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Minecraft shows no signs of slowing down. Despite being available since 2009, there are still 170 million monthly players adventuring and building. Mojang is still expanding the game, with major updates happening each year bringing new items, biomes, structures, mobs and much more. Whether you’re new to the game, looking to hop back in, or just need a bit of advice, there is something in these pages for you. With this book you will be able to survive any challenge Minecraft throws at you. We’ve covered every biome, structure and dimension in the Explore section. Every mob you will come across has been included in the pages of Survival, so you can recognise these creatures and know how to defeat them. If you want to give yourself some new challenges,…

Health, or hit points, shows how much damage the player can take before they die. Your health bar is depicted with ten heart icons, each representing two health points. So, at full health, you will have 20 health points. If you get hurt, these hearts will turn black. If you only take one point of damage, one heart will turn half-black. If you lose all of your health points, then you will fall to the ground, the screen will turn red and it will read, “You died!” meaning you will have to start again at your spawn point, losing all of your items. There are various ways you can lose health. Falling from great heights, catching fire, poison and being hit by a mob can all inflict damage on you.…

For some, fishing is a way of relaxing in the Overworld, to take time off from adventuring and fighting, to simply slow down and take in the biome. For others, fishing is a necessity for gathering food. You can fish when in water, on land by water, sitting in a boat and even when swimming underwater. All you need to start is a fishing rod. To craft one you will need three sticks and two string. You can also find fishing rods by defeating drowned or through trading with villagers. Each fishing rod has a durability of 65, and each time it is used successfully it loses one point, so a rod should last you a long time. While the fishing rod is in your hand, press the Use button…

Smoke from a campfire will rise ten blocks high. Hay bales can be placed under a campfire to turn it into a signal fire. The smoke that comes from the fire will not rise to 25 blocks high. There will be a unique XP sound every time you reach a level that is a multiple of five. You will often see cats and ocelots walk to the edge of a block but rarely fall off. You can always push these mobs over the edge but they are immune to fall damage. Shears have multiple uses. They can be used to collect wool from sheep, collect leaf blocks, mooshrooms and you can also disable tripwires with shears. Stairs are for more than just aesthetics. When possible, use stairs instead of jumping…

Your base is more than just somewhere to store your stuff. It is where you can safely craft, cook and prepare for upcoming adventures. It’s best to start with a basic base and then get more elaborate with your builds. You should take care when choosing the location of your base, though. It should not be in an area with trees or near caves as these provide spawning locations and defence for hostile mobs. We recommend building on an open field or our favourite, on top of a hill or mountain. The entranceway should be two blocks high, as this is the height of a wooden door. If you want your front to have a more affluent look, make the entranceway two blocks wide and add a second door. ESSENTIALS…

Villages are full of job site blocks – tools that allow unemployed villagers to have a profession. These blocks can be used by villagers to change their profession if the job site block that they were using is destroyed. Villagers will also approach these blocks after they’ve sold items in order to replenish their stock. You can use these blocks as much as you like – construct them for yourself or break them and then take them to use in your own base. BLAST FURNACE (ARMOURER) The blast furnace smelts ores, metals, armour and tools twice as fast a standard furnace but this cannot cook food like a normal furnace can. FLETCHING TABLE (FLETCHER) This block currently doesn’t have a use but there are rumours that one may come in…

ALLAY Found in pillager outposts or the jail cells of woodland mansions. If the player gives an allay an item, it will follow the player and can collect any similar items that are dropped. ARMADILLO Found in warm biomes, if the player ever harms an armadillo or mounts one, it will roll itself up into a ball (or cube). AXOLOTL These live in lush caves and will attack other aquatic mobs but not the player. Axolotl come in five colours: pink, brown, gold, cyan and blue. BAT Found in the dark areas of caves. They fly around aimlessly or hang upside down on the bottom of blocks. They drop nothing when killed. CAMEL Camels are found in desert villages and with a saddle can be ridden by two players at…

For a constant supply of coloured wool, apply dye to a sheep and shear the mob. The sheep’s wool will grow back in the colour it was dyed to. Bats, cats and villagers can see the player even if they have the invisibility status effect. You can trap most mobs by dropping a boat in front of them. When the mob walks into the boat they will get caught inside it and cannot get out. They can still attack if you get too close, but with a leash, you can drag the boat and move the mob. It is impossible to hit an enderman with an arrow fired from a bow or crossbow as they will instantly teleport out of the way of the projectile. Zombies can break down doors…

