Getting started in the Overland
The majority of survival gameplay takes place in the extensive biomes found in the Overland. Regardless of which biome you spawn into, first concentrate on short-term survival, by following these steps:
Collect wood first. If your biome doesn’t contain much wood, such as a desert or ocean biome, move to another biome. You can always return later to collect other resources.
Use wood to craft simple tools, especially a pickaxe.
Use wood to craft simple weapons, especially a sword.
Use wood to create a shelter.
Then, gather items into the inventory:
Stack identical items into the inventory slots. Many items are stackable, up to 64 items per slot.
Fill the inventory with a food supply. Meats — such as mutton, beef, pig, and chicken — provide you with the most hunger points and saturation points.
Build a chest. As the inventory fills, build a chest to hold even more items, but then remember that you have to return to the chest whenever you want to retrieve items.
After meeting short-term survival goals, employ the following three strategies to gather items in the Overland; you will move back-and-forth between these three strategies, using the resources of one to help with another:
Collect other items found naturally in your biome. Because each biome is unique, you gather resources in a different order in every game:
Start by collecting wheat seeds and penning or trapping allied mobs (i.e. farm animals) including pigs, sheep, cows, and chickens.
If the biome permits, collect mushrooms, cocoa beans, rabbits, and other useful food items for farming.
Move to friendly biomes, such as savannas or plains. Some biomes are downright hostile to new players. If you spawn in a biome that is scarce on resources, begin traveling until you find a more suitable habitat.
Create a farm, and follow these guidelines:
Start a wheat farm. It’s relatively easy to create, and you can craft food products to eat as well as breed animals.
Plant other crops. Plant items such as melons, potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins.
Begin breeding allied mobs that you trapped in pens. Animals are not only important food products, but they also drop other items used in gameplay, such as leather, wool, or eggs.
Excavate structures and trade with villagers, by keeping these guidelines in mind:
Early players cannot successfully excavate a structure, because they need tools that are found only after some farming and mining have taken place.
When you’re ready to excavate, you will find a treasure trove of objects in these excavation sites.
You need a stockpile of goods to trade with villagers. Many players begin with wheat or wool for trading, usually acquired by farming or mining.
The majority of survival gameplay takes place in the extensive biomes found in the Overland. Regardless of which biome you spawn into, first concentrate on short-term survival, by following these steps:
Collect wood first. If your biome doesn’t contain much wood, such as a desert or ocean biome, move to another biome. You can always return later to collect other resources.
Use wood to craft simple tools, especially a pickaxe.
Use wood to craft simple weapons, especially a sword.
Use wood to create a shelter.
Then, gather items into the inventory:
Stack identical items into the inventory slots. Many items are stackable, up to 64 items per slot.
Fill the inventory with a food supply. Meats — such as mutton, beef, pig, and chicken — provide you with the most hunger points and saturation points.
Build a chest. As the inventory fills, build a chest to hold even more items, but then remember that you have to return to the chest whenever you want to retrieve items.
After meeting short-term survival goals, employ the following three strategies to gather items in the Overland; you will move back-and-forth between these three strategies, using the resources of one to help with another:
Collect other items found naturally in your biome. Because each biome is unique, you gather resources in a different order in every game:
Start by collecting wheat seeds and penning or trapping allied mobs (i.e. farm animals) including pigs, sheep, cows, and chickens.
If the biome permits, collect mushrooms, cocoa beans, rabbits, and other useful food items for farming.
Move to friendly biomes, such as savannas or plains. Some biomes are downright hostile to new players. If you spawn in a biome that is scarce on resources, begin traveling until you find a more suitable habitat.
Create a farm, and follow these guidelines:
Start a wheat farm. It’s relatively easy to create, and you can craft food products to eat as well as breed animals.
Plant other crops. Plant items such as melons, potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins.
Begin breeding allied mobs that you trapped in pens. Animals are not only important food products, but they also drop other items used in gameplay, such as leather, wool, or eggs.
Excavate structures and trade with villagers, by keeping these guidelines in mind:
Early players cannot successfully excavate a structure, because they need tools that are found only after some farming and mining have taken place.
When you’re ready to excavate, you will find a treasure trove of objects in these excavation sites.
You need a stockpile of goods to trade with villagers. Many players begin with wheat or wool for trading, usually acquired by farming or mining.