The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - Xbox Edition - Stephen O'Brien

The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - Xbox Edition

Covers both Xbox 360 and Xbox One Versions

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Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2014
Que Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7897-5343-4 (ISBN)
25,60 inkl. MwSt
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The Ultimate Player’s Guide to Minecraft XBOX Edition



Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS!



Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it’s an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don’t enter that universe alone. Take an experienced guide who’ll help you constantly as you learn the secrets of Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One!



Stephen O’Brien has been obsessing over Minecraft since its earliest betas. He’s seen it all! Now, he’ll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He’ll reveal combat traps and tricks you need to know… teach you enchantments of unimaginable power… help you survive where few dare to go… help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Based on the international best-seller of the same name, this book is ideal for Minecrafters of all ages.





Quick-start guide for first-night survival to get started NOW
Customize your experience: monstrous, peaceful, and more
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters—let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) 14 types of hostile mobs
Get friendly mobs on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform your shelter into a palace (or a secret underwater base)
Create customized worlds with unique seeds
Learn the secrets of redstone devices, and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and The End
Play with up to eight of your friends on Xbox Live, or run in splitscreen mode

 

Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books, including several best-sellers. O’Brien founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He’s a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.

Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has previously written 27 books across multiple editions with publishers such as Prentice Hall and Que, including several best-selling titles. He also founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time he invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been using Minecraft since its alpha release and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders.

Introduction 1

What's in This Book 1

How to Use This Book 3

Crafting Recipes 3

 
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5

Starting a New Game 6

More Options 11

Single-player Game Modes 13

Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games 14

Understanding World Seeds 18

Controls 19

The Bottom Line 20


Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 23

Surviving and Thriving 23

Heading for the Trees 25

Using Your Inventory 26

Building a Crafting Table 29

Let’s Build Some Tools 30

Creating a Shelter 32

The Furnace Is Your Friend 36

Let There Be Light 36

Slumbering with Lumber 38

The Bottom Line 41

 
Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 43

Introducing the HUD 43

Avoiding Getting Lost 46

Improving Your Tools 47

Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 50

Avoiding Monsters 51

Hunger Management 54

Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 55

Food on the Run 57

Finding a Building Site 58

A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61

The Bottom Line 64

 
Chapter 4 Mining 65

Dig Deep, My Friend 65

The Mining Layer Cake Guide 67

Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 69

Descending to Layer 11 70

The 2×1 Ladder Descent 70

The Straight Staircase 72

The Spiral Staircase 73

Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75

Staying Safe While You Mine 77

The Bottom Line 78

 
Chapter 5 Combat School 81

Introducing the Menagerie 81

Zombies 82

Spiders 84

Skeletons 85

Cave Spiders 86

Spider Jockeys 87

Creepers 88

Slimes 89

Endermen 90

Zombie Pigmen 90

Defensive Mobs 91

Snow Golems 91

Iron Golems 92

Weapons and Armor 93

Swordcraft 94

Bows and Arrows 94

Armor-All 97

Color-Coordinate Your Leather 100

 The Bottom Line 101

 
Chapter 6 Crop Farming 103

Choosing a Crop 103

Finding Seeds in Elysium 106

Establishing a Wheat Farm 108

Automated Farms 114

Creating a Piston Harvester 118

Sticky Piston Harvesting 120

Creating a Water Harvester 121

Harvesting Other Crops 124

The Bottom Line 125

 
Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 127

Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 127

Breeding Animals 130

Riding Pigs 133

Fishing 134

The Bottom Line 134

 
Chapter 8 Creative Construction 137

Leaving the Cave 137

Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 140

Building Underwater 147

Protecting Your Perimeter 153

Becoming a Ditch Witch 153

Mob Pitfalls 155

Thick as a Brick 157

The Bottom Line 157

 
Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 159

Seeing Red: A Beginner’s Guide 160

Power Sources 160

Redstone Wiring 163

Powered Blocks 164

Repeaters 166

Output Devices 168

Automatic Doors 170

Vertical Currents 176

Advanced Circuits 177

NOT Gates, aka Inverters 177

OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 178

AND Gates, Two True 179

Repeater Loops 180

Rail Transport 181

Have Minecart, Will Travel 181

Rolling on Rails 183

Making Tracks and Stations 184

Halfway Stations 185

The Bottom Line 186

 
Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 187

Enchanting Wiles 187

Creating and Mining Obsidian 189

Crafting Books 192

Casting Enchantments 192

Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 194

Earning and Managing Experience 195

Sprucing Up Your Weapons 196

Enhancing Your Armor 197

Improving Your Tools 197

Hammer It Out with the Anvil 198

Brewing Potions 200

Brewing Up a Storm 203

Enhancing Potions 205

The Bottom Line 207

 
Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 209

Village Life 209

Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 212

Other Structures 214

Desert Temples 215

Jungle Temples 216

Dungeons 217

Abandoned Mineshafts 218

Strongholds 218

Nether Fortresses 219

Mapping, or There and Back Again 219

Crafting a Clock 220

The Bottom Line 221

 
Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 223

Alternate Dimensions 223

Getting to The Nether 226

Portal Magic 227

Surviving the Nether Fortress 231

Nether Mobs 232

The End Game 234

Finding a Stronghold 236

Defeating the Ender Dragon 239

The Bottom Line 243

 
Index 245
 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.12.2014
Sprache englisch
Maße 179 x 232 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher
Informatik Weitere Themen Computerspiele
ISBN-10 0-7897-5343-X / 078975343X
ISBN-13 978-0-7897-5343-4 / 9780789753434
Zustand Neuware
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