These biomes feature vast flat terrain, enabling you to see any hostile mobs from a distance. There are various friendly and neutral mobs in these areas such as horses, donkeys, pigs and bats. At night hostile creatures such as creepers, skeletons, witches and spiders can spawn but the villages that populate these biomes make for good refuge. Rivers and small bodies of water are not uncommon here, either. ICE PLAINS A rare biome, these are flat and with almost no trees and covered in and snow. ICE SPIKE PLAINS Similar to ice plains, but with ice spikes dotted around the land, which look like blue trees but are in fact made of ice. MUSHROOM FIELD One of the rarest biomes of the Overworld, mushroom fields are islands that spawn on…

You won’t find a range of flora in these biomes, but you can find some interesting structures and a lot of good loot. BADLANDS Found around mountains and deserts, the badlands are made up of red sand and terracotta blocks with cactus and dead bushes dotted around. BEACH The sandy areas between land and ocean are commonly populated with turtles. Buried treasure and shipwrecks can be found in this biome. DESERT The vast barren land offers up excellent visibility thanks to the lack of obstacles. This makes it easy to spot the hostile mobs that spawn here, such as husks. Villages, desert wells and pyramid structures all spawn in this biome. ERODED BADLANDS A variant of the badlands that feature giant spikes of terracotta and plenty of gold ore. SNOWY…

The End doesn’t necessarily feature biomes in the way the other two dimensions do. There is the central island that you spawn into when you enter the dimension, and the various smaller islands that surround it. But the islands do have different parts and these are sometimes referred to as the biomes of the End. END BARRENS The edge of the outer islands feature steep cliffs. There is very little here apart from endermen. END HIGHLANDS The taller parts of the outer islands, end cities and chorus trees generate at these parts. END MIDLANDS End cities can spawn on these parts of the outmost islands in the End. SMALL END ISLANDS Various small, circular islands that are clumped together. The End The main island in the End, this is where…

Woodland mansions can spawn with a storage room containing 42 chests - but don’t bother checking any of them because they will all be completely empty. You can respawn the Ender Dragon by placing end crystals on the four edges of the end portal. To make an end crystal you need an eye of ender, ghast tear and seven glass blocks. Collect the dragon egg before placing the crystal as once the fourth one is placed, it will disappear from the portal. When summoned, the obsidian towers will rebuild and the dragon will appear. If a re-summoned Ender Dragon is killed, it only drops 500 experience points. There is a chance that a stronghold’s end portal will spawn with the eyes of ender already in. Each portal frame block has…

Navigating the Nether is much harder than in any other dimension. It is clearly a level-up in terms of difficulty from exploring the Overworld. It’s not only the mobs that are dangerous in this dimension, the environment itself is trecherous. There’s fire, seas of lava and the ground can suddenly drop beneath you. But don’t fret, we have all the information you need to explore the Nether safely and get back to the Overworld with all of your shiny loot. NAVIGATING We recommend always walking in a straight line so it is easier to find your way back and it’s vitally important when walking around the nether that you take your time. Remember that holding the sneak button will prevent you from walking off of edges, so keep that button…

Unlike Nether portals which can be created anywhere, provided you have the right materials, End portal frame blocks cannot be obtained so if you want to enter the End, you will need to find a portal. The only place these portals can be found is in strongholds. We will explain how you can find these structures and how to activate the portals inside as well as things to be careful of when exploring strongholds. EYE OF ENDER In order to activate the End portal, you will need a supply of eye of ender. To craft these, you will need a blaze powder and ender pearl. The only way to get blaze powder is to kill blaze, found in Nether fortresses, collect the blaze rod it drops, put it in the…

Elytra is one of the rarest items in Minecraft, only available on End ships but it is also the coolest item in the game. Elytra are an equipable set of wings that allow the player to glide through the skies. Don’t be too hasty though, as like most items in Minecraft, elytra have a durability gauge that will decrease when used and need to be repaired if you wish to keep using it. OBTAINING ELYTRA As previously mentioned, elytra only generates within End ships. These structures are found at the end of End cities, making them doubly rare and hard to come across. Climbing the cities can be tricky, but if you get to the ship, head below the deck and you will find the Lutra in an item frame…

