How to survive your first night in Minecraft in only 11 steps

So you've finally given in to they hype and bought Minecraft.Great!Now,you just have to figure out how to play it.Sounds easy,right?Unfortunately,the Minecraft "universe" is vast and confusing.What's worse is that Minecraft doesn't come with tutorial levels.Not even written instructions.

I've written an in depth instructable to help you survive your first day.At the time I wrote this,Minecraft is in Beta.I'll update the instructable if enough people want me to.

If you have a question,or a comment,please feel free to tell me down below in the comment section.That's what it's for,right?

NOTE:Updated for 1.8.Updates are in the last two steps.

Step 1: A description

Just some description about Minecraft-When you create a world,a world is randomly generated.Yes,randomly.Every world is different.

So go ahead and click on one of the empty worlds.It'll randomly generate a world for you,and then we can begin.

Comments

[TimmyMiller]

where do i get minecraft

[paperclip32]

http://www.minecraft.net/prepurchase.jsp

It's currently in Beta so it's half price.When the full game comes out,it'll be about 20 euros.

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[cmurph]

its finaly minecraft 1.2.5! theres redstone lamps, baby vllagers, fire charges, theres no more phantom tnt( tnt thats white and is floating) differnt coler wood planks, jungles, cats, everything!!!

[pipsqueakboy]

Actually, the experience bar is very important. You get experience from killing mobs, then if you craft an enchanting table (using 4 blocks of obsidian, two diamonds, and a book) you can "spend" your experience to enchant armor, weapons, and tools. The higher the experience required the better the enchantment usually is. Enchanting can be very important, or at least useful, to helping you survive the game.... Or kill stuff more easily with enchantments like infinity and flaming for your bow. (infinity makes one arrow last forever for your bow, and flaming lights them on fire. Pretty self descriptive.) Anyway, nice instructable, i liked it overall even though i have been playing for a while now.

[evilmadcow]

note: you need to craft a pick to harvest stone.

[evilmadcow]

this is the most basic thing in minecraft. & some noobs can't get the "droped" block.

[mrmath]

What I didn't like about Minecraft is that everything that would potentially make me want to buy the game is disabled until I buy it. I can't really try it before I buy it, which I expect from downloadable demos.

I know that if I go to the store to buy a boxed game, I don't get to try it before I buy it, but with most of them I can download a fully playable demo that is at least a level or two to get the feel for it. With this, I can't do any building, or any of the other stuff that makes this look like an exciting game.

[paperclip32]

It is still in Beta,you know.

[mrmath]

I know. All the more reason to let me try the full version now.

[paperclip32]

Minecraft would really benefit from a demo.It's one of those games that you really can't explain the appeal of.It's a try it to understand it kind of thing.

[evilmadcow]

it has a demo you can download on minecraft wiki.

[jakebaldwin]

I suggest just buying it now instead of wasting your time downloading a demo. More fun that way.

And yes. You will like it.

[hg341]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_552962&v=HbyQnoW6kWM

i am useing something like this but im going to buy the game when i get a pay pal acc

[jona991]

I have exactly the same problem. I need a pay pal acc. It would be better if they had more options to pay.

[paperclip32]

You can get a prepaid visa,or you could always ask someone who has a credit/debit card.

[Jamez Britton]

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I guarentee this is not spam. I found it by accident and now I play it all the time [until I buy the official version]

[evilmadcow]

you mean clasic?
you can play that on the regular website in mulitiplayer & single player
bty: 1.1 full is out, it might be worth it to ACTUALLY BUY THE GAME.

[Davidwov]

Very nicely constructed! Thank you: this should be very helpful for beginners. :)

[evilmadcow]

you beat me to the punch

[paperclip32]

Thanks for the compliment.

[PINKmonster325]

No, thank YOU for the INSTRUCTABLE

(Very helpful)

Thatsssssssss a very nice house you've got there, it woul be a shame if sssssssomething were to happen to it...

[mwiebe]

Nothing will happen to it, because it is built of obsidian :) lolz

[XgotaxdoxsumthinX]

This step doesn't work for me!

I put 24 refined wood on bottom, 7 logs on top, nothing happens!

I'm on 1.2.0_01

[VladimirSD]

You have to update or else you won't be able to make charcoal which made me mad yes, but the new updates are better, the charcoal update wasn't made for a while. Just update to the newest version and then you should be able to make charcoal! i hope i helped

[LiquidLightning]

Is there anything in the output window? If there is and its not charcoal, it wont work. And the amounts don't need to be 24/7, it can be any.

[Catt123456]

thanks for making this. Do you loose all your stuff if you die? If you go out in the night, do the monsters try to kill you, or destroy your house? How long is it before nightfall usually? What does water do in this game? What were some of these side effects you mentioned about snow and rain? Sorry about all the questions, im new and want to be a know it all.

[paperclip32]

1)Yes,you drop your items when you die.Go back to the place where you died to retrive it
2)Yes,monsters spawn in the dark(at night) and most are hostile and will try to kill you.The only monsters that break blocks are endermen(tall black guys) and creepers(exploding green things)
3)More or less 10 minutes.Day lasts longer than night
4)Water is...water.It puts out fire,makes you drown if you stay inside too long,and when water touches lava in certain ways a obsidian/cobble block appears
5)No side effects,rain just waters your crops for you.Rain and snow do enable monsters to spawn though,because the rain clouds make it dark enough for monsters to appear

And I don't mind.

[lukeD]

don't worry about monsters!! go to your options and put the game in peacefull. simple as that!

[paperclip32]

I prefer playing with monsters,and I advise first timers to play with monsters on,it's a million times more exciting and scary.

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[minecraftman]

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[Furloy]

SPAMMA

[abirchall2]

omg thank you sooo much for making this instructable !!

[paperclip32]

No problem.Happy to help.

[paperclip32]

Updated for 1.5.It's explained in step 12.

[paperclip32]

Updated for 1.4.Pretty much only the bed spawn point thing was really applicable to the ible.

[zoner]

Not entirely applicable
Mobs only spawn in levels of darkness less than 7
torches have a light value of 14 so if you put them around or inside your "house" then you should fine

[tomm0505]

They sort of "Teleport" through the wall.

[paperclip32]

Like I said,when your bed is within 2 blocks of a wall that is open to mobs,the mobs will appear beside your bed.Doesn't have to do with the number of torches in your house etc.

[cmurph]

its not a glitch on the minecraft wiki its supossed to do that and dosent happen anymore with beta pre-release 1.9, instead it bring up a message that says: you may not sleep right now there are monsters nearby

[Lawlho]

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[paperclip32]

I dedicated the whole of Step 9 to describe how to make charcoal.I suggest reading the whole instructable before commenting.

And if people want to do that,that's fine.

[Lawlho]

I kinda just skimmed it, so i only saw the pic with a furnace, and saw something about coal. Wow I'm dumb

[moocowdog]

genuis jk

[paperclip32]

It's okay.It is a long instructable.

[cdousley]

THANK YOU! i got through my first night. step one to having no life...COMPLETE!

[paperclip32]

You're welcome.

[lizard657]

Dont forget the creepers!!

[paperclip32]

Never forget the creepers.

[Dumchicken]

make a bed

[paperclip32]

Read Step 11.

[Dumchicken]

i didnt see that i just skipped it :P

[nebih]

also when you go in a bed everything gets a hasty and then you're up and its just after dawn

[nebih]

you should up date this notch just came out with beta 1.3 its awesome

[paperclip32]

Done.

[DJ Radio]

One reason I hate minecraft- You play virtual scavenger hunt way too much.