural-looking terrain and trees, decorate with 2D pixel art, and build 3D statues Construct smarter, more efficient power and transportation systems Assemble amazing redstone circuitry with Monostable and Redpower 2 Generate massive resources with gigantic oil refineries and quarries Create and share exciting adventure maps and learn the secrets of CommandBlocks Export your greatest adventures to YouTube, Vimeo, or HD video   Stephen O’Brien is author of the mega-bestselling The Ultimate Player’s Guide to Minecraft as well as many other books. An Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley, his 30 books include several bestsellers. He founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and invented the award-winning mypressi portable espresso maker. He’s a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.   Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB.   Register your book at quepublishing.com/register and save 35% off your next purchase!

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Become a Minecraft Expert! 2 What’s in This Book 2 How to Use This Book 3 Chapter 1 Getting Started 5 Managing Minecraft 5 Launch Control 6 Mod Management 10  Custom Launchers 11    Adding Mods to MultiMC 16  Modpack Installers 20 The Bottom Line 22 Chapter 2 Automated Produce Farms 23 Make Mine a BUD 24 Automated Cane Farms 27 Automated Collection and Transport 32 Automated Pumpkin and Melon Farms 36 Automated Wheat, Potato, and Carrot Farms 43 Automated Sorting 46 The Bottom Line 51 Chapter 3 Mining and Ore Generators 53 Creating Cobblestone 53 Creating Stone 58 Obsidian Generator 61 The Bottom Line 65 Chapter 4 Mob Farms, Traps, and Defense 67 Evil Mob Farms 67  Spawning Mob Mayhem 68  Building a Water-Based Mob Farm 70  Grinding Mobs and Collecting Drops 73  Grinding for Experience 81 Dastardly Mob Traps 83 Treacherous Trenches 83 Killer Cactus 85 Indispensible Dispensers 88 Pulverizing Pistons 92 The Bottom Line 94 Chapter 5 Advanced Construction 95 Choosing a Building Style 96  Medieval Style 96    Up Go the Walls! 98    If You Like It, Put a Roof on It! 99  Victorian Style 101    Pitched Roof 102    Complex Roof 104  Japanese Style Building 106  Modern and Suburban Styles 108    Residential Roads 110  Viking Style 111  Egyptian/Desert Style 113  Steampunk Style 114  Elven/Fairy Style 115  Build an Igloo 116 Advanced Decoration Techniques 118 Creating Natural Terrain and Trees 122 Drawing 2D Pixel Art 123 Sculpting a 3D Statue 124  Creating Spheres, Circles, and Arches 127 Building in the Nether and End Regions 129 The Bottom Line 130 Chapter 6 More Power to You 131 Combination Lock 131 Minecart Switches 140 Project:Red 142  Automating a Pumpkin Farm 144  What Else Can Project:Red Do? 148    Core 148    Integration 148    Transmission 150    Transportation 152The Bottom Line 152 Chapter 7 Empire Building with BuildCraft 155 BuildCraft Core Concepts 155 Pipe Dreams 157 Engines 163  Creating a Power Station 164 Mining Wells 167 Managing Combustion Engines 168 Refining Oil 173 Automated Quarries 174 Blueprints, Building, and Templates 178 More BuildCraft 182 The Bottom Line 182 Chapter 8 Titans of IndustrialCraft 185 IC2E Core Concepts 185 Agricultural Pursuits 187  Crossbreeding Guide 189  Strip Farming for Profit 190  Square Farm Dancing 193  Using the Cropnalyzer 194  Improving Growth with a Crop-Matron 197 IC2E Armor, Weapons, and Tools 198 Generating Energy Units (EU) 201 Mining, Macerating, and More 202  Automated Mining 202  Macerators and More 204 Going Thermonuclear 205 The Bottom Line 209 Chapter 9 Rolling with Railcraft 211 Getting Started 212 Creating Standard Track 214 Reinforced Track 218 Boring, Not So 219 Undercutting the Competition 222 More Mods 222  Galacticraft 222  Forestry 223  ComputerCraft 223 The Bottom Line 223 Chapter 10 Recording and Sharing 225 Choosing the Right Software 226  FRAPS for Windows (License Approximately $40) 227  Bandicam for Windows (License Approximately $39) 228  QuickTime Player for Mac (Free with OS X) 229 Hardware Recording Devices 230  AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable (LGP) 230  Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder 230 Plotting Camera Paths and Animation 230 Overlaying Audio and Titles 233  Editing with iMovie—OS X 233    Titles 235    Adding Audio to Your Movie 235    Exporting Your Completed Movie 236  Editing with Windows Movie Maker—Windows 236    Titling 236    Adding Audio to Your Video 237    Exporting Your Completed Video 237 Publishing to YouTube and Vimeo 238  Uploading Your Video 238  Basic Info 240 The Bottom Line 241 Chapter 11 Building Your Own Adventure 243 Adventure Mode 244 Initial Planning and Implementation 245 So, What’s Your Story? 245 Mastering Command Blocks 246  Breaking Down the Command String 247  Selectors 248  Commands 248  Specifiers 251    Teleporting to a Central Point 251    Using effect Commands 252    Rewarding Players 254  The Comparator 254  The tellraw Command 255 World-Editing Tools and Helpers (Map the Middle Kingdom) 259 Publishing Your Own Adventure (Terrifying Noobs) 260 The Bottom Line 261 Index 263