The achievements and advancements in Minecraft range from things you will naturally do in your adventures, to challenges that test your skills as a gamer. But then there are some that are just silly or require a lot of spare time. We have combed through all of the achievements currently available in Minecraft and picked out the ones that stood out as strange and will share with you how you can earn these. CAVES AND CLIFFS Free fall from the top of the world to the bottom of the world and survive Dig a hole preferably two blocks wide, straight down as far as possible, which is y=64 and fill the bottom of it with water. The next step is time consuming and can get tedious. You’ll need to construct…

As you explore the swamps and mangrove swamps of the Overworld you might see some creatures with mushrooms and other vegetation growing from their heads. These are the bogged, a variation of the skeleton, but it has a few secrets that make it a more deadly opponent. The bogged behave similarly to skeletons and strays, they spawn in areas with low light and will attack the player if they get within a certain range. The biggest different to skeletons, outside of their appearance, is bogged take significantly longer to reload their bows than regular skeletons do. Bogged aren’t exclusive to swamps however as they can also be spawned within trail chambers. As an undead mob, these creatures are damaged when sunlight touches them. A bogged’s arrow may not seem deadly…

Before the Tricky Trials update to Minecraft in 2024, the Bad Omen effect could only be gained by defeating a pillager captain. Now, when you defeat the captain they drop an ominous bottle, which gives you the status effect for 100 minutes - in real-world time, not Minecraft time. You can also get these bottles when unlocking vaults inside trial chambers. Press the Use button when the bottle is in your hand and it will be consumed, giving you the status effect. Normally, when the player consumes a potion it leaves an empty glass bottle in the player’s inventory, but with ominous bottles, the bottle is destroyed when it is consumed. There are five levels of Bad Omen, consuming a second ominous bottle resets the time left on the status…

The world of Minecraft is made up of what are called ‘blocks’. A block is the most basic element found in every part of the game, and these one-by-one cubes come in many colours, patterns and materials. There are countless types of blocks in Minecraft, and new ones are added every year with each major update, such as tuff, copper, mangrove and sculk, which were all added within the past couple of major patches. Everything from trees to mountains and the fields you walk across and more are made up of blocks. The vast majority of blocks you will encounter when exploring are the same size, one metre cubed, and often distances or heights in the game are measured in blocks. Anything that isn’t an item or a mob is…

Light is incredibly important in Minecraft, as it not only helps you to see things when it gets darker, but hostile creatures can only spawn in dark areas, so knowing how light works and how to source it can make your adventures much safer. The effects of light only apply to the Overworld, however, but we’ll get into why later in this bookazine. Light comes in 16 levels, with the lowest being zero and the maximum being 15. The majority of hostile mobs of the Overworld will not spawn if the light level is above seven. The further away from a light source you are, the lower the light level at that block will be. There are two main types of light in Minecraft: sky light and block light. Sky…

There are a ton of ways to get around the worlds of Minecraft. Here we will be covering all of the movement methods that come natural to the player, so we won’t be covering methods such as boats, riding horses or flying. You have a range of choices in regards to how you explore the world, but it is best to know how to do this efficiently. WALKING This is the default movement method, done by pressing any of the movement buttons. Most mobs in the Overworld move at a walking speed. Walking allows you to go at a moderate speed without impacting your hunger bar but without the benefits of sneaking. If you try to eat when walking, you will change to a sneaking speed but again, without the…

Once you’ve explored your immediate surroundings in the first few days, you will want to begin going underground and into Minecraft’s countless caves. These caverns are randomly generated and could offer some great rewards but exploring them can be time-consuming and dangerous. We will show you how to get prepared to go into Minecraft’s caves and walk out alive, with all that good loot you are looking for. GEAR UP Be prepared for more than just mining. You are going to be spending a lot of time away from your base so pack appropriately for the adventure. Before heading underground you should pack food, iron tools, a chest, a crafting table, torches, a bucket of water and some weapons. If you can afford to, wear some armour as well. FIND…

