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Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded eGuide
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Contents

  • Art Gallery
    • Art Gallery
  • Playing With Friends
    • Introduction
    • Joining Servers
    • Local Play
    • Creating Your Own Server
    • Interacting With Other People
    • Sample Multiplayer Challenge
  • Creatures Big and Small
    • Introduction
    • Animal and Monster Quick List
    • Expanded Creature Entries
  • Tools, Resources, and Consumables
    • Introduction
    • Index
    • Blocks and Resources
    • Common Items
    • Crafting - A-D
    • Crafting - E-G
    • Crafting - H-M
    • Crafting - N-R
    • Crafting - S-Z
    • Food and Food Ingredients
    • Potions
    • Tools
    • Weapons and Armor
  • Videos
    • Videos
  • Let's Begin With the Basics
    • Introduction
    • Creating Your First World
    • Is This Where You Want to Live?
    • You Have 10 Minutes to Work Safely
    • Surviving the Night
    • Finding Some Food
    • Mine, Expand, and Thrive
    • Know Where You Are
    • Look Around
    • Moving On
  • What's New in This Guide?
    • Whats New in This Guide?
  • Before We Start
    • Introduction
    • The Menus
    • Controlling Your Character
    • Different Versions of Minecraft
  • Bigger and Better Projects
    • Introduction
    • Sample Project: Chichen Itza
    • Next Up: A Mountainous Undertaking!
    • Other People's Cool Projects
  • You Can Do Anything with a Little Practice
    • Introduction
    • How to Craft
    • Sometimes Things Break (i.e., Durability)
    • Farming
    • Creating Mines
    • Building Up and Out
    • Landscaping
    • Forming and Using Landmarks
    • Biomes
    • Special Areas
    • How Time Passes
    • The Way Monsters Are Born
    • Threats to Your Survival
    • Death and Rebirth
    • Traps and Defenses
    • Modern Conveniences
    • Thinking Outside the Blocks
    • Redstone
    • Enchantment and Using Experience
    • Brewing
    • Traveling the World
    • Trading
    • The Nether
    • The End
    • Achievements
  • Welcome To Minecraft
    • Welcome To Minecraft
  • Modifying Your Game
    • Introduction
    • Difficulty
    • Skins
    • Broadcast Settings
    • Resource Packs
    • Game Mods
  • A History of Minecraft
    • Introduction
    • Pre-Alpha Minecraft
    • Alpha
    • Beta
    • Release

Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded Guide › Playing With Friends

Introduction

Minecraft is great even when you’re alone, but it’s even better if you find a place to play with your friends. There are many ways to do this, if you’re interested. There are servers online at all hours of the day, and you can join them without any trouble. You can also play locally with friends who are on the same network as your computer. For an even larger group of people to game with, you can set up a server for yourself and anyone who wants to join over the internet!

Let’s explain how to do all of this, and then we’ll discuss Minecraft etiquette, so you know a few of the common dos and don’ts of playing the game with other people.

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