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Taming the Wilds! Mastering Minecraft 4th Edition eGuide
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Contents

  • Introduction
    • Welcome to Minecraft
    • Using This Guide
    • A Brief History of Minecraft
  • Before We Start
    • Before We Start
  • Let’s Begin With the Basics
    • Let’s Begin With the Basics
  • Tools, Resources, and Consumables
    • Introduction
    • Index
    • Blocks and Structures
    • Common Items
    • Crafting
    • Food and Food Ingredients
    • Potions
    • Tools
    • Weapons and Armor
  • Creatures Big and Small
    • Introduction
    • Animal and Monster: Quick List
    • Animal and Monster: Expanded Creature Entries
  • 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
    • The Intricacies of Combat
    • 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
    • Advancements
  • Building Bigger and Better Things
    • Introduction
    • Sample Project: Chichén Itzá
    • Next Up: A Mountainous Undertaking!
    • Other People’s Cool Projects

Taming the Wilds! Mastering Minecraft 4th Edition Guide

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  1. Introduction3
  2. Before We Start1
  3. Let’s Begin With the Basics1
  4. Tools, Resources, and Consumables9
  5. Creatures Big and Small3
  6. You Can Do Anything with a Little Practice26
  7. Building Bigger and Better Things4

All the Strategy at Your Fingertips: Completely optimized for a second-screen experience. Enjoy all the content from our printed strategy guide in a convenient, easy-to-use, web-access companion.

Searchable and Sortable: All content in this eGuide is easily and quickly accessible.

Complete Coverage: From basic gameplay to advanced features, it’s all here in one comprehensive and compact source.

New Content: Includes the most recent updates, including 1.12, World of Color! Tame new creatures! Battle Illagers! Explore the frozen tundra and burning desert!

Every Game Mode, All Forms of Building: Details on mining and farming, brewing and enchanting, traps and defenses, monsters, other threats, using redstone, and much more!

New, Exclusive Illustrations: New art showcases updates, such as the Illusioner, Evoker, Polar Bear, and Llama.

Plus: Quick Reference Charts for tools, resources, consumables, animals, and more.