WEAPONS A weapon is an item that candeal more damage to a mob than if you used your bare fists. Weapons do not last forever, they have a durability value that decreases each time you hit a mob successfully. SWORDS are the best weapon to use as their damage per second is higher than others and with sweep attacks you can hit multiple enemies. With a running jump and attack you can perform a critical hit, dealing 150% damage. AXES do more damage with each hit but the time between attacks is longer, between 60% and 80% slower than swords, depending on the material. Axes can be better when fighting one-on-one or against enemies with shields. TRIDENTS do as much damage as a stone, iron or diamond axe when swung,…

BEE Spawning inside bee nests, which grow on the trees of forests, bees will attack the player and inflict poison if they destroy the nest. Bee nests can be harvested using shears for honeycombs or use a glass bottle on it to get a honey bottle. CAVE SPIDER These are neutral if the light level is eight or above but turn hostile in lower light levels. When killed, cave spiders drop up to two string and can possibly drop a spider eye. They inflict poison when attacking a player. DOLPHIN Found in warm oceans, players swim faster when near a dolphin. They can jump from one body of water to another, and if you feed them raw cod or raw salmon, a dolphin will swim to the nearest shipwreck, buried…

Minecraft has three dimensions, each full of their own unique biomes, structures, resources and items. No two dimensions work the same and each one looks distinct – from just an image you can tell which dimension you are looking at. These dimensions are randomly generated when you launch a game for the first time, so no two playthroughs will be the same. Here we will take you through the basics of each dimension and how you get to each. THE OVERWORLD This is the primary dimension in Minecraft, and is where every player begins their adventures when they start a new game. It is also where you will spend the majority of your time. The Overworld features the most diverse range of biomes; desert, snow, grass, caves, deep oceans and…

Rich in flowers, grasses and trees, woodlands is an ideal place to stock up on wood resources but all of the flora makes good cover for the various hostile mobs that spawn in the low light created by the trees. JUNGLE Large oak trees covered in vines populate the area. Trail ruins and jungle pyramids structures can be found here well as melons and cocoa blocks. OLD GROWTH BIRCH FOREST This biome features taller trees than the ones found in regular birch forests. OLD GROWTH PINE TAIGA This is where you can find taller and wider spruce trees. OLD GROWTH SPRUCE TAIGA The biggest spruce trees are to be found in this biome PALE GARDEN Generating inside dark forests, the only mob that spawns here is the creaking. The only…

These biomes are found in the underground of the Overworld. These often have no light source so be sure to have plenty of torches before exploring these areas. The deeper you go into these cave systems, the better ore you can mine, but you will need some good equipment to harvest the ore and survive. DEEP DARK This very dangerous biome is located deep underground below peak biomes and cherry groves. You might think that a lack of spawning mobs means the deep dark is safe, but it is covered in sculk blocks and shriekers, which call wardens to attack the player if they make noise. This is the only place where ancient cities can be found. DRIPSTONE CAVES The exclusive source of pointed dripstone and dripstone blocks, this biome…

Before you go out to explore the wider Overworld, you need to make sure that you are prepared for everything the biomes will throw at you. Your initial spawn point will lack the most valuable ores and resources, so eventually you are going to have to adventure outwards but doing so safely is vital. Here are some tips for surviving in the Overworld. GEAR UP Having the correct items in your inventory can be the difference between dying and surviving. Leave unnecessary items in a chest so they don’t take up precious inventory space and make sure you have these things on you: MATERIALS: Bring a stack of cobblestone for when you need to build something along with a stack of wood, as this can work as a building material…

If you fail to prepare for the Nether, you won’t last long at all in the dimension. When you first start to prepare, you should completely empty your inventory as every potential space is vital. Here are all the things you’ll need on your adventures. WEAPONS With all of the hostile mobs lurking in the Nether, wielding a good weapon is key. Take a couple of swords that are iron or better as well as a bow or crossbow with a full stack of arrows. Take one iron pickaxe and a diamond pickaxe; one to do most of the mining and then you can switch to diamond for the rare blocks such as obsidian that only break with that tool. Check your tools have plenty of durability before adventuring. You…

