The Ultimate Player’s Guide to Minecraft, Third Edition   Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS! Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it’s an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don’t enter that universe alone. More than ever, you need an experienced guide who’ll help you constantly as you learn Minecraft’s newest, most powerful secrets! From Minecraft’s earliest betas to its newest combat upgrades, Stephen O’Brien has seen it all! Now, he’ll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He’ll reveal brand-new combat traps and tricks you need to know, teach you enchantments of unimaginable power, help you survive where few dare to go, and help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Quick-start guide for first-night survival Master exciting combat techniques including Minecraft 1.9’s dual-wielding and shields Customize your experience–from peaceful to monstrous Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters–let there be light Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone Escape (or defeat!) all the hostile mobs Get friendly critters on your side and build automated farms Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies Transform even the simplest shelter into a palace Explore ocean monuments and gather golden treasure from the deeps Create new worlds and master the fine art of terraforming and installing mods Learn the secrets of redstone devices and build incredible rail systems Play safely through The Nether and the expanded End region   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 www.quepublising.com/register and receive 35% off your next purchase.

Table of Contents:
Introduction to the Third Edition 1 What’s In This Book 2 How to Use This Book 4      Crafting Recipes 4 There’s More Online… 4 Chapter 1 Getting Started 5 Registering and Downloading 5      Registering a Mojang Account 7      Purchasing Minecraft 8 Launching Minecraft 10 Starting a New Game 13      Choosing a World-Generation Style 14      Singleplayer Game Modes 17      Seeding Your World 19 About Snapshots 20 Controls 21 The Bottom Line 23 Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 25 Surviving and Thriving 25 Heading for the Trees 27 Using Your Inventory 29 Building a Crafting Table 31      Building Some Tools 32      Creating a Shelter 36      The Furnace Is Your Friend 40      Let There Be Light 42      Slumbering with Lumber 44 Tools and Their (Over)Use 47 A Bit About Achievements 47 What Is This “Bonus Chest” You Speak Of? 48 The Bottom Line 50 Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 5 1 Introducing the HUD 51 Improving Your Tools 56 Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 58 Avoiding Monsters 61 Hunger Management 63 Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 64      Getting Food on the Run 66      Finding a Building Site 68 Using the Creative Mode Inventory 71 The Bottom Line 73 Chapter 4 Mining 75 Dig Deep, My Friend 75 The Mining Layer Cake Guide 77 Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 80 Descending to Layer 11 82      The 2×1 Ladder Descent 82      The Straight Staircase 84      The Spiral Staircase 85 Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 86 Staying Safe While You Mine 88 The Bottom Line 90 Chapter 5 Combat School 91 Introducing the Menagerie 91      Zombies 92      Spiders 93      Skeletons 95      Cave Spiders 95      Spider Jockeys 96      Chicken Jockeys 96      Creepers 97      Slimes 97      Endermen 98      Zombie Pigmen 99      Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog 99      Guardians and Elder Guardians 99 Defensive Mobs 100      Snow Golems 100      Iron Golems 101      The Dogs of War 101 Mob Target Practice 102 Weapons, Armor, and Shields 103      Swordcraft 104      Bows and Arrows 105      Shields 108      Armor-All 109      Color-Coordinating Your Leather 111 Taking Combat Damage and Healing 112 The Bottom Line 113 Chapter 6 Crop Farming 115 Choosing a Crop 115 Cooking with Minecraft 119      Minecraft Bakery 119      Minecraft BBQ 119      Alchemy Eatery 120      Raw Food Diet 120      Eat at Your Own Risk 120 Establishing a Farm 121 Automated Farms 128      Creating a Piston Harvester 132      Sticky Piston Harvesting 135      Creating a Water Harvester 136      Harvesting Other Crops 138 The Bottom Line 140 Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 141 Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 141      Using Leads 145      Breeding Animals 146      Dying for Dye? 147 Taming and Riding Horses, Donkeys, and More 148      Armoring Your Horse 150      Loading Up the Pack 150      Riding Pigs 151 Fishing 152      Ah, the Squid 153 The Bottom Line 154 Chapter 8 Creative Construction 155 Leaving the Cave 155 Building a Custom World 159 Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 161 Building Underwater 169      Getting Started 172      Building the Structure 174 Protecting Your Perimeter 176      Become a Ditch Witch 176      Mob Pitfalls 178      Thick as a Brick 179 Making Fireworks 180 The Bottom Line 183 Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 185 Seeing Red: A Beginner’s Guide 186      Power Sources and Signals 186      Redstone Wiring 190      Powered Blocks 192      Modifiers 194                Repeaters 194           Comparators 197      Output Devices 198      Automatic Doors 200      Vertical Currents 206 Advanced Circuits 207      NOT Gates, aka Inverters 208      OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 208      AND Gates, Two TRUE 210      Repeater Loops 211 Rail Transport 212      Have Minecart, Will Travel 213      Rolling on Rails 216      Making Tracks and Stations 217      T-Junctions 218      Halfway Stations 219 A Word About Hoppers 220 The Bottom Line 221 Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 223 Enchanting Wiles 223      Creating and Mining Obsidian 225      Crafting Books 228      Casting Enchantments 228      Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 230      Earning and Managing Experience 232      Sprucing Up Your Weapons 233      Enhancing Your Armor 234      Improving Your Tools 235 Hammering It Out with the Anvil 235 Brewing Potions 237      Brewing Up a Storm 240      Enhancing Potions 242 The Bottom Line 243 Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 245 Village Life 245 Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 248 Hidden Temples and Other Structures 251      Desert Temples 252      Jungle Temples 252      Witch Huts 254      Dungeons 254      Abandoned Mine Shafts 255      Strongholds 255      Ocean Monuments 256      Nether Fortresses 257 Mapping, or There and Back Again 257 Crafting a Clock 260 The Bottom Line 261 Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 263 Alternate Dimensions 263 Getting to The Nether 266      Portal Magic 268 Surviving the Nether Fortress 271 Nether Mobs 272 The End Game 275      Finding a Stronghold 276      Defeating the Ender Dragon 278 Beckoning a Beacon 285 The Bottom Line 289 Chapter 13 Mods and Multiplayer 291 Customizing Your Experience 291      Changing the Skin You’re In 292      Minecraft Skin Editors 293           Miners Need Cool Shoes 294           The Skindex 294           Novaskin 294           Loading Your New Skin 296 Resource Packs: Change Your World 296      Mind My Mods 299      Installing Forge Mods 301      TooManyItems 303      Ruins 304      Progressive Automation 305      VoxelMap 305 Multiplayer Madness 306      Sharing and Joining on a LAN 307      Joining a Multiplayer Server 309      Hosting a Multiplayer Server 312      Spectator Mode 315 The Bottom Line 316 Index 317