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

The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation Edition

Covers Both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 Versions

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Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2015
Que Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7897-5358-8 (ISBN)
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The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation 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 PlayStation!

 

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 to 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 PlayStation, 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.

 

This book was not created by and is not endorsed by Notch Development AB Corporation/Mojang Synergies AB Corporation, or Sony Computer Entertainment.

 

 

Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 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 early betas and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders. Stephen is also the author of The Advanced Minecraft Strategy Guide, published by Que.

<>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 15

Understanding World Seeds 19

Controls 19

The Bottom Line 21

 

Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 23

Surviving and Thriving 23

Heading for the Trees 25

Using Your Inventory 26

Building a Crafting Table 28

 Let’s Build Some Tools 30

 Creating a Shelter 31

 The Furnace Is Your Friend 35

 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 49

Avoiding Monsters 51

Hunger Management 53

Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 54

 Food on the Run 56

 Finding a Building Site 58

A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61

The Bottom Line 63

 

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 71

 The Straight Staircase 73

 The Spiral Staircase 74

Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75

Staying Safe While You Mine 78

The Bottom Line 79

 

Chapter 5 Combat School 81

Introducing the Menagerie 81

 Zombies 82

 Spiders 83

 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 99

The Bottom Line 100

 

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 133

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 202

 Enhancing Potions 205

The Bottom Line 206

 

Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 207

Village Life 207

Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 210

Other Structures 212

 Desert Temples 213

 Jungle Temples 214

 Dungeons 215

 Abandoned Mineshafts 216

 Strongholds 216

 Nether Fortresses 217

Mapping, or There and Back Again 217

Crafting a Clock 218

The Bottom Line 219

 

Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 221

Alternate Dimensions 221

Getting to The Nether 224

 Portal Magic 225

Surviving the Nether Fortress 229

Nether Mobs 230

The End Game 232

 Finding a Stronghold 234

 Defeating the Ender Dragon 237

The Bottom Line 241

 

Index 243  

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.1.2015
Sprache englisch
Maße 231 x 181 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Spielen / Raten
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher
Informatik Weitere Themen Computerspiele
ISBN-10 0-7897-5358-8 / 0789753588
ISBN-13 978-0-7897-5358-8 / 9780789753588
Zustand Neuware
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