BLAZE The only mob that will take damage when hit by a snowball – although we don’t know why you would be carrying these in the Nether! Blaze are only found within Nether fortresses and are the only source of blaze rods. They attack by shooting fireballs or, if you get close, they will use melee attacks. If you attack one of these, all other blaze within 48 blocks will come to its aid. CHICKEN Believe it or not, there is a slight chance that chickens can spawn within the Nether. There is a very small chance that when a zombified piglin spawns, it can appear as a baby and riding a chicken. Kill this mob with fire and the chicken meat dropped will be cooked. HOGLIN One of the…

The End is made up of floating islands, made from end stone and these can vary in size. Below these islands is an empty void, and falling into this means game over. Traversing this dimension is incredibly tough, and it doesn’t help that as soon as you enter the End, you are confronted with the Ender Dragon, Minecraft’s final boss and the toughest mob in the whole game. End portals will always teleport you to the End’s central island, where the dragon roams and there will be several obsidian pillars but you’ll need to get off this island to see what the End has to offer. HOW TO GET AROUND The islands of the End are spaced out, so you will need to be careful if you want to travel…

Nether wastes is the most common biome in the Nether. An enderman can pick up blocks and hold them in their hands, move them around and then drop them. If they die while holding a block, it will be dropped. You cannot teleport from the Nether to the End or vice versa. You must teleport to either of these dimensions by using the correct portal in the Overworld. Every central island in the End will have ten spikes, each with an End crystal atop. Some crystals will have cages around them, which you will need to mine to destroy the crystal inside, while the other can just be shot at from a distance with a bow. You can spawn a Wither using four blocks of soul sand, or soul soil…

Found deep underground, trial chambers offer some of the toughest challenges available in the Overworld. You could randomly stumble across this structure, or if you’re lucky enough, you could buy a trial explorer map from a journeyman cartographer. To get your reputation up with a cartographer, all you need to do is buy items from them. Trial explorer maps work like the other maps in the game, showing you the location and then requiring you to dig down. Trial chambers are made from tuff and copper, making them visually distinct from all other biomes and structures in the game, so you will know from just a look when you’ve entered this place. Trial chambers act as combat challenges, taking you through a series of challenges that you must get past…

Tuff is a type of rock that was refreshed in the Minecraft 1.21 update and now it can be used to craft all kinds of blocks, similar to other materials in the game. This material has similar properties to other rock materials, but it has a slightly darker appearance. Over time, you will want your base to be made of stronger materials instead of wood or dirt, and tuff can do a pretty good job as it can withstand a lot of damage before being destroyed. If you want to find tuff blocks, you will need to delve deep underground and find a trial chamber. Minecraft is full of blocks both wooden and stone, so why would you need to worry about tuff? Well they offer a new way to…

A status effect is something that changes how you character behaves. It can be that you are no longer able to do something that you once could, you can do things better than before, or you might get new abilities altogether. In Minecraft there are three types of status effects: positive, negative and neutral. The player can acquire these from what you eat, where you go or other mobs can give them to you. The strength and duration of an effect depends on its level, with higher level effects commonly lasting longer and causing a stronger effect. While a status effect is on a player, they will emit spiral particles, with each effect having its own colour. You can open your inventory and see what effects you currently have as…

Building is the cornerstone of Minecraft. Taking the blocks that you’ve mined and gathered and then putting them to use to either construct a settlement or to help you navigate the landscape is something you’ll do often. Later on in this bookazine, we’ll go into the features you’ll want in a base, but for now, we will help you navigate through placing blocks and the basics of building. Hold the block you wish to use in your hand and press L2/LT when playing on a controller, or right‑click if you are playing on a PC, and the block will be placed on top of the highlighted block. Some blocks, such as stairs, can be placed in different directions, allowing for creative design choices. Where you aim on the block you…

Food is crucial for survival in Minecraft. The hunger meter at the bottom of the screen should be as close to full as possible throughout your adventures, so having a steady supply of snacks will be necessary. The best way to achieve this is to set up a farm where you can produce your own food. Before you get ahead of yourself, you’ll need to gather some seeds first. Once you have a few varieties, getting more shouldn’t be an issue as crops drop seeds when harvested, so you’ll have a constant supply. Seeds can be obtained by harvesting existing crops found in the Overworld or within villages. Next, your seeds will require three things to grow: to be placed on farmland, a light level of nine or higher and…

MOBS The term mob is short for ‘mobile entity’ and is used to describe any AI-controlled creature in Minecraft. ‘Mob’ is used for all entities in Minecraft; friendly, neutral and hostile and these can be divided into sub-categories such as animals, aquatic, monsters and undead. A mob’s spawn depends on the biome, structure and light level. Some mobs are exclusive to their biomes while others can be found in multiple environments. Most neutral and friendly mobs can be found during the day and spawn in random amounts. Hostile mobs will spawn in areas with low light such as at night, underground in caves and structures such as dungeons. There are a couple of exceptions to these rules. Snow golems and withers, for example, will only spawn when the player constructs…

In Minecraft, night time is a big deal. Going from day to night doesn’t just affect the visibility or prevent your crops from growing, it is when the difficulty of the game goes up a level. During the day, the Overworld is full of creatures like pigs, horses and bees that won’t harm you unless they’re provoked. At night it is a different story, as this is when all of the dangerous creatures come out to play. Hostile mobs such as zombies, skeletons and creepers spawn when the light level goes below seven, and at night time the level is around four. You can stop mobs from spawning near you by using light sources such as torches, but this won’t stop them from spawning elsewhere. It should be noted that…

Maces are the newest melee weapon in Minecraft, added in the Tricky Trials update. This weapon can be crafted by putting a breeze rod below a heavy core on a crafting grid. Thanks to its unique attack, the mace is easily the most powerful weapon in Minecraft and if used correctly, it can defeat anything in a single hit. You can do a standard attack, which deals six points of damage, the same as an iron sword. It is significantly slower than a sword though, and it is even slower than an axe, so why would you want to use this? Maces can cause a huge amount of damage if you attack while falling. Maces can also be uniquely repaired when placed on an anvil. Place the mace in one…

BLAZE The only source of blaze rods, these mobs roam nether fortresses and will shoot three fireballs at their targets, each dealing five damage. Touching a blaze rod will cause you to take six damage per second, and this isn’t prevented by the fire resistance status effect. BOGGED These swamp creatures are more dangerous than your standard skeleton as they shoot poison arrows. They shoot arrows slower than skeletons, but the poison will deal more damage over time. BREEZE Similar to blazes, breezes are immune to all ranged damage and any projectiles fired towards it are repelled back. Breezes are only found in trial chambers and are the only source of breeze rods. CREAKING Found in pale gardens, they spawn from pale oak trees with a creaking heart. These mobs…

WATER Oceans make up around a quarter of the Overworld’s surface area and rivers are common in most biomes, with plenty of fish to catch and dolphins, which can take you to structures or help you find buried treasure. Oceans come in different temperatures and the colour on the surface dictates which one you’re looking at, with frozen rivers being the darkest blue and warm oceans being shown as green. COLD OCEAN These have fewer mobs than other oceans but you can still find cod and salmon in the water as well as a good supply of kelp. Its floor is made of gravel and dirt. DEEP OCEAN These are twice as deep as other oceans in Minecraft. Ocean monuments will only spawn in deep oceans. FROZEN OCEAN Bordering snowy…

The vast peaks of the Overworld can be rich with ore, but it comes with great risks. Steep drops have led to many explorers finding themselves back at their respawn point, but those who navigate successfully reap the vast rewards available. JAGGED PEAKS The mountains are so tall that they go beyond the clouds. The top will be covered in a layer of snow but below is a plethora of ores such as iron, coal and emerald. MEADOW Grassy lands found up on mountains, there are few trees here but they will always have a bee nest on them. Small flowers can also be found dotted around the plains. SAVANNA PLATEAU Similar to regular savannas but found on top of mountains, villages and pillager outposts do not spawn in this…

The Nether dimension is broken up into biomes, similar to the Overworld, but there are fewer to explore and fewer structures within them. BASALT DELTAS The only Nether biome to not have bastion remnants, it is composed of basalt and blackstone blocks. Its uneven ground may seem harmless but sudden drops into pools of lava have captured many explorers. CRIMSON FOREST The red forest is full of warped and crimson fungus with large vines draping down from them, making this the best biome for gathering food in the Nether. Standing close to the warped fungus wards off the hoglins and there are plenty of piglins to barter with. NETHER WASTES The most common biome in the Nether, the caves are full of gravel, netherrack and soul sand. Beware of ghasts…

Structures are notable buildings that generate in specific biomes. These can have unique mobs and items so to progress in Minecraft, you will need to explore and loot these locations. Be careful though, as some structures can host the game’s strongest mobs, so be well equipped and armoured. ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURES ABANDONED VILLAGE FOUND IN: Plains, desert, meadow, savanna, taiga, snowy plains Every time a village generates in Minecraft, there is a small chance that it will be an abandoned village. These are sometimes referred to as ‘zombie villages’ because the structure is inhabited by zombie villagers. These are visibly different from standard villages as abandoned villages do not have doors or torches, many blocks have cobwebs on them and there is mossy cobblestone instead of regular cobblestone. You won’t…

A Nether portal is a small structure that when built, enables the player to enter the Nether in seconds. For the purpose of this tutorial we are assuming that you haven’t discovered a ruined portal, but if you have, don’t fret as these steps still apply – they’ll just be a lot easier. All you need to create and activate a Nether portal is ten obsidian blocks, flint and steel. FIND OBSIDIAN Obsidian can be created by pouring a bucket of water onto lava. This cannot be any block of lava, however, as there are two kinds; moving and source. Moving lava isn’t a block high and you can see it flowing in a direction. If you put water onto it you will get cobblestone. A lava source looks like…

While the End might not look as dangerous as the Nether, this dimension is every bit as lethal. There are countless enderman wandering the various islands who will turn hostile if you look directly at them, and we can’t forget the massive Ender Dragon flying through the skies. WEAPONS For surviving in the End you will need your best weapons. You should have a diamond or netherite sword with the sharpness enchantment, which adds extra damage to an already-powerful weapon. Your main weapon when in the End and fighting the Ender Dragon will be a bow. You should enchant your bow with either power, for more damage with each shot, or infinity, so you have an unlimited amount of arrows. Using a crossbow is also a good option if you…

While the End may not be home to range of different mobs, the ones that are found here can be some of the toughest to fight or escape. And when you’re surrounded by an endless void that will kill you if you fall in it, you need to be extra careful fleeing and fighting. ENDER DRAGON The first mob you see when you load into the End, the Ender Dragon is the toughest creature in Minecraft and the hardest to defeat. It has 200 health points and it uses three different attacks; melee, breath and wing. If you can defeat this boss mob your reward will be a massive 12,000 XP, access to the End portal so you can return to the Overworld, and a dragon egg. Once defeated, end…

Breeze are a hostile mob that only spawn inside trial chambers. You can tell which trial spawners will eject breezes as they will have chisilled tuff blocks around it. A couple of these creatures will spawn if the player enters the chamber alone, but if there are other players present, more breezes will spawn. The main reason you will want to defeat these mobs is to obtain a breeze rod. These are only dropped by breezes when killed and are an ingredient in crafting maces. Breezes are guaranteed to drop between two and four wind charges. DEFEAT A BOGGED Fighting a breeze can be challenging as they leap around, jumping high over the player and firing wind charges that not only deal damage to the player, but knock them back…

When Minecraft 1.21 was introduced, a whole new family of copper blocks were added. To craft a block of copper you will need nine copper ingots, or you can find them chiselled copper inside trial chambers and mine them with a pickaxe. One cool feature about these blocks is that they can oxidise, meaning they will change colour over time. The block starts off as unoxidised, an orange colour, before the orange fades and it becomes exposed copper, then green parts grow on the block, this is weathered copper, before eventually it turns completely green and is known as oxidised copper. You can reverse this process by pressing the Use button on the block when you have an axe in your hand. You can wax any copper block by pressing…

Some splash potions have the opposite effect when used on an undead mob. The splash potion of healing for example, will damage mobs such as skeletons and zombies and potions of harming will heal them. If you find a cartographer selling multiple maps, only purchase one. Every map a villager sells will be for the nearest monument, treasure chest or trial chamber so each map will point to the same location. The moon and the sun travel in the same direction; from east to west. So if you don’t have a compass or map, you can always look to the sky to get a rough idea of directions. Enchanting tables will always open its pages towards the player, even if they have the invisibility status effect. A splash potion’